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For Release: Thursday, May 1, at 10:45 AM (NYT)
48th ANNUAL DRAMA DESK NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED!!!
HAIRSPRAY TIES ALL-TIME RECORD WITH 14 NOMINATIONS, FOLLOWED BY AMOUR WITH NINE NOMINATIONS, TAKE ME OUT WITH EIGHT, LA BOHEME AND A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE WITH SEVEN NOMINATIONS EACH AND NINE AND MOVIN' OUT WITH SIX EACH
AVENUE Q AND LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT WIN FIVE EACH
New York, NY, May 1, 2003 - Hairspray, the smash Broadway musical, dominated the Nominations for The 48th Annual Drama Desk Awards, which were announced here today, by capturing a total of 14 nominations, tying it with The Producers, The Secret Garden and Ragtime as the shows with the most nominations in a single season.
The Michel Legrand musical Amour received nine nominations followed by Take Me Out with eight, Baz Luhrmann's La Boheme and A Man of No Importance, each with seven. Also faring well were the Billy Joel/Twyla Tharp musical Movin' Out and Nine which garnered six nominations each, and Avenue Q and Long Day's Journey into Night which received five nominations each
Cirque du Soleil: Varekai, Medea, Uncle Vanya and Zanna, Don't! each received four nominations, while Dinner at Eight, Gypsy, Talking Heads, Twelfth Night and Yellowman all received three nominations. Productions with two nominations each included: Buicks, Cookin' at the Cookery, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Enchanted April, Golda's Balcony, My Old Lady, Our Lady of 121st Street, Polish Joke, Shanghai Moon and Vincent in Brixton.
Sisters Lynn and Vanessa Redgrave each received nominations - Lynn as Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Talking Heads) and Vanessa as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play (Long Day's Journey Into Night).
Chita Rivera who will host The 48th Annual Drama Desk Awards on Sunday, May 18, at 9 PM, received a nomination as Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, along with her Nine co-stars Jane Krakowski and Mary Stuart Masterson.
Tim Acito won three nominations Outstanding Music, Outstanding Lyrics and Outstanding Book of a Musical for Zanna, Don't!, Among those who garnered double nominations are: Philip Seymour Hoffman (Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for Long Day's Journey into Night and Outstanding Director of a Play for Our Lady of 121st Street); Sam Mendes (Outstanding Director of a Play for Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya); Joe Mantello as Outstanding Director of a Play for Take Me Out and Outstanding Director of a Musical for A Man of No Importance); Donald Holder (Outstanding Lighting Design for Movin' Out and Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Toward the Somme); Mark Bennett (Outstanding Sound Design for Golda's Balcony and Julius Caesar); John Lee Beatty (Outstanding Set Design of a Play for Dinner at Eight and My Old Lady); Alexander Dinelaris (Outstanding Lyrics and Outstanding Book for a Musical for Zanna, Don't!); and Twyla Tharp (Outstanding Director of a Musical for Movin' Out and Outstanding Choreography for Movin' Out).
The Drama Desk also voted to present Special Awards to The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) for bringing works of distinction from around the world to New York audiences; Charles Busch for career achievement as performer and playwright; and Geoffrey Johnson and Vincent Liff (posthumous) of Johnson-Liff Casting for career achievement.
The nominations were announced by Oscar winning producer Martin Richards (Chicago) and Judy Kaye, co-star of Broadway's Mamma Mia, who were introduced by Drama Desk co-Presidents David Sheward, Managing Editor of Back Stage, and William Wolf of Wolfentertainmentguide.com. The nominations ceremony, webcast by Theatermania.com, was held at The New York Friars Club.
The 48th Annual Drama Desk Awards will take place on Sunday, May 18, at 9:00 PM at the F.H. LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. The awards show, hosted by Chita Rivera, will be webcast live by Theatermania.com.
Robert R. Blume is Executive Producer of the 48th Annual Drama Desk Awards. TheaterMania.com is the Associate Presenter. Lauren Class Schneider is Producer and Jeff Kalpak is Director. Jeff Dobbins is the writer. Associate Producers are Sarah Galvin, Corine Dana Cohen, Jae French and Les Schecter, who is also Director of Publicity. Felicia M. Lopes is the General Manager. Randie Levine-Miller is Executive Director for the Drama Desk. The Drama Desk Awards is a TheatreSport Limited production.
Organized in 1949, the Drama Desk is the only theatre organization whose award nominations honor Broadway, Off Broadway, Off Off Broadway and not-for-profit theatre productions equally in multiple categories. The Drama Desk membership includes more than 120 voting theatre critics, reporters and editors.
This year's Drama Desk Awards are being supported by Lynn & Lewis Pell, David S. Stone, Esq. of Boise, Schiller and Flexner LLP, NJ office, Richard I. Kandel, The Smart Family Foundation, Jamie deRoy & friends and Diane Wilsey.
Sponsors include TheaterMania.com, GSD Productions, Variety, International Barter Network, Gray Line NY Sightseeing, Event Webcasting, VisionMix Creative Services and Manhattan Bride Magazine. Receptions are being hosted by Compass Restaurant and Bar, Firebird Russian Restaurant, St. John Boutique and Gotham Magazine, The New York Friars Club, and Link Restaurant. Food and beverages are being donated by Relish Catering, Moet & Chandon, Ecco Domani and Cademartori's Imports of Italy.
Members of the Nominating Committee include: Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, Committee Chairman; Robert Dominguez, Daily News; David Finkle, TheaterMania.com; Susan Haskins, Theater Talk; Edward Karam, Manchester Guardian; David Sheward, Back Stage; and Barbara Siegel, TheaterMania.com and Siegel Entertainment Syndicate.
The Board of Directors of the Drama Desk includes: David Sheward, Back Stage, Co-President; William Wolf, wolfentertainmentguide.com, Co-President; Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, First Vice-President; Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Theatermania.com, Second Vice-President; Charles Wright, A&E Television Networks, Treasurer; Ellis Nassour, Freelance, Co-Secretary; Robert Simonson, Playbill Online, Co-Secretary; and Members-at-Large: Sam Norkin, Freelance Theatre Artist, Past President; David Kaufman, The Nation, and Parco Programs; Robert Sandia, Freelance; and Barbara Siegel, TheaterMania.com and Siegel Entertainment Syndicate.
Shows with multiple nominations:| Hairspray | 14 |
| Amour | 9 |
| Take Me Out | 8 |
| La Boheme | 7 |
| A Man of No Importance | 7 |
| Nine | 6 |
| Movin' Out | 6 |
| Avenue Q | 5 |
| Long Day's Journey Into Night | 5 |
| Cirque du Soleil Varekai | 4 |
| Medea | 4 |
| Uncle Vanya | 4 |
| Zanna, Don't! | 4 |
| Dinner at Eight | 3 |
| Gypsy | 3 |
| Talking Heads | 3 |
| Twelfth Night | 3 |
| Yellowman | 3 |
| Buicks | 2 |
| Cookin' at the Cookery | 2 |
| A Day in the Death of Joe Egg | 2 |
| Enchanted April | 2 |
| Man of La Mancha | 2 |
| Golda's Balcony | 2 |
| My Old Lady | 2 |
| Our Lady of 121st Street | 2 |
| Polish Joke | 2 |
| Shanghai Moon | 2 |
| Vincent in Brixton | 2 |
A limited number of tickets to the 48th Annual Drama Desk Awards are currently available. To purchase tickets, call 212/352-3101 or visit the TheaterMania.com website at http://www.theatermania.com To become a Friend of the Drama Desk and to find out more about the organization and this year's awards show, visit http://dramadesk.org.
DRAMA DESK NOMINATIONS 2002-2003
Outstanding Play:
Buicks (Julian Sheppard)
Our Lady of 121st Street (Stephen Adly Guirgis)
Peter and Vandy (Jay DiPietro)
Take Me Out (Richard Greenberg)
Talking Heads (Alan Bennett)
Yellowman (Dael Orlandersmith)
Outstanding Musical:
Amour
Avenue Q
Hairspray
A Man of No Importance
Movin' Out
Zanna, Don't!
Outstanding Revival of a Play:
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Dinner at Eight
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Medea
Twelfth Night (Donmar Warehouse/BAM)
Uncle Vanya (Donmar Warehouse/BAM)
Outstanding Revival of a Musical:
Gypsy
La Boheme
Man of La Mancha
Nine
Outstanding Actor in a Play:
Simon Russell Beale (Uncle Vanya)
Norbert Leo Butz (Buicks)
Jim Dale (Comedians)
Brian Dennehy (Long Day's Journey Into Night)
Eddie Izzard (A Day in the Death of Joe Egg)
Daniel Sunjata (Take Me Out)
Outstanding Actress in a Play:
Jayne Atkinson (Enchanted April)
Marylouise Burke (Kimberly Akimbo)
Clare Higgins (Vincent in Brixton)
Dael Orlandersmith (Yellowman)
Vanessa Redgrave (Long Day's Journey Into Night)
Fiona Shaw (Medea)
Outstanding Actor in a Musical:
Antonio Banderas (Nine)
Harvey Fierstein (Hairspray)
Malcolm Gets (Amour)
Brian Stokes Mitchell (Man of La Mancha)
Jason Petty (Hank Williams: Lost Highway)
John Selya (Movin' Out)
Outstanding Actress in a Musical:
Stephanie D'Abruzzo (Avenue Q)
Ann Duquesnay (Cookin' at the Cookery)
Wei Huang (La Boheme)
Elizabeth Parkinson (Movin' Out)
Bernadette Peters (Gypsy)
Marissa Jaret Winokur (Hairspray)
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play:
Simon Russell Beale (Twelfth Night)
Walter Bobbie (Polish Joke)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Long Day's Journey Into Night)
T.R. Knight (Scattergood)
Denis O'Hare (Take Me Out)
Frederick Weller (Take Me Out)
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play:
Christine Ebersole (Talking Heads)
Jan Maxwell (My Old Lady)
Helen McCrory (Uncle Vanya)
Nancy Opel (Polish Joke)
Lynn Redgrave (Talking Heads)
Jeanine Serralles (Hold Please)
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical:
John Dossett (Gypsy)
Christopher Fitzgerald (Amour)
Charles Keating (A Man of No Importance)
Dick Latessa (Hairspray)
Steven Pasquale (A Man of No Importance)
Corey Reynolds (Hairspray)
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical:
Kerry Butler (Hairspray)
Jane Krakowski (Nine)
Mary Stuart Masterson (Nine)
Sally Mayes (Urban Cowboy)
Chita Rivera (Nine)
Debra Walton (Cookin' at the Cookery)
Outstanding Director of a Play:
Robert Falls (Long Day's Journey Into Night)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Our Lady of 121st Street)
Joe Mantello (Take Me Out)
Sam Mendes (Twelfth Night)
Sam Mendes (Uncle Vanya)
Deborah Warner (Medea)
Outstanding Director of a Musical:
James Lapine (Amour)
David Leveaux (Nine)
Baz Luhrmann (La Boheme)
Joe Mantello (A Man of No Importance)
Jack O'Brien (Hairspray)
Twyla Tharp (Movin' Out)
Outstanding Choreography:
Jerry Mitchell (Hairspray)
Ken Roberson (Harlem Song)
Twyla Tharp (Movin' Out)
Tommy Tune (Tommy Tune: White Tie and Tails)
Outstanding Music:
Tim Acito (Zanna, Don't!)
Stephen Flaherty (A Man of No Importance)
Michel Legrand (Amour)
Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx (Avenue Q)
Keb' Mo', Anderson Edwards, Keith Glover (Thunder Knocking on the Door)
Marc Shaiman (Hairspray)
Outstanding Lyrics:
Tim Acito, Alexander Dinerlaris (Zanna, Don't!)
Lynn Ahrens (A Man of No Importance)
Craig Carnelia (Imaginary Friends)
Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx (Avenue Q)
Jeremy Sams, Didier van Cauwelaert (Amour)
Scott Wittman, Marc Shaiman (Hairspray)
Outstanding Book of a Musical:
Tom Acito, Alexander Dinerlaris (Zanna, Don't!)
Terrence McNally (A Man of No Importance)
Mark O'Donnell, Thomas Meehan (Hairspray)
Jeremy Sams, Didier van Cauwelaert (Amour)
Jeff Whitty (Avenue Q)
Outstanding Orchestrations:
Luther Henderson (Little Ham)
Michel Legrand (Amour)
Harold Wheeler (Hairspray)
Outstanding Set Design of a Play:
John Lee Beatty (Dinner at Eight)
John Lee Beatty (My Old Lady)
Troy Hourie (Temporary Help)
Scott Pask (Take Me Out)
Neil Patel (Endpapers)
B.T. Whitehill (Shanghai Moon)
Outstanding Set Design of a Musical:
Riccardo Hernandez, Batwin + Robin Productions (Radiant Baby)
Catherine Martin (La Boheme)
Scott Pask (Amour)
Stephane Roy (Cirque du Soleil: Varekai)
David Rockwell (Hairspray)
Outstanding Costume Design:
Michael Bottari, Ronald Case (Shanghai Moon)
Jess Goldstein (Enchanted April)
Eiko Ishioka (Cirque du Soleil: Varekai)
William Ivey Long (Hairspray)
Catherine Martin, Angus Strathie (La Boheme)
Catherine Zuber (Dinner at Eight)
Outstanding Lighting Design:
Kevin Adams (Take Me Out)
Russell H. Champa (Yellowman)
Donald Holder (Movin' Out)
Donald Holder (Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Toward the Somme)
Nigel Levings (La Boheme)
Peter Mumford (Vincent in Brixton)
Outstanding Sound Design:
Acme Sound Partners (La Boheme)
Mark Bennett (Golda's Balcony)
Mark Bennett (Julius Caesar)
Francois Bergeron (Cirque du Soleil: Varekai)
Janet Kalas (Take Me Out)
David Meschter, Mel Mercier (Medea)
Outstanding Solo Performance:
Barbara Cook (Mostly Sondheim)
Tovah Feldshuh (Golda's Balcony)
Frank Gorshin (Say Goodnight, Gracie)
Ricky Jay (Ricky Jay: On the Stem)
Priscilla Lopez (Class Mothers '68)
Charlayne Woodard (In Real Life)
Unique Theatrical Experience:
Cirque du Soleil: Varekai
The Exonerated
The Play What I Wrote
Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway
Special Awards:
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) for bringing works of distinction from around the world to New York audiences
Charles Busch for career achievement as performer and playwright
Geoffrey Johnson and Vincent Liff (posthumous) of Johnson-Liff Casting for career achievement
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