AND THE NOMINEES ARE . . .

Here is a complete list of nominations for Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle awards:

Production: “Asinamali!,” produced by the Mark Taper Forum, the Market Theatre (of South Africa), Columbia Artists Theatrical Corp. and Committed Artists (Mark Taper Forum); “Bouncers,” produced by Susan Albert Loewenberg for L.A. Theatre Works, Joanne Jacobson and co-producers Bobbie Edrick and Elaine Rich (Tiffany Theatre); “The Common Pursuit,” produced by Joseph Stern/Actors for Themselves (Matrix Theatre); “The Iceman Cometh,” presented by UCLA Center for the Arts/The Theatre Group Inc., Lewis Allen, James Nederlander, Stephen Graham, Ben Edwards, the American National Theatre (James A. Doolittle Theatre); “The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe,” presented by Tomlin and Wagner Theatricalz, UCLA Center for the Arts and the Southern California Theatre Assn. Producer Lily Tomlin (Doolittle Theatre).

Direction: Dennis Deal (“Nite Club Confidential,” Tiffany Theatre); Dana Elcar (“Rat in the Skull,” Taper, Too); Ron Link (“Bouncers”); Jose Quintero (“The Iceman Cometh”); Jane Wagner (“The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe”); Sam Weisman (“The Common Pursuit”).

Writing: John Bishop (“Cabin 12,” Company of Angels); John Godber (“Bouncers”); Simon Gray (“The Common Pursuit”); Jane Wagner (“The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe”).

Musical Score: David Byrne (“The Knee Plays,” Doolittle Theatre); Dennis Deal and Albert Evans (“Nite Club Confidential”), Stephen Sondheim (“Sunday in the Park With George,” Long Beach Civic Light Opera/Terrace Theatre).

Lead Performance: Kathy Bates (“ ‘night, Mother,” Mark Taper Forum); Fay DeWitt (“Nite Club Confidential”); Charles Hallahan (“Rat in the Skull”); Brian Kerwin (“Strange Snow,” Coast Playhouse); Robert Lindsay (“Me and My Girl,” Los Angeles Civic Light Opera/Dorothy Chandler Pavilion); Esai Morales (“Tamer of Horses,” Los Angeles Theatre Center); Anne Pitoniak (“ ‘night, Mother”); Jason Robards (“The Iceman Cometh”); Kristoffer Tabori (“The Common Pursuit”); Lily Tomlin (“The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe”); Susan Tyrrell (“Why Hanna’s Skirt Won’t Stay Down,” Coast Playhouse).

Featured Performance: John DeLancie (“The Common Pursuit”); Conchata Ferrell (“Picnic”); Dana Hill (“Picnic”); Barnard Hughes (“The Iceman Cometh”); Nan Martin (“Buried Child,” South Coast Repertory); Donald Moffatt (“The Iceman Cometh”); Marie Windsor (“The Bar Off Melrose,” Melrose Theatre).

Ensemble Performance: Solomzi Bisholo, Thami Cele, Bongani Hlophe, Bheki Mqadi, Bhoyi Ngema (“Asinamali!”); Jack Coleman, Dan Gerrity, Gerrit Graham, Andrew Stevens (“Bouncers”).

Scenic Design: John Lee Beatty (“Picnic”); Lindsay W. Davis (“Nite Club Confidential”); Ben Edwards (“The Iceman Cometh”); Cliff Faulkner (“The Common Pursuit”); John Gunter (“Wild Honey,” Ahmanson Theatre).

Lighting Design: Neil Peter Jampolis (“The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe”); Paulie Jenkins (“Sunday in the Park With George”); Peter Maradudin (“Bouncers”); Dennis Parichy (“Picnic”); Thomas R. Skelton (“The Iceman Cometh”).

Costume Design: Lindsay W. Davis (“Nite Club Confidential”); Nicole Morin (masks, “Spain ‘36,” Los Angeles Theatre Center); Nicole Morin (“Tartuffe,” Los Angeles Theatre Center); Julie Weiss (“Ghetto,” Mark Taper Forum); Patricia Zipprodt and Ann Hould-Ward (“Sunday in the Park With George”).

Sound Design: Bruce D. Cameron (“The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe”); Nathan Wang (“Bouncers”).

Musical Direction: Corey Allen (“Nite Club Confidential”); Frank London (“The Knee Plays”); Steven Smith (“Sunday in the Park With George”).

Choreography: Jeff Calhoun (“Bouncers”); Dennis Deal (“Nite Club Confidential”).