The Independent Theater Bloggers Association (www.TheaterBloggers.com) is thrilled to announce the winners of the first annual ITBA Awards for Excellence in Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway theater.
The ITBA (Independent Theater Bloggers Association) was formed in 2009 by a group of the most passionate theater bloggers on the World Wide Web (partial list below). The members of the Association blog about all aspects and all varieties of both commercial and non-profit theater, from big Broadway musicals performed in Times Square, to the most unique forms of entertainment performed off-off Broadway on the Lower East Side, as well as productions all over the country and all over the world. Together they see thousands of productions, and, without being paid or prodded, they write about them.
Ken Davenport, founder of the ITBA, said, “The Association was formed out of a desire to provide structure to the quickly growing theatrical blogosphere, as well as to give the new media voices a chance to recognize excellence in three of the very distinct theatrical markets that make up the New York City theatrical landscape: Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway.”
In true “new media” style, there will be no live awards ceremony for the ITBA Awards. Instead, there will be a virtual awards ceremony, with video acceptance speeches for the winners posted electronically in the coming weeks on ITBA’s website, www.TheaterBloggers.com.
This year’s winners of the ITBA Awards are as follows:
BROADWAY
BEST BROADWAY PLAY
Reasons to Be Pretty
Written by: Neil Labute
Directed by: Terry Kinney
Produced by: Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Gary Goddard Entertainment, Ted Snowdon, Doug Nevin/Erica Lynn Schwartz, Ronald Frankel/Bat-Barry Productions, Kathleen Seidel, Kelpie Arts, Jam Theatricals, Rachel Helson/Heather Provost and Scott M. Delman
BEST BROADWAY MUSICAL
Billy Elliot
Music by: Elton John
Lyrics by: Lee Hall
Book by: Lee Hall
Directed by: Stephen Daldry
Produced by: Universal Pictures, Working Title, The Old Vic Company, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jon Finn and Sally Greene
BEST BROADWAY REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Hair
Music by: Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by: James Rado, Gerome Ragni
Book by: James Rado, Gerome Ragni
Directed by: Diane Paulus
Produced by: The Joseph Papp Public Theater / New York Shakespeare Festival, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Gary Goddard Entertainment, Kathleen K. Johnson, Nederlander Productions, Fran Kirmser Productions/Jed Bernstein, Marc Frankel, Broadway Across America, Barbara Manocherian/Wencarlar Productions, JK Productions/Terry Schnuck, Andy Sandberg, Jam Theatricals, The Weinstein Company/Norton Herrick and Jujamcyn Theatres
BEST BROADWAY REVIVAL OF A PLAY
The Norman Conquests
Written by: Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by: Matthew Warchus
Produced by: Sonia Friedman Productions, Steven Baruch, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, Thomas Viertel, Dede Harris, Tulchin/Bartner/Lauren Doll, Jamie deRoy, Eric Falkenstein, Harriet Newman Leve, Probo Productions, Douglas G. Smith, Michael Filerman/Jennifer Manocherian and Richard Winkler
OFF-BROADWAY
BEST OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Fela!
Book by: Jim Lewis and Bill T. Jones
Directed by: Bill T. Jones
Music and Lyrics by: Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Add’l Music by: Aaron Johnson and Jordan McLean
Add’l Lyrics by: Jim Lewis
Produced by: Ruth and Stephen Hendel and Roy Gabay
BEST OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Ruined
Written by: Lynn Nottage
Directed by: Kate Whoriskey
Produced by: Manhattan Theatre Club and Goodman Theatre
BEST OFF-BROADWAY REVIVAL (PLAY OR MUSICAL)
Our Town
Written by: Thornton Wilder
Directed by: David Cromer
Produced by: Scott Morfee, Jean Doumanian, Tom Wirtshafter, Ted Snowdon, Eagle Productions, Dena Hammerstein/Pam Pariseau, The Weinstein Company, Burnt Umber Productions,
BEST OFF-OFF BROADWAY PLAY
Universal Robots
Written by: Mac Rogers
Directed by: Rosemary Andress
Produced by: Manhattan Theater Source
BEST OFF-OFF BROADWAY UNIQUE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE
Suspicious Package
Written by: Gyda Arber & Aaron Baker
Directed by: Gyda Arber
Produced by: The Fifth Wall as part of The Antidepressant Festival
CITATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN OFF-OFF BROADWAY THEATER
Flux Theatre Ensemble
Members of the ITBA include:
Bill Brown
www.creatingtheater.com
Linda Buchwald
Pataphysical Science
www.pataphysicalscience.blogspot.com
Donald Butchko
Me2ism?
www.me2ism.blogspot.com
Chris Caggiano
Everything I Know I Learned from Musicals
www.ccaggiano.tyepad.com
Zack Calhoon
Visible Soul
www.zackcalhoon.blogspot.com
Jodi Schoenbrun Carter
www.off-stage-right.com
Corine Cohen
Corine’s Corner
www.corinescorner.com
Kevin Daly
Theatre Aficionado at Large
www.theatreaficionado.com
Ken Davenport
The Producer’s Perspective
www.theproducersperspective.com
Ryan J. Davis
Ryan J. Davis Blogs
www.ryanjdavis.blogspot.com
Jeremy Dobrish
Jeremy’s Green Room
www.JeremysGreenRoom.com
Donelle Foreman
The DJF
www.thedjf.blogspot.com
Michael Gilboe
Broadway Bullet
www.broadwaybullet.com
Dan Gilloon
One NYC StageHand
www.onenycstagehand.blogspot.com
Diana Glazer
Lezbehonest
www.lezbehonest.tumblr.com
Byrne Harrison
www.stagebuzz.com
Leonard Jacobs
The Clyde Fitch Report
www.cyldefitch.blogspot.com
Patrick Lee
Just Shows to Go You
www.justshowstogoyou.blogspot.com
James Marino
Broadway Stars
www.broadwaystars.com
Tulis McCall
Usher Nonsense
www.ushernonsense.com
Jesse North
Stage Rush
www.stagerush.blogspot.com
Aaron Riccio
That Sounds Cool
www.thatsoundscool.blogspot.com
Sarah Roberts
Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment
www.sarahbsadventure.blogspot.com
Michael Roderick
One Producer in the City
www.oneproducerinthecity.com
Adam Rothenberg
Adaumbelle’s Quest
www.adaumbellesquest.com
David Spencer
Aisle Say
www.aislesay.com
Ethan Stanislawski
Tynan’s Anger
www.tynanasanger.com
Gil Varod
Broadway Abridged
www.broadwayabridged.com
Kim Weild
www.kimweild.com