CULTURAL CORNER

by Glenn Swift

33rd Annual Carbonell Award Winners Announced

The 33rd annual Carbonell Awards, South Florida’s oldest and most prestigious arts honors, were bestowed in a ceremony on Monday, April 6 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in a benefit performance that raised funds for scholarships to benefit South Florida leading arts students.  The event included a special tribute honoring Carbonell Awards co-founder and executive director Jack Zink, who covered the arts for all of the region’s major newspapers for nearly 40 years before his death last summer.

Palm Beach Dramaworks, which led the pack with 15 nominations despite its modest size, came away with two Carbonells (Best Actress in a Play and Best Costume Design), while the Maltz Jupiter Theatre garnered one of its own for Best Choreography in a Musical.

COMBINED (plays & musicals)

Best New Work (award to author): William Mastrosimone, Dirty Business, Florida Stage

Best Ensemble Production: (award to producing organization): Two Sisters and a Piano, The Promethean Theatre

PLAYS

Best Production of a Play (award to producing organization): The Seafarer, Mosaic Theatre Company

Best Director/Play: Richard Jay Simon, The Seafarer, Mosaic Theatre Company

Best Actor/Play: Gregg Weiner, The Seafarer, Mosaic Theatre Company

Best Actress/Play: Elizabeth Dimon, Souvenir, Palm Beach Dramaworks

Best Supporting Actor/Play: Dennis Creaghan, The Seafarer, Mosaic Theatre Company

Best Supporting Actress/Play: Kim Morgan Dean, A Body of Water, Mosaic Theatre Company

MUSICALS

Best Production of a Musical: Adding Machine, GableStage

Best Director/Musical: Joseph Adler, Adding Machine, GableStage

Best Actor/Musical:  Oscar Cheda, Adding Machine, GableStage

Best Actress/Musical: Maribeth Graham, Adding Machine, GableStage

Best Supporting Actor/Musical: Jim Ballard, Adding Machine, GableStage

Best Supporting Actress/Musical: Stacy Schwartz, Adding Machine, GableStage

Musical Direction/Musical: Eric Alsford, Adding Machine, GableStage

Choreography/Musical: Ron De Jesus, The Full Monty, Maltz Jupiter Theatre

DESIGN (plays & musicals)

Best Scenic Design: Sean McClelland, The Seafarer, Mosaic Theatre Company

Best Lighting Design: Sevim Abaza, 4.48 Psychosis, The Naked Stage

Best Costume Design: Erin Amico, Souvenir, Palm Beach Dramaworks

Best Sound Design: Marty Mets, 4.48 Psychosis, The Naked Stage

Stock/Road Show Awards (Touring, Independent Productions, Plays and Musicals Combined)

Best Production: Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Broadway Across America at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County

Best Actor: Jim Brochu, Zero Hour, Broward Stage Door Theatre

Best Actress: Judy Kaye, Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Broadway Across America at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County

Best Supporting Actor: Julian Gamble, Twelve Angry Men, Broadway Across America at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts

Best Supporting Actress: Nancy Opel, The Drowsy Chaperone, Broadway Across America at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts

Previously Announced

The George Abbott Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts: David Arisco

The annual award for significant contributions to the artistic and cultural development of the region has been bestowed upon David Arisco, artistic director of the Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theater. Arisco’s diverse career spans more than 30 years as director, actor, musical director, stage manager, symphonic conductor and instrumentalist. He has been a part of Actors’ Playhouse for 21 years, where he has directed more than 100 shows, including seven that received Carbonell Awards for both Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical.

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