Dearest Friends,We are thrilled to announce the 2010 Garland Awards, voted on by the Los Angeles theater critics of Back Stage. Who knew we had theater in Southern California, let alone a group of devoted theater critics? Our equally devoted readers of Back Stage, of course. Thank you for turning to the reviews pages in print and reading other of our reviews online. We know you're out there, treasuring the vibrant theater scene as much as we do.The critics who voted are Jeff Favre, Hoyt Hilsman, Travis Holder, Iris Mann, Eric Marchese, Dany Margolies, Dink O'Neal, Brad Schreiber, Melinda Schupmann, Madeleine Shaner, Les Spindle, Neal Weaver, and Jennie Webb. Under our voting system, each Garland winner was named on at least three critics' Best of 2009 lists. Each critic listed up to five nominees for each category except performance, up to 10 nominees for performance in musical productions and 10 for straight plays.
- 3/10/2010
- backstage.com
Every young actor wants only to be a film or TV star, right?Well, that's not quite true. A sturdy crop of young actors recently graduated from college theater programs has been giving stellar performances in musical theater productions across the country.Take, for instance, Jessica Keenan Wynn, currently the sole female in "Life Could Be a Dream," a doo-wop musical set in 1960. Written and directed by Roger Bean ("The Marvelous Wonderettes"), the show is currently playing at Los Angeles' Hudson Mainstage Theatre."There's something about musical theater where everything is heightened through song," Wynn says. "I hate to say it, but if I could sing my emotions every day—without being thought of as clinically insane—I probably would." (Perhaps Wynn comes by her enthusiasm naturally. She's the granddaughter of actor Keenan Wynn, who appeared on Broadway in musical revues in the 1930s and 1940s, and the great-granddaughter of Ed Wynn,...
- 10/22/2009
- backstage.com
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