War Horse, Forbidden Broadway & More Take Home L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Awards

War Horse and Forbidden Broadway were among the winners of the 2012 L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Awards, which honor the best in Los Angeles theater. A full list of winners from the awards' November 12 ceremony is as follows:

Best Season
Center Theatre Group:
 (American Idiot, 
American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose,
 Bring It On: The Musical,
 Clybourne Park, 
Fela!,
 Follies,
Los Otros,
 Mary Poppins,
 Poor Behavior,
 Red,
 The Convert
 Vigil,
 Waiting for Godot,
 War Horse)

Best Production of a Play 
(Intimate Theater)
Peace in Our Time,
 The Antaeus Company

Best Production of a Play 
(Large Theater)
Waiting for Godot,
 Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

Best Production of a Musical 
(Intimate Theater)
The Color Purple,
 Celebration Theatre

Best Production of a Musical
 (Large Theater)
Forbidden Broadway: Greatest Hits Volume 2,
 Musical Theatre West

Best Presented Production
War Horse,
 Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Acting Ensemble of a Play
Waiting for Godot,
 Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

Acting Ensemble of a Musical
The Color Purple,
 Celebration Theatre

Choreography

Janet Roston, The Color Purple
, Celebration Theatre

Music Direction
Gregory Nabours, The Color Purple
, Celebration Theatre

Book for an Original Musical
Isaac Laskin, Hey, Morgan!,
 Black Dahlia Theatre

Lyrics/Music for an Original Musical
James Coco, Parmer Fuller and Michael Kramer, Stations: A Los Angeles Holiday Story,
 Ensemble Theatre Company

Playwrighting of an Original Play
Andrew Dolan, The Many Mistresses of Martin Luther King,
 Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA

Director of a Musical
Michael Matthews, The Color Purple,
 Celebration Theatre

Director of a Play
Emily Mann, The Convert
, Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

Lead Actor in a Musical
Davis Gaines, Man of La Mancha, Musical Theatre West

Lead Actress in a Musical
Susanne Blakeslee, Forbidden Broadway: Greatest Hits Volume 2, Musical Theatre West

Lead Actor in a Play
Alan Mandell, Waiting for Godot,
 Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

Lead Actress in a Play
Pascale Armand, Convert,
 Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

Featured Actor in a Musical
Todrick Hall, Hairspray,
 Musical Theatre West

Featured Actress in a Musical
La Toya London, The Color Purple,
 Celebration Theatre

Featured Actor in a Play
Hugo Armstrong, Waiting for Godot, 
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

Featured Actress in a Play
Zainab Jah, The Convert,
 Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

Lighting Design (Intimate Theater)
Luke Moyer, Deathtrap, 
LA Gay & Lesbian Center

Lighting Design (Large Theater)
Lap Chu, The Convert,
 Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

Scenic Design
 (Intimate Theater)
Tom Buderwitz,
 Peace in Our Time,
 The Antaeus Company

Scenic Design
 (Large Theater)
Daniel Ostling, 
The Convert, Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

Sound Design (Intimate Theater)
John Zalewski,
 Peace in Our Time,
 The Antaeus Company

Sound Design 
(Large Theater)
John Zalewski,
 A Wrinkle in Time, MainStreet Theatre Company

Costume Design 
(Intimate Theater)
Shon LeBlanc,
 I Love Lucy: Live on Stage,
 Rockahan, LLC

Costume Design
 (Large Theater)
Paul Tazewell,
 The Convert,
 Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

Ovation Honors:

Composition for a Play
Ryan Johnson, Stoneface: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Buster Keaton, 
Sacred Fools Theatre Company

Fight Choreography
Andrew Amani, Hearts Like Fists, Theatre of NOTE

Puppet Design
Susan Gratch, The Children, The Theatre at Boston Court

Video Design
Shawn Sagady, American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose, Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre