2007 DRAMA DESK NOMINATIONS- Page 2

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 10:56am

I'm glad that Plimpton finally received some recognition. Hers was the only female performance that really made an impression on me in UTOPIA.

I'm also surprised that an ensemble award was not given to JOURNEY'S END. That group of actors are a top notch ensemble in every sense of the word, in my opinion.

[gustof777]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 10:59am

i know that this is gonna make me sound like an idiot teeny bopper fan but frankly I don't give a s**t

F**K YEAH LEA MICHELE GOT NOMINATED!!!!!

I'm sooo happy for the Spring cast! This is wonderful and while I might be dissapointed come May for the Tony nods I'm gonna celebrate this while I can!!

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 11:02am

Gustof, I feel the same way.

[theaterdude87]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 11:03am

I am very happy about Legally Blonde...but no lighting for Spring Awakening??? UGH...WTF!

[gustof777]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 11:05am

hey I agree it's crap but I'll gladly trade that for a Nod for Lea!

oh and where is Hugh Dancy!?!?!? Let's hope He's a Cynthia Nixon or a LaChanze

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 11:06am

Yeah the only thing that I'm mad about is no lighting nod for Spring Awakening.

[Clarinetbiter135]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 11:23am

I agree with the no lighting for spring awakening.... They must have had their eyes closed, LOL.

And I'm very very happy for In The Heights. It really was one of the best shows I've seen this year...... Everyone should go check it out! Its well worth the money and the to 37th and 9th

[sciguy]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 11:31am

Agree with the last two posters. Where is the nom for SA lighting design?

[theaterdude87]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 11:32am

Any chance "In The Height" could transfer?

[bschneid76]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 11:53am

I am glad to see Spring Awakening get some nods in the acting categories. I hope they get nominated for Tonys. I want to go see Lovemusik now.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 11:55am

I doubt it. I don't think it'd too well in a larger theater, nor do I think it has enough buzz, but anything is possible.

I have a question. What are the awards where they nominate a bunch of people from the season and then just give the award to one person? Is that Drama Desk? I know Norbert one it during his year.

[j'aime_le_theatre]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 11:58am

Quite surprised about ACL....

[theaterdude87]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 12:04pm

Rent Boy that is Drama Leauge here are the people vying for that:

F. Murray Abraham — The Jew of Malta, The Merchant of Venice
Heidi Armbruster — Tea and Sympathy
Christine Baranski — Regrets Only
Gary Beach — Les Misérables
Daniel Beaty — Emergence-See!
Eve Best — A Moon for the Misbegotten
Stephanie J. Block — The Pirate Queen
Justin Bond — Kiki & Herb: Alive on Broadway
Christian Borle — Legally Blonde
Ashley Brown — Mary Poppins
Laura Bell Bundy — Legally Blonde
Kate Burton — The Water’s Edge
Michael Cerveris — King Lear, LoveMusik
Kristin Chenoweth — The Apple Tree
Anthony Chisholm — Radio Golf
Jill Clayburgh — The Clean House, The Busy World Is Hushed
Jennifer Cody — Henry and Mudge
Billy Crudup — The Coast of Utopia
Michael Cumpsty — Richard II
Charlotte D'Amboise — A Chorus Line
Hugh Dancy — Journey's End
Jeff Daniels — Blackbird
Brian Dennehy — Inherit the Wind
Gregory Derelian — The Hairy Ape
*Ensemble — Columbinus
*Ensemble — Coram Boy
Raúl Esparza — Company
Gerald Finnigan — The Hairy Ape
John Fugelsang — All the Wrong Reasons
Boyd Gaines — Journey's End
John Gallagher Jr. — Spring Awakening
Alexander Gemignani — Les Misérables
Piper Goodeve — Anne of Green Gables
Logan Marshall-Green — King Lear, Pig Farm
David Greenspan — Some Men
George Grizzard — Regrets Only
Jonathan Groff — Spring Awakening
Ed Harris — Wrecks
Ethan Hawke — The Coast of Utopia
Phillip Seymour Hoffman — Jack Goes Boating
Jayne Houdyshell — The Pain and the Itch
Stephen Kunken — A Very Common Procedure, Frost/Nixon
Nathan Lane — Butley
Gavin Lee — Mary Poppins
Harry Lennix — Radio Golf
Norm Lewis — Les Misérables
Hamish Linklater — The Busy World Is Hushed
John Mahoney — Prelude to a Kiss
Dylan McDermott — The Treatment
Audra McDonald — 110 in the Shade
Lin-Manuel Miranda — In the Heights
Alfred Molina — Howard Katz
Debra Monk — Curtains
Kate Mulgrew — Our Leading Lady
Donna Murphy — LoveMusik
Kristine Nielsen — Our Leading Lady
Bill Nighy — The Vertical Hour
Brian F. O'Byrne — Shining City, The Coast of Utopia
Denis O'Hare — Inherit the Wind, A Spanish Play
Sandra Oh — Satellites
Thaddeus Phillips — El Conquistador!
David Hyde Pierce — Curtains
Allison Pill — Blackbird
Oliver Platt — Shining City
Michelle Ragusa — Adrift in Macao
Vanessa Redgrave — The Year of Magical Thinking
Liev Schreiber — Macbeth, Talk Radio
Pablo Schreiber — Dying City
Andrew Scott — The Vertical Hour
Michael Sheen — Frost/Nixon
Martin Short — Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
Meryl Streep — Mother Courage and Her Children
Michael Stuhlbarg — The Voysey Inheritance
Nilaja Sun — No Child
Alan Tudyk — Prelude to a Kiss
Barbara Walsh — Company

[C is for Company]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 12:04pm

No Hugh Dancy?

No John McMartin, with a nomination going to Aaron Lazar? Seems really strange if you ask me.

[Al Dente]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 12:07pm

I am absolutely thrilled for Orfeh! She deserves every bit of the recognition she's received lately and I wish her continued success to come. As many have already said, a lot of these nominations will not be in the same categories come Tony time. My personal WTF moment is Heather Hach for Blonde's book. Truly terrible when not directly lifted from the movie. Excited for SA.

[carymetorent2]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 12:08pm

Ahh yes, scooter, all the Legally Blonde "groupies"
Everyone that likes Spring Awakening, Mary Poppins, etc...that's okay.

But god forbid anyone be happy for Legally Blonde.

I, of course, am thrilled that they got recognized and am happy to see Larry O' Keefe and Nell Benjamin up there as I think they are major talents.

I do agree that the amount of people in each category is ridiculous.

[sidjones09]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 12:08pm

"What pisses me off is that Meryl Streep got a nomination, in my opinion, because she's Meryl Streep, and Kevin Spacey got a nomination because he's Kevin Spacey. Streep's performance in MOTHER COURAGE was tired. Spacey brings nothing new to MISBEGOTTEN in his performance. In fact, he hinders the production, in my opinion. I would have given his slot to Hugh Dancy in a heartbeat."

WannaBe, I disagree on almost all counts with you here. Meryl Streep was FAR from giving a tired performance in Mother Courage in the park this past summer. She was incredible IMO, and I'm just glad they remembered how amazing she was. I haven't seen Spacey in Moon, so I can't speak on that, but if I agreed with your statement, I still would give his slot to Stark Sands before I would give it to Hugh Dancy

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 12:21pm

What would McMartin be nom'd for?
He was last year for Grey Gardens.

Updated On: 4/26/07 at 12:21 PM

[ruprecht]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 12:23pm

I'm going to predict the Tonys will look alot different come nomination time. Some of these are just mixed up and there's 1,000 entires per category. YEAH ORFEH! That's really great news as is all the Spring Awakening love but I also can't believe the BOOK of Legally blonde got one. IMO, that's the single weakest link in the show. Again, just as we said about the DD's following the OCC's, the Tonys are going to be very different.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 12:58pm

I'm thrilled that LOVEMUSIK got the most nominations.
When I saw COMPANY I thought Heather Laws will be getting at least nominated for all kinds of awards and she has been overlooked by everyone...I wonder if it's going to be like Manoel Felciano getting overlooked by all awards but the Tonys last season. I thought she gave a more fascinating performance than Esparza himself (who was brilliant of course but that's how good Laws was, IMO).
No Jason Danieley for Featured which seems unfair, but perhaps Gavin Lee grabbed his spot--he'll be leading for Tony purposes.
I don't get why OCC and Drama Desk have both nominated Ashley Brown, it just baffles me. And how about LES MISERABLES over A CHORUS LINE for best revival? Crrraaazy.

[Weez]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 1:01pm

I must say, I'm upset Heather Laws hasn't been nominated. If I had to award only one of the COMPANY ladies, I'd take her over Walsh any day (although I loved Walsh too).

I also find it surprising and interesting that Jonathan Gallagher is considered a lead while Gavin Lee is featured. I know Bert's not that big a role, but I'd still push it as leading.

Am SO happy Celia got nominated! I hate to sound like a fangirl, but I loooooved her Eponine. I don't expect her to win, but it's nice to see a nomination. :3

[Raspberry]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 1:02pm

Maybe Curtains wasn't Rob Ashford's absolute *best*, as some have said, but the choreography was still a lot of fun, great for the show, and, I think, more deserving than half of those nominees.

Updated On: 4/26/07 at 01:02 PM

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 1:04pm

Meryl Streep, Mother Courage and Her Children

She has to win. She carried a three hour production without faltering.

I can't believe Celia got nominated for Les Mis. She was terrible in it.

Glad Michael Cerveris and LoveMusik received nominations.

[JumpJumpJumpSoHigh]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 1:12pm

YEAH LEGALLY BLONDE! I am especially happy for Christian Borle -- I was worried he wouldn't get a lot of recognition for this, but it looks like I didn't need to be. And of course, lots of love for LBB and Orfeh. Props to all of them.

And I'm doing the Happy Dance Of Joy that Larry O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin snagged music and lyrics noms.

So, yay for those. Also, Raul for Company was a given, and if he does not win, there is something seriously wrong.

Linda Balgord for PQ, though? She was fine, if a bit over-the-top, but I really thought Stephanie Block deserved some recognition for carrying that whole show, even though the material she had to work with was... iffy, at best. And come on, the choreography for that show was pretty damn cool.

~JJJ

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 1:17pm

Balgord is terrific and deserves her nom.
I think Block and Fraser should have been included also.
(she is better than Cheno was, and at least as good as Bundy Michelle)
For me the two biggest missing noms are Daniele and Bress's Choreography for PQ and the most glorious Costume Design in New York right now: Martin Pakledinaz also for PQ.
Even the show's nay sayers admired the Costumes.
I also think A CHORUS LINE should be included.
(THE APPLE TREE????)
Updated On: 4/26/07 at 01:17 PM