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Glee, Lisa Kron, Sarah Ruhl, Jonathan Tolins, et al. Among GLAAD Media Award Nominees

Lisa Kron
Lisa Kron

The GLAAD Media Award nominations have been announced. The awards recognize excellence nationally in a wide variety of entertainment and journalism categories, including theater in both New York and Los Angeles.


The nominations for the Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway & Off-Broadway Award are In the Wake by Lisa Kron; The Kid, book by Michael Zam, lyrics by Jack Lechner, music by Andy Monroe; Passion Play by Sarah Ruhl; The Pride by Alexi Kaye Campbell; and Secrets of the Trade by Jonathan Tolins. Also nominated are Lay of the Land by Tim Miller; Let Them Eat Cake by Holly Hughes, Megan Carney and Moe Angelos; This One Girl’s Story, book by Bil Wright, music and lyrics by Dionne McClain-Freeney; Vaginal Davis Is Speaking from the Diaphragm by Vaginal Davis; and When Last We Flew by Harrison David Rivers, which comprise the nominees for Outstanding New York Theater: Off-Off-Broadway.

The nominations for Outstanding Los Angeles Theater are Dr. Cerberus by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Haram Iran by Jay Paul Deratany, Revolver by Chris Phillips, Something Happened by L. Trey Wilson, and The Twentieth-Century Way by Tom Jacobson.

In the television categories, Fox’s Glee, along with Greek, Modern Family, Nurse Jackie, and United States of Tara have been nominated as Outstanding Comedy Series. The movies Burlesque, Easy A, The Girl Who Played With Fire, The Kids Are All Right, and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World have been nominated as Outstanding Film – Wide Release.


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