'COME FROM AWAY': Nominated for Best Musical. 62nd Annual Drama Desk Awards are Sunday, June 4, 2017 at Town Hall. Photo: Joan Marcus‘Dolly’ & ‘Anastasia’ lead Drama Desk Awards nominations April 27, 2017 NewsDRAMA DESK AWARDS: Sunday, June 4, 2017. Image: Drama Desk AwardsNEW YORK–Thursday, April 27, 2017 – Nominations for the 62nd Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced this morning at Feinstein’s/54 Below by Laura Benanti (She Loves Me, Gypsy) and Javier Muñoz (Hamilton, In the Heights). The 62nd Annual Drama Desk Awards, hosted by Michael Urie, will take place on Sunday, June 4, 2017, at 8:00 PM at The Town Hall in Manhattan. THE NOMINEESThe 62nd Annual Drama Desk Awards nominations were announced at 10am on Thursday, April 27th, 2017 at Feinstein’s/54 Below.Outstanding Play If I Forget, by Steven Levenson, Roundabout Theatre Company Indecent, by Paula Vogel, Vineyard Theatre A Life, by Adam Bock, Playwrights Horizons Oslo, by J. T. Rogers, Lincoln Center Theater Sweat, by Lynn Nottage, The Public TheaterOutstanding Musical Anastasia The Band’s Visit, Atlantic Theater Company Come From Away Hadestown, New York Theatre Workshop The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson MusicalOutstanding Revival of a Play The Front Page The Hairy Ape, Park Avenue Armory Jitney, Manhattan Theatre Club The Little Foxes, Manhattan Theatre Club “Master Harold”… and the Boys, Signature Theatre Company Picnic, Transport Group Theatre CompanyOutstanding Revival of a Musical Falsettos, Lincoln Center Theater Hello, Dolly! Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Sweet Charity, The New Group Tick, Tick…BOOM!, Keen CompanyOutstanding Actor in a Play Bobby Cannavale, The Hairy Ape, Park Avenue Armory Daniel Craig, Othello, New York Theatre Workshop Kevin Kline, Present Laughter David Hyde Pierce, A Life, Playwrights Horizons John Douglas Thompson, Jitney, Manhattan Theatre ClubOutstanding Actress in a Play Cate Blanchett, The Present Laura Linney, The Little Foxes,Manhattan Theatre Club Laurie Metcalf, A Doll’s House, Part 2 Amy Ryan, Love, Love, Love, Roundabout Theatre Company Harriet Walter, The Tempest, St. Ann’s WarehouseOutstanding Actor in a Musical Nick Blaemire, Tick, Tick…BOOM!, Keen Company Jon Jon Briones, Miss Saigon Nick Cordero, A Bronx Tale Andy Karl, Groundhog Day Jeremy Secomb, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetOutstanding Actress in a Musical Christy Altomare, Anastasia Christine Ebersole, War Paint Sutton Foster, Sweet Charity, The New Group Patti LuPone, War Paint Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly! Laura Osnes, BandstandOutstanding Featured Actor in a Play Michael Aronov, Oslo, Lincoln Center Theater Danny DeVito, The Price, Roundabout Theatre Company Nathan Lane, The Front Page Jeremy Shamos, If I Forget, Roundabout Theatre Company Justice Smith, Yen, MCC TheaterOutstanding Featured Actress in a Play Jayne Houdyshell, A Doll’s House, Part 2 Randy Graff, The Babylon Line, Lincoln Center Theater Marie Mullen, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, BAM Cynthia Nixon, The Little Foxes, Manhattan Theatre Club Emily Skinner, Picnic Kate Walsh, If I Forget, Roundabout Theatre CompanyOutstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Gavin Creel, Hello, Dolly! Jeffry Denman, Kid Victory, Vineyard Theatre George Salazar, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical Ari’el Stachel, The Band’s Visit, Atlantic Theater Company Brandon Uranowitz, Falsettos, Lincoln Center TheaterOutstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Kate Baldwin, Hello, Dolly! Stephanie J. Block, Falsettos, Lincoln Center Theater Jenn Colella, Come From Away Mary Beth Peil, Anastasia Nora Schell, Spamilton Outstanding Director of a Play Richard Jones, The Hairy Ape, Park Avenue Armory Anne Kauffman, A Life, Playwrights Horizons Richard Nelson, What Did You Expect?/Women of a Certain Age, The Public Theater Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Jitney, Manhattan Theatre Club Daniel Sullivan, The Little Foxes, Manhattan Theatre Club Daniel Sullivan, If I Forget, Roundabout Theatre CompanyOutstanding Director of a Musical Christopher Ashley, Come From Away Bill Buckhurst, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 David Cromer, The Band’s Visit, Atlantic Theater Company Jerry Zaks, Hello, Dolly! Outstanding Choreography Andy Blankenbuehler, Bandstand Warren Carlyle, Hello, Dolly! Aletta Collins, The Hairy Ape, Park Avenue Armory Kelly Devine, Come From Away Denis Jones, Holiday Inn, Roundabout Theatre CompanyOutstanding Music Stephen Flaherty, Anastasia Dave Malloy, Beardo, Pipeline Theatre Company Richard Oberacker, Bandstand Irene Sankoff and David Hein, Come From Away David Yazbek, The Band’s Visit, Atlantic Theater CompanyOutstanding Lyrics Gerard Alessandrini, Spamilton GQ and JQ, Othello: The Remix Michael Korie, War Paint Irene Sankoff and David Hein, Come From Away David Yazbek, The Band’s Visit, Atlantic Theater CompanyOutstanding Book of a Musical Terrence McNally, Anastasia Itamar Moses, The Band’s Visit, Atlantic Theater Company Richard Oberacker and Rob Taylor, Bandstand Irene Sankoff and David Hein, Come From Away Joe Tracz, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson MusicalOutstanding Orchestrations Doug Besterman, Anastasia Bruce Coughlin, War Paint Benjamin Cox, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Bill Elliott and Greg Anthony Rassen, Bandstand August Eriksmoen, Come From Away Jamshied Sharifi, The Band’s Visit, Atlantic Theater CompanyOutstanding Music in a Play Daniel Ocanto, Graham Ulicny, and Sean Smith, Alligator, New Georges in collaboration with the Sol Project Marcus Shelby, Notes from the Field, Second Stage Bill Sims Jr., Jitney, Manhattan Theatre ClubOutstanding Revue Hello Dillie!, 59E59 Life is for Living: Conversations with Coward, 59E59Outstanding Set Design for a Play David Gallo, Jitney, Manhattan Theatre Club Nigel Hook, The Play That Goes Wrong Laura Jellinek, A Life, Playwrights Horizons Stewart Laing, The Hairy Ape, Park Avenue Armory Douglas W. Schmidt, The Front PageOutstanding Set Design for a Musical Lez Brotherston, 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, St. Ann’s Warehouse Simon Kenny, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Mimi Lien, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 Santo Loquasto, Hello, Dolly! Jason Sherwood, The View UpStairsOutstanding Costume Design for a Play Jane Greenwood, The Little Foxes, Manhattan Theatre Club Susan Hilferty, Present Laughter Murell Horton, The Liar, CSC Toni-Leslie James, Jitney, Manhattan Theatre Club Stewart Laing, The Hairy Ape, Park Avenue Armory Ann Roth, The Front PageOutstanding Costume Design for a Musical Linda Cho, Anastasia Toni-Leslie James, Come From Away Santo Loquasto, Hello, Dolly! Anita Yavich, The View UpStairs Paloma Young, Bandstand Catherine Zuber, War PaintOutstanding Lighting Design for a Play Christopher Akerlind, Indecent, Vineyard Theatre James Farncombe, The Tempest, St. Ann’s Warehouse Rick Fisher, The Judas Kiss, Brooklyn Academy of Music Mimi Jordan Sherin, The Hairy Ape, Park Avenue Armory Stephen Strawbridge, “Master Harold”…and the Boys, Signature Theatre Company Justin Townsend, The Little Foxes, Manhattan Theatre ClubOutstanding Lighting Design for a Musical Jeff Croiter, Bandstand Mark Henderson, Sunset Boulevard Bradley King, Hadestown, New York Theatre Workshop Bradley King, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 Amy Mae, Sweeney Todd: The Barber of Fleet Street Malcolm Rippeth, 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, St. Ann’s WarehouseOutstanding Projection Design Reid Farrington, CasablancaBox, HERE Elaine McCarthy, Notes from the Field, Second Stage Jared Mezzocchi, Vietgone, Manhattan Theatre Club John Narun, Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward Gorey, Life Jacket Theatre Company Aaron Rhyne, AnastasiaOutstanding Sound Design in a Play Mikhail Fiksel, A Life, Playwrights Horizons Gareth Fry and Pete Malkin, The Encounter Brian Quijada, Where Did We Sit on the Bus?, Ensemble Studio Theatre/Radio Drama Network Leon Rothenberg, Notes from the Field, Second Stage Jane Shaw, Men on Boats, Playwrights Horizons/Clubbed ThumbOutstanding Sound Design in a Musical Simon Baker, 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, St. Ann’s Warehouse Peter Hylenski, Anastasia Scott Lehrer, Hello, Dolly! Nicholas Pope, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 Mick Potter, Cats Brian Ronan, War PaintMatt Stine, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetOutstanding Wig and Hair David Brian Brown, War Paint Campbell Young Associates, Hello, Dolly! John Jared Janas, Yours Unfaithfully, Mint Theatre Company Jason Hayes, The View UpStairs Josh Marquette, Present Laughter Tom Watson, The Little Foxes, Manhattan Theatre ClubOutstanding Solo Performance Nancy Anderson, The Pen (Inner Voices), Premieres Ed Dixon, Georgie: My Adventures with George Rose Marin Ireland, On the Exhale, Roundabout Underground Sarah Jones, Sell/Buy/Date, Manhattan Theatre Club Brian Quijada, Where Did We Sit on the Bus?, Ensemble Studio Theatre/Radio Drama Network Anna Deavere Smith, Notes from the Field, Second StageUnique Theatrical Experience CasablancaBox, HERE The Paper Hat Game, The Tank/3-Legged Dog The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, National Theatre of Scotland The Ephemera Trilogy, The Tank/Flint & TinderOutstanding Fight Choreography J. David Brimmer, Yen, MCC Theatre Donal O’Farrell, Quietly, Irish Repertory Theatre Michael Rossmy and Rick Sordelet, Troilus and Cressida, New York Shakespeare Festival Thomas Schall, Othello, New York Theatre Workshop Thomas Schall, The Hairy Ape, Park Avenue Armory U. Jonathan Toppo, Sweat, The Public TheatreOutstanding Adaptation David Ives, The Liar, Classic Stage Company Ellen McLaughlin, The Trojan Women, The Flea TheatreOutstanding Puppet Design Basil Twist, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Lyndie Wright, Sarah Wright, 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, St. Ann’s WarehouseSPECIAL AWARDS:Outstanding Ensemble The Wolves, The Playwrights Realm: The superbly talented cast of Sarah DeLappe’s debut play —Mia Barron, Brenna Coates, Jenna Dioguardi, Samia Finnerty, Midori Francis, Lizzy Jutila, Sarah Mezzanotte, Tedra Millan, Lauren Patten, and Susannah Perkins—jelled as one, proving that team spirit is just a alive on the stage as it is on the soccer field.Special Award to Phil LaDuca: Proving that character comes from the ground up, the designer’s innovative flexible dance shoe ensures that hoofers on any stage remain on point.Sam Norkin Award: Lila Neugebauer: During a season that saw her helm the original works The Antipodes, Everybody, Miles For Mary, and The Wolves, and resurrect the works of esteemed playwrights Edward Albee, Maria Irene Fornes, and Adrienne Kennedy in Signature Plays, director Lila Neugebauer has shown that her dauntless insight into the human condition knows no bounds.Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Related
