2005 DRAMA DESK Nominations - Reactions???

[LaCageAuxFollesFan2]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:34am

DRAMA DESK NOMINATIONS 2004–2005
Outstanding Play :
Democracy (Michael Frayn)
Doubt (John Patrick Shanley)
Pentecost (David Edgar)
The Pillowman (Martin McDonagh)
Sailor’s Song (John Patrick Shanley)
Sin (A Cardinal Deposed) (Michael Murphy)

Outstanding Musical :
Altar Boyz
The Audience
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Light in the Piazza
Monty Python’s Spamalot
The 25 th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Outstanding Revival of a Play :
Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Glengarry Glen Ross
Hurlyburly
Outward Bound
Pullman Car Hiawatha
Twelve Angry Men

Outstanding Revival of a Musical :
Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death
La Cage aux Folles
On Second Avenue
Sweet Charity

Outstanding Revue :
Absolutely Fascinating
Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit
Newsical

Outstanding Actor in a Play :
Adam Arkin, Brooklyn Boy
John Cullum, Sin (A Cardinal Deposed)
Bill Irwin, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Brían F. O’Byrne, Doubt
Jeremy Piven, Fat Pig
John Turturro, Souls of Naples

Outstanding Actress in a Play :
Veanne Cox, Last Easter
Cherry Jones, Doubt
Judy Kaye, Souvenir
Laura Linney, Sight Unseen
Frances Sternhagen, Echoes of the War
Kathleen Turner, Edward Albee’sWho’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Outstanding Actor in a Musical :
Hank Azaria, Monty Python’s Spamalot
Mike Burstyn, On Second Avenue
Norbert Leo Butz, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Matthew Morrison, The Light in the Piazza
David Hyde Pierce, Monty Python’s Spamalot
Bill Thompson, God Hates the Irish: The Ballad of Armless Johnny

Outstanding Actress in a Musical :
Christina Applegate, Sweet Charity
Victoria Clark, The Light in the Piazza
Sutton Foster, Little Women
LaChanze, Dessa Rose
Sherie Rene Scott, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Rachel York, Dessa Rose

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play :
Philip Bosco, Twelve Angry Men
Larry Bryggman, Romance
Jeff Goldblum, The Pillowman
Josh Hamilton, Hurlyburly
Paul Sparks, Orange Flower Water
Michael Stuhlbarg, The Pillowman

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play :
Julie Halston, White Chocolate
Adriane Lenox, Doubt
Portia, McReele
Lily Rabe, Steel Magnolias
Lee Roy Rogers, Orson’s Shadow
Mary Testa, String of Pearls

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical :
Christian Borle, Monty Python’s Spamalot
Gregory Jbara, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Norm Lewis, Dessa Rose
Tyler Maynard, Altar Boyz
Michael McGrath, Monty Python’s Spamalot
Denis O’Hare, Sweet Charity

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical :
Sarah Uriarte Berry, The Light in the Piazza
Joanna Gleason, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Kecia Lewis, Dessa Rose
Jan Maxwell, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Maureen McGovern, Little Women
Jennifer Simard, Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit

Outstanding Director of a Play :
Joshua Carlebach, Frankenstein
Scott Elliott, Hurlyburly
Scott Ellis, Twelve Angry Men
Edward Hall, Rose Rage
Doug Hughes, Doubt
Joe Mantello, Glengarry Glen Ross

Outstanding Director of a Musical :
Matthew Bourne, Play Without Words
Jack Cummings III, The Audience
Mark Dornford-May, The Mysteries
James Lapine, The 25 th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Mike Nichols, Monty Python’s Spamalot
Bartlett Sher, The Light in the Piazza

Outstanding Choreography :
Matthew Bourne, Play Without Words
Christopher Gattelli, Altar Boyz
Barry McNabb, Sailor’s Song
Jerry Mitchell, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Jerry Mitchell, La Cage aux Folles
Casey Nicholaw, Monty Python’s Spamalot

Outstanding Music :
Gary Adler & Michael Patrick Walker, Altar Boyz
Terry Davies, Play Without Words
William Finn, The 25 th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Stephen Flaherty, Dessa Rose
Adam Guettel, The Light in the Piazza
David Yazbek, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Outstanding Lyrics :
Gary Adler & Michael Patrick Walker, Altar Boyz
Douglas J. Cohen, Children’s Letters to God
Rick Crom, Newsical
William Finn, The 25 th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Eric Idle, Monty Python’s Spamalot
David Yazbek, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Outstanding Book of a Musical :
Nell Benjamin and Laurence O’Keefe, Cam Jensen
Kevin Del Aguila, Altar Boyz
Mark Harelik, The Immigrant
Eric Idle, Monty Python’s Spamalot
Jeffrey Lane , Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Rachel Sheinkin, The 25 th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Outstanding Orchestrations :
Steven M. Alper, The Immigrant
Larry Hochman, Monty Python’s Spamalot
Doug Katsaros & Lynne Shankel, Altar Boyz
Kim Scharnberg, Little Women
Ted Sperling, Adam Guettel, Bruce Coughlin, The Light in the Piazza
Harold Wheeler, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Outstanding Set Design of a Play :
Robert Brill, A Streetcar Named Desire
Marisa Frantz, Frankenstein
Nathan Heverin, Outward Bound
Richard Hoover, After the Fall
David Korins, Orange Flower Water
Santo Loquasto, Glengarry Glen Ross

Outstanding Set Design of a Musical :
Lez Brotherston, Play Without Words
Tim Hatley, Monty Python’s Spamalot
Scott Pask, Sweet Charity
David Rockwell, All Shook Up
Anthony Ward, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Michael Yeargan, The Light in the Piazza

Outstanding Costume Design :
Lez Brotherston, Play Without Words
Tim Hatley, Monty Python’s Spamalot
William Ivey Long, La Cage aux Folles
Jeff Mahshie, Hurlyburly
Anthony Ward, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Catherine Zuber, The Light in the Piazza

Outstanding Lighting Design :
Christopher Akerlind, Belle Epoque
Christopher Akerlind, The Light in the Piazza
Mark Henderson, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Donald Holder, Gem of the Ocean
R. Lee Kennedy, The Audience
James Japhy Weideman, Frankenstein

Outstanding Sound Design :
ACME Sound Partners, The Light in the Piazza
Paul Arditti, The Pillowman
Jill B.C. DuBoff, Miss Julie
Jill B.C. DuBoff, Spatter Pattern (Or, How I Got Away With It)
Jeff Lorenz, Frankenstein
Darron L. West, Hot ‘n’ Throbbing

Outstanding Solo Performance :
Billy Crystal, 700 Sundays
Dave Gorman, Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack! Adventure
Barry Humphries, Dame Edna: Back with a Vengeance
Jackie Mason, Jackie Mason:Freshly Squeezed
Tim Miller, Us
James Urbaniak, Thom Pain (based on nothing)

Unique Theatrical Experience :
all wear bowlers
Belle Epoque
The Mysteries
Play Without Words
Slava’s Snowshow
Typo

The following noncompetitive awards will be presented by the Drama Desk at its awards ceremony:

Outstanding Ensemble Performances:
The cast of Glengarry Glen Ross
The cast of The 25 th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

[MATheaterLover]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:34am

No nominations for "A Streetcar Named Desire"

[LaCageAuxFollesFan2]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:37am

No nomination for Sarah Ramierz for F. ACTRESS, but one for Maureen McGovern - YAY! YAY! YAY!

Also, No James Earl Jones in lead actor, but a deserved nod to Adam Arkin.

No Pacific Overatures nod for best Revival of a Musical.

Still quite the slight to the SPELLING BEE cast, but the Ensemble Award will make up for that.

Also Laura Linney seems to be sneaking into the LEAD ACTRESS in a PLAY category with no Phylicia Rashad or Leslie Uggums nod.
Updated On: 4/28/05 at 10:37 AM

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:37am

Streetcar got a Set design nod, but that's it.

Pacific Overtures...

[Madame X]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:37am

Upon a cursory glance, no Tim Curry but nods for Azaria and Pierce. Interesting.

BTW - Laura Linney is doing pretty well w/ the nods! With the falters of Menagerie and Streetcar, I was hoping Mary-Louise Parker could sneak in there, but what can you do (shill shill shill, I know).

Updated On: 4/28/05 at 10:37 AM

[broadway betty]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:38am

where is Sara Ramirez??? WFT!

[robbiej]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:39am

I'm in absolute shock that Sara Ramirez, whom everyone says is a sure thing for the Tony, was not nommed.

[harris007]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:39am

lil shocked no nom for tim curry, i though david hyde pierce would be snubbed

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:40am

Light in the Piazza - 11
Doubt - 5
The Pillowman - 4
Altar Boyz - 7
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - 10
Spamalot - 12
Spelling Bee - 5 (Well, 6)
Woolf - 3
Glengarry Glen Ross - 3 (4)
Hurlyburly - 4
Twelve Angry Men - 3
La Cage - 3
Sweet Charity - 4
Brooklyn Boy - 1
Little Women - 3
Dessa Rose - 5
Steel Magnolias - 1
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - 4
A Streetcar Named Desire - 1
All Shook Up - 1
Updated On: 4/28/05 at 10:40 AM

[LaCageAuxFollesFan2]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:40am

Well Curry being snubbed is a Surprise, but honestly - HE DOESNT DO ANYTHING in the show worthy of a nomination!

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:40am

No Gem of the Ocean nods?

Kelli O'Hara and Matthew Morrison?

[Al Dente]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:41am

Well, so much for the two AltarBoyz nay sayers. Seven nominations, including Maynard. Not bad. I'm now feeling confident that I'll get to see this show after all. Suprising snubs for Jackson and Ramirez.

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:41am

Matthew Morrison was nominated for lead actor.

[LaCageAuxFollesFan2]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:42am

Matthew Morrison got a LEAD actor nod? Hmmm...would have though Supporting, but whatever. No Kelli though.


And yet again...no John Lithgow...I really do think TONY loves him though and will get a nod there. Updated On: 4/28/05 at 10:42 AM

[LostLeander]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:44am

Eep.
If this is any indication of the Tony's, it's going to be an odd year.

Oh well.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:44am

Where's Rauuuuuuul?
I'm glad Matt got one, and that they chose Pierce over Curry.

That's all I have time to go into, for now.

[baddadnpa]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:45am

COnsidering how tight the leading actor race is this year, I don't think Lithgow will get a nomination.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:48am

Depends. Two of the six Lead actor nominations are from Off-Broadway and thus ineligible for the Tonys and I'm guessing Morrison will be Featured, so Lithgow very well could slip in.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:49am

Matt Morrison is there Margo. Oddly enough, in the lead actor category. I thought he was featured?

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:50am

Yes, Gov pointed that out above.

[Al Dente]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:52am

I agree with Margo, take away all of the off Broadway names when thinking of possible Tony nods. Lithgow still has a chance. All the hype for Ramirez did possibly backlash, but the race is not quite over now, is it.

[Katecab99]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:52am

definitley suprised about curry...and ramirez! are they serious?? i'm happy for christina applegate! that girl has worked SO hard to get that show to ny, and just for that alone i have to give it up for her.

however, i'm THRILLED to see McGovern nominated as well as, of course, sutton foster, my favorite thing ever.

and yay for christian borle.

Updated On: 4/28/05 at 10:52 AM

[Al Dente]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:54am

Morrison is the most surprising inclusion for me. Haven't seen "Light", but I've never thought of Morrison as a great actor.

[LaCageAuxFollesFan2]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:55am

Gawd, I hope McGovern takes this one - and then gains more support for a Tony WIN!

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:56am

Ramirez will likely get the Tony, although I think there are others who deserve it more. Or perhaps, it will be a Christmas Eve fiasco again, and she will get a Tony stub too.