After members of the New York theatre community voiced their discontent that the Drama Desk Awards had eliminated the Outstanding Orchestrations category this year, the board announced April…
The Drama Desk has reinstated the category of "Outstanding Orchestrations," which were not included in the previous announcement of Drama Desk nominees. The awards will be presente…
The nominations for the 57th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced April 27 by Donna Murphy of the Public Theater’s upcoming Into the Woods and “Smash” star Brian D’…
Composer Jason Robert Brown is upset over the Drama Desk Awards' decision to not include an Outstanding Orchestrations category among its 2012 nominations. Brown, the composer of Songs f…
Members of the theatre community, including Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown and Tony-winning orchestrator Michael Starobin, are speaking out after the Drama Desk Awards announ…
Drama Desk Awards © Drama Desk Awards Over the weekend, the theatre community rose up in protest over the Drama Desk's elimination of the Orchestrations' category from this years conten…
More Awards? These aren’t even the last ones! Yes, Luner on Theatre is continuing its coverage today of the 2012 Theatre Awards season with another set of nominations for another group…
The world premiere of David Rabe’s An Early History of Fire opens April 30 at off-Broadway’s Acorn Theatre on Theatre Row. Directed by Jo Bonney and starring Theo Stockman, Clair…
Drama Desk and Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown took to his blog to register his outrage.
The Drama Desk Executive Board has reversed its controversial decision, announcing the nominees for that award on Monday afternoon.
The world premiere of Patrick Link's drama Headstrong, about the risks associated with one of America's favorite sports, officially opens Off-Broadway April 30 at the Ensemble S…
Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about the openings of Ghost, A Streetcar Named Desire, and The Lyons. In the news we discuss the Drama Desk elimination of the orche…
Entertainment Weekly offers its final Tony nominee predictions: "... whose names will be called when Kristin Chenoweth and Jim Parsons announce the nominations this Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.…
Now, a change.org petition has launched to bring the category back, with 1545 signatures at press time including well known industry members like Lin-Manuel Miranda, George Stiles, Larry Hoc…
Drama Desk Awards © Drama Desk Awards Because theatre pros are hard-working people, when one member or group is not recognized, the (stage) troupes rally to protest. This is exactly wha…
In this year's Drama Desk Nominations announcement, which took place Friday morning, April 27, the Board decided to eliminate the category of Orchestrations. Many orchestrators and composers…
I've always sort of liked the Drama Desk Awards. Over the years, I've appreciated that they really did try to be inclusive of a wide swath of New York theater, not just big-money Broadway sh…
To Whom It May Concern, Four years ago, a beautiful production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific opened at the Vivian Beaumont to acclaim and plaudits all around. One of Li…
The 2012 Drama Desk Nominations have been announced. But not without some drama. The board authorized an increase in nominees per category due to the large pool of talent in the 2011-2012 se…
Conductor Jun Markl kicked off Thursday's Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concert at Strathmore Hall with a jolt of adrenaline, treating the overture to Weber's "Euryanthe" as a captivating sel…
Awards season is here at last Throughout this week, the nominations have been rolling in, as the Outer Critics Cirlce, Drama League, and Drama Desk's made their yearly announcements acknowle…
The 2012 Drama Desk Awards will not award an honor in the category of Outstanding Orchestrations, the board announced April 27.
Nominations for the 57th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced at a news conference this morning by Drama Desk winners Donna Murphy and Brian dArcy James. The 57th Annual Drama Desk Awards…
We are pleased to announce the upcoming publication of Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes's Water by the Spoonful, the 2012 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play will be available from T…
BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN CONGRATULATES OUR 2011-2012 DRAMA DESK AWARD NOMINEES Nominations for the 57th annual Drama Desk Awards, celebrating excellence in Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-off Broad…