The 2nd Annual Carbonell Awards

(originally called “The 1977 Annual South Florida Variety Awards”)

June 20, 1977, Beethoven’s nightclub, Fort Lauderdale. Attendance approx. 300.

Theater separated into Regional/Repertory and Stock/Roadshow divisions (musicals and plays together in each division). All Equity productions eligible.

Musical Variety Awards added.

NEW WORK (Stock-Roadshow, Regional Repertory combined): Tie: “An Almost Perfect Person” Judith Ross, Royal Poinciana Playhouse. “Cheaters,” Michael Jacobs, Sea Ranch Dinner Theater. “Beside Yourself,” Nick Hall, Sea Ranch Dinner Theater.

STOCK-ROADSHOW

PRODUCTION: W: “A Chorus Line,” Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts. “Vanities,” Coconut Grove Playhouse. “Fiddler on the Roof,” Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts. “Gypsy,” Parker Playhouse, Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts.

DIRECTOR: W: Michael Bennett, “A Chorus Line,” Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts. Stockton Briggle, “Vanities,” Coconut Grove Playhouse. Ruth Mitchell, “Fiddler On The Roof,” Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts. Fritz Holt, “Gypsy,” Parker Playhouse, Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts.

ACTOR: W: Cliff Gorman “The Rose Tattoo,” Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts, Parker Playhouse. Zero Mostel “Fiddler On The Roof,” Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts. Jordan Christopher “Table Manners,” Royal Poinciana Playhouse. James Randolph, “Guys & Dolls,” Parker Playhouse.

ACTRESS: W: Angela Lansbury, “Gypsy,” Parker Playhouse, Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts. Penny Fuller “California Suite,” Royal Poinciana Playhouse, Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts, Parker Playhouse. Pamela Sousa, ”A Chorus Line,” Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts. Maureen Stapleton, “The Rose Tattoo,” Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts, Parker Playhouse.

SUPPORTING ACTOR: W: Tommy Aguilar “A Chorus Line,” Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts. Eivind Harum “A Chorus Line,” Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts. Paxton Whitehead, “The Bed Before Yesterday,” Parker Playhouse, Poinciana Playhouse. Maurice Copeland, “The Royal Family,” Parker Playhouse.

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: W: Deborah Allen, “Guys & Dolls,” Parker Playhouse. Ellen Fiske, “The Royal Family,” Parker Playhouse. Nana Tucker, “Gypsy,” Parker Playhouse, Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts. Jane Summerhays, “A Chorus Line,” Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts.

SET DESIGN: W: James Riley, “Show Boat,” Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts, Parker Playhouse. James Riley, “The Rose Tattoo,” Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts, Parker Playhouse. Bruce Monroe, “An Almost Perfect Person,” Royal Poinciana Playhouse. Oliver Smith, “The Royal Family,” Parker Playhouse.

LIGHTING DESIGN: W: Tharon Musser, “A Chorus Line,” Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts. Ken Billington, “Fiddler On The Roof,” Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts. James Riley, “Show Boat,” Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts, Parker Playhouse. James Riley, “The Rose Tattoo,” Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts, Parker Playhouse.

REGIONAL REPERTORY

PRODUCTION: W: “The Hasty Heart,” Caldwell Playhouse. “Cheaters,” Sea Ranch Dinner Theater. “Clarence Darrow,” Players Repertory of Greater Miami. “Two For The Seesaw,” Players Repertory of Greater Miami.

DIRECTOR: W: Joe Adler, “The Killing Of Sister George,” Players Repertory of Greater Miami. Phil Giberson, “Clarence Darrow,” Players Repertory of Greater Miami. Brian C. Smith, “Cheaters,” Sea Ranch Dinner Theater. Patrick Vicarro, “The Hasty Heart,” Caldwell Playhouse

ACTOR: W: Harold Bergman, “Clarence Darrow,” Players Repertory of Greater Miami. Len Kadlubowski, “Two For The Seasaw,” Players Repertory of Greater Miami. Willis Nickerbocker, “A Thousand Clowns,” Sea Ranch Dinner Theater. Jim Berry, “The Hasty Heart,” Caldwell Playhouse.

ACTRESS: W: Anne Gilliam, “Cheaters,” Sea Ranch Dinner Theater, and “Never Too Late,” Oakland West Dinner Theater. Sarah Nall, “Two For The Seesaw,” Players Repertory of Greater Miami. Barbara Bradshaw, “Tonight At 8:30,” Caldwell Playhouse. Darcy Shean, “A Thousand Clowns,” Sea Ranch Dinner Theater.

SUPPORTING ACTOR: W: Eric Avery, “Signalman’s Apprentice,” Players Repertory of Greater Miami. Michael Lory (AKA) Michael Jacobs, “Come Blow Your Horn,” Oakland West Dinner Theater. Tom Tully, “The Good Doctor,” Act V Dinner Theater. Patrick Vicarro, “Tonight At 8:30,” Caldwell Playhouse.

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: W: Wendy Dilion, “Blithe Spirit,” Players Repertory of Greater Miami. Regina Ress, “Night of The Iguana,” Caldwell Playhouse. Diana Zolten, Blithe Spirit,” and “The Killing of Sister George,” Players Repertory of Greater Miami. Bobbie-Elleyne Kosstrin, “Cheaters,” Sea Ranch Dinner Theater and “The Mad Show,” Act V Dinner Theater

SET DESIGN: W: Frank Bennett, “Night Of The Iguana,” Caldwell Playhouse. Duke Ebert, “A Thousand Clowns,” Sea Ranch Dinner Theater. Frank Bennett, “The Hasty Heart,” Caldwell Playhouse. Lyle Baskin, “Killing Of Sister George,” Players Repertory of Greater Miami.

LIGHTING DESIGN: W: Karen Simon, “Killing Of Sister George,” Players Repertory of Greater Miami. Henry Johnson/Michael Meath, “Night of the Iguana,” Caldwell Playhouse. Henry Johnson/Michael Meath, “Tonight At 8:30,” Caldwell Playhouse.

MUSIC AWARDS

MALE ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR: W: Ben Vereen, Diplomat Hotel Cafe Cristal. Paul Anka, Sunrise Musical Theater. Vic Damone, Deauville Star Theater. John Davidson, Diplomat Hotel Cafe Cristal. Sergio Franchi, Sunrise Musical Theater.

FEMALE ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR: W: Shirley Bassey, Deauville Star Theater. Mitzi Gaynor, Deauville Star Theater. Lena Horne, Deauville Star Theater. Shirley MacLaine, Sunrise Musical Theater. Chita Rivera, Diplomat Hotel Cafe Cristal.

PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR: W: Ben Vereen with Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Diplomat Hotel Cafe Cristal. Rich Little and Henry Mancini, Sunrise Musical Theater. Vic Damone, Lena Horne and Count Basie, Deauville Star Theater. Chita Rivera and Michel LeGrand, Diplomat Hotel Cafe Cristal. Sergio Franchi, Dana Valery and Pat Cooper, Sunrise Musical Theater.

PERFORMANCE BY A COMEDIAN: W: Kip Addotta, Diplomat Hotel Cafe Cristal and Sunrise Musical Theater. David Brenner, Diplomat Hotel Cafe Cristal. Pat Cooper, Sunrise Musical Theater. Don Rickles, Sunrise Musical Theater.

OPENING ACT: W: Julie Budd, Sunrise Musical Theater. Lola Falana, Diplomat Hotel Cafe Cristal. Pat Henry, Sunrise Musical Theater. Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Diplomat Hotel Cafe Cristal. Kelly Monteith, Diplomat Hotel Cafe Cristal.

REVUE: W: “Paris Enchante,” Americana Hotel, Bal Harbour. “Circus on Ice,” Sheraton Hotel, Fort Lauderdale. “Fantastique ‘77,” Konover Hotel, Miami Beach. “Jewel Box Revue,” Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami Beach. “Polynesian Potpourri,” Mai Kai Restaurant, Fort Lauderdale.

NIGHTCLUB ACT: W: Kenny Martell Concepts, Beethoven’s, Fort Lauderdale. The Cabaret Revue, The Cabaret, Fort Lauderdale. Wayne Cochrane & the C.C. Riders, Newport Hotel, Miami Beach. The Executives, Angelo’s Alley, Fort Lauderdale. Rhodes Brothers, Rhodes Brothers Club, Miami.

CABARET PERFORMANCE: W: Clint Holmes, The Front Page, Fort Lauderdale, Diplomat Hotel Tack Room and Sunrise Musical Theater West End Lounge. Lana Cantrell, The Front Page, Fort Lauderdale. The Fifth Dimension, Bachelors III, Fort Lauderdale. Jane Olivor, Diplomat Hotel Tack Room.

LOUNGE ACT: W: Dux DeJohn & Friends, Le Fox, Fort Lauderdale. Tony Chance Combo, The Brickyard, Fort Lauderdale. Copeland Davis Combo, Keyboard Cabaret, Fort Lauderdale. Judge’s Nephews, Crown & Sceptre at the Airport Ramada Inn, Miami. Don Sebastian, Aztec, Miami Beach.