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By Andrew Gans
Winners of the 74th Annual Drama League Awards were announced May 16 at
a luncheon in the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Marquis Hotel hosted by
Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein, who is back on Broadway this season
in A Catered Affair.
Founded in 1916, the Drama League is an association of theatre
professionals and patrons dedicated to "encouraging the finest in
professional theatre and has since then developed into the theatre's
premiere service organization."
Winners included A Catered Affair (Distinguished Production of a
Musical), August: Osage County (Distinguished Production of a Play),
South Pacific (Distinguished Production of a Revival of a Musical) and
Macbeth (Distinguished Production of a Revival of a Play).
The Drama League Awards, according to press notes, also "pay tribute to
the season's best performers by honoring the nominees of The
Distinguished Performance Award on a dais." This year's winner of the
Distinguished Performance Award was Patti LuPone for her work in the
current Arthur Laurents-directed revival of Gypsy.
The afternoon also honored frequent Sondheim collaborator Paul Gemignani
(Follies, Pacific Overtures) with the Distinguished Achievement in
Musical Theatre Award; LaMaMa e.t.c. founder Ellen Stewart with the
Unique Contribution to the Theatre Award; and Bartlett Sher (The Light
in the Piazza, South Pacific) with the Julia Hansen Award for Excellence
in Directing.
For more information visit www.DramaLeague.org.
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