Drama Desk and Tonys to come………………

                                                                                     By Jeanne Lieberman

THE DRAMA LEAGUE

ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF

80^th ANNUAL AWARDS

 

“A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER”

NAMED DISTINGUISHED MUSICAL

 

“ALL THE WAY”

NAMED DISTINGUISHED PLAY

 

“HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH”

NAMED DISTINGUISHED REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL

 

“THE GLASS MENAGERIE”

NAMED DISTINGUISHED REVIVAL OF A PLAY

 

NEIL PATRICK HARRIS

RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE AWARD

 

STAR STUDDED CEREMONY HELD MAY 16^TH

AT THE MARRIOTT MARQUIS TIMES SQUARE

 

New York, NY (May 16, 2014) – The Drama League (Executive Director, Gabriel Shanks) announced today the winners for the 80^th Annual Drama League Awards:  Distinguished Production of a  Musical, A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder;  Distinguished Play, All The Way;  Distinguished Revival of a Musical, Hedwig and the Angry Inch;  Distinguished Revival of a Play, The Glass Menagerie; and Distinguished Performance, Neil Patrick Harris at a star-studded luncheon ceremony hosted by Jesse Tyler Ferguson at the Marriott Marquis Times Square (1535 Broadway).

In addition to the competitive categories, Kennedy Center Honoree, Tony®, and Grammy® Award nominee, Barbara Cook was honored with the Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award in recognition of her contribution to the musical theatre;  Key Brand Entertainment/Broadway Across America: John Gore was honored with the Unique Contribution to the Theatre Award for the continuing efforts in promoting live theatre; and Tony®, Drama Desk and OBIE Award-winner John Tiffany was honored with The Founders Award for Excellence in Directing.

During the ceremony, director Michael Mayer introduced the 2014 Fellows of The Drama League Directors Project:  Zi Alikhan, Melissa Crespo, John Michael DiResta, Ellie Heyman, Lavina Jadhwani, Michael Leibenluft, Michael Osinki, Hannah Ryan, Teya Sugareva, Caitlin Sullivan, and Emma Weinstein.

 

The 80^th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon included a nominees cocktail reception, luncheon, and awards presentation held at the Marriott Marquis Times Square in the Broadway Ballroom (1535 Broadway) on Friday, May 16, 2014.  Drama League Board President Jano Herbosch was joined by Bonnie Comley as Co-Chair.  GenSpring Family Offices, National Life Group, PepsiCo and Financier Patisserie were the 2014 Sponsors of The 80th Annual Drama League Awards.

 

First awarded in 1922 and formalized in 1935, The Drama League Awards are the oldest theatrical honors in America. They are the only major theatergoer awards chosen by audience members — specifically, by the thousands of Drama League members nationwide who attend Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.

The Drama League Awards honor distinguished productions, performances, and exemplary career achievements in musical theatre and directing. The first Drama League Award was presented to Katharine Cornell in 1935. Since then, the Distinguished Performance Award has been accorded to a roster of theatre legends such as Nathan Lane, Audra McDonald, Liam Neeson, Hugh Jackman, Patti LuPone, Glenn Close, Liev Schreiber, Sir John Gielgud, Harvey Fierstein, Cherry Jones, Alec Guinness, James Earl Jones, Julie Harris, Helen Hayes, Jeremy Irons, Mary-Louise Parker, Sir Ian McKellen, Bernadette Peters, and Christopher Plummer.

2014 DRAMA LEAGUE AWARDS WINNERS

 

DISTINGUISHED PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL

A Gentleman’s Guide To Love And Murder

Walter Kerr Theatre

Book and Lyrics by Robert L.  Freedman, Music and Lyrics by Steven Lutvak

Directed by Darko Tresnjak

Joey Parnes, S.D. Wagner, John Johnson, 50 Church Street Productions, Joan Raffe and Jhett Tolentino,

Jay Alix and Una Jackman, Catherine and Fred Adler, Rhoda Herrick, Kathleen K. Johnson, Megan

Savage, Shadowcatcher Entertainment, Ron Simons, True Love Productions, Jamie deRoy, Four Ladies

& One Gent, John Arthur Pinckard, Greg Nobile, Stewart Lane and Bonnie Comley, Exeter Capital/Ted Snowdon, Ryan Hugh Mackey, Cricket-CTM Media/Mano-Horn Productions, Dennis Grimaldi/Margot Astrachan, Hello Entertainment/Jamie Bendell, Michael T. Cohen/Joe Strola, Joseph and Carson Gleberman/William Megevick, Green State Productions, Robert Greenblatt, producers in association

with Hartford Stage and The Old Globe

* * *

DISTINGUISHED PRODUCTION OF A PLAY

All The Way

Neil Simon Theatre

by Robert Schenkkan

Directed by Bill Rauch

Jeffrey Richards, Louise Gund, Jerry Frankel, Stephanie P. McClelland, Double Gemini Productions, Rebecca Gold, Scott M. Delman, Barbara H. Freitag, Harvey Weinstein, Gene Korf, William Berlind, Caiola Productions, Gutterman Chernoff, Jam Theatricals, Gabrielle Palitz, Cheryl Wiesenfeld, Will Trice, producers

* * *

DISTINGUISHED REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Belasco Theatre

Book by John Cameron Mitchell, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Trask

Directed by Michael Mayer

David Binder, Jayne Baron Sherman, Barbara Whitman, Latitude Link, Patrick Catullo, Raise The Roof,

Paula Marie Black, Colin Callender, Ruth Hendel, Saron Karmazin, Martian Entertainment, Stacey Mindich, Eric Schnall and The Shubert Organization, producers

* * *

DISTINGUISHED REVIVAL OF A PLAY

The Glass Menagerie

Booth Theatre

by Tennessee Williams

Directed by John Tiffany

Jeffrey Richards, John N. Hart Jr., Jerry Frankel, Lou Spisto/Lucky VIII, Infinity Stages,

Scott M. Delman, Jam Theatricals, Mauro Taylor, Rebecca Gold, Michael Palitz, Charles E. Stone,

Will Trice, Gfour Productions, producers

* * *

DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE AWARD

Neil Patrick Harris

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

* * *

DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSICAL THEATRE

Barbara Cook

* * *

UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION TO THE THEATRE

Key Brand Entertainment/Broadway Across America: John Gore

* * *

FOUNDERS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN DIRECTING

John Tiffany

64th Annual Awards

Outer Critics Circle

Announce

2013-14 Awards

“A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder” Tops list with 4 Awards 

Followed by “Bullets Over Broadway” & “The Glass Menagerie” with 3!

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New York, NY  (May 12, 2014) Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators for media covering New York theatre announced today its award winners for the 2013-14 season in 24 categories.

Broadway stars Billy Porter, Victoria Clark, Terrence Mann, Andrea Martin and Shuler Hensley will serve as gala award presenters at the upcoming 64^th Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards ceremony on May 22^nd (4PM) at the legendary Sardis Restaurant. In addition to being acclaimed stage performers, the stars are also former recipients of the esteemed Outer Critics Circle Award. 

Based on recommendations by the OCC Executive Committee, a Special Achievement Award will be given to animal rescuer, trainer and coach Bill Berloni of Bill Berloni Theatrical Animals in recognition of this season’s outstanding performances by his dogs in “Annie,” “The Open House,” “The Threepenny Opera,” “Bullets Over Broadway” and “Lady Day” as well as for the 300 dogs he has found in homeless shelters and made into theater stars over his illustrious career

 
Outer Critics Circle

2013-2014 Award Nominations

 

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY

* All the Way

 

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL

 * A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder

 

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY

 * The Explorer’s Club

 

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL

 * Fun Home

 

OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL

(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

 *   Robert L. Freedman – A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder

 

OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE – The Marjorie Gunner Award

(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

 *   Jason Robert Brown  – The Bridges of Madison Count

 

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY

(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

* The Glass Menagerie

 

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL

(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

 * Hedwig and the Angry Inch

 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY – The Lucille Lortel Award

  * Tim Carroll    Twelfth Night

 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL

 * Darko Tresnjak    A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder

 

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER

 * Warren Carlyle   After Midnight

 

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN

(Play or Musical)

 * Christopher Barreca    Rocky

 

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN

(Play or Musical)

 * William Ivey Long    Bullets Over Broadway

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN

(Play or Musical)
 * Kevin Adams    Hedwig and the Angry Inch

 

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY

 * Bryan Cranston    All the Way

 

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY

 * Cherry Jones    The Glass Menagerie

 

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

 * Jefferson Mays    A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder

 

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Sutton Foster    Violet

 * Audra McDonald    Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill

 

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY

 * Brian J. Smith    The Glass Menagerie

 

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY   (TIE VOTE!)

 * Andrea Martin   Act One

* Mare Winningham   Casa Valentina

 

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

 * Nick Cordero   Bullets Over Broadway

 

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

 * Marin Mazzie    Bullets Over Broadway  

 

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE

 * John Douglas Thompson    Satchmo at the Waldorf

 

JOHN GASSNER AWARD (Triple TIE VOTE!)

(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)

Scott Z. Burns    The Library

 * Eric Dufault    Year of the Rooster

 * Madeleine George    The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence

 * Steven Levenson    The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin

Lauren Yee    The Hatmaker’s Wife

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Bill Berloni of Bill Berloni Theatrical Animals in recognition of this season’s outstanding performances by his dogs in “Annie,” “The Open House,” “The Threepenny Opera,” “Bullets Over Broadway” and “Lady Day” as well as for the 300 dogs he has found in homeless shelters and made into theater stars over his illustrious career.

OBIES

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

THE 59th ANNUAL VILLAGE VOICE OBIE AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED

2014

New York, NY – The 59th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards, celebrating achievement in the Off-Broadway and off-off Broadway theater, were given out at a ceremony last night at Webster Hall in Greenwich Village. The awards ceremony was co-hosted by Tamara Tunie and Hamish Linklater. The awards were presented by Betsy Aidem, Harvey Fierstein, Lena Hall, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Andy Karl, David Bar Katz, Cristin Milioti, Kelli O’Hara, Lily Rabe and Stephen Trask.

Newly minted Obie winner Sydney Lucas performed RING OF KEYS from this year’s highly acclaimed Off-Broadway musical, FUN HOME.  

Highlights of the  2014 included the Lifetime Achievement Award presentd to Estelle Parsons, 86, for her extraordinary multifaceted life in the theater.  Sydney Lucas, 10, became the youngest recipient in the history of the Obies.  The show FUN HOME was also honored by the Obies with awards for author Lisa Kron, composer Jeanine Tesori and director Sam Gold.

Kelli O’Hara presented 2014 Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement to Estelle Parsons.

In 1968, Estelle Parsons, then an Obie recipient for distinguished performance, presented an Obie for “best actor” to a newcomer for his performance in “The Indian Wants The Bronx.” The actor sent this heartfelt message that was read to Ms. Parsons at the ceremony by Andy Karl:

Hello Everyone,

I am sadly unable to attend tonight’s ceremony so speaking as the invisible man I say to you, Estelle is a guiding light, she is a force and a genius actor.  We have spent years together working, acting, directing and engaging in all the variables of putting on a play.  It’s a relationship that I hold very deeply in my heart and one that has given me much joy and insight.  Congratulations on getting the OBIE award for Lifetime Achievement, it’s a great honor and endures, and you endure.  Thank God you do. I love you Estelle and in writing this it at least gives me a chance to feel a little like I was there with you tonight, I sure wish I was.   AL PACINO

 

The Obie for Best New American Play was awarded to playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.

A complete list of the award winners follows:

Performance

MARYLOUISE BURKE

sustained excellence of performance

JOHANNA DAY

Appropriate (Signature)

JOHN ELLISON CONLEE

The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence (Playwrights Horizons)

K. TODD FREEMAN

Fetch Clay, Make Man (NYTW)

JOHN EARL JELKS

Sunset Baby (Labyrinth) / Fetch Clay, Make Man (NYTW)

MIA KATIGBAK

Awake and Sing (NAATCO)

SYDNEY LUCAS

Fun Home (Public Theater)

CHRIS MYERS

An Octoroon (SoHo Rep)

LARRY PINE

A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about the Death of Walt Disney (SoHo Rep)

Playwriting

WILL ENO

The Open House (Signature)

 

Musical Theater

LISA KRON (author), JEANINE TESORI (composer), and SAM GOLD (director)

Fun Home (Public Theater)

Direction

JAMES MACDONALD 

Love and Information (NYTW)

OLIVER BUTLER

The Open House (Signature)

LIESL TOMMY

Appropriate (Signature)

Design/Music

BEN RUBIN

(projections), Arguendo (Elevator Repair Service @ Public Theater)

EMMANUEL BROWN and SONYA TAYEH

(fight direction and choreography) Kung Fu (Signature)

ERIC SOUTHERN

(lighting design), The Correspondent (Rattlestick)

JUSTIN TOWNSEND

Sustained excellence of lighting design

Special Citations

MALLORY CATLETT 

This Was the End (Chocolate Factory)

HEATHER CHRISTIAN (music), JIYOUN CHANG (lighting) and HANNAH WASILESKI

(projections)

The World Is Round (Ripe Time @ BAM Fisher)

RATTLESTICK PLAYWRIGHTS THEATER and LUCY THURBER

The Hill Town Plays

The Ross Wetzsteon Award

ABRONS ARTS CENTER

Grants

600 HIGHWAYMEN

48 HOURS IN HARLEM

 

Best New American Play

BRANDEN JACOBS-JENKINS

Appropriate (Signature) and An Octoroon (SoHo Rep)

Lifetime Achievement

ESTELLE PARSONS 

Judges: Michael Feingold, Chairman, Kirsten Childs, Nicky Paraiso, Tonya Pinkins, Michael Sommers, Rick Sordelet.

The Village Voice Obie Awards are presented by STELLA ARTOIS and benefiting A.R.T./ New York (Alliance of Residence Theaters). Additional sponsors include Barefoot Wine & Bubbly, Once the Musical and The New York Botanical Gardens .  Congratulations to all of this years winners! 
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 Monday, May 19, 2014
8:00 pm
Webster Hall
125 East 11th Street
New York, NY 10003

 70^TH ANNUAL THEATRE WORLD AWARDS

  HONOREES NAMED FOR

OUTSTANDING BROADWAY OR OFF-BROADWAY DEBUT

PLUS

6^TH ANNUAL DOROTHY LOUDON AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE

WILL BE GIVEN TO CELIA KEENAN-BOLGER

CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER TO BE HONORED WITH 

JOHN WILLIS AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

CEREMONY

SET FOR MONDAY, JUNE 2^ND 

AT CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE

The Theatre World Award winners were chosen by the Theatre World Awards Committee that includes David Cote (Time Out New York and “NY1”), Joe Dziemianowicz (New York Daily News), Peter Filichia (The Newark Star-Ledger, Emeritus) Harry Haun (Playbill), Matthew Murray (Talkin’ Broadway), Frank Scheck (New York Post), and Linda Winer (Newsday).

2014 Theatre World Award Winners

Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance during the 2013-2014 theatrical season

Paul Chahidi, Twelfth  Night, or What You Will

Nick Cordero, Bullets over Broadway

Bryan Cranston,  All the Way

Mary Bridget Davies,  A Night with Janis Joplin

Sarah Greene, The Cripple of Inishmaan)

Rebecca Hall, Machinal

Ramin Karimloo, Les Misérables

Zachary Levi, First Date

Chris O’Dowd, Of Mice and Men

Sophie Okonedo,  A Raisin in the Sun
Emerson Steele, Violet

Lauren Worsham,  A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

2014 Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater Winner

Outstanding Performance in a Broadway or Off-Broadway Production

Celia Keenan-Bolger for her performance as Laura in The Glass Menagerie

2014 John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre Winner

Christopher Plummer

Previous winners who have won the prestigious Theatre World Award at the beginning of their careers include Meryl Streep, Rosemary Harris, Marlon Brando, Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Anne Bancroft, James Earl Jones, Liza Minnelli, Alan Alda, Zoe Caldwell, Christopher Walken, Alec Baldwin, Bernadette Peters, Audra McDonald, Al Pacino, Grace Kelly, and so many more.