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Chicago Shakes, Goodman Take 2011 Jeffs Print E-mail
By Carrie L. Kaufman | Theatre   
8:29 PM, Nov 07, 2011 | Updated 10:09 PM, Nov 07, 2011

It was a good night for established theatres at the 43rd Annual Jeff Awards Monday night. Goodman and Chicago Shakespeare took home the most awards in the large theatre category, with seven apiece, while Remy Bumppo and American Theater Company took home top honors for best play and musical in the midsize theatre category.

Goodman took seven Jeffs – five for it's production of Candide (including best musical) and two for Chinglish.

Chicago Shakes's production of The Madness of George III garnered four Jeffs, including for play, director (Penny Metropulos) and principal actor (Harry Groener). The theatre took home another award for fight choreographer Rick Sordelet's work on Romeo and Juliet.

Remy took home two Jeffs for Edward Albee's The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, but they were big ones – production of play and principal actress (Annabel Armour).

American Theater Company only scored one Jeff with The Original Grease, but it, too, was big – musical production for a midsize company. They also got the coveted ensemble award for The Big Meal.

Silk Road Theatre Project won three Jeffs for Scorched; Second City took three awards for Sky's the Limit (Weather Permitting); and Writers and Timeline won three for three statues for three different shows.

This year's special award went to Sun-Times critic Hedy Weiss. And Equity Central Region executive director Kathryn V. Lamkey was honored with a Tribute award.

Do you really want to read more analysis? Here are the winners:

PRODUCTION – PLAY – LARGE
The Madness of George III - Chicago Shakespeare Theater

PRODUCTION – PLAY – MIDSIZE
Edward Albee's The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company

PRODUCTION – MUSICAL – LARGE
Candide - Goodman Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre Company

PRODUCTION – MUSICAL – MIDSIZE
The Original Grease - American Theater Company

PRODUCTION – REVUE
Sky's the Limit (Weather Permitting) - The Second City e.t.c.

DIRECTOR – PLAY
Penny Metropulos -  The Madness of George III - Chicago Shakespeare Theater

DIRECTOR – MUSICAL
Charles Newell -  The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess - Court Theatre

ENSEMBLE
The Big Meal - American Theater Company

ACTOR IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE – PLAY
Harry Groener -  The Madness of George III Chicago Shakespeare Theater

ACTOR IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE – MUSICAL
Geoff Packard -  Candide - Goodman Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre Company

ACTRESS IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE – PLAY
Annabel Armour -  Edward Albee's The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company

ACTRESS IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE – MUSICAL
Jessie Mueller -  She Loves Me - Writers' Theatre

ACTOR OR ACTRESS IN A REVUE
Tim Baltz -  Sky's the Limit (Weather Permitting) - The Second City e.t.c.

SOLO PERFORMANCE
Barbara Robertson -  The Detective's Wife - Writers' Theatre

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – PLAY
Mike Nussbaum -  Broadway Bound - Drury Lane Productions

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – MUSICAL
Larry Yando -  Candide - Goodman Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre Company

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – PLAY
Diana Simonzadeh -  Scorched - Silk Road Theatre Project

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – MUSICAL
Hollis Resnik -  Candide - Goodman Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre Company

NEW WORK – PLAY
Bruce Graham -  The Outgoing Tide - Northlight Theatre
David Henry Hwang -  Chinglish - Goodman Theatre

NEW WORK – MUSICAL OR REVUE
Tim Baltz, Aidy Bryant, Jesse Case, Matt Hovde, Brendan Jennings, Jessica Joy, Michael Lehrer, and Mary Sohn -  Sky's the Limit (Weather Permitting) - The Second City e.t.c.
Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair -  Murder for Two - A Killer Musical - Chicago Shakespeare Theater

NEW ADAPTATION – PLAY OR MUSICAL
Mary Zimmerman - Candide - Goodman Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre Company

CHOREOGRAPHY
Tammy Mader -  42nd Street - Marriott Theatre

ORIGINAL INCIDENTAL MUSIC
Andrew Hansen -  To Master the Art - TimeLine Theatre Company

MUSIC DIRECTION
Doug Peck -  The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess - Court Theatre

SCENIC DESIGN – LARGE
David Korins -  Chinglish - Goodman Theatre

SCENIC DESIGN – MIDSIZE
Collette Pollard -  The Front Page - TimeLine Theatre Company

LIGHTING DESIGN – LARGE
Jason Lyons -  White Noise - Holly Way, Jay Strommen, Jimmy Mack, Deborah Taylor/Chris Bensinger, Tom Leonardis and Whoopi Goldberg

LIGHTING DESIGN – MIDSIZE
Sarah Hughey -  Scorched - Silk Road Theatre Project

COSTUME DESIGN – LARGE
Susan E. Mickey -  The Madness of George III - Chicago Shakespeare Theater

COSTUME DESIGN – MIDSIZE
Bill Morey -  The King and I - Porchlight Music Theatre

SOUND DESIGN – LARGE
Mikhail Fiksel -  Travels with My Aunt - Writers' Theatre

SOUND DESIGN – MIDSIZE
Peter J. Storms -  Scorched - Silk Road Theatre Project

FIGHT / MOVEMENT DIRECTION
Rick Sordelet - Romeo and Juliet - Chicago Shakespeare Theater

PROJECTIONS / VIDEO DESIGN
John Boesche -  A Twist of Water - Route 66 Theatre Company
Mike Tutaj -  In Darfur - TimeLine Theatre Company

ARTISTIC SPECIALIZATION
Tracy Otwell - Toy Theatre Design -  The Last Act of Lilka Kadison - Lookingglass Theatre Company
Melissa Veal - Wig and Make-up Design -  The Madness of George III - Chicago Shakespeare Theater

SPECIAL AWARD
Hedy Weiss

TRIBUTE AWARD
Kathryn V. Lamkey

 
Robots, Cats and Cabarets Big Winners at Jeffs Print E-mail
By Carrie L. Kaufman | Theatre   
2:05 PM, Jun 06, 2011 | Updated 9:02 PM, Jun 06, 2011
The Non-Equity Jeff Awards put tech theatre front and center on Monday night. Not only did they honor the 12 people who built the robots for Sideshow Theatre's Heddatron with a specialization award, but they used their robots to deliver awards, to much fanfare. The specialization award was shared with Izumi Inaba, who did makeup for Theo Ubique 's Cats. No cats were used in the production of the Jeff Awards.

But Theo Ubique 's musical did garner three other awards, for Brenda Didier's choreography and direction and Matt Guthier's costume design.

The Hypocrites ' production of Cabaret garnered five awards, including best production of a musical, director (Matt Hawkins), principal actress (Jessie Fisher), supporting actress (Kate Harris), and costumes (Alison Siple). They also took one award for lighting designer Jared Moore's work on No Exit.

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Hypocrites, Ubique Lead Non-Equity Jeffs Print E-mail
By Carrie L. Kaufman | Theatre   
4:27 PM, Apr 27, 2011 | Updated 7:57 AM, Apr 28, 2011
The Hypocrites and Theo Ubique have captured Jeff Committee members this season with two old favorite musicals: Cats and Cabaret.

Theo Ubique 's Cats leads all shows with eight nominations, including Production of a Musical and Director, Ensemble, Choreography, Music Direction and Costumes. The production also got two artistic specialization nominations, for wig and makeup design. Ubique also received two nominations each for Some Enchanted Evening: The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein and Sweet and Hot: The Songs of Harold Arlen.

The Hypocrites also had three shows nominated. Cabaret garnered seven nominations, including Production of a Musical, Director, Choreography, Costumes and Supporting actress. There's also going to be an intra-show showdown in the Principal Actress category, with both Jessie Fisher and Lindsay Leopold receiving nominations.

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Joyce Sloane Dies at 80 Print E-mail
By Carrie L. Kaufman | Theatre   
4:41 PM, Feb 04, 2011
Joyce Sloane, who's maternal presence infused Second City from its birth, died Thursday night. She was 80. More of the story here.
 
Calling All Artists: Make Your Voice Heard Print E-mail
By Kerry Reid | Theatre   
1:26 PM, Jan 28, 2011 | Updated 1:28 PM, Jan 28, 2011
Nearly 11 years ago, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs mailed out the Chicago Artists Survey to creative workers around Chicago, asking them about what resources they felt were lacking in the city to support their work. The end result of that process was Chicago Artists Resource, an online resource directory for jobs, spaces, and other useful information, as well as the Creative Chicago Expo, co-sponsored by the Chicago Department of Housing and Economic Development, which allows artists to connect with potential collaborators and vendors.
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