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Smyth called the role
1950s housewife Margaret a "dream role" and
thanked the Lamb's resident company. |

Tony Houck is
surprised by his honor for Featured Performance in a
Musical for his cross-dressing role in Diversionary
Theatre's "Scrooge in Rouge." |

Jennifer Brawn Gittings
earned the Outstanding Costume Design award for the
dozens of quick-change costumes she created for "Scrooge
in Rouge" at Diversionary. |

Critic Ruth Lepper also
honored orchestrator Larry Hochman for the Old Globe's "Dancing in the Dark." |

Critic Frankie Moran
congratulates Cygnet Theatre artistic director Sean
Murray for his direction of "A Little Night Music"
at the Old Town Theatre. |

Murray thanked his cast
and crew for the first show presented in the Old Town
Theatre. |

Justin Gray, musical director for the Welk Resort
Theatre, returned as the evening's musical accompanist,
performing "Send in the Clowns" as Murray approached the
podium. |

The evening's first
surprise honoree was Arthur Wagner, founding chairman of
the Department of Theatre & Dance at UC San Diego. |

Craig Noel (left), namesake for
the Critics Circle Awards, and Arthur and Molli
Wagner react with surprise and delight to the 10-minute
film created in Wagner's honor by San Diego filmmaker
Martin Morawski. |

La Jolla
Playhouse's Shirley Fishman reads a dedication to Wagner
from Michael Grief, former artistic director of the
Playhouse. |

Critics Circle Vice President Anne Marie Welsh presents
the award to Wagner as the audience gives him a
standing ovation. |
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