1975-76 Season

The 1st Annual Carbonell Awards

(originally called “The First Annual Theatre Circle Awards”)

Presented by:  South Florida Entertainment Writers’ Association, Inc.

Held:  November 15, 1976; Diplomat Hotel Regency Ballroom
Attendance:  approximately 175

Theater only, plays and musicals combined

All Equity productions eligible (Road Shows and Regional Theater combined)

 

PRODUCTION:

  • That Championship Season, by Jason Miller; Ed Flanders, director, Parker Playhouse (Zev Bufman Entertainment)
  • The King and I, by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II; John Fearnley, director; Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts (Zev Bufman Entertainment)
  • Magnificent Yankee, by Emmet Lavery; Peter Hunt, director; Parker Playhouse (Zev Bufman Entertainment)
  • Mame, by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman; John Bowab, director; Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts (Zev Bufman Entertainment)

DIRECTOR:

  • Ed Flanders, That Championship Season, Parker Playhouse
  • John Bowab, Mame, Parker Playhouse
  • Leslie Cutler, The Student Prince, Parker Playhouse
  • John Fearnley, The King and I, Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts

ACTOR:

  • James Whitmore, Magnificent Yankee, Parker Playhouse
  • David Cryer, Mack & Mabel, Miami Beach Theater & Parker Playhouse
  • David McCallum, The Mousetrap, Parker Playhouse
  • Jason Robards, That Championship Season, Parker Playhouse

ACTRESS:

  • Angela Lansbury, Mame, Parker Playhouse
  • Linda Hopkins, Me & Bessie, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • Audra Lindley, Magnificent Yankee, Parker Playhouse
  • Constance Towers, The King and I, Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts

SUPPORTING ACTOR:

  • Lawrence Pressman, That Championship Season, Parker Playhouse
  • George Dzundza, That Championship Season, Parker Playhouse
  • Ted Pritchard, Funny Girl
  • Don Sparks, Norman, Is That You? Parker Playhouse

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

  • Jane Connell, Mame, Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts
  • Olivia Barash, Panama Hattie, Parker Playhouse
  • Anne Francine, Mame, Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts
  •  Judith McCauley, The Student Prince, Parker Playhouse

SCENIC DESIGN:

  • Peter Wolf, The King and I, Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts
  • Larry King, Diamond Studs, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • Don Padgett, The Mousetrap, Parker Playhouse
  • Richard Seger, The Student Prince, Parker Playhouse

LIGHTING DESIGN:

  • James Riley, The King and I, Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts
  • James Riley, That Championship Season, Parker Playhouse
  • James Riley, The Mousetrap, Parker Playhouse
  • Harry Silverglat, Oh, Calcutta, Coconut Grove Playhouse