2007 NYMF Awards for Excellence Winners
Posted by NYMF on 7:39 am Oct 19th, 2007(More news)
The New York Musical Theatre Festival announced its Awards for Excellence winners in the categories of music, lyrics, book, direction, choreography, design, ensemble performance and individual performance. The awards will be presented at the 2007 NYMF Awards Gala on November 4 at The Hudson Theatre.
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The full listing of award winners and honorable mentions is as follows:
Verizon BEST IN FEST Audience Prize: Unlock’d (Book and Lyrics by Sam Carner, Music by Derek Gregor, Directed by Igor Goldin)
Honorable Mention: Bernice Bobs Her Mullet (Book, Lyrics, and Music by Joe Major, Directed by Andy Sandberg), Back Home (Book by Ronald Sproat, Lyrics by Frank Evans, Music by Christopher Berg, Directed by Bick Goss)
Microsoft HealthVault Most Promising New Musical: The Boy in the Bathroom (Book and Lyrics by Michael Lluberes, Music and Additional Lyrics by Joe Maloney, Directed by Michael Lluberes)
Honorable Mention: Love Sucks (Book and Lyrics by Stephen O’Rourke, Music and Lyrics by Brandon Patton, Directed by Andrew Goldberg), Unlock'd (Book and Lyrics by Sam Carner, Music by Derek Gregor, Directed by Igor Goldin).
Best Music: The Yellow Wood (Danny Larsen)
Honorable Mention: The Piper (Marcus Hummon) , Tully (in no particular order) (Stephanie Johnstone)
Best Lyrics: Such Good Friends (Noel Katz)
Honorable Mention: Unlock'd (Sam Carner), Back Home (Frank Evans)
Best Book: The Boy in the Bathroom (Michael Lluberes)
Honorable Mention: Petite Rouge (Joan Cushing), Sherlock Holmes (the early years) (Kate Ferguson and Robert Hudson)
Best Direction: Such Good Friends (Marc Bruni)
Honorable Mention: The Boy in the Bathroom (Michael Lluberes), The Yellow Wood (BD Wong)
Best Choreography: Platforms (Ron De Jesus, Linda Goodrich, Jeff Shade, Nick Kenkel, and Matt Williams)
Honorable Mention: Mud Donahue and Son (Lynne Taylor-Corbett), The Beastly Bombing (Kevin Remington)
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


