On the hottest night of the year (so far) on Sunday, the Portland Area Musical Theatre Awards set off a little steam heat of their own in the Winningstad Theatre, where the dapper and funny Darius Pierce hosted the 10th annual awards ceremony.
Beauty and the Beast took home the hardware for best production, 1776 for best ensemble, and The Tail of Sleeping Beauty for outstanding original musical. The second big theater awards ceremony, the 39th annual Drammys, follows on Monday night in Smith Memorial Center at Portland State University.
Emcee Darius Pierce running the show. Photo: David Kinder
Here’s a full list of this season’s PAMTA nominees. The list of winners, supplied by PAMTA producer Corey Brunish:
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Outstanding Ensemble
1776
2017 PAMTA
Outstanding Supporting Male Actor
Joe Theissen
2017 PAMTA
Outstanding Supporting Male Actor
Kimo Camat
Outstanding Supporting Female Actor
Ithica Tell
Outstanding Actor
Dale Johannes
Outstanding Female Actor
Kelly Stewart
ROCK OF AGES
2017 PAMTA
Outstanding Young Performer
Matthew Snyder
ROCK OF AGES
2017 PAMTA
Outstanding Choreographer
Jacob Toth
WEST SIDE STORY
2017 PAMTA
Outstanding Musical Director
Jonathan Quesenberry
FLY BY NIGHT
2017 PAMTA
Outstanding Director
Isaac Lamb
FLY BY NIGHT
2017 PAMTA
Outstanding Production
Beauty and the Beast
2017 PAMTA
Outstanding Original Musical
The Tail of Sleeping Beauty
MARSHBURN AND THIELEN
Tasha Danner, Sarah DeGrave, and Leah Seligman belt it out at Sunday night’s PAMTAs. Photo: David Kinder
2017 PAMTA
Outstanding Song
“Thorns On Every Rose”
MARSHBURN AND THIELEN
2017 PAMTA
Outstanding Costume Designer
Raquel Calderon
JEKYL AND HYDE
2017 PAMTA
Outstanding Set Design
Max Ward
1776
2017 PAMTA
Outstanding Light Design
Mark LaPierre
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
2017 PAMTA
Outstanding Sound Design
Brian Moen
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
2017 SPECIAL PAMTA
Outstanding Performer
Gary Wayne Cash
2017 SPECIAL PAMTA
Outstanding Performer
Vin Shambry
2017 SPECIAL PAMTA
Outstanding Performer
Dave Cole
2017 SPECIAL PAMTA
Outstanding Performer
Leah Yorkston
2017 SPECIAL PAMTA
Outstanding Performer
Camille Trinka
2017 SPECIAL PAMTA
Outstanding “Understudy Performance”
Alan Anderson
2017 SPECIAL PAMTA
Outstanding Children’s and Teens Theatre
Broadway Rose Theatre Company
2017 SPECIAL PAMTA
Crossing Over
Outstanding Musical Event
Alan Berg
2017 SPECIAL PAMTA
Crossing Over
Outstanding Musical Event
Michael Allen Harrison
2017 SPECIAL PAMTA
La Bella
Outstanding Musical Event
Imago
2017 SPECIAL PAMTA
Outstanding Direction
Paul Angelo