THE 2013 JKTS AWARDS! Pick This Year's Award Categories!

Each season, Tony Awards nominations are announced.  And each year, we debate a little about who really earned it, a little about who got lucky, and a whole lot was missed.  "If I were on the nominating committee..." we begin.  And that's how the JKTS Awards were born on this blog. It is hard to believe that year this marks the 3rd Annual JKTS Awards. Time sure flies.  Even now, I am contemplating the first new musical of the season, First Date.  And... well, that is for another time.  First things first.

As always, I seek ways to gather your input and ideas - after all, I don't just do this blog for me!  Today, I'd like your help selecting this year's JKTS Awards categories.  I've narrowed it down  to three broad categories: The Victor/Victorias, The Tonys Should Honor Awards, and The Just-for-Fun Awards.

• The Victor/Victorias are those that honor all of those shows, creatives and performers that we felt SHOULD have been nominated, but were overlooked by "the committee."
• The Tonys Should Honor Awards are those categories that the Tony Awards don't recognize, but really should.
• The Just-for-Fun Awards are just that - fun, silly categories that celebrate the quirky trends of the season and other theatrical mayhem!

Please add your ideas for any categories you can think of - the more the merrier!

THIS POLL WILL CLOSE ON FRIDAY, MAY 24 AT 8PM!

NOMINATIONS WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY, MAY 27 AND FINAL VOTING WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY, JUNE 3!  THE WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON TONY SUNDAY!

BE SURE TO SCROLL ALL THE WAY DOWN, ANSWER EACH QUESTION AND CLICK "DONE" AT THE END!

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Jeff
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Broadway Ladies: Ms. May 2013: Anna Louizos

MS. BROADWAY MAY 2013

ANNA LOUIZOS

WHY SHE'S MS. BROADWAY: With some 18 Broadway credits, plus several off-Broadway, regional, and television credits to her name, one can certainly say Anna Louizos is a versatile set designer.  Whether she's creating an initmate play set (To Be Or Not to Be, Golda's Balcony), a traditional Broadway musical extravaganza (White Christmas, Curtains), or an expansive cityscape (In the Heights, Avenue Q), Louizos has been critically acclaimed.  National audiences have seen her work with the tours of White Christmas, Avenue Q and London audiences saw her Avenue Q as well.  TV audiences have seen her work on Sex and the City and The 46th Annual Tony Awards (1993 Emmy Award nomination).  This season alone, she designed the sets for The Performers, Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella, and The Mystery of Edwin Drood, for which she earned her third Tony Award nomination.  The season has been a good one for Ms. Broadway May 2013.

OTHER INFORMATION

• Birthdate: Born on June 24th
• Education: Mills College; NYU Tisch School of the Arts, MFA Scenic Design
• Awards: 3 Tony nominations, 4 Drama Desk nominations, 3 Lucille Lortel nominations, 1 Emmy nomination
• Where You Might Have Seen Her Work: Broadway: The Scarlet Pimpernel, To Be or Not to Be, In the Heights, Avenue Q, High Fidelity, Steel Magnolias, Curtains, Baby, It's You!, Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella, The Performers, The Mystery of Edwin Drood; London: Avenue Q; Off-Broadway/Regional:  Sons of the Prophet, Altar Boyz, Minsky's, Vanities: The Musical, Crimes of the Heart, Tick, Tick...Boom; Television: Sex and the City, The 46th Annual Tony Awards

IN PHOTOS

Headshots and Candids

Anna Louizos (left)

Anna Louizos and her partner, Robyn Goodman

Opening Night at Cinderella

On the Set of In the Heights

Regional/Off-Broadway

The Pirates of Penzance

Vanities: The Musical

Minsky's

Altar Boyz

Broadway

Avenue Q Set Model

Avenue Q Broadway Set

The Avenue Q Set as rendered by Ace of Cakes

Steel Magnolias

High Fidelity (Tony Nomination)

Irving Berlin's White Christmas

In the Heights (Tony Nomination)

Curtains

To Be or Not to Be

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

The Performers

The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Tony Nomination)

Jeff
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Broadway Boys: May 2013: Kenneth Posner

MR. BROADWAY MAY 2013

KENNETH POSNER

WHY HE'S MR. BROADWAY: Since he made his Broadway ddebut with the 1995 revival of The Rose Tattoo, Kenneth Posner has designed the lighting for some 49 productions.  He is a staple in the regional theatre community including the Williamstown Theater Festival, and with the non-profits, including several productions at Lincoln Center.  He has such an extensive off-Broadway resume that he was awarded an OBIE for Sustained Excellence in Lighting.  But what makes him the man of the month is the astounding thing he accomplished: three of the four Tony Award nominations for Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical for Cinderella, Kinky Boots and Pippin.  If that's not enough to be called Mr. Broadway, I don't know what is!

OTHER INFORMATION

• Age: Born in 1965
• Education: Boston University School of Fine Arts; SUNY Purchase
• Family: Married 
• Where You Might Have Seen His Work: Broadway: The Rose Tattoo, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Side Man, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, Hairspray, Wicked, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck, Legally Blonde, The Merchant of Venice, Catch Me If You Can, Other Desert Cities, The Best Man, Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella, Kinky Boots, Pippin; Off-Broadway/Regional:  Toxic Avenger, Our Town, Giant, Far From Heaven ; Awards: 10 Tony Award Nominations, 1 Tony Award (The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck); OBIE Award for Sustained Excellence in Lighting Design, 11 Drama Desk Award Nominations, 1 Drama Desk Award (The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck)

IN PHOTOS

Headshots and Candids

Regional and Off-Broadway

The Adventures of the Toxic Avenger

Our Town

Giant

Far from Heaven

Broadway

The Best Man

Catch Me If You Can

Tony Nominated Work

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 2001

Hairspray 2003

Wicked 2004

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 2005

The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck 2007 (Winner)

The Merchant of Venice 2011

Other Desert Cities 2012

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella 2013

Kinky Boots 2013

Pippin 2013

Jeff

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