Seibert was nominated for a Drama Desk Award in 2014 for playing the title character of Tamar in the Off-Broadway musical "Tamar of the River" by Marisa Michelson and Joshua H. Cohen and produced by the Prospect Theatre Company.
(meta data) TITLE: 'Gentleman's Guide' Racks Up 12 Nominations for Drama Desk Awards – Variety (meta data) AUTHOR: Gordon Cox (meta data) PUBLISHED DATETIME: 2014-04-25T15:30:56+00:00 Read Next: Shakespeare in the Park Review: 'Coriolanus' Subscribe Today! Variety Intelligence Platform April 25, 2014 8:30AM PT # 'Gentleman's Guide' Racks Up 12 Nominations for Drama Desk Awards "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" cleaned up in the nominations for the annual Drama Desk Awards, making off with an even dozen nods. Among the season's Broadway musicals, "Gentleman's Guide" led a pack that also included "The Bridges of Madison County" (nine), "Aladdin" (seven), "Rocky" (seven), "Beatiful" and "Bullets Over Broadway" (six apiece). Off Broadway tuner "Fun Home" ranked high with eight noms. Among plays, Bryan Cranston starrer "All the Way" topped the list with five nods, followed by the Off Broadway staging of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (four) that was Julie Taymor's return to the New York stage following "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark." The Drama Desks are just one of New York's annual round of legit awards leading up to the Tonys. As with all such nominations — including the recently announced lists from the Outer Critics Circle and from the Drama League — the Drama Desks are an unreliable predictor of Tony love. Still, legiters scrutinize them like tea leaves, especially this season, when the Broadway season's awards race seems to have no clear frontrunner. With "Gentleman's Guide" also dominating the nominations from the Outer Critics, the tuner seems to have amassed strong awards momentum from critics, at least. The show competes for the musical kudo alongside fellow Rialto titles "Aladdin," "Beautiful," "Rocky" and "The Bridges of Madison County," plus Off Broadway's "Fun Home" and "Love's Labour's Lost," both produced by the Public Theater. That list leaves out "If/Then," the latest tuner from the creators of "Next to Normal," and "After Midnight," the Cotton Club revue that scored notably strong reviews when it opened in the fall. The latter, however, was nominated for outstand revue. The Drama Desks' play category is dominated by Off Broadway, with the Main Stem's "All the Way" (by Robert Shenkkan) and John Patrick Shanley's "Outside Mullingar" part of a list that also includes Bruce Norris' "Domesticated," Richard Nelson's "Regular Singing" and Nell Benjamin's "The Explorers Club," among others The lead actor in a play trophy is a starry category, with Cranston competing against Ian McKellen ("No Man's Land"), Chris O'Dowd ("Of Mice and Men"), Daniel Radcliffe ("The Cripple of Inishmaan") and Denzel Washington ("A Raisin in the Sun"). Neil Patrick Harris ("Hedwig and the Angry Inch") is among the nominees for lead musical actor, and the lead actress in a tuner race came down to Sutton Foster ("Violet"), Idina Menzel ("If/Then"), Jessie Mueller ("Beautiful") and Kelli O'Hara ("Bridges"), alongside Off Broadway's Margo Seibert ("Tamar of the River") and Barrett Wilbert Weed ("Heathers"). "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill," for which topliner Audra McDonald is nominated for an acting trophy, has been notably classified as a play by the Drama Desks after both the Outer Critics and the Drama Leagues called the Billie Holiday bio a musical. Producers of the production are likely to push for the show to be deemed a play by the Tonys as well, since both the race for lead actress in a musical is an unusually competitive ones. Each year the Drama Desk — an org made up of legit critics, writers and scholars — also gives out special awards. This year that list includes the ensemble casts of "The Open House" and "The Realistic Joneses," two plays by Will Eno, plus downtown org Soho Rep, actress Veanne Cox and director Ed Sylvanus Iskander. The Drama Desk awards will be handed out in a June 1 ceremony at midtown venue Town Hall. Here is a complete list of the nominations: Outstanding Play Nell Benjamin, The Explorers Club Steven Levenson, Core ValuesConor McPherson, The Night Alive Richard Nelson, Regular SingingBruce Norris, DomesticatedRobert Schenkkan, All the WayJohn Patrick Shanley, Outside Mullingar Outstanding Musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder Aladdin Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Fun Home Love's Labour's Lost The Bridges of Madison County Outstanding Revival of a Play I Remember Mama London Wall No Man's Land Of Mice and Men The Cripple of Inishmaan The Model Apartment Twelfth Night* *Shakespeare's Globe Production Outstanding Revival of a Musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch Les Misérables Outstanding Actor in a Play Bryan Cranston, All the WayHamish Linklater, The Comedy of ErrorsIan McKellen, No Man's LandDavid Morse, The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin Chris O'Dowd, Of Mice and MenDaniel Radcliffe, The Cripple of InishmaanDenzel Washington, A Raisin in the Sun Outstanding Actress in a Play Barbara Andres, I Remember MamaTyne Daly, Mothers and SonsAudra McDonald, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill Laurie Metcalf, DomesticatedJ. Smith-Cameron, Juno and the PaycockHarriet Walter, Julius Caesar Outstanding Actor in a Musical Neil Patrick Harris, Hedwig and the Angry InchAdam Jacobs, AladdinAndy Karl, RockyJefferson Mays, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder Steven Pasquale, The Bridges of Madison County Bryce Pinkham, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder Outstanding Actress in a Musical Sutton Foster, VioletIdina Menzel, If/ThenJessie Mueller, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Kelli O'Hara, The Bridges of Madison County Margo Seibert, Tamar of the RiverBarrett Wilbert Weed, Heathers: The Musical Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Reed Birney, Casa Valentina Chuck Cooper, Choir BoyPeter Maloney, Outside Mullingar Bobby Moreno, Year of the Rooster Bill Pullman, The Jacksonian Brian J. Smith, The Glass Menagerie Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Betty Buckley, The Old FriendsJulia Coffey, London WallDiane Davis, The Model ApartmentCelia Keenan-Bolger, The Glass Menagerie Jan Maxwell, The Castle Sophie Okonedo, A Raisin in the Sun Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Danny Burstein, CabaretNick Cordero, Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical Joshua Henry, VioletJames Monroe Iglehart, AladdinRory O'Malley, Nobody Loves YouBobby Steggert, Big Fish Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Stephanie J. Block, Little Miss SunshineAnika Larsen, Beautiful: The Carole King MusicalAdriane Lenox, After MidnightSydney Lucas, Fun HomeLaura Osnes, The Threepenny OperaJennifer Simard, Disaster!Lauren Worsham, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder Outstanding Director of a Play Joe Calarco, A Christmas Carol Tim Carroll, Twelfth Night Thomas Kail, Family Furniture Bill Rauch, All the Way Anna D. Shapiro, DomesticatedJulie Taymor, A Midsummer Night's Dream Outstanding Director of a Musical Sam Gold, Fun HomeMichael Mayer, Hedwig and the Angry InchBartlett Sher, The Bridges of Madison CountySusan Stroman, Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical Alex Timbers, RockyDarko Tresnjak, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder Outstanding Choreography Warren Carlyle, After MidnightSteven Hoggett, Kelly Devine, RockyDanny Mefford, Love's Labour's LostCasey Nicholaw, AladdinSusan Stroman, Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical Sonya Tayeh, Kung Fu Outstanding Music Jason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison County Andrew Lippa, Big FishSteven Lutvak, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder Alan Menken, Aladdin Kevin Murphy and Laurence O'Keefe, Heathers: The Musical Jeanine Tesori, Fun Home Outstanding Lyrics Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, and Chad Beguelin, AladdinJason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison CountyRobert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder Michael Friedman, Love's Labour's LostMichael Korie, Far from HeavenLisa Kron, Fun Home Outstanding Book of a Musical Chad Beguelin, AladdinRobert L. Freedman, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder Joe Kinosian, Murder for TwoLisa Kron, Fun HomeDouglas McGrath, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Marsha Norman, The Bridges of Madison County Outstanding Orchestrations Jason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison County John Clancy, Fun HomeLarry Hochman, Big FishSteve Sidwell, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Michael Starobin, If/Then Jonathan Tunick, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder Outstanding Music in a Play Lewis Flinn, The Tribute ArtistElliot Goldenthal, A Midsummer Night's DreamRob Kearns, The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle Tom Kochan, Almost, MaineNico Muhly, The Glass MenagerieDuncan Sheik, A Man's a Man Outstanding Revue After Midnight I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Musik from the Weimar and Beyond Le Jazz Hot: How the French Saved Jazz Til Divorce Do Us Part What's It All About? Bacharach Reimagined Outstanding Set Design Christopher Barreca, RockyAlexander Dodge, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder Richard Hoover, Small Engine RepairSanto Loquasto, Bullets Over Broadway: The MusicalIan MacNeil, A Doll's HouseDonyale Werle, The Explorers Club Outstanding Costume Design Constance Hoffman, A Midsummer Night's Dream William Ivey Long, Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical Zane Pihlstrom, Nutcracker RougeLoren Shaw, The MysteriesJenny Tiramani, Twelfth NightDavid C. Woolard, The Heir Apparent Outstanding Lighting Design Christopher Akerlind, Rocky Jane Cox, MachinalDavid Lander, The Civil War Peter Mumford, King Lear Brian Tovar, Tamar of the River Japhy Weideman, Macbeth Outstanding Projection Design Robert Massicotte and Alexis Laurence, Cirkopolis Sven Ortel, A Midsummer Night's DreamAaron Rhyne, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder Shawn Sagady, All the Way Austin Switser, Sontag: Reborn Ben Rubin, Arguendo Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical Kai Harada, Fun HomePeter Hylenski, Bullets Over Broadway: The MusicalPeter Hylenski, RockyBrian Ronan, Beautiful: The Carole King MusicalDan Moses Schreier, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder Jon Weston, The Bridges of Madison County Outstanding Sound Design in a Play M.L. 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