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Drama Desk Awards Nominations(watch video below) Anthony Chisholm of "Radio Golf" was nominated for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, but "Grey Gardens'" Christine Ebersole wasn't nominated for anything due to the play's ineligibility this year  Legendary dancer/choreographer Tommy Tune and nominee David Hyde Pierce from "Curtains"--which won for best Featured Actress in a Musical (Debra Monk) and Outstanding Book of a Musical (Rupert Holmes and Peter Stone)  Vanessa Redgrave, winner of the Outstanding Solo Award for "The Year of Magical Thinking" The most overall nominations went to a new musical, Manhattan Theatre Club's "LoveMusik," with 12 total nods. 10 nominations each went to the Broadway musicals "Curtains," "Legally Blonde," and "Spring Awakening," while Tom Stoppard's highly-regarded play "The Coast of Utopia" also received 10 nominations. Kristin Chenoweth, who was nominated as Outstanding Actress in a Musical for "The Apple Tree," hosted the awards ceremony on May 20th at the F.H. LaGuardia Concert Hall. The Awards will be aired on television by PBS (May 27 at 12:30 pm) and NYCTV (May 24 at 8 pm and May 26 at 10 pm). The awards were announced on May 20th, with the big winners being Tom Stoppard's "The Coast of Utopia" with 7 awards, including Best Play; and "Spring Awakening" which won for Best Musical along with three other awards. Outstanding Actor in a Play went to Frank Langella for "Frost/Nixon" and Eve Best from "A Moon for the Misbegotten" won for Outstanding Actress in a Play. The legendary Vanessa Redgrave, who starred in an adaptation of Joan Didion's memoir "The Year of Magical Thinking," won the Outstanding Solo Award, while Audra McDonald ("110 in the Shade") and Donna Murphy ("LoveMusik") tied for the Outstanding Actress in a Musical Award. We were there at the nominees' cocktail reception at the Arte Cafe Restaurant on May 1st--and were also able to bring along our video crew to get a whole bunch of interviews with the nominees. Enjoy the video, and read below for a list of all the nominations and winners!  A special award went to Austin Pendleton--actor, director, playwright, teacher--a true Renaissance man of the American theater  Katherine Doherty and Matthew Gumley star as Jane and Michael Banks in "Mary Poppins"  Cast members of "In The Heights" were honored with a special non-competitive Outstanding Ensemble award  Abigail Ferenczy from "Grey Gardens" Nominees and WinnersOutstanding Play: David Harrower, "Blackbird" Terrence McNally, "Some Men" Peter Morgan, "Frost/Nixon" * WINNER: Tom Stoppard, "The Coast of Utopia" Bernard Weinraub, "The Accomplices" August Wilson, "Radio Golf" Outstanding Musical: "Curtains" "In the Heights" "Legally Blonde" "LoveMusik" "Mary Poppins" * WINNER: "Spring Awakening" Outstanding Revival of a Play: "The Hairy Ape" "Hedda Gabler" * WINNER: "Journey's End" "Talk Radio" "The Taming of the Shrew" "Woyzeck" Outstanding Revival of a Musical: "110 in the Shade" "The Apple Tree" * WINNER: "Company" "Di Yam Gazlonim!" "H.M.S. Pinafore" "Les Miserables" Outstanding Actor in a Play: Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Jack Goes Boating" * WINNER: Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon" Brían F. O'Byrne, "The Coast of Utopia" Christopher Plummer, "Inherit the Wind" Liev Schreiber, "Talk Radio" Kevin Spacey, "A Moon for the Misbegotten" Paul Sparks, "Essential Self-Defense" Outstanding Actress in a Play: * WINNER: Eve Best, "A Moon for the Misbegotten" Orlagh Cassidy, "The Field" Blythe Danner, "Suddenly Last Summer" Jennifer Mudge, "Dutchman" Sandra Oh, "Satellites" Annie Parisse, "The Internationalist" Meryl Streep, "Mother Courage and Her Children" Outstanding Actor in a Musical: Michael Cerveris, "LoveMusik" * WINNER: Raúl Esparza, "Company" John Gallagher, Jr., "Spring Awakening" Jonathan Groff, "Spring Awakening" David Hyde Pierce, "Curtains" Martin Short, "Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me" Outstanding Actress in a Musical: Ashley Brown, "Mary Poppins" Laura Bell Bundy, "Legally Blonde" Kristin Chenoweth, "The Apple Tree" * WINNER (tie): Audra McDonald, "110 in the Shade" Lea Michele, "Spring Awakening" * WINNER (tie): Donna Murphy, "LoveMusik" Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play: Anthony Chisholm, "Radio Golf" Billy Crudup, "The Coast of Utopia" * WINNER: Boyd Gaines, "Journey's End" John Ortiz, "Jack Goes Boating" Andrew Polk, "The Accomplices" Frederick Weller, "Some Men" Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play: Myriam Acharki, "Woyzeck" Xanthe Elbrick, "Coram Boy" Sarah Nina Hayon, "Rearviewmirror" Jan Maxwell, "Coram Boy" * WINNER: Martha Plimpton, "The Coast of Utopia" Rita Wolf, "The American Pilot" Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: Brooks Ashmanskas, "Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me" Christian Borle, "Legally Blonde" Aaron Lazar, "Les Misérables" * WINNER: Gavin Lee, "Mary Poppins" Orville Mendoza, "Adrift in Macao" David Pittu, "LoveMusik" Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical: Linda Balgord, "The Pirate Queen" Celia Keenan-Bolger, "Les Misérables" * WINNER: Debra Monk, "Curtains" Orfeh, "Legally Blonde" Barbara Walsh, "Company" Karen Ziemba, "Curtains" Outstanding Director of a Play: Declan Donnellan, "Twelfth Night" Michael Grandage, "Frost/Nixon" Doug Hughes, "Inherit the Wind" * WINNER: Jack O'Brien, "The Coast of Utopia" Ciarán O'Reilly, "The Hairy Ape" Tom Ridgely, "Marco Millions (based on lies)" Outstanding Director of a Musical: John Doyle, "Company" Thomas Kail, "In the Heights" * WINNER: Michael Mayer, "Spring Awakening" Jerry Mitchell, "Legally Blonde" Harold Prince, "LoveMusik" Alex Timbers, "Gutenberg! The Musical!" Outstanding Choreography: Patricia Birch, "LoveMusik" * WINNER: Andy Blankenbuehler, "In the Heights" Matthew Bourne, "Edward Scissorhands" Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear, "Mary Poppins" Bill T. Jones, "Spring Awakening" Jerry Mitchell, "Legally Blonde" Outstanding Music: John Kander, "Curtains" Paul Leschen, "Twist: Please, Sir, May I Have Some More?" Peter Melnick, "Adrift in Macao" Lin-Manuel Miranda, "In the Heights" Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin, "Legally Blonde" * WINNER: Duncan Sheik, "Spring Awakening" Outstanding Lyrics: Fred Ebb with added lyrics by John Kander and Rupert Holmes, "Curtains" Lin-Manuel Miranda, "In the Heights" Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin, "Legally Blonde" * WINNER: Steven Sater, "Spring Awakening" Bill Strauss, Elaina Newport and Mark Eaton, "Capitol Steps" Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman, "Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me" Outstanding Book of a Musical: Scott Brown and Anthony King, "Gutenberg! The Musical!" Julian Fellowes, "Mary Poppins" Heather Hach, "Legally Blonde" * WINNER: Rupert Holmes and Peter Stone, "Curtains" Steven Sater, "Spring Awakening" Alfred Uhry, "LoveMusik" Outstanding Music for a Play: * WINNER: Mark Bennett, "The Coast of Utopia" Adam Cork, "Frost/Nixon" Gerard McBurney, "Oliver Twist" The Propeller "Company", "The Taming of the Shrew" Ray Rizzo, Adam Rapp, and Lucas Papaelias, "Essential Self-Defense" David Van Tieghem, "Inherit the Wind" Outstanding Orchestrations: William David Brohn, "Curtains" * WINNER (tie): Mary-Mitchell Campbell, "Company" Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman, "In the Heights" Duncan Sheik, "Spring Awakening" Jonathan Tunick, "The Apple Tree" * WINNER (tie): Jonathan Tunick, "LoveMusik" Outstanding Set Design of a Play: * WINNER: Bob Crowley and Scott Pask, "The Coast of Utopia" David Gallo, "Radio Golf" David Korins, "Essential Self-Defense" David Korins, "Jack Goes Boating" Garin Marschall, "Hell House" Scott Pask, "Blackbird" Outstanding Set Design of a Musical: Beowulf Boritt, "LoveMusik" * WINNER: Bob Crowley, "Mary Poppins" Anna Louizos, "Curtains" Anna Louizos, "In the Heights" David Rockwell, "Legally Blonde" Kris Stone, "Brundibar/But the Giraffe" Outstanding Costume Design: Mara Blumenfeld, "Lookingglass Alice" Judith Dolan, "LoveMusik" William Ivey Long, "Curtains" Santo Loquasto, "Suddenly Last Summer" Robert Morgan, "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" * WINNER: Catherine Zuber, "The Coast of Utopia" Outstanding Lighting Design: Howell Binkley, "LoveMusik" Maruti Evans, "Blindness" Paul Gallo, "Blackbird" Jonathan Mark, "Prometheus Bound" * WINNER: Kenneth Posner, Brian MacDevitt, Natasha Katz, "The Coast of Utopia" Japhy Weideman, "Jack Goes Boating" Outstanding Sound Design: Acme Sound Partners, "In the Heights" Mark Bennett, "The Coast of Utopia" * WINNER: Gregory Clarke, "Journey's End" Duncan Robert Edwards, "LoveMusik" Frank Gaeta, "Dai (enough)" Richard Woodbury, "Talk Radio" Outstanding Solo Performance: Iris Bahr, "Dai (enough)" Ed Harris, "Wrecks" Capathia Jenkins, "(mis)Understanding Mammy: The Hattie McDaniel Story" Anna Manahan, "Sisters" * WINNER: Vanessa Redgrave, "The Year of Magical Thinking" Nilaja Sun, "No Child?" Unique Theatrical Experience: "Absinthe" "Amajuba: Like Doves We Rise" "Be" "Brundibar/But the Giraffe" * WINNER: "Edward Scissorhands" "Hell House" Special Non-Competetive Award Winners: Outstanding Ensemble: "In the Heights" Outstanding Ensemble: "Lebensraum" John Kander and Fred Ebb Austin Pendleton Transport Group National Yiddish Theatre Folksbeine |
