2007 NYMF Awards for Excellence

2007 NYMF Awards for Excellence

 

 

Verizon BEST IN FEST Audience Prize

Unlock’d -Book and Lyrics by Sam Carner, Music by Derek Gregor, Prodcued by LaVie Productions

Honorable Mention:  Bernice Bobs Her Mullet (Book, Lyrics, and Music by Joe Major, Produced by 1113 Productions Inc.)
Back Home (Book by Ronald Sproat, Lyrics by Frank Evans, Music by Christopher Berg, Produced by Musical Mondays Theatre Lab, Pat Addiss, and Ricky Stevens)
 

Microsoft HealthVault Most Promising New Musical

The Boy in the Bathroom (Book and Lyrics by Michael Lluberes, Music and Additional Lyrics by Joe Maloney, Produced by Monstgo Project and Geranium Theatre)

Honorable Mention: Love Sucks (Book and Lyrics by Stephen O’Rourke, Music and Lyrics by Brandon Patton, Produced by Courthouse Repertory)
Unlock'd (Book and Lyrics by Sam Carner, Music by Derek Gregor, Produced by LaVie Productions).
 
Best Music

Danny Larsen, The Yellow Wood

Honorable Mention: Marcus Hummon, The Piper; Stephanie Johnstone, Tully (in no particular order)

 

 

Best Lyrics 

Noel Katz, Such Good Friends

Honorable Mention: Sam Carner, Unlock'd; Frank Evans, Back Home

 

Best Book

Michael Lluberes, The Boy in the Bathroom

Honorable Mention: Joan Cushing, Petite Rouge; Kate Ferguson and Robert Hudson, Sherlock Holmes (the early years)

 
Best Direction 

Marc Bruni, Such Good Friends

Honorable Mention: Michael Lluberes, The Boy in the Bathroom; BD Wong, The Yellow Wood

Best Choreography 

Ron De Jesus, Linda Goodrich, Jeff Shade, Nick Kenkel, and Matt Williams, Platforms

Honorable Mention: Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Mud Donahue and Son; Kevin Remington, The Beastly Bombing

Best Design (Set, lighting, costumes and sound) 

The Boy in the Bathroom (Seth Easter-set designer, Carrie Wood-lighting designer, Lisa Renee Jordan-costume designer, Elizabeth Rhodes-sound designer)

Honorable Mention: Sherlock Holmes (the early years) (Meghan Williams-prop designer, Jason Lyons-lighting designer, Christie Carroll-costume designer, Ken Travis-sound designer), The Good Fight (Glen Hunter-lighting designer, Alison Fraser-costume designer, Bronwyn Mace-costume designer, Lorraine Koh-costume designer)
 
Outstanding Ensemble Performance 

Going Down Swingin’ (Stacie Bono, Tom Deckman, Leo Ash Evens, George McDaniel, Meredith Patterson, Hardy Rawls, Marla Schaffel, Christopher Shyer, James Stovall)

Honorable Mention: Unlock'd (Jackie Burns, Alison Cimmet, Maria Couch, William Thomas Evans, Sarah Jane Everman, Chris Gunn, Mary Catherine McDonald, Christopher Totten, Jim Weitzer, Darryl Winslow) The Boy in the Bathroom (Ana Noguiera, Mary Stout, Michael Zahler)

Outstanding Individual Performance
Mary Stout, The Boy in the Bathroom
Shonn Wiley, Mud Donahue and Son
Laura Shoop, Sherlock Holmes (the early years)
Liz Larsen, Such Good Friends
Kate Shindle, Sympathy Jones
Linda Hart, Gemini the Musical
Yuka Takara, The Yellow Wood
Stephen Bel Davies, Austentatious

 

Awards Jury: Dan Bacalzo, Beth Blatt, Michael Dale, Sharon Fallon, Brian Ferdman, Peter Filichia, Jena Tesse Fox, Anthony King, Robert Lopez, Anthony Rapp, Katie Riegel, Susan Vargo, and Paul Wontorek