Now that actors are leaving LaLaLand for the Great White Way, several talented film actors have been nominated for Drama Desk Awards.
The nominees are:
Outstanding Actor in a Play
* Jude Law, Hamlet
* Liev Schrieber, A View From The Bridge
* Christopher Walken, A Behanding in Spokane
* Alfred Molina, Red
* John Douglas Thompson, The Emperor Jones
* Eddie Redmayne, Red
Outstanding Actress in a Play
* Anne Hathaway, Twelfth Night
* Kristen Johnston, So Help Me God!
* Laura Linney, Time Stands Still
* Ayesha Antoine, My Wonderful Day
* Melissa Errico, Candida
* Jan Maxwell, The Royal Family
Outstanding Actor in a Musical
* Brandon Victor Dixon, The Scottsboro Boys
* Douglas Hodge, La Cage Aux Folles
* Cheyenne Jackson, Finian’s Rainbow
* Chad Kimball, Memphis
* Nathan Lane, The Addams Family
* Bobby Steggert, Yank!
Outstanding Actress in a Musical
* Catherine Zeta-Jones, A Little Night Music
* Kate Baldwin, Finian’s Rainbow
* Montego Glover, Memphis
* Jayne Houdyshell, Coraline
* Christiane Noll, Ragtime
* Sherie Rene Scott, Everyday Rapture
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
* Scarlett Johansson, A View from the Bridge
* Viola Davis, Fences
* Victoria Clark, When the Rain Stops Falling
* Xanthe Elbrick, Candida
* Mary Beth Hurt, When the Rain Stops Falling
* Andrea Riseborough, The Pride
The winners will be announced at NYC’s Lincoln Center on May 23rd during a ceremony hosted by the legendary Patti LaPone.
Lots of luck!
