Broadway Based GOLDEN GLOBE Nominee Reactions to Variety

The 66th Annual Golden Globe Award Nominations were announced today, several of the nominees have graced the Broadway stage many times, a few of them are currently threading the boards, Variety spoke to them to get their reactions, here are the latest, we'll update as new statements arrive.

The Seagull's Kristin Scott Thomas, Actress, Drama, "I've Loved You So Long":

"I'm slightly groggy as I am also doing ‘The Seagull' on stage. This was the first time playing a chracter in this vein. She had no defenses and wasn't seducing anyone. There was nothing artificial about her. I wanted to go for that. I'm interested in portraying abadonment and isolation the way real families would."

Speed-The-Plow's Jeremy Piven, Supporting Actor, "Entourage":

 "The response to this season was great. I loved the scene when Vince asks me, ‘Can I act?' And say, ‘It remains to be seen.' In the past, Ari would deflect and scream at E, but we've gotten to something deeper about them. I couldn't be more thankful. Times are incredibly tough and to have a job like this is wonderful." 

The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards will take place Sunday, January 11, 2009 at The Beverly Hilton with a live telecast airing on NBC at 8 PM (EST) and produced by Dick Clark Productions in association with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Orly Adelson, president of dcp and Barry Adelman will executive produce. Chris Donovan is the director and dcp's Bob Bardo is the executive in charge of production.

The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards" will be seen in more than 150 countries worldwide and is one of the few awards ceremonies that span both television and motion picture achievements.

Other theatre stars and projects dominated many categories, see the starry list below.

* Doubt, written and directed by John Patrick Shanley and based on his 2005 Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning play, received five nominations for Best Dramatic Actress (Meryl Streep), Supporting Actor (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Supporting Actress (Amy Adams, Viola Davis) and screenplay (John Patrick Shanley). Doubt originally premiered at Manhattan Theatre Club in 2004.

* Mamma Mia!, the blockbuster film version of the international hit musical, received two nominations for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy, and Best Actress, Musical or Comedy (Meryl Streep).

* Frost/Nixon, the film version of the acclaimed play which played at the Donmar Warehouse, Broadway and is currently on national tour, received five nominations for Best Motion Picture, Drama, Best Dramatic Actor (Frank Langella), director (Ron Howard), screenplay (Peter Morgan) and score (Hans Zimmer). Langella is currently starring on Broadway, winning raves for his performance as Sir Thomas Moore in A Man for All Seasons at Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre.

* In Bruges, written and directed for the screen by Martin McDonagh, was nominated for three awards, including Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical, and Best Performance by an Actor, Comedy or Musical (Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson). McDonagh returns to New York stages later this month with the production of The Cripple of Inishmaan at Atlantic Theatre Company.

* Mary-Louise Parker, who is currently in rehearsal for Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, received a nomination for Best Actress, TV Musical or Comedy, for her performance in "Weeds".

* Dianne Wiest, starring in the hit revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons, was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for her role in "In Treatment".

* Frances McDormand, who starred on Broadway last season in The Country Girl, was nominated for Best Actress, Comedy or Musical for her performance in Burn After Reading.

* Laura Linney, who starred last season in Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television for her performance in "John Adams".

* Sam Mendes, who most recently directed Broadway's The Vertical Hour and with his company, Neal Street Productions, is currently a producer on Shrek The Musical, was nominated for his direction of Revolutionary Road.

* David Hare, most recently represented on Broadway with his direction of Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking, was nominated for his screenplay for The Reader.

* A Raisin in the Sun, the TV movie of Lorraine Hansberry's classic play starring the cast of the recent smash hit Broadway revival, was nominated for Best Mini Series or Motion Picture Made for Television. David Binder, who produced the Broadway revival, served as executive producer for the TV movie, and is the producer of the new play, 33 Variations, written and directed by Moises Kaufman and starring Jane Fonda and will co-produce the Donmar Warehouse production of Mary Stuart, starring Janet McTeer and Harriet Walter.

Other theatre talent nominated for Golden Globes:

* Kevin Spacey, artistic director of London's Old Vic Theatre, was nominated for Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television, for his role in "Recount".

* Stephen Daldry, director of Billy Elliot, The Musical, was nominated for his direction of The Reader.

The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards will take place Sunday, January 11, 2009 at The Beverly Hilton with a live telecast airing on NBC at 8 PM (EST) and produced by Dick Clark Productions in association with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

For a complete list of the nominees go here.

To read all nominee reaction at Variety click here.

For more information, go to www.goldenglobes.org.

Photo of Jeremy Piven by Peter James Zielinski

Photo of Kristin Scott Thomas