'Margo Veil,' 'Raisin in the Sun' top L.A. Drama Critics awards

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle handed out its annual awards at a ceremony Monday at A Noise Within in Pasadena. The evening's biggest winners were "Margo Veil," a new play by Len Jenkins that was performed at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, and the revival of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" by the Ebony Repertory Theatre, with four wins each.

"Small Engine Repair," a new play by John Pollono staged by Rogue Machine, won three awards including the honor for the year's best production, which it shared with "Margo Veil."

The award for best revival was shared by "A Raisin in the Sun," "Cabaret" at Reprise Theatre and Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" at Theatre Banshee.

"A Raisin in the Sun" was performed at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center and later transferred to the Kirk... [via Culture Monster]