Another exciting night for the Philly theatre community! The recipients of the 2006 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre were announced last night at the Merriam Theater. Arden Theatre Company and Philadelphia Theatre Company were big winners, but our clients The Wilma Theater walked away with two awards for last season’s amazing Nine Parts of Desire. If you saw Jacqueline Antaramian’s performance, you know that she was not only extremely deserving of her Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play award, but probably deserved a “most remarkable stamina of an actress portraying nine women in one play” award too.

A number of smaller companies were also recognized. Lantern Theatre Company received the honor of Outstanding Overall Production of a Play for Richard III, and Pig Iron Theatre Co, Theatre Exile, and 1812 Productions all won awards.

It’s always fun to see the performances from the Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical nominees, especially since I missed some of them last season. Nova Payton’s jaw-dropping performance of “I’m Not Going” from Dreamgirls tore the roof off the place!

And then there was the afterparty where we all got to eat, drink and be merry. As usual, I spent a good deal of time running around dealing with TV cameras and photographers, but my feet fared a lot better than last year. Above is me with the dapper Aaron Immediato and James Haskins from The Wilma Theater.

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