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Drama League Award Nominees Announced

New York City
The Drama League has announced the nominees for its 70th annual awards, which will be presented at a luncheon ceremony on Friday, May 14 at the Grand Hyatt hotel (42nd Street and Park Avenue). The organization will confer eight awards that day, including its Distinguished Performance Award. Note that among the competitive award categories listed below, there is a new category this year: Revival of a Musical.

Avenue Q and Golda’s Balcony, both of which transferred to Broadway this season, were honored last year by The Drama League in their Off-Broadway productions; therefore, both are ineligible for awards consideration this season. The Broadway play Prymate and the Off-Broadway musical bare will be considered for next season’s awards as the nominating committee was not able to see these shows prior to this season’s eligibility cut-off date.

As previously announced, The Drama League will bestow three special awards this year. The Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award will be given to Donna Murphy; the Julia Hansen Award for Excellence in Directing will go to George C. Wolfe; and the Unique Contribution to the Theatre Award will be given to the City Center Encores! series

Tickets for the May 14 awards ceremony may be purchased by phoning 212-244-9494, ext. 25. For further information, visit the website www.dramaleague.org. A complete list of this year’s Drama League Award nominees follows.

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Distinguished Production of a Play:
Addicted

Bridge and Tunnel

Frozen

I Am My Own Wife

Intimate Apparel

The Retreat From Moscow

Distinguished Production of a Musical:
Bombay Dreams

Caroline, or Change

Johnny Guitar

Never Gonna Dance

Taboo

Wicked

Distinguished Production of a Revival — Play:
A Raisin in the Sun

Beckett/Albee

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Henry IV

Jumpers

The Normal Heart

Distinguished Production of a Revival — Musical:
Assassins

Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Fiddler on the Roof

Finian’s Rainbow

Little Shop of Horrors

Wonderful Town