Six nominations for East West's Pacific Overtures

While the big theatres in LA nabbed a fistful of nominations for their shows, East West Players managed a more than respectable tally of its own in the peer-nominated Ovation Award nominees in late September.

The nominations, unveiled at a cocktail reception at the Hotel Inter-Continental in downtown Los Angeles, are the fifth annual for these peer-judged, competitive awards. Three other productions received six nominations: "The Old Settler" and "Blame It On the Movies," at the Pasadena Playhouse; and Actors Alley's "Room Service."

East West's nominations included:

Musical/larger: "Pacific Overtures," East West Players (other nominations include "Peter Pan," McCoy/Rigby at La Mirada Theatre; "Blame It On the Movies," Pasadena Playhouse; "Bring In 'Da Noise, Bring In 'Da Funk," Ahmanson Theatre; "Chicago," Ahmanson Theatre)

Director/musical: Tim Dang, "Pacific Overtures" (other nominations: Todd Nielsen, "On the Twentieth Century"; ; David Galligan, "Blame It On the Movies"; George C. Wolfe, "Bring In 'Da Noise, Bring In 'Da Funk"; Walter Bobbie, "Chicago")

Featured actor/musical: David Furumoto, "Pacific Overtures" (other nominees: Ron Orbach, "Chicago"; Wilson Cruz, "Rent"; M.E. Spencer, "Chicago"; Mark Leroy Jackson, "Rent")

Featured actress/musical: Deborah Nishimura, "Pacific Overtures" (other nominees: Leigh Hetherington, "Rent"; Jennifer Leigh Warren, "Hello Again"; Christine Kellogg, "Blame It On the Movies"; Avery Sommers, "Chicago" )

Costume design/larger: Naomi Yoshida Rodriguez, "Pacific Overtures"

Choreography: David Furumoto & Betsy Chang, "Pacific Overtures"

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