Photos by Carol Porter
The 48th Annual Carbonell Awards, recognizing the best in theater in South Florida, was held on Monday, November 17, in the University Theatre at Florida Atlantic University at FAU. Up to 500 actors, musicians, performers, writers, directors, back-stage technicians, producers, reviewers, designers, specialty artists, and diehard theater fans attended South Florida’s version of Broadway’s Tony Awards®, the first one to be held in Palm Beach County since 1997. The ceremony is usually held in Broward County. Sponsors of the 48th annual Carbonell Awards included the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts; Aventura Arts & Cultural Center; BroadwayWorld; Broward Center for the Performing Arts; Broward Cultural Division; Carbonell Sculptures Ltd.; Cultural Council for Palm Beach County; Donald M. Ephraim Sun & Stars International Film Festival presented by MorseLife Health System; FPL; Kravis Center for the Performing Arts; Lesser, Landy, Smith & Siegel, PLLC; Miami-Dade County Auditorium, The Dennis C. Moss Center (formerly The South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center), OutClique Magazine, South Florida Cultural Consortium; South Florida Theatre League, Mark Traverso & Conor Walton; Donald R. Walters, P.A.; and The Wick Theatre & Costume Museum. For more information, please visit www.carbonellawards.org.
