Glam(b)ies and Slam(b)ies at The Fifth Annual Ambie
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Ambie Awards Feb. 11
The Fifth Annual Ambie
Awards Feb. 11 The Fifth Annual Ambie Awards
for Excellence in Theater will
be presented at Le Chat Noir
on Monday, February 11, sponsored by
Ambush Mag. Bar service will begin at
6:30pm, doors open at 7pm, and the ceremony
will begin at 7:30pm. There is a
$10 suggested donation ($5 for nominees/
performers/presenters), more if
you’re feeling generous—monies raised
will benefit NOCCA High School’s Theater
Department, a wonderful incubator of talent.
In addition to the major categories,
whose nominees were listed in our previous
issue, we shall continue the tradition
of acknowledging some special achievements
with our tongue-in-cheek Glam(b)ie
and Slam(b)ie Awards. Some of the categories
to be presented are Cutest Person
on a Stage This Season, Best Fantasy,
Weirdest Sex Act On Stage, Sharon
Stone Exposed Crotch Award, Best 9
Minute Date, Most Lascivious Tongue,
Ruby Red Slippers Glam(b)ie, Most Politically
Incorrect Performance, and The Boy’s
got Balls of Steel Glam(b)ie Award.
Also, the Esther Williams Citation for
Outstanding Underwater Choreography,
Most Bodacious Ta-ta’s, the Pepper
Mashay “Let’s Get Soaking Wet” Glam(b)ie,
Hardest Working Eyebrows, Sexiest
Whore, Classiest Bathroom Music, Best
One Woman Band, Knobbiest Knees, The
Toucha Toucha Toucha Touch Me
Glam(b)ie and many more.
The evening will feature musical numbers
from many of the nominated shows
and surprise guest appearances. The
Ambies is the season’s most inclusive
award presentation as we recognize outstanding
work in Orleans, Jefferson and
St. Tammany Parishes, as well as the
area’s universities, high schools and youth
theater.
Le Chat Noir is located at 715 St.
Charles Avenue. No tickets or reservations
are required or even available so just
be there on time.
[Correction: The Red Light District
Variety Show’s nomination for Best Original
Work should read “Pat Bourgeois, Bud
Faust, Jim Fitzmorris, Aimée Hayes, Sean
Patterson, Evan Prizant & Rudy Vorkapic/
Two Sisters LLC”.]