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KCRep Theatre’s “Venice” nominated for 11 Ovation Awards
"Venice," a co-production by Kansas City Repertory Theatre and Center Theatre Group (CTG) of Los Angeles, has received eleven Los Angeles Ovation Award nominations, including Best Musical and a Best Director nod for the Rep’s Artistic Director Eric Rosen.
The eleven Ovation Award nominations for Venice are:
Best Director of a Musical
Best Musical
Best Acting Ensemble of a Musical
Best Music Direction
Best Lyrics/Music for an Original Musical
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Best Lighting Design
Best Scenic Design
Best Sound Design
Best Costume Design
Best Video Design
Read The Los Angeles Times story here: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/09/ovation-awards-nominations.html
Venice is currently in development at the Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival, under Rosen's direction. The festival was originally conceived in 1954 by director/producer Joseph Papp.
Venice also was named “The Year’s Best Musical” by TIME magazine (May 2010) and was number two on the TIME “Top 10 Everything of 2010” list (theatre category).
Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles commissioned Rosen and Sax in 2007 to write another musical following the success of their critically acclaimed show Clay, which premiered in Los Angeles and had subsequent sold-out runs at Kansas City Rep and in New York, where it kicked off Lincoln Center Theater’s new programming initiative LCT3, devoted to producing the work of emerging playwrights, directors and designers.
The Ovation Awards for excellence in theatre were established in 1989 by the Los Angeles Stage Alliance to draw national attention to the quality of professional theatre in Los Angeles.
ABOUT KANSAS CITY REPERTORY THEATRE
Now in its 47th season, Kansas City Repertory Theatre is its region’s only member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and serves as the professional theatre in residence at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). The Rep produces mainstage plays and special events at Spencer Theatre on the UMKC campus and Copaken Stage located in downtown Kansas City. Kansas City Rep employs more than 250 professional artists, technicians and administrators, and serves more than 100,000 patrons and 10,000 school children annually. Kansas City Repertory Theatre is led by Artistic Director Eric Rosen, Managing Director Cynthia Rider and Producing Director Jerry Genochio.
For more information about the Kansas City Repertory Theatre visit http://www.kcrep.org/
Top Photo: Eric Rosen
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