2008 Carbonell Nominations announced

The nominees for the 32nd Annual Carbonell Awards have been posted.

The theaters leading with the most nominations are the venerable GableStage, located in Coral Gables, and the Maltz Jupiter Theater, located at the other end of South Florida in Jupiter.

The 32nd Annual Carbonell Awards Ceremony will take place at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts on Monday April 7, 2008 .

Visit the Carbonell website for breakdowns by show and theater, but here's the COMPLETE list:

COMBINED (plays and musicals)

Best New Work (play or musical) (award to author): David Caudle, Likeness, New Theatre; Michael McKeever, Melt, New Theatre; and Juan C. Sanchez, Red Tide, The Promethean Theatre.

Best Ensemble Production (play or musical): Glengarry Glen Ross, Mosaic Theatre; Melt, New Theatre; Steel Magnolias, Caldwell Theatre Company; and Summer Shorts, City Theatre.

PLAYS

Best Production of a Play (award to producing organization): Glengarry Glen Ross, Mosaic Theatre; A House With No Walls, Florida Stage; The Lieutenant of Inishmore, GableStage; Talk Radio, Mosaic Theatre; and Trying, Palm Beach Dramaworks.

Best Director/Play: Joseph Adler, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, GableStage; Nanique Gheridian, Trying, Palm Beach Dramaworks; Richard Jay Simon, Glengarry Glen Ross, Mosaic Theatre; Richard Jay Simon, Talk Radio, Mosaic Theatre; and Louis Tyrrell, A House With No Walls, Florida Stage.

Best Actor/Play: Stephen G. Anthony, Faith Healer, Inside Out Theatre Company; Todd Allen Durkin, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, GableStage; John Felix, Guest Artist, Mosaic Theatre; Peter Haig, Trying, Palm Beach Dramaworks; and Paul Tei, Talk Radio, Mosaic Theatre.

Best Actress/Play: Kameshia Duncan , A House With No Walls, Florida Stage; Lela Elam, In the Continuum, GableStage; Margot Moreland, Fat Pig, GableStage; Pilar Uribe, Nine Parts of Desire, Mosaic Theatre; and Tara Vodihn, I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me by a Young Lady From Rwanda, New Theatre.

Best Supporting Actor/Play: Ken Clement, Faith Healer, Inside Out Theatre Company; Erik Fabregat, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, GableStage; John Felix, Melt, New Theatre; Andrew Rassmussen, According to Goldman, Florida Stage; and Paul Tei, Glengarry Glen Ross, Mosaic Theatre.

Best Supporting Actress/Play: Linda Bernhard, Sister Cities, The Women's Project; Pat Bowie, Doubt, Caldwell Theatre Company; Kim Morgan, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, GableStage; Kim Morgan, Smut, GableStage; and Angie Radosh, The Fourth Wall, Palm Beach DramaWorks.

MUSICALS

Best Production of a Musical (award to producing organization): The Boy Friend, Maltz Jupiter Theatre; I Love You Because, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; La Cage aux Folles, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Man of La Mancha, Maltz Jupiter Theatre; and

Urinetown, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre.

Best Director/Musical: David Arisco, La Cage aux Folles, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; David Arisco, Urinetown, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Peter Flynn, Man of La Mancha, Maltz Jupiter Theatre; J. Barry Lewis, Side by Side by Sondheim, Palm Beach Dramaworks; and Mark Martino, The Boy Friend, Maltz Jupiter Theatre.

Best Actor/Musical: Neal Benari, Man of La Mancha, Maltz Jupiter Theatre; Jerry Gulledge, La Cage aux Folles, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Terrell Hardcastle, Side by Side by Sondheim, Palm Beach Dramaworks; Gary Marachek, La Cage aux Folles, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; and Tally Sessions, Urinetown, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre.

Best Actress/Musical: Irene Adjan, Funny Girl, New Vista Theatre Company; Natalie Hall, The Boy Friend, Maltz Jupiter Theatre; Jennifer Hughes, I Love You Because, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Alicia Irving, Man of La Mancha, Maltz Jupiter Theatre; and Laura Turnbull, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, New Vista Theatre Company.

Best Supporting Actor/Musical: Jim Ballard, Urinetown, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Marcus Davis, La Cage aux Folles, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Connor Gallagher, The Boy Friend, Maltz Jupiter Theatre; Christopher A. Kent, Funny Girl, New Vista Theatre Company; and Michael Lluberes, Man of La Mancha, Maltz Jupiter Theatre.

Best Supporting Actress/Musical: Cherilyn Franco, Urinetown, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Rachel Jones, Urinetown, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Julie Kotarides, The Boy Friend, Maltz Jupiter Theatre; Erin McGuire, The Boy Friend, Maltz Jupiter Theatre; and Lourelene Snedeker, Backwards in High Heels, Florida Stage.

Musical Direction/Musical: Eric Alsford, La Cage aux Folles, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Craig D. Ames, Side by Side by Sondheim, Palm Beach Dramaworks; Helen Gregory, The Boy Friend, Maltz Jupiter Theatre; Helen Gregory, Man of La Mancha, Maltz Jupiter Theatre; and David Nagy, Urinetown, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre.

Choreography/Musical: Chrissi Ardito, La Cage aux Folles, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Chrissi Ardito, Urinetown, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Lynnette Barkley, Backwards in High Heels, Florida Stage; Rob Dawson, Funny Girl, New Vista Theatre Company; and Denis Jones, The Boy Friend, Maltz Jupiter Theatre.

DESIGN (plays & musicals)

Best Scenic Design: Lyle Baskin, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, GableStage; Michael Bottari and Ronald Case, Man of La Mancha, Maltz Jupiter Theatre; Dan Kuchar, The Boy Friend, Maltz Jupiter Theatre; Sean McClelland, Guest Artist, Mosaic Theatre; and Sean McClelland, Talk Radio, Mosaic Theatre.

Best Lighting Design: Lance Blank, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, New Vista Theatre Company; Jeff Quinn, Fat Pig, GableStage; Jeff Quinn, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, GableStage; Donald Edmund Thomas, The Boy Friend, Maltz Jupiter Theatre; and Donald Edmund Thomas, Man of La Mancha, Maltz Jupiter Theatre.

Best Costume Design: Erin Amico, Summer Shorts, City Theatre; Michael Bottari and Ronald Case, Man of La Mancha, Maltz Jupiter Theatre; Jose M. Rivera, The Boy Friend, Maltz Jupiter Theatre; Ellis Tillman, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, GableStage; and Ellis Tillman, Urinetown, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre.

Best Sound Design: Matt Corey, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, GableStage; Matt Corey, Talk Radio, Mosaic Theatre; Luis Lojo, Man of La Mancha, Maltz Jupiter Theatre; Steve Shapiro, Summer Shorts, City Theatre; and Lane Starratt, La Cage aux Folles, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre.