Nominations for the 29th Helen Hayes Awards, which honor the best in theater in Washington, D.C., were announced on Monday, and a surprise musical frontrunner took the cake. The Toby’s Dinner Theatre production of The Color Purple led the way for musicals with eight nominations, with the Signature Theatre’s Dreamgirls following close behind with seven. Woolly Mammoth’s The Elaborate Entrance of…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:09PM on January 29, 2013