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Drama Desk Award Nominations Announced; Ragtime and Scottsboro Top List
By Andrew Gans
Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning actors Brian Stokes Mitchell (Ragtime, Man of La Mancha) and Cady Huffman (The Producers, Will Rogers Follies) announced the nominations for the 55th annual Drama Desk Awards May 3 at 9:30 AM at the New York Friars Club.
The short-lived Broadway revival of Ragtime and the recent Off-Broadway musical The Scottsboro Boys each received nine nominations apiece, the most of any productions of the season. The Drama Desk is an organization of theatre critics, writers and editors that honors excellence in all areas of New York theatre: Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway and not-for-profit. The following awards were voted by the nominating committee and will be presented by the Drama Desk at its awards ceremony:
Outstanding Ensemble Performances
This year the nominators chose to bestow special ensemble awards for acting to the casts of two shows. (Therefore, individual cast members for these shows were not eligible for acting awards in the competitive categories.)
• Circle Mirror Transformation • The Temperamentals
Special Awards: Each year, the Drama Desk votes special awards to recognize excellence and significant contributions to the theatre.
• To the cast, creative team and producers of Horton Foote’s epic The Orphans' Home Cycle: "We salute the breadth of vision, which inspired the exceptional direction, performances, sets, lighting, costumes, music and sound that made it the theatrical event of this season."
• To Jerry Herman "for enchanting and dazzling audiences with his exuberant music and heartfelt lyrics for more than half a century."
• To Godlight Theatre Company for "consistent originality and excellence in dramatizing modern literature, and especially for the vibrant theatricality of its innovative productions."
• To Ma-Yi Theater Company for "more than two decades of excellence and for nurturing Asian-American voices in stylistically varied and engaging theater."
Nominations for the competitive categories follow:
Outstanding Play: Alan Ayckbourn, My Wonderful Day Annie Baker, Circle Mirror Transformation Lucinda Coxon, Happy Now? John Logan, Red Geoffrey Nauffts, Next Fall Bruce Norris, Clybourne Park
Outstanding Musical: American Idiot Everyday Rapture Memphis The Addams Family The Scottsboro Boys Yank!
Outstanding Revival of a Play: A View from the Bridge Brighton Beach Memoirs Fences Hamlet So Help Me God! The Boys in the Band
Outstanding Revival of a Musical: A Little Night Music Finian's Rainbow La Cage Aux Folles Promises, Promises Ragtime
Outstanding Actor in a Play: Bill Heck, The Orphans' Home Cycle Jude Law, Hamlet Alfred Molina, Red Eddie Redmayne, Red Liev Schreiber, A View from the Bridge John Douglas Thompson, The Emperor Jones Christopher Walken, A Behanding in Spokane
Outstanding Actress in a Play: Ayesha Antoine, My Wonderful Day Melissa Errico, Candida Anne Hathaway, Twelfth Night Kristen Johnston, So Help Me God! Laura Linney, Time Stands Still Jan Maxwell, The Royal Family
Outstanding Actor in a Musical: Brandon Victor Dixon, The Scottsboro Boys Douglas Hodge, La Cage Aux Folles Cheyenne Jackson, Finian's Rainbow Chad Kimball, Memphis Nathan Lane, The Addams Family Bobby Steggert, Yank!
Outstanding Actress in a Musical: Kate Baldwin, Finian's Rainbow Montego Glover, Memphis Jayne Houdyshell, Coraline Christiane Noll, Ragtime Sherie Rene Scott, Everyday Rapture Catherine Zeta-Jones, A Little Night Music
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play: Chris Chalk, Fences Sean Dugan, Next Fall Santino Fontana, Brighton Beach Memoirs Adam James, The Pride Hamish Linklater, Twelfth Night Nick Westrate, The Boys in the Band
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play: Victoria Clark, When the Rain Stops Falling Viola Davis, Fences Xanthe Elbrick, Candida Mary Beth Hurt, When the Rain Stops Falling Scarlett Johansson, A View from the Bridge Andrea Riseborough, The Pride
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: Kevin Chamberlin, The Addams Family Robin De Jesus, La Cage Aux Folles Jeffry Denman, Yank! Christopher Fitzgerald, Finian's Rainbow Jeremy Morse, Bloodsong of Love Bobby Steggert, Ragtime
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical: Carolee Carmello, The Addams Family Carrie Cimma, Lizzie Borden Katie Finneran, Promises, Promises Angela Lansbury, A Little Night Music Kenita Miller, Langston in Harlem Terri White, Finian's Rainbow
Outstanding Director of a Play: Jonathan Bank, So Help Me God! Jack Cummings III, The Boys in the Band Sam Gold, Circle Mirror Transformation Michael Grandage, Hamlet Michael Grandage, Red Ethan Hawke, A Lie of the Mind
Outstanding Director of a Musical: Warren Carlyle, Finian's Rainbow Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Ragtime Igor Goldin, Yank! Terry Johnson, La Cage Aux Folles Michael Mayer, American Idiot Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys
Outstanding Choreography: Warren Carlyle, Finian's Rainbow Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Ragtime Lynne Page, La Cage Aux Folles Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys Twyla Tharp, Come Fly Away Sergio Trujillo, Memphis
Outstanding Music: David Bryan, Memphis Michael Friedman, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Joe Iconis, Bloodsong of Love John Kander & Fred Ebb, The Scottsboro Boys Andrew Lippa, The Addams Family Joseph Zellnik, Yank!
Outstanding Lyrics: Rick Crom, Newsical The Musical Kevin Del Aguila, Click, Clack, Moo John Kander & Fred Ebb, The Scottsboro Boys Dillie Keane and Adèle Anderson, Fascinating Aïda Absolutely Miraculous! Andrew Lippa, The Addams Family David Zellnik, Yank!
Outstanding Book of a Musical: Joe DiPietro, Memphis Joe Iconis, Bloodsong of Love Dick Scanlan & Sherie Rene Scott, Everyday Rapture David Thompson, The Scottsboro Boys Alex Timbers, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson David Zellnik, Yank!
Outstanding Orchestrations: William David Brohn, Ragtime Larry Hochman, The Scottsboro Boys Tom Kitt, American Idiot Tom Kitt, Everyday Rapture John Oddo, All About Me Daryl Waters & David Bryan, Memphis
Outstanding Musical Revue: Fascinating Aïda Absolutely Miraculous! Million Dollar Quartet Newsical The Musical Simon Green: Traveling Light Sondheim on Sondheim
Outstanding Music in a Play: Adam Cochran, A Play on War Adam Cork, Red Gaines, A Lie of the Mind Philip Glass, The Bacchae Hem, Twelfth Night Branford Marsalis, Fences
Outstanding Set Design: Sandra Goldmark, The Boys in the Band Phelim McDermott, Julian Crouch & Basil Twist, The Addams Family Derek McLane, Ragtime Christopher Oram, Red Jay Rohloff, Underground Karen Tennent, Hansel and Gretel
Outstanding Costume Design: Antonia Ford-Roberts & Bob Flanagan, The Emperor Jones Santo Loquasto, Ragtime Clint Ramos, So Help Me God! Bobby Frederick Tilley II, Lizzie Borden Matthew Wright, La Cage Aux Folles David Zinn, In the Next Room or the vibrator play
Outstanding Lighting Design: Neil Austin, Hamlet Neil Austin, Red Christian M. DeAngelis, Lizzie Borden Maruti Evans, John Ball's In the Heat of the Night Natasha Katz, The Addams Family Dane Laffrey, The Boys in the Band
Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical: Acme Sound Partners, Ragtime Jonathan Deans, La Cage Aux Folles Ashley Hanson, Kurt Eric Fischer & Brian Ronan, Everyday Rapture Peter Hylenski, The Scottsboro Boys Scott Lehrer, Finian's Rainbow Brian Ronan, Promises, Promises
Outstanding Sound Design in a Play: Dan Bianchi & Wes Shippee, Frankenstein Dale Bigall, Underground Adam Cork, Enron Lindsay Jones and Jamie McElhinney, Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers Fitz Patton, When the Rain Stops Falling Elizabeth Rhodes, John Ball's In the Heat of the Night
Outstanding Solo Performance: Theodore Bikel, Sholom Aleichem: Laughter Through Tears Jim Brochu, Zero Hour Colman Domingo, A Boy and his Soul Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking Judith Ivey, The Lady With All the Answers Anna Deavere Smith, Let Me Down Easy
Unique Theatrical Experience: Charles L. Mee's Fêtes de la Nuit Hansel and Gretel John Tartaglia's Imaginocean Love, Loss, and What I Wore Stuffed and Unstrung The Provenance of Beauty Notes: The nominating committee made the following decisions related to the scope of technical award nominations: Basil Twist’s puppetry was included in the nomination for Outstanding Set Design for The Addams Family. Bob Flanagan’s puppet and mask design were included in the Outstanding Costume Design nomination for The Emperor Jones. Fela! was considered last season in its Off-Broadway premiere and received four nominations— Outstanding Musical; Sahr Ngaujah as Outstanding Actor in a Musical; Bill T. Jones for Outstanding Choreography and Aaron Johnson and Antibalas were nominated for Outstanding Orchestrations. Under Drama Desk rules, only new elements in a transfer can be considered. PRODUCTIONS WITH MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS Ragtime 9 The Scottsboro Boys 9 Finians’ Rainbow 8 The Addams Family 8 La Cage Aux Folles 7 Memphis 7 Red 7 Yank! 7 Everyday Rapture 5 The Boys in the Band 5 Fences 4 Hamlet 4 So Help Me God! 4 A Little Night Music 3 A View from the Bridge 3 American Idiot 3 Bloodsong of Love 3 Lizzie Borden 3 Promises, Promises 3 Twelfth Night 3 When the Rain Stops Falling 3 A Lie of the Mind 2 Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson 2 Brighton Beach Memoirs 2 Candida 2 Circle Mirror Transformation 2 Fascinating Aïda Absolutely Miraculous! 2 Hansel and Gretel 2 John Ball's In the Heat of the Night 2 My Wonderful Day 2 Newsical The Musical 2 Next Fall 2 The Emperor Jones 2 The Pride 2 Underground 2
The 2009-10 Nominating Committee includes chairperson Barbara Siegel, TalkinBroadway.com, Theatermania.com; Christopher Byrne, Gay City News; Patrick Christiano, Dan's Papers, Theaterlife.com; David Kaufman, freelance author; Gerard Raymond, Backstage, The Advocate; Richard Ridge, Broadway Beat TV; and Paulanne Simmons, CurtainUp.com and NYTheatre-wire.com.
The Drama Desk, organized in 1949, presented its first awards in 1955. William Wolf is president of the Drama Desk; Leslie (Hoban) Blake is vice president. For more information visit DramaDesk. |
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