Drama League Awards 2014 nominations



The nominations for the 80th Annual Drama League Awards were announced by Judith Light and Christopher Sieber yesterday at Sardi's Restaurant. The winners will be announced on 16 May 2014 at the awards ceremony hosted by Jesse Tyler Ferguson at the Marriott Marquis Times Square.

Already announced were the recipients of this year's special recognition awards, including Barbara Cook for 'Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre', Key Brand Entertainment/Broadway Across America for its 'Unique Contribution to the Theatre' and John Tiffany will receive the 'Founders Award for Excellence in Directing'.

2014 nominations by category are:

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A BROADWAY OR OFF-BROADWAY PLAY

  • All That Fall
  • All The Way
  • Domesticated
  • Mothers and Sons
  • Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play
  • The Open House
  • The Realistic Joneses

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A BROADWAY OR OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL

  • After Midnight
  • Aladdin
  • Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
  • The Bridges of Madison County
  • Bullets Over Broadway
  • Fun Home
  • A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
  • Murder For Two
  • Rocky

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A BROADWAY OR OFF-BROADWAY PLAY

  • The Cripple of Inishmaan
  • The Glass Menagerie
  • Good Person of Szechwan
  • The Mutilated
  • Of Mice and Men
  • A Raisin in the Sun
  • Twelfth Night, or What You Will
  • Waiting For Godot

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A BROADWAY OR OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL

  • Hedwig and the Angry Inch
  • Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
  • Les Misérables
  • Violet

DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE AWARD
(One winner is selected from this category. The recipient can only receive the award once during his or her career)

  • Reed Birney, Casa Valentina
  • Steven Boyer, Hand to God
  • Zach Braff, Bullets Over Broadway
  • Arnie Burton, The Mystery of Irma Vep
  • Michael Cerveris, Fun Home
  • Nick Cordero, Bullets Over Broadway
  • Bryan Cranston, All the Way
  • Alan Cumming, Cabaret
  • Tyne Daly, Mothers and Sons
  • Mary Bridget Davies, A Night with Janis Joplin
  • Gabriel Ebert, Casa Valentina
  • Carson Elrod, The Heir Apparent
  • Jesse Tyler Ferguson, The Comedy of Errors
  • Sutton Foster, Violet
  • James Franco, Of Mice and Men
  • Peter Friedman, The Open House
  • Michael C. Hall, The Realistic Joneses
  • Lena Hall, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
  • Neil Patrick Harris, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
  • Joshua Henry, Violet
  • James Monroe Iglehart, Aladdin
  • LaTanya Richardson Jackson, A Raisin in the Sun
  • Ramin Karimloo, Les Misérables
  • Andy Karl, Rocky
  • Adriane Lenox, After Midnight
  • Tracy Letts, The Realistic Joneses
  • Zachary Levi, First Date
  • Sydney Lucas, Fun Home
  • Taylor Mac, Good Person of Szechwan
  • Jefferson Mays, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
  • Idina Menzel, If/Then
  • Laurie Metcalf, Domesticated
  • Jessie Mueller, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
  • Chris O'Dowd, Of Mice and Men
  • Kelli O'Hara, The Bridges of Madison County
  • Estelle Parsons, The Velocity of Autumn
  • Steven Pasquale, The Bridges of Madison County
  • Jeremy Pope, Choir Boy
  • Zachary Quinto, The Glass Menagerie
  • Daniel Radcliffe, The Cripple of Inishmaan
  • Ruben Santiago-Hudson, How I Learned What I Learned
  • Margo Seibert, Rocky
  • Robert Sella, The Mystery of Irma Vep
  • Tony Shalhoub, Act One
  • Jennifer Simard, Disaster!
  • Brian J. Smith, The Glass Menagerie
  • Patrick Stewart, Waiting For Godot
  • John Douglas Thompson, Satchmo at the Waldorf
  • Denzel Washington, A Raisin in the Sun
  • Michelle Williams, Cabaret

NOTE: The Drama League also wishes to acknowledge the previous recipients of the Distinguished Performance Award who appeared in New York productions this season. As the Award can only be won once in a performer's lifetime, they are ineligible this season. Their exemplary work, however, is recognized and applauded:

  • Eileen Atkins, All That Fall
  • Norbert Leo Butz, Big Fish
  • Kathleen Chalfant, Somewhere Fun/Tales From Red
  • Cherry Jones, The Glass Menagerie
  • Audra McDonald, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
  • Ian McKellen, Waiting For Godot/No Man's Land
  • Frank Langella, King Lear
  • Mary-Louise Parker, The Snow Geese
  • Mark Rylance, Twelfth Night, Or What You Will/Richard III

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