Drama League Award Nominations Announced

As award season continues, the Drama League Award nominations were announced today. The nominees are:

DISTINGUISHED PRODUCTION OF A PLAY 

Clybourne Park 
The Columinst 
The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures 
The Lyons 
One Man, Two Guvnors 
Other Desert Cities 
Peter and The Starcatcher 
Tribes 
Seminar 
Septimus and Clarissa 
Venus in Fur 

DISTINGUISHED REVIVAL OF A PLAY 

And God Created 
Great Whales 
Death of a Salesman 
Gore Vidal’s The Best Man 
How I Learned To Drive 
Look Back in Anger 
The Maids 
Wit 

DISTINGUISHED PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL 

Ghost 
Leap of Faith 
Mission 
Drift 
Newsies 
Nice Work If You Can Get It 
Once 
Queen of The Mist 

DISTINGUISHED REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL 

Carrie 
Follies 
Evita 
The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess 
Jesus Christ Superstar 

DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE AWARD 

One winner is selected from this category for which the recipient can only receive the award once during his or her career. 

Jane Alexander, The Lady From Dubuque Nina Arianda, Venus In Fur Annaleigh Ashford, Rent Angela Bassett, The Mountaintop Simon Russell Beale, Bluebird Tracie Bennett, End of the Rainbow Christian Borle, Peter and the Starcatcher Matthew Broderick, Nice Work If You Can Get It Kim Cattrall, Private Lives Heather Christian, Mission Drift James Corden, One Man, Two Guvnors Michael Cristofer, The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures Tyne Daly, Master Class Jesse Eisenberg, Asuncion Linda Emond, The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures Raúl Esparza, Leap of Faith Santino Fontana, Sons of the Prophet Andrew Garfield, Death of a Salesman Russell Harvard, Tribes Philip Seymour Hoffman, Death of a Salesman Samuel L. Jackson, The Mountaintop Jeremy Jordan, Newsies, Bonnie and Clyde Steve Kazee, Once Celia Keenan-Bolger, Peter and the Starcatcher Christine Lahti, Dreams of Flying, Dreams of Falling Angela Lansbury, Gore Vidal's The Best Man John Larroquette, Gore Vidal's The Best Man Linda Lavin, The Lyons Norm Lewis, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess Judith Light, Other Desert Cities Ricky Martin, Evita Jan Maxwell, Follies Jefferson Mays, Blood and Gifts Marin Mazzie, Carrie Audra McDonald, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess Ellen McLaughlin, Septimus and Clarissa Cristin Milioti, Once Jessie Mueller, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever Carey Mulligan, Through A Glass Darkly Cynthia Nixon, Wit Leslie Odom, Jr., Leap of Faith Kelli O'Hara, Nice Work If You Can Get It Denis O'Hare, An Iliad Lily Rabe, Seminar Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Ghost Molly Ranson, Carrie Condola Rashad, Stick Fly Matthew Rhys, Look Back In Anger Alan Rickman, Seminar Elena Roger, Evita Jeremy Shamos, Clybourne Park Kevin Spacey, Richard III Stephen Spinella, An Iliad Mary Testa, Queen of the Mist Blair Underwood, A Streetcar Named Desire Mary Louise Wilson, 4,000 Miles 

The Drama League wishes to recognize the superb contributions to the season of its previous Distinguished Performance Award winners including: 

Norbert Leo Butz, How I Learned To Drive Zoe Caldwell, Elective Affinities Kathleen Chalfant, Painting Churches Stockard Channing, Other Desert Cities Rosemary Harris, The Road To Mecca Hugh Jackman, Hugh Jackman: Back On Broadway Sir Derek Jacobi, King Lear James Earl Jones, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man Frank Langella, Man and Boy John Lithgow, The Columnist Patti LuPone, An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin Bebe Neuwirth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Bernadette Peters, Follies Sam Waterston, King Lear 

DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSICAL THEATRE 

Alan Menken 

UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION TO THE THEATRE 

Rosie O’Donnell 

FOUNDERS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN DIRECTING 

Diane Paulus 

Thanks BwayWorld for the list!