Am 16. Mai 2008 werden die begehrten Drama League Awards im New Yorker Marriott Marquis Hotel verliehen. Es ist dies die traditionsreichste Preisverleihung der USA für besondere Leistungen auf dem Gebiet des Theaters. Die Drama League wurde 1916 gegründet, seit 1933 werden Awards unter anderem für das beste Musical, das beste Theaterstück, das beste Musical-Revival und das beste Revival im Bereich des Sprechtheaters vergeben. Die Nominierungen für die 74. Drama League Awards aus Musicalsicht:
Distinguished Production of a Musical
- A Catered Affair, Book by Harvey Fierstein; Music and Lyrics by John Bucchino, Walter Kerr Theatre
- Cry-Baby, Based on the film by John Waters, Book by Thomas Meehan and Mark O’Donnell, Lyrics by David Javerbaum, Music by Adam Schlesinger, Marquis Theatre
- Next to Normal, Music by Tom Kitt, Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey, Second Stage Theatre
- Passing Strange, Book and Lyrics by Stew, Music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald, Created in collaboration with Annie Dorsen, The Public Theater/Belasco Theatre
- The Adding Machine, Book by Jason Loewith, Book and Music by Joshua Schmidt, Minetta Lane Theatre
- The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island, Libretto by Ben Katchor, Music by Mark Mulcahy, Vineyard Theatre
- Xanadu, Book by Douglas Carter Beane, Music and Lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar, Helen Hayes Theatre
- Young Frankenstein, Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks, Hilton Theatre
Distinguished Revival of a Musical
- Black Nativity, by Langston Hughes, adapted by Alfred Preisser, Classical Theatre of Harlem/The Duke on 42nd Street
- Gypsy, Book by Arthur Laurents, Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, St. James Theatre
- Seussical, Book by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Theatreworks USA/Lucille Lortel Theatre
- South Pacific, Book by Joshua Logan and Oscar Hammerstein II, Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Lincoln Center Theatre
- Sunday in the Park with George, Book by James Lapine; Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Roundabout Theatre Company/Studio 54
Die komplette Liste der Nominierungen bietet Playbill.
