Nominees announced for 2010 Syracuse Area Live Theater awards

Syracuse, NY -- Syracuse Area Live Theater is switching its annual awards ceremony to the Palace Theatre for 2010.

After three years at Syracuse Stage’s Archbold Theatre, SALT founder Art Zimmer said the move was made to accommodate a larger audience. The shift means that 700 can attend, while the Archbold seats about 200 fewer.

Zimmer will act as master of ceremonies when the prizes are handed out April 25 to more than three dozen winners representing professional, summer and community theater. The awards are sponsored by the Syracuse New Times.

Here are the nominees, announced today:

PROFESSIONAL THEATER

Play of the Year: “Crowns,” “The Diary of Anne Frank,” “Gutenberg! The Musical,” “Little Women” and “Picasso at the Lapin Agile.”

Director of the Year: Timothy Bond, Patdro Harris, Rachel Lampert and Anthony Salatino.

COMMUNITY THEATER

Play of the Year: “Glengarry Glen Ross,” “My Name is Rachel Corrie,” “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Talking With,” “The Pillowman” and “Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted.”

Musical of the Year: “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” “Ruthless! The Musical,” “James Joyce’s ‘The Dead’,” “West Side Story” and “White Christmas.”

Leading Actress in a Musical: Julia Berger and Julia Goodwin, both in “Ruthless! The Musical,” Danielle Nash in “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” Aubry Ludington Panek in “James Joyce’s ‘The Dead’” and Brandi Ozark Weston in “White Christmas.”

Supporting Actress in a Musical: Susan Blumer and Lorraine Grande, both in “James Joyce’s ‘The Dead’,” Christine Lightcap in “White Christmas,” Maria Pedro in “West Side Story” and Carmen Viviano-Crafts in “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.”

Leading Actor in a Musical: Jimmy Curtin in “Ruthless! The Musical,” Kevin McNamara in “James Joyce’s ‘The Dead’,” Tim Quartier in “West Side Story,” Dana Sovocool in “A Christmas Survival Guide,” Gary Troy in “White Christmas” and Dan Williams in “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.”

Supporting Actor in a Musical: Shawn Forster in “Mid-Life: The Crisis Musical,” Alex Gherardi in “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” Chad Healy in “West Side Story,” Bill Molesky and Joe Pierce, both in “James Joyce’s ‘The Dead’,” and Michael Spinoso in “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.”

Leading Actress in a Play: Theresa Constantine in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” Binaifer Dabu in “Talking With,” Jillian Dailey in “My Name is Rachel Corrie” and Kathleen Wrinn in “Woman in the Blue Dress.”

Supporting Actress in a Play: Binaifer Dabu twice, for both “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” and “Lend Me A Tenor,” Anne Fitzgerald in “Poor Superman,” Rosemary Paladino-Leone in “Talking With” and Erin Race in “Bash.”

Leading Actor in a Play: J. Brazill in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” Garrett Heater in “The Pillowman,” Bill Molesky in “Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted” and Michael O’Neill in “Glengarry Glen Ross.”

Supporting Actor in a Play: Josh Canfield, Phil Davoli and Wil Szczech, all in “The Pillowman,” and Keegan Lounsberry in “Werewolf.”

Director of the Year/Play: Garrett Heater, John Nara, Dan Tursi and David R. Witanowski.

Director of the Year/Musical: John Nara, Dan Tursi and David R. Witanowski.

Musical Director of the Year: Nadine Cole, Roy George, Catherine Rush Osinski and Josh Smith.

SUMMER SEASON

Production of the Season: “A Chorus Line,” “Dirty Blonde,” “Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wild

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