2010 Drama League Nominations Announced!

The Drama League (Jano Herbosch, President; Gabriel Shanks, Executive Director) proudly announces nominations for the 2009-10 Drama League Awards, to be presented at The 76th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon on Friday, May 21, 2010 (noon) in the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square (1535 Broadway at 46th Street). The event will be co-hosted by Vanessa Williams (Sondheim on Sondheim) and Michael Urie (The Temperamentals).

This year's nominees for The Drama League's four major production award categories are as follows:

DISTINGUISHED PRODUCTION OF A PLAY (9)

AFTERMATH
by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen (New York Theatre Workshop)

A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE
by Martin McDonagh (Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre)

THE BROTHER/SISTER PLAYS
by Tarell Alvin McCraney (The Public Theater)

CLYBOURNE PARK
by Bruce Norris (Playwrights Horizons)

ENRON
by Lucy Prebble (Broadhurst Theatre)

NEXT FALL
by Geoffrey Nauffts (Helen Hayes Theatre)

THE PRIDE
by Alexi Kaye Campbell (MCC Theater)

RED
by John Logan (John Golden Theatre)

VENUS IN FUR
by David Ives (Classic Stage Company)

DISTINGUISHED PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL (9) *

THE ADDAMS FAMILY
Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice; Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa (Lunt-Fontanne Theatre)

AMERICAN IDIOT
Book by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer; Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong; Music by Green Day (ST. James Theatre)

BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON
Book by Alex Timbers; Music and Lyrics by Michael Friedman (The Public Theater)

BRIEF ENCOUNTER
by Noel Coward; Adapted by Emma Rice/Kneehigh Theatre (St. Ann's Warehouse)

COME FLY AWAY
Conceived by Twyla Tharp; Music and Lyrics by Various Artists (Marquis Theatre)

MEMPHIS
Book and Lyrics by Joe DiPietro; Music and Lyrics by David Bryan (Shubert Theatre)

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
Book by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux; Music and Lyrics by Various Artists (Nederlander Theatre)

THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
Book by David Thompson; Music and Lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb (Vineyard Theatre)

SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM
Conceived by James Lapine; Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim (Roundabout Theatre Company)