Brown's 13, Guirgis' In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings Win L.A. Critics Circle Awards

Jason Robert Brown's musical 13 and Stephen Adly Guirgis' play In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings took top prizes at the 2007 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards. The 39th annual awards, honoring excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theater, were were held on March 17 in a gala at the El Portal Theatre, hosted by Jason Graae.

The complete list of recipients is as follows:

Production
13, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum
In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings, Elephant Theatre Company in association with VS. Theatre Company

Revival
The Hasty Heart, Pacific Resident Theatre Company

Direction
Dan Bonnell, Anatol, Pacific Resident Theatre
Nick DeGruccio, Zanna, Don't!, West Coast Ensemble at Lyric-Hyperion Theatre
Michael Michetti, dark play or stories for boys, The Theatre @ Boston Court

Writing
Jeff Goode, Love Loves a Pornographer, Circle X at [Inside] the Ford
Stephen Adly Guirgis, In Arabia We'd All Be Kings

Adaptation
Matt Walker, Alice In One-Hit Wonderland, Troubadour Theatre Company at Falcon Theatre

Musical Direction
David O, 13
Gerald Sternbach, On Your Toes, Reprise! Broadway's Best at UCLA Freud Playhouse

Musical Score
Jason Robert Brown, 13

Choreography
Lee Martino, On Your Toes
Janet Miller, Winter Wonderettes, El Portal Forum Theatre

Lead Performance
Danny Calvert, Zanna, Don't!
Matt Letscher, Anatol
Alan Mandell, Trying, Colony Theatre
Rebecca Marcotte, Loyal Women, Theatre Banshee
Laurie Metcalf, The Quality of Life, Geffen Playhouse, Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater
Gabriel Olds, Tryst, Black Dahlia Theatre

Featured Performance
Misty Cotton, A Little Night Music, South Coast Repertory
Adam Haas Hunter, dark play or stories for boys
Shawn Lee, An Impending Rupture of the Belly, Furious Theatre Company at Pasadena Playhouse Carrie Hamilton Theatre

Ensemble Performance
13, Mark Taper Forum
Zanna, Don't!, West Coast Ensemble

Scenic Design
Joel Daavid, In Arabia We'd All Be Kings

Lighting Design
Joel Daavid, In Arabia We'd All Be Kings

Costume Design
Shon LeBlanc, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, Fountain Theatre

Sound Design
Lindsay Jones, Bug, Lost Angels Theatre Company at Coast Playhouse

Puppet Design
Rick Lyon, Avenue Q, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre