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UPDATE: Align earns Audience Choice nod at Ovation Awards

Align Entertainment took home an Audience Choice award from the 2018 Ovation Awards. The awards, which honour the best musical theatre in the region, were presented Sunday, Jan. 28 at a gala at the Vancouver Academy of Music.
The Little Mermaid, Align Entertainment
Colton Fyfe and Elyse Maloway starred as Prince Eric and Ariel in The Little Mermaid in the Align Entertainment production, which ran at the Michael J. Fox Theatre in February.

Align Entertainment took home an Audience Choice award from the 2018 Ovation Awards.

The awards, which honour the best musical theatre in the region, were presented Sunday, Jan. 28 at a gala at the Vancouver Academy of Music.

Align Entertainment won Audience Choice honours for Outstanding Remounted Musical, for its production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - which returned to the Michael J. Fox Theatre in November last year after an initial successful run the previous year.

The theatre company was also nominated for Outstanding Production - Large Theatre honours, an award won by Theatre Under the Stars' The Drowsy Chaperone.

Julio Fuentes, who played Sebastian, was nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Performance – Male category.

Jan Ballard, who designed the wigs and makeup for the production, was up for a Special Award (which recognizes achievements that don’t fall into one of the traditional categories).

Two Burnaby performers were also in the running for their work on other shows: Stefanie Stanley for her performance in Tomo Suru Players’ Cabaret, and Synthia Yusuf for Awkward Stage Productions’ Cry Baby. They were both nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Performance – Female (Small Theatre) category.

See the Applause Musicals website for the full list of winners.