Drama League Awards Announce Nominees

Nominees for the 2007-2008 Drama League Awards were announced on April 22nd. Tony Award winners Norbert Leo Butz, Christine Ebersole, and Hunter Bell ([title of show]) announced the nominations at Broadway's landmark restaurant Sardi's.

The full list of nominees goes as follows:

Distinguished Production of a Play
- August: Osage County by Tracy Letts, Imperial Theatre/Music Box Theatre
- Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl, Second Stage Theatre
- The Farnsworth Invention by Aaron Sorkin, Music Box Theatre
- November by David Mamet, Ethel Barrymore Theatre
- Rock 'n' Roll by Tom Stoppard, Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
- The Seafarer by Conor McPherson, Booth Theatre
- Thurgood by George Stevens, Jr., Booth Theatre
- The 39 Steps adapted by Patrick Barlow, based on a concept by Simon Corble, Nobby Dimon and the novel by John Buchan, Roundabout Theatre Company/Cort Theatre

Distinguished Production of a Musical
- A Catered Affair, Book by Harvey Fierstein; Music and Lyrics by John Bucchino, Walter Kerr Theatre
- Cry-Baby, Based on the film by John Waters, Book by Thomas Meehan and Mark O'Donnell, Lyrics by David Javerbaum, Music by Adam Schlesinger, Marquis Theatre
- Next to Normal, Music by Tom Kitt, Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey, Second Stage Theatre Passing Strange, Book and Lyrics by Stew, Music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald, Created in collaboration with Annie Dorsen, The Public Theater/Belasco Theatre
- The Adding Machine, Book by Jason Loewith, Book and Music by Joshua Schmidt, Minetta Lane Theatre
- The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island, Libretto by Ben Katchor, Music by Mark Mulcahy, Vineyard Theatre
- Xanadu, Book by Douglas Carter Beane, Music and Lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar, Helen Hayes Theatre
- Young Frankenstein, Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks, Hilton Theatre

Distinguished Revival of a Play
- Boeing-Boeing by Marc Camoletti, Longacre Theatre
- A Bronx Tale by Chazz Palminteri, Walter Kerr Theatre
- Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton, Irish Repertory Theatre
- Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton, from the novel by Choderlos de Laclos,
- Roundabout Theatre Company/American Airlines Theatre
- Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Brooklyn Academy of Music/Lyceum Theatre
- The Misanthrope by Moliere, New York Theatre Workshop
- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, The Public Theatre/New York Shakespeare Festival
- The Ritz by Terrence McNally, Roundabout Theatre Company/Studio 54 Distinguished Revival of a Musical
- Black Nativity, by Langston Hughes, adapted by Alfred Preisser, Classical Theatre of Harlem/The Duke on 42nd Street
- Gypsy, Book by Arthur Laurents, Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, St. James Theatre
- Seussical, Book by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Theatreworks USA/Lucille Lortel Theatre
- South Pacific, Book by Joshua Logan and Oscar Hammerstein II, Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Lincoln Center Theatre
- Sunday in the Park with George, Book by James Lapine; Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Roundabout Theatre Company/Studio 54

Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein will host the awards, which will be held May 16 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel.

For more information on the nominees for distinguished Performance, as well as Specialty Awards, visit www.dramaleague.org

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