Published on: Jun 3, 2014
‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder’ top Winner at Drama Desk Awards
Could this be a guide to the Tony Awards, with “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder” taking seven awards on Sunday at the Drama Desk Awards, winning Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Actor in a Musical Jefferson Mays a share with Neil Patrick Harris (Hedwig) Outstanding Director Darko Trenjak, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Lauren Worsham, Outstanding Lyrics Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak, Outstanding Book Robert L. Freedman and Outstanding Projection Design by Aaron Rhyne.
Our special congratuati0ns to Celia Keenan-Bolger, for her splendored work The Glass Menagerie and Jessie Mueller in Beautiful – The Carole King Musical and Reed Birney in Casa Valentina. Looking forward to the Tony’s awards with Hugh Jackman on Sunday 8th June 2014 Stay Tuned.
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| Full Nominee List with Winners in BOLD | |
| Outstanding PlayNell Benjamin, The Explorers ClubSteven Levenson, Core Values
Conor McPherson, The Night Alive Richard Nelson, Regular Singing Bruce Norris, Domesticated Robert Schenkkan, All the Way John Patrick Shanley, Outside Mullingar Outstanding Musical A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder Aladdin Beautiful— The Carole King Musical Fun Home Loves Labours Lost Rocky The Bridges of Madison County Outstanding Revival of a Play I Remember Mama London Wall No Man’s Land Of Mice and Men The Cripple of Inishmaan The Model Apartment Twelfth Night (Shakespeare’s Globe Production)
Outstanding Revival of a Musical or Revue Hedwig and the Angry Inch Les Miserables Violet Outstanding Actor in a Play Bryan Cranston, All the Way Hamish Linklater, The Comedy of Errors Ian McKellen, No Man’s Land David Morse, The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin Chris O’Dowd, Of Mice and Men Daniel Radcliffe, The Cripple of Inishmaan Denzel Washington, A Raisin in the Sun Outstanding Actress in a Play Barbara Andres, I Remember Mama Tyne Daly, Mothers and Sons Audra McDonald, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill Laurie Metcalf, Domesticated J. Smith-Cameron, Juno and the Paycock Harriet Walter, Julius Caesar Outstanding Actor in a Musical Neil Patrick Harris, Hedwig and the Angry Inch Adam Jacobs, Aladdin Andy Karl, Rocky Jefferson Mays, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder Steven Pasquale, The Bridges of Madison County Bryce Pinkham, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder Outstanding Actress in a Musical Sutton Foster, Violet Idina Menzel, If/Then Jessie Mueller, Beautiful The Carole King Musical Kelli O’Hara, The Bridges of Madison County Margo Seibert, Tamar of the River Barrett Wilbert Weed, Heathers: The Musical Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Reed Birney, Casa Valentina Chuck Cooper, Choir Boy Peter Maloney, Outside Mullingar Bobby Moreno, Year of the Rooster Bill Pullman, The Jacksonian Brian J. Smith, The Glass Menagerie Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Betty Buckley, The Old Friends Julia Coffey, London Wall Diane Davis, The Model Apartment Celia Keenan-Bolger, The Glass Menagerie Jan Maxwell, The Castle Sophie Okonedo, A Raisin in the Sun Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Danny Burstein, Cabaret Nick Cordero, Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical Joshua Henry, Violet James Monroe Iglehart, Aladdin Rory O’Malley, Nobody Loves You Bobby Steggert, Big Fish Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Stephanie J. Block, Little Miss Sunshine Anika Larsen, Beautiful The Carole King Musical Adriane Lenox, After Midnight Sydney Lucas, Fun Home Laura Osnes, The Threepenny Opera Jennifer Simard, Disaster! Lauren Worsham, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder
Outstanding Director of a Play Joe Calarco, A Christmas Carol Tim Carroll, Twelfth Night Thomas Kail, Family Furniture Bill Rauch, All the Way Anna D. Shapiro, Domesticated Julie Taymor, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Outstanding Director of a Musical Sam Gold, Fun Home Michael Mayer, Hedwig and the Angry Inch Bartlett Sher, The Bridges of Madison County Susan Stroman, Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical Alex Timbers, Rocky Tim Carroll, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder
Outstanding Choreography Warren Carlyle, After Midnight Steven Hoggett, Kelly Devine, Rocky Danny Mefford, Love’s Labour’s Lost Casey Nicholaw, Aladdin Susan Stroman, Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical Sonya Tayeh, Kung Fu |
Outstanding MusicJason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison County Andrew Lippa, Big Fish
Steven Lutvak, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder Alan Menken, Aladdin Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe, Heathers: The Musical Jeanine Tesori, Fun Home Outstanding Lyrics Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, and Chad Beguelin, Aladdin Jason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison County Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder Michael Friedman, Love’s Labour’s Lost Michael Korie, Far from Heaven Lisa Kron, Fun Home Outstanding Book of a Musical Chad Beguelin, Aladdin Robert L. Freedman, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair, Murder for Two Lisa Kron, Fun Home Douglas McGrath, Beautiful The Carole King Musical Marsha Norman, The Bridges of Madison County Outstanding Orchestrations Jason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison County John Clancy, Fun Home Larry Hochman, Big Fish Steve Sidwell, Beautiful The Carole King Musical Michael Starobin, If/Then Jonathan Tunick, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder Outstanding Music in a Play Lewis Flinn, The Tribute Artist Elliot Goldenthal, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Rob Kearns, The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle Tom Kochan, Almost, Maine Nico Muhly, The Glass Menagerie Duncan Sheik, A Man’s a Man Outstanding Revue After Midnight I’m a Stranger Here Myself: Musik from the Weimar and Beyond Le Jazz Hot: How the French Saved Jazz Til Divorce Do Us Part What’s It All About? Bacharach Reimagined Outstanding Set Design Christopher Barreca, Rocky Alexander Dodge, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder Richard Hoover, Small Engine Repair Santo Loquasto, Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical Ian MacNeil, A Doll’s House Donyale Werle, The Explorers Club Outstanding Costume Design Constance Hoffman, A Midsummer Night’s Dream William Ivey Long, Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical Zane Pihlstrom, Nutcracker Rouge Loren Shaw, The Mysteries Jenny Tiramani, Twelfth Night David C. Woolard, The Heir Apparent Outstanding Lighting Design Christopher Akerlind, Rocky Jane Cox, Machinal David Lander, The Civil War Peter Mumford, King Lear Brian Tovar, Tamar of the River Japhy Weideman, Macbeth Outstanding Projection Design Robert Massicotte and Alexis Laurence, Cirkopolis Sven Ortel, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Aaron Rhyne, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder Shawn Sagady, All the Way Austin Switser, Sontag: Reborn Ben Rubin, Arguendo Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical Kai Harada, Fun Home Peter Hylenski, Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical Peter Hylenski, Rocky Brian Ronan, Beautiful The Carole King Musical Dan Moses Schreier, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder Jon Weston, The Bridges of Madison County Outstanding Sound Design in a Play M.L. Dogg, The Open House Katie Down, The Golden Dragon Paul James Prendergast, All the Way Dan Moses Schreier, Act One Christopher Shutt, Love and Information Matt Tierney, Machinal
Outstanding Solo Performance David Barlow, This is My Office Jim Brochu, Character Man Hannah Cabell, Grounded Debra Jo Rupp, Becoming Dr. Ruth Ruben Santiago-Hudson, August Wilson’s How I Learned What I Learned John Douglas Thompson, Satchmo at the Waldorf
Unique Theatrical Experience Charlatan Cirkopolis Mother Africa Nothing to Hide Nutcracker Rouge The Complete & Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill Vol. 2 |
Special Awards
Each year, the Drama Desk votes special awards to recognize excellence and significant contributions to the theater. For 2013-2014, these awards are:
- To Soho Rep.: For nearly four decades of artistic distinction, innovative production, and provocative play selection.
- To Veanne Cox: For her ability to express the eccentricities, strengths, and vulnerabilities of a range of characters, and notably for her comedic flair as evidenced in this season’s The Old Friends and The Most Deserving.
- To Ed Sylvanus Iskandar, the Sam Norkin Off-Broadway Award: For his visionary directorial excellence. This season’s The Golden Dragon and The Mysteries exemplify his bold and strikingly original imagination.
- To the ensembles of Off-Broadway’s The Open House and Broadway’s The Realistic Joneses and to the creator of both plays, Will Eno: For two extraordinary casts and one impressively inventive playwright.
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- The Open House: Hannah Bos, Michael Countryman, Peter Friedman, Danny McCarthy, and Carolyn McCormick
- The Realistic Joneses: Toni Collette, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts, and Marisa Tomei
