TP Choice 2009 - Winners

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Anouncing the winners of this years Theatre Peoples Choice Awards!

Best Fight
 
Assassins Vs Presidents, Assassins - WMTC
James Cutler and Tim E. O’Leary. "Oklahoma!" - MDMS
Beast and Gaston - Beauty and the Beast - MLOC
Glenn Thomson (Javert) and the revolve, Les Mis - Windmill
"Leo's Capture", Parade -New Beat Theatre Company)
 
Best Stage Kiss
 
James Cutler and Lauren McCormack - "Oklahoma!" -MDMS
Leah Anderson & Johnathan Guthrie Jones - The Witches of Eastwick - Players Theatre Company
Sam Kitchen & Danny Medica - RENT Fab Nobs
Gerard Sneider & Georgie Parker JCS – Old Scotch

 
Most Crush-worthy Girl
 
The Kapsis Sisters, Sideshow - Octave
Bree Truscott, Miss Saigon – CLOC
Sarah Watson, Les Mis – Windmill
Jess May, The Witches of Eastwick - Players Theatre Company
Lauren McCormack, Oklahoma - MDMS
Melaine Ott, Rent - Fab Nobs
Gina Metz, High School Musical - Whitehorse
 
Most Crush-worthy Guy
 
Karl MacNamara, Rent – Fab Nobs

Harrison Wall, The Witches of Eastwick - Players Theatre Company
Jordan Reid, Sideshow - Octave Theatre
Kyahl Anderson, High School Musical - Whitehorse
 
Best Stage Couple
 
James Cutler and Lauren McCormack, "Oklahoma!" -MDMS
Mel Ott & Karl McNamara, RENT - Fab Nobs
Blake Testro and Lisa Pilkington, Eurobeat – WMTC
 
Best Performed Song
 
'Who Will Love Me As I Am" (Sideshow cast) Sideshow -Octave Theatre
Toby Truscott and the Ensemble - Bui Doi, Miss Saigon – CLOC
James Cutler and Tim E. O'Leary 'Poor Judd', Oklahoma! - MDMS
 
Best Orchestra
 
MDMS - "Oklahoma!"
The Boy From Oz, Plos Musical Theatre
Sideshow – Octave
Jesus Christ Superstar – Old Scotch
 
Best Wardrobe
 
Felicity Hill, Monty Python’s Spamalot - SLAMS Music Theatre Company
Marie Wilson, Les Miserables - Ballarat Lyric Theatre
Miranda Kalgovas, Miss Saigon - CLOC Musical Theatre

 
Best Set
 
Chris Hughes/Chris White, Assassins - Williamstown Theatre Company
Barry Pearce, South Pacific – Nova
Brenton Staples, Miss Saigon – CLOC
 
Best Sound (Sorry, but nobody sent any names with this one!)
 
Nova "South Pacific"
Assassins – WMTC
CLOC - Miss Saigon
Les Miserables, Ballarat Lyric Theatre
 
Best Lighting
 
Jason Bovaird, South Pacific - NOVA
Stelios Kariagannis, Miss Saigon - CLOC
Jason Bovaird, The Witches of Eastwick - Players Theatre Company
Mystic Entertainmentz, Les Miserables - Ballarat Lyric
 
Best Cameo
 
Alan Edmondson,Les Miserables, Bishop - Ballarat Lyric Theatre
Wedding Guests (especially Janet Cameron) - High Society – CLOC
Scott Reid as the French Taunter / Knight of Ni, Spamalot - SLAMS
Will Sayers, Parade, New Beat Theatre Company
Matt Hillman, (Various), Les Miserable – Windmill
 
Best Ensemble
 
Oklahoma! – MDMS
Les Miserables - Ballarat Lyric Theatre
High Society – CLOC
Beauty and the Beast - MLOC
Miss Saigon, CLOC Music Theatre
 
 
Best Supporting Actress
 
Lauren Elise, Sarah Jane Moore, Assassins - WMTC
Gemma Purdy, Ado Annie, Oklahoma - MDMS
Bridget Davies, Cosette, Les Miserables - Ballarat Lyric Theatre
Kate Burns, Olive Ostrovsky, Spelling Bee  - Catchment Players of Darebin
Laura Wilkinson - Into The Woods – WMTC
 
Supporting Actor
 
Angelo De Cata - Charles Guiteau – Assassins – WMTC
Toby Truscott, John, Miss Saigon, CLOC Musical Theatre
Peter Dennis, Lumiere, Beauty and the Beast - MLOC
Shaun Kingma, John Wilkes Booth, Assassins - WMTC
 
Best Leading Actress
 
Lauren McCormack, Laurey Williams, Oklahoma! - MDMS
Jaclyn Devincentis, Mary Flynn, Merrily We Roll Along - Old Paradian
Kelly Windle, Tracy Lord, High Society – CLOC
Dace Kapsis/Mara Kapsis, Daisy and Violet, Sideshow - Octave Theatre
Bianca Baykara, Kim, Miss Saigon – CLOC
 
Best Leading Actor

 
James Cutler, Curly, Oklahoma! - MDMS
Mark Doran, Christopher Scott, Miss Saigon – CLOC Musical Theatre
Jamie Mcguane, The Engineer - Miss Saigon
Jonathan Guthrie Jones, Darryl Van Horne, Witches of Eastwick - Players theatre Company
 
 
Best Choreography
 
Lyndal Watson, Oklahoma – MDMS
Nathan Firmin / Brad Fischer, The Musical of Musicals The Musical! - SHooSH!
Lynette White, Miss Saigon – CLOC
Scott Hili, High School Musical - Whitehorse
 
Best Musical Director
 
Dan Heskett, 25th Annual Spelling bee – WMTC
Vicki Barden, Oklahoma – MDMS
Ben Hudson, Jesus Christ Superstar – Old Scotch
Sue Fletcher, The Boy From Oz - PLOS
Michael Loughlin, Miss Saigon CLOC
Jon Skovron, Sideshow - Octave Theatre
Danny Foward, Beauty and the Beast - MLOC
 
Best Director
 
Ang Cuy/Stuart Dodge, 25th Annual Putnam county Spelling Bee – Catchment
Paul Watson, Oklahoma! – MDMS
Chris Bradtke, Miss Saigon – CLOC
James Cutler,  Sideshow - Octave

Chris Hughes, Assassins – WMTC
 
Cabaret/Concert
 
Forbidden Broadway Greatest Hits Volume One - SHooSH! Productions
I Hope I Get It - PEP Productions
Edges  - A Song Cycle - Why Not Production Company
BuSTCo’s  21st Birthday Showcase
From Here To Maternity - Lizzie Matjacic
 
Best Production
 
Miss Saigon – CLOC
The Witches of Eastwick - Players Theatre Company
Assassins –WMTC
Le Miserables – Ballarat Lyric Theatre Company

State: 
VIC

About the Author

Chris is a founding partner of Theatre People. Over the the past thirteen years, he has made his mark on the theatre community as an actor, singer and dancer, appearing in over thirty large scale productions. Chris made his professional theatre debut in as a principal performer in Follies In Concert at the Crown Showroom. The many faces of Hughesy have been spotlit in lead and principal roles in Anything Goes, Sweet Charity, Oklahoma, Bye Bye Birdie, The Wiz, Chess, Hot Mikado, Grease , Pirates of Penzance and Jesus Christ Superstar, The Hot Mikado, Whitehorse's West Side Story and most recently is Johnny O'Keefe in CLOC's Shout! Chris has earned multiple nominations by the Music Theatre Guild for his performances in various roles over the years including a best director nomination for the critically acclaimed production of  Assassins.