Last night, September 21st 2008 the 60th Annual Emmy Awards were presented at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. Theater stars Jeremy Piven, Dianne Wiest, Cynthia Nixon, Dame Eileen Atkins, Laura Linney, Alec Baldwin, Glenn Close and Zeljko Ivanek were among the winners.
Jeremy Piven, who is currently in rehersals for the upcoming revival of
David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow, won Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy for his work on Entourage. Diane Wiest, who just began previews opposite
Katie Holmes,
John Lithgow and
Patrick Wilson in the revival of
Arthur Miller's
All My Sons, won Best Supporting Actress in a Drama for her work on In Treatment.
Zeljko Ivanek, who won for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama, is perhaps best known to theater audience for his work in The Pillowman. He also won a 1981 Drama Desk Award for his work in
Caryl Churchill's Cloud 9.
Laura Linney, who recently starred in the Broadway revival of Les Liaisons Dangereuses has won the Emmy for best Lead Actress in a Miniseries for her work on the HBO drama
John Adams.
Cynthia Nixon, who recently appeared in Rabbit Hole, won for Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie went to Dame
Eileen Atkins for her performance in "Cranford." She is currently treading the boards in the West End in The Female of the Species.
Best Actor in a Comedy went to
Alec Baldwin for 30 Rock, who was last seen on Broadway in Twentieth Century as Oscar Jaffe. Best Acress in a Drama went to
Glenn Close for Damages, who last appeared on stage in Sunset Boulevard as Norma Desmond.
For a complete list of the winners please click
HERE.
For BroadwayWorld.com's photo coverage of the Red Carpet arrivals please click HERE.
Photos by Sara De Boer/Retna Ltd.
Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin
Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin
Tina Fey and Lorne Michaels
Tina Fey
Tina Fey
Tom Smothers
Tom Smothers
Josh Groban
Josh Groban
Jean Smart
Felicity Huffman
Dana Delaney and Felicity Huffman
Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon
Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin
Paula Weinstein and Len Amato
Christian Siriano
Will Arnett and Amy Poehler
Amy Poehler
Amy Poehler
David Boreanaz
Lauren Conrad
David Boreanaz and Lauren Conrad
Dana Delaney and Felicity Huffman
Felicity Huffman
Dana Delaney
Zeljko Ivanek
Jean Smart
Jean Smart
Jeremy Piven
