The winners of Los Angeles’ prestigious Ovation Awards were announced today. Voted on by professionals from Theatre LA member companies, the awards recognize excellence in 26 categories.

This year the Los Angeles production of Disney’s The Lion King took home the most awards with a total of seven. The Actors’ Gang production of Underneath the Lintel came second with three statues, and the Broadway-bound Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, nominated for four awards, failed to take home any.

And the 2001 Ovation winners are.

Musical, larger:
The Lion King, Disney Theatricals at Pantages Theatre

Musical, smaller:
bare, God Help Productions at Hudson Mainstage Theatre

Play, larger
A Huey P. Newton Story, Cultural Affairs Department at Los Angeles Theatre Center

Play, smaller:
Underneath the Lintel, Actors' Gang

World premiere:
Jane Anderson, Looking for Normal

New translation/adaptation:
tie
Clara Bellar, Herb Mendelsohn and cast, A Flea in Her Ear
Rick Sparks, Gary Carter, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, Greenway Arts Alliance

Director, musical:
Julie Taymor, The Lion King

Director, play:
Brent Hinkley, Underneath the Lintel

Lead actor, musical:
Avi Hoffman, Too Jewish?

Lead actress, musical:
Gogi Grant, Glad to Be Unhappy: The Lyrical Life of Lorenz Hart

Lead actor, play:
Brian T. Finney, Underneath the Lintel

Lead actress, play:
Laurie Metcalf, Looking for Normal

Featured actor, musical:
Danny Rutigliano, The Lion King

Featured actress, musical:
Meg Howrey, Contact

Featured actor, play:
Leslie Jordan, Southern Baptist Sissies

Featured actress, play:
Elizabeth Franz, Death of a Salesman

Ensemble performance:
Night and Her Stars

Choreographer:
Garth Fagan, The Lion King

Set, larger:
Richard Hudson, The Lion King

Set, smaller:
Desma Murphy, A Mislaid Heaven

Lighting, larger
Donald Holder, The Lion King

Lighting, smaller:
Fredrick Wenzlaff, Infinity

Costumes, larger:
Julie Taymor, The Lion King

Costumes, smaller:
Kara Feely, Paule Lemasson, Norma Ramos, Pathe-X

Sound, larger:
Marc Anthony Thompson, A Huey P. Newton Story

Sound, smaller:
Jef Bek and Eric Snodgrass, Pathe-X

National Play Award
Turning for Home by Lexie LaBove, presented by The Fountain Theatre

James A. Doolittle Award for Outstanding Leadership
Tom Ormeny, Victory Theatre

Career Achievement
Cathy Rigby, McCoy Rigby Entertainment