1st MyFABE Theater Awards: Best Songbook

The following are the nominees for best songbook.  The songs in Care Divas capture perfectly the OFW experience of our caregivers in Israel.  The aspirations of the Latinos in New York are sung In the Heights.  A woman freeing herself from madness is sung in Next to Normal.  The bubbly Sweet Charity gives us the quirky sounds of the sixties while the camp songs of Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah was updated for today's Twitter and Facebooke world.

BEST SONGBOOK

Care Divas

In the Heights

Next to Normal

Sweet Charity

Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah

And the award for Best Songbook goes to.........Vincent de Jesus for Care Divas!

Best Actor - Musical 2011 Nominees: MyFABE Theater Awards

I started watching local theater, seriously again this year.  I saw thirteen different plays and musicals this year and from those, I have come out with my own MyFABE Theater Awards for 2011. 

I have mulled over this list for the past 11 months and in my opinion, these are the five best performances by an actor in a musical in 2011.

BEST ACTOR (MUSICAL)

Vincent de Jesus - Care Divas

Melvin Lee - Care Divas

John Moran - William

Jett Pangan - Next to Normal

Myke Salomon - Aida

The winner will be announced on December 31, 2011.