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The Drama League AwardsMay 11, 12 pmThe Marriott Marquis Hotel 1535 Broadway at 46th Street  Gary Beach, from "Les Misérables", will be the Drama League's host for their annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon. The Drama League (Jano Herbosch, President; Roger T. Danforth and Gabriel Shanks, Co-Managing Directors) proudly announces the 2006-07 Drama League Awards, to be awarded at the 73rd Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon at noon on Friday, May 11, 2007 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square. The event will be hosted by Gary Beach ("Les Misérables").  "Curtains" is nominated for a Drama League Award for Distinguished Production of a Musical and its star David Hyde-Pierce for Distinguished Performance.  "Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me" is nominated for a Drama League Award for Distinguished Production of a Musical and Short for Distingusihed Performance. "Curtains" "In the Heights" "Kiki & Herb: Alive on Broadway" "Legally Blonde" "Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me" "Mary Poppins" "Spring Awakening" Distinguished Production of a Play: "Blackbird" "Coram Boy" "Frost/Nixon" "No Child" "Radio Golf" "The Coast of Utopia" "The Scene" "The Year of Magical Thinking" Distinguished Revival of a Musical: "110 in the Shade" "A Chorus Line" "Company" "Les Misérables" "The Fantasticks" Distinguished Revival of a Play: "Inherit the Wind" "Journey’s End" "Mother Courage and Her Children" "Seven Guitars" "Talk Radio" "The Hairy Ape" "The Merchant of Venice" "Translations"  "Talk Radio" is nominated for a Drama League Award for Distinguished Revival of a Play and its star Liev Schreiber for Distinguished Performance.  A scene from "Journey's End," nominated for a Drama League Award for Distinguished Revival of a Play and its star Hugh Dancy for Distinguished Performer.  "Seven Guitars" is nominated for a Drama League Award for Distinguished Revival of a Play.  Jeff Daniels is nominated for Distinguished Performance in "Blackbird," which is also nominated for Distinguished Production of a Play.  Pablo Schreiber is nominated for Distinguished Performance in Christopher Shinn's "Dying City." F. Murray Abraham, "The Jew of Malta," "The Merchant of Venice" Heidi Armbruster. "Tea and Sympathy" Christine Baranski, "Regrets Only" Gary Beach, "Les Misérables" Daniel Beaty, "Emergence-See!" Eve Best, "A Moon for the Misbegotten" Stephanie J. Block, "The Pirate Queen" Justin Bond, "Kiki & Herb: Alive on Broadway" Christian Borle, "Legally Blonde" Ashley Brown, "Mary Poppins" Laura Bell Bundy, "Legally Blonde" Kate Burton, "The Water’s Edge" Michael Cerveris, "King Lear," "LoveMusik" Kristin Chenoweth, "The Apple Tree" Anthony Chisholm, "Radio Golf" Jill Clayburgh, "The Clean House," "The Busy World Is Hushed" Jennifer Cody, "Henry and Mudge" Billy Crudup, "The Coast of Utopia" Michael Cumpsty, "Richard II" Charlotte D’Amboise, "A Chorus Line" Hugh Dancy, "Journey’s End" Jeff Daniels, "Blackbird" Brian Dennehy, "Inherit the Wind" Gregory Derelian, "The Hairy Ape" *Ensemble, "Columbinus" *Ensemble, "Coram Boy" Raúl Esparza, "Company" Gerald Finnigan, "The Hairy Ape" John Fugelsang, "All the Wrong Reasons" Boyd Gaines, "Journey’s End" John Gallagher Jr., "Spring Awakening" Alexander Gemignani, "Les Misérables" Piper Goodeve, "Anne of Green Gables" Logan Marshall-Green, "King Lear," "Pig Farm" David Greenspan, "Some Men" George Grizzard, "Regrets Only" Jonathan Groff, "Spring Awakening" Ed Harris, "Wrecks" Ethan Hawke, "The Coast of Utopia" Phillip Seymour Hoffman, "Jack Goes Boating" Jayne Houdyshell, "The Pain and the Itch" Stephen Kunken, "A Very Common Procedure," "Frost/Nixon" Nathan Lane, "Butley" Gavin Lee, "Mary Poppins" Harry Lennix, "Radio Golf" Norm Lewis, "Les Misérables" Hamish Linklater, "The Busy World Is Hushed" John Mahoney, "Prelude to a Kiss" Dylan McDermott, "The Treatment" Audra McDonald, "110 in the Shade" Lin-Manuel Miranda, "In the Heights" Alfred Molina, "Howard Katz" Debra Monk, "Curtains" Kate Mulgrew, "Our Leading Lady" Donna Murphy, "LoveMusik" Kristine Nielsen, "Our Leading Lady" Bill Nighy, "The Vertical Hour" Brian F. O’Byrne, "Shining City," "The Coast of Utopia" Denis O’Hare, "Inherit the Wind," "A Spanish Play" Sandra Oh, "Satellites" Thaddeus Phillips, "El Conquistador!" David Hyde Pierce, "Curtains" Allison Pill, "Blackbird" Oliver Platt, "Shining City" Michelle Ragusa, "Adrift in Macao" Vanessa Redgrave, "The Year of Magical Thinking" Liev Schreiber, "Macbeth," "Talk Radio" Pablo Schreiber, "Dying City" Andrew Scott, "The Vertical Hour" Michael Sheen, "Frost/Nixon" Martin Short, "Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me" Meryl Streep, "Mother Courage and Her Children" Michael Stuhlbarg, "The Voysey Inheritance" Nilaja Sun, "No Child" Alan Tudyk, "Prelude to a Kiss" Barbara Walsh, "Company" * The ensemble casts of "Columbinus" and "Coram Boy" will be honored collectively on the dais. The producers of each of these shows may appoint one or two cast members to appear on the dais on behalf of the show’s entire ensemble. In addition, five past recipients of the Distinguished Performance Award will be honored on this dais for their work this season. However, because an individual can only receive the Distinguished Performance Award once in his/her lifetime, they are ineligible for award consideration this year.  Christine Ebersole, previous winner of the Distinguished Performance Drama League Award will present at this year's ceremony.  Ethan Hawke, star of "The Coast of Utopia," also serves as co-chair for this year's Drama League Awards Ceremony. Zoe Caldwell, "A Spanish Play" Kathleen Chalfant, "Great Expectations," "Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell" Christine Ebersole, "Grey Gardens" Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon" Christopher Plummer, "Inherit the Wind" Earlier this month, The Drama League announced the recipients of its three annual specialty awards:John Kander and Fred Ebb (posthumously) will receive the Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award, Michael Mayer ("Spring Awakening") will be honored with the Julia Hansen Award for Excellence in Directing, and the not-for-profit charity organization Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS will receive the Unique Contribution to the Theatre Award. The 73rd Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon is co-chaired by Michael Cerveris ("LoveMusik"), Billy Crudup ("The Coast of Utopia"), Ethan Hawke ("The Coast of Utopia"), Audra McDonald ("110 in the Shade"), Brian F. O’Byrne ("The Coast of Utopia") and David Hyde Pierce ("Curtains"). Theater luminaries Bernadette Peters, Chita Rivera, Christine Ebersole, Tony Kushner, Liev Schreiber, Audra McDonald, Ashley Brown and Jonathan Groff are among the confirmed presenters at this year’s awards ceremony. About the Drama League: The Drama League was founded in 1916 as an association of theatre professionals and patrons dedicated to encouraging the finest in professional theatre, and has since developed into the theatre’s premiere service organization. The first Drama League Award was presented to actress Katharine Cornell in 1935, making it the oldest national theatre honor, predating the Tony Awards by twelve years. In recent years, the Distinguished Performance Award has been accorded to a roster of theatre legends such a Rosemary Harris, Christopher Plummer, Sir Ian McKellen, Bernadette Peters, James Earl Jones, John Lithgow, Stockard Channing, Glenn Close, Bebe Neuwirth, Cherry Jones, Mary-Louise Parker, Liam Neeson, Harvey Fierstein and Norbert Leo Butz, among others. |
