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Austin Critics’ Table Awards nominations announced
Austin Shakespeare’s production of “An Ideal Husband,” Dan Welcher’s Symphony No. 5 and the Blanton Museum of Art exhibit “Birth of the Cool” are just some of many arts events in the past year that have been nominated for an award by the Austin Critics’ Table.
Other nominees announced today include Austin Lyric Opera’s production of ‘The Bat,’ pianist Anton Nel’s solo concert at the Long Center and costume designer Michaele Hite for the UT Butler School of Music production of Duke Ellington’s “Queenie Pie.”
Visual artists Sterling Allen, Heyd Fontenot and Anna Krachey are among those nominated for Outstanding Visual Artist. Those recognized for Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role include Barbara Chisholm, Liz Fisher, Joey Hood, Lauren Lane and Chase Woolridge.
Receiving nominations for Outstanding Original Composition are Austin composers Dries Berghman, Jason Hoogerhyde, Russell Reed and Graham Reynolds.
The informal group of arts critics from the American-Statesman and the Austin Chronicle acknowledges achievement in the arts with its annual awards. Awards are given in various categories for theater, dance, visual art and classical music. This year’s awards ceremony will be at 7 p.m. June 1 at the Cap City Comedy Club, 8120 Research Blvd. Admission is free, and no reservations are required.
For this year’s honorees for the Austin Arts Hall of Fame, go here.
Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2008-2009
THEATER
Production, Drama
‘The Bird’ and the Bee,’ Capital T Theatre
‘Cyrano de Bergerac,’ Mary Moody Northen Theatre
‘Dug Up,’ Austin Playhouse
‘The Grapes of Wrath’, Zach Theatre
‘The Idiot,’ UT Department of Theatre & Dance
‘The Nina Variations,’ Gobotrick Theatre Company
‘Ophelia,’ Tutto Theatre Company
‘Still Life With Iris,’ UT Department of Theatre & Dance
Production, Comedy
‘Age of Arousal,’ Austin Playhouse
‘Art,’ Penfold Theatre Company/City Theatre Company
‘Bomb Shelter,’ Tongue and Groove Theatre
‘Bombs in Your Mouth,’ Hyde Park Theatre
‘The Clean House,’ Zach Theatre
‘Cloud Nine,’ Mary Moody Northen Theatre
‘An Ideal Husband,’ Austin Shakespeare
‘Things in Life,’ Ben Prager
Production, Musical
‘Always … Patsy Cline,’ TexARTS
‘Arthuriosis,’ Getalong Gang Performance Group
‘Beauty and the Beast,’ Zilker Theatre Productions
‘Caroline, or Change,’ Zach Theatre
‘The Last Five Years,’ Penfold Theatre Company/Austin Playhouse
‘Oklahoma,’ Summerstock Austin
‘The Pajama Game,’ Mary Moody Northen Theatre
‘Queenie Pie,’ UT Butler School of Music
‘The Red Balloon,’ Tongue and Groove Theatre
Direction
Rod Caspers, ‘The Bat’
Eric Einhorn, ‘Dialogues of the Carmelites’
Scott Kanoff, ‘The Idiot’
Michael McKelvey, ‘Oklahoma’/’The Last Five Years’/’The Pajama Game’
Michelle Polgar, ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’
Will Hollis Snider, ‘The Nina Variations’
Dave Steakley, ‘Altar Boyz’/ ‘Caroline, or Change’/ ‘The Grapes of Wrath’
Lara Toner, ‘Dug Up’/ ‘Age of Arousal’
Dustin Wills, ‘Ophelia’
David Yeakle, ‘The Red Balloon’
Acting in a Leading Role
Marc Balester, ‘A Number’
Barbara Chisholm, ‘Shooting Star’ / ‘The Clean House’
Liz Fisher, ‘Bombs in Your Mouth’
David Gallagher, ‘The Last Five Years’
Joey Hood, ‘Bombs in Your Mouth’
Annika Johansson, ‘The Last Five Years’
Jenny Larson, ‘Age of Arousal’
Lauren Lane, ‘The Clean House’
David Long, ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’
Ben Prager, ‘Things in Life’
Selena Rosanbalm, ‘Always … Patsy Cline’
Mark Schiebmir, ‘An Ideal Husband’ / ‘The Psyche Project’
Janis Stinson, ‘Caroline, or Change’
Tom Truss, ‘The Idiot’
Jennifer Underwood, ‘The Casket of Passing Fancy’ / ‘The Beauty Queen of Leenane’
Molly Wissinger, ‘Beauty and the Beast’
Chase Woolridge, ‘The Bird and the Bee’
Acting in a Supporting Role
Kate deBuys, ‘The Idiot’
Verity Branco, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ / ‘An Ideal Husband’
Janelle Buchanan, ‘An Ideal Husband’ / ‘The Grapes of Wrath’
Shavanna Calder, ‘Caroline, or Change’
Smaranda Ciceu, ‘The Idiot’
Lana Dieterich, ‘The Grapes of Wrath’
Jenny Gravenstein, ‘Age of Arousal’
Lesley Gurule, ‘The Idiot’
Boni Hester, ‘A Flea in Her Ear’
Ev Lunning Jr., ‘The Bat’
Rob Matney, ‘Twelfth Night’
Marc Pouhé, ‘The Three Sisters’ / ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’/ ‘The Grapes of Wrath’
Scott Shipman, ‘Beauty and the Beast’
Steve Shearer, ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’
Tom Truss, ‘The Psyche Project’
Ensemble Performance
‘Age of Arousal,’ Austin Playhouse
‘Altar Boyz,’ Zach Theatre
‘Art,’ Penfold Theatre Company/City Theatre Company
‘Cyrano de Bergerac,’ Mary Moody Northen Theatre
‘Glengarry Glen Ross,’ City Theatre Company
‘Ophelia,’ Tutto Theatre Company
‘The Red Balloon,’ Tongue and Groove Theatre
David Mark Cohen New Play Award
‘Dug Up’, Cyndi Williams
‘The Idiot,’ Scott Kanoff
‘Las Amandas,’ Michael Mares Mendoza
‘Ophelia,’ Dustin Wills
‘Radio Silence,’ Zell Miller III
‘Things in Life,’ Ben Prager
Music Direction
Jeff Hellmer, ‘Queenie Pie’
Lyn Koenning, ‘Oklahoma’ / ‘Caroline, or Change’ / ‘Always … Patsy Cline’
Michael McKelvey, ‘Beauty and the Beast’ / ‘Cloud Nine’ / ‘The Last Five Years’ / ‘The Pajama Game’
Allen Robertson, ‘The Grapes of Wrath’
Movement
Case Dillard, ‘Altar Boyz’
Danny Herman and Rocker Verastique, ‘The Pajama Game’
Robin Lewis, ‘Oklahoma’
Jennifer Sherburn/David Yeakle, ‘The Red Balloon’
Judy Thompson-Price, ‘Beauty and the Beast’
Touring Show, Theatre
‘Avenue Q,’ UT Performing Arts Center
Elaine Strich at Liberty, Austin Cabaret Theatre
‘Let Me Down Easy,’ Zach Theatre
‘Monty Python’s Spamalot,’ UT Performing Arts Center
‘Spectacular,’ Forced Entertainment, Fusebox Festival
None of the Above
‘Bodies in Urban Spaces,’ Fusebox Festival
‘The Casket of Passing Fancy,’ Rubber Repertory
‘pink [unplugged],’ Art City Austin
‘Spaceman:Dada:Robot,’ Electronic Planet Ensemble
DESIGN
Scenic Design
Kevin Beltz, ‘Still Life With Iris’
Yvonne Boudreaux, ‘The Idiot’
Ann Marie Gordon, ‘A Number’
Lisa Laratta, ‘Ophelia’
David Nancarrow, ‘The Bat’
Sonja Rainey, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
Cliff Simon, ‘The Grapes of Wrath’
Costume Design
Susan Branch, ‘The Bat’ / ‘The Grapes of Wrath’
Abbey Graf, ‘An Ideal Husband’
Alison Heryer, ‘The Idiot’
Michaele Hite, ‘Queenie Pie’
Kim H. Ngo, ‘Ophelia’/ ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’
Ariana Schwartz, ‘Still Life With Iris’
Lighting Design
Jason Amato, ‘Altar Boyz’ / ‘Radio Silence’ / ‘The Grapes of Wrath’
Natalie George, ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’
Shawn Kaufman, ‘Dialogues of the Carmelites’
David Nancarrow, ‘The Bat’ / ‘Rigoletto’
Will C. Sutliff, ‘Still Life With Iris’
Tony Tucci, ‘Hamlet’ / ‘The Nutcracker’
Cheng Wei-Teng, ‘The Idiot’
Lih-Hwa Yu, ‘The Shape of White’
Sound Design
Craig Brock, Altar Boyz/The Grapes of Wrath
Billy Henry, ‘The Idiot’
Bill Mester, ‘Dialogues of the Carmelites’
Buzz Moran, ‘Hamilton Township’
Video Design
Duncan Alexander, ‘The Color of Dissonance’
Lowell Bartholomee and Michael Mergen, ‘The Method Gun’
José Bustamante, ‘The Shape of White’
F. Joseph Santori,’ Fantasmaville’
Leah Sharpe, ‘The Red Balloon’
Lee Webster, ‘Hamilton Township’ / ‘Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell’
DANCE
Dance Concert
‘Hamlet,’ Ballet Austin
‘In a Sense,’ American Repertory Ensemble
‘Skate! A Night at the Rink,’ Forklift Danceworks
Short Work
‘Chicken Complex,’ Ann Berman, Big Range Austin Dance Festival
‘Crandall Canyon Mine,’ Sharon Marroquin, Big Range Austin Dance Festival
‘Episodes,’ Ballet Austin
‘John and I…,’ American Repertory Ensemble
‘Platform Forward,’ Ellen Bartel, Big Range Austin Dance Festival
‘Searching,’ Jason Janas, Tapestry Dance Company
‘The Shape of White,’ UT David Mark Cohen New Works Festival
‘Sparrows Gift,’ American Repertory Ensemble
Choreographer
David Justin, ‘Speed Dial’ / ‘Bach Sonata’ / ‘Snow Globe’ / ‘Sparrows Gift’
Sharon Marroquin, ‘Garden’ / ‘Crandall Canyon Mine’ / ‘Desprendimiento’
Eric Midgley, ‘Hang’
Andee Scott, ‘The Shape of White’
Dancer
Chika Aluka, ‘An Oval Braid’ (Chaddick Dance Theatre)
Paul Michael Bloodgood, ‘Episodes’/ ‘Hamlet’ (Ballet Austin)
Michele Gifford, ‘Bach Sonata’ / ‘Rubies (pas de deux),’ (American Repertory Ensemble)
Ashley Lynn, ‘Episodes’ / ‘Hamlet’ / ‘Left Unsaid’ (Ballet Austin)
Sharon Marroquin, ‘Garden’ / ‘Crandall Canyon Mine’
Maia McCoy, ‘The Gambit,’ (Chaddick Dance Theatre)
Rosalyn Nasky, ‘Fray,’ Big Range Austin Dance Festival/American Repertory Ensemble
Allisyn Paino, ‘Hamlet’ / ‘The Studio Theater Project’ (Ballet Austin)
Frank Shott, ‘Hamlet’ (Ballet Austin)
Kirby Wallis, ‘Songs of Innuendo’ (Ballet Austin)
Touring Show, Dance
‘Erection,’ Testperformancetest/Fusebox Festival
‘Grub,’ Teeth, Fusebox Festival
Grupo Corpo, UT Performing Arts Center
Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People, Fusebox Festival
‘Rammed Earth,’ Tere O’Connor, Dance Umbrella
‘Warriors and Queens,’ UT Department of Theatre & Dance, Performance as Public Practice,and Center for Women’s and Gender Studies
MUSIC
Symphonic Performance
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, UT Symphony Orchestra with UT Chamber Singers, Concert Chorale, Men’s Chorus, Women’s Chorus, and Choral Arts Society
Hoogerhyde: Lament, Austin Civic Orchestra
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5/Rossini: L’italiana in Algeri, UT Symphony Orchestra
Schumann: Introduction and Allegro appassionato/Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1, Austin Symphony Orchestra with Anton Nel
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite, Austin Symphony Orchestra
Welcher: Symphony No. 5, Austin Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Performance
Anton Nel in recital, Anton Nel
‘GHP 10,’ Golden Hornet Project with Tosca String Quartet
‘In Celebration of Mendelssohn’s 200th Birthday,’ Miró Quartet
‘In the Immortal Words of Dvorak: Let’s Party,’ Austin Chamber Music Center and Carpe Diem Quartet
Reich: Drumming, UT Percussion Ensemble
‘Sound in Time: The Music of Alvin Lucier,’ New Music Co-op
‘This Time It’s Personal,’ Viola By Choice
Choral Concert
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, UT Chamber Singers, Concert Chorale, Men’s
Chorus, Women’s Chorus, and Choral Arts Society with UT Symphony Orchestra
‘Complaints Through the Ages,’ Texas Early Music Project
Ellington: Sacred Concert,’ Austin Chamber Music Center/Huston-Tillotson University Concert Choir
Schubert: Mass in G/Vivaldi: Gloria, Austin Civic Chorus
Rachmaninoff: Vespers, Conspirare
Verdi: Messa da Requiem, Conspirare Symphonic Choir, Texas State University Choirs, Victoria Bach Festival Chorus and Orchestra
Opera
‘The Bat,’ Austin Lyric Opera
‘La Curandera,’ UT Butler Opera Center
‘Dialogues of the Carmelites,’ Austin Lyric Opera
‘Eight Songs for a Mad King’ / ‘The Tyrant,’ UT New Music Ensemble
‘Rigoletto,’ Austin Lyric Opera
‘Winterreise/The Sorrows of Young Werther,’ Austin Chamber Music Center
Singer
Michele Angelini, ‘Cinderella’ (Austin Lyric Opera)
Morgan Gale Beckford, ‘Queenie Pie’ (UT Butler Opera Center)
John Boehr, ‘Cinderella’ (Austin Lyric Opera)
Andrew Cannata, ‘The Pajama Game’ (St. Edward’s Univ.)
Sandra Piques Eddy, ‘Cinderella,’ (Austin Lyric Opera)
Gitlanjali Mathur, ‘Complaints Through the Ages’ (Texas Early Music Project)
Elizabeth Petillot, Viola by Choice
Lyubov Petrova, ‘Rigoletto (Austin Lyric Opera)
Emily Pulley, ‘Dialogues of the Carmelites’ (Austin Lyric Opera)
Suzanne Ramo, ‘Dialogues of the Carmelites’ (Austin Lyric Opera)
Jenifer Thyssen, ‘Complaints Through the Ages’ (Texas Early Music Project)
Original Composition/Score
‘Archetypes,’ Dries Berghman (UT New Music Ensemble)
‘Between Steel and Stardust (Songs of Texas Women),’ Graham Reynolds and Carrie Fountain
‘The Color of Dissonance,’ Jason Hoogerhyde (Southwestern Univ.)
‘Light the Lovely Candles,’ Russell Reed (Viola By Choice)
‘The Red Balloon,’ Justin Sherburn
‘Songs & Dances,’ Jorge Morel (Austin Classical Guitar Society)
‘Symphony No. 5,’ Dan Welcher
Instrumentalist
Gregory Allen, Beethoven: “Archduke” Trio (Chamber Soloists of Austin)
Conor Brace, ‘Queenie Pie’ (UT Butler Opera Center)
Thomas Burritt, Reich: Drumming (UT Percussion Ensemble)
Graeme Francis, ‘Dark Circle’/ ‘Snow Globe,’ (American Repertory Ensemble)
Yu-Hsuan Liao, Valses Poéticos, ‘Passion at Play’ (American Repertory Ensemble)
Elizabeth Lee, Dvorak: Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra (UT Symphony Orchestra)
Anton Nel, Anton Nel in recital (Long Center)
Michelle Schumann, Gershwin: ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ (Austin Chamber Music Center)
Bion Tsang, ‘Conspirare in Concert’ (Conspirare)
Touring Classical
Borromeo String Quartet, Austin Chamber Music Festival
Jupiter String Quartet, UT Performing Arts Center
Onix Ensemble, UT Performing Arts Center
Itzhak Perlman, UT Performing Arts Center
Weilerstein Trio, UT Butler School of Music
ART
Museum Exhibition
‘Fritz Henle: In Search of Beauty,’ Ransom Center, curator Roy Flukinger
‘Lordy Rodriguez: States of America,’ Austin Museum of Art, curator Eva Buttacavoli
‘Matt Stokes: these are the days,’ Arthouse, curator Elizabeth Dunbar
‘Modern Art. Modern Lives. Then + Now,’ Austin Museum of Art, curators Dana Friis-Hansen and James Housefield
‘The New York Graphic Workshop: 1964-1970,’ Blanton Museum of Art, curators Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro and Ursula Davila-Villa
‘Reimagining Space: The Park Place Gallery Group in 1960s New York’ Blanton Museum of Art, curator Linda Henderson
Solo Gallery Exhibition
‘Heyd Fontenot: Business in the Front, Party in the Back,’ Art Palace
‘Lance Letscher: Industry and Design,’ D. Berman Gallery
‘Laurie Frick: Collages,’ Gallery Shoal Creek
‘Lee Baxter Davis,’ Texas Biennial 2009
‘Leslee Frasier: No Sure Footing,’ Women & Their Work
‘Peat Duggins: Black Room,’ Art Palace
‘Steve Brudniak: Noumenon,’ Dougherty Arts Center
Group Gallery Exhibition
‘The Activist Impulse,’ Women & Their Work, curator Regine Basha
‘Bayanihan: Work from Manila,’ Okay Mountain, curator Tim Brown
‘Photography in the Abstract,’ Lora Reynolds Gallery, curator Maureen Mahony
‘Reality Show,’ Women & Their Work, curator Jill Pangallo
‘Songs of Praise for the Heart Beyond Cure,’ Art Palace, curator Katie Geha
Independent or Public Project
‘Burning Clock,’ Merrilee Ratcliffe and Dave Umlas; First Night Austin 2009
‘The Exquisite Bee,’ Austin Video Bee
Okay Mountain mural at Austin Ventures
‘Recreating the Domain,’ Alex Keller
‘Three Dollar Cinema,’ Paul Soileau and PJ Raval
‘12:19 Library,’ Ron Berry, Phil Soltanoff, Scott Wilcox; Fusebox Festival
Work of Art
‘Armada,’ Lisi Raskin, Blanton Museum of Art
‘Bait Box,’ Buster Graybill, Texas Biennial 2009
‘Homeland Security,’ Ken Little, Texas Biennial 2009
‘Let Me Entertain You,’ Jill Pangallo, Texas Biennial 2009
‘Stacked Waters,’ Teresita Fernandez, Blanton Museum of Art
‘Warthogramhawk,’ Jules Buck Jones, Texas Biennial 2009
‘Wild Seed,’ Lauren Kelley, Arthouse
Artist
Sterling Allen
Heyd Fontenot
Anna Krachey
Jill Pangallo
Barry Stone
Touring Show, Art
‘Birth of the Cool,’ Blanton Museum of Art
‘Lewitt x2,’ Austin Museum of Art
‘Workers: Sebastiao Salgado,’ Austin Museum of Art
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By charlie
May 14, 2009 11:22 AM | Link to this
I thought “I’ve Never Been So Happy” was good.