2008-2009 75th Annual Drama League Nominations Announced The Drama League (Jano Herbosch, President; Gabriel Shanks, Executive Director) proudly announces nominations for the 2008-09 Drama League Awards, to be awarded at The 75th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon on Friday, May 15, 2009 (noon) in the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square (1535 Broadway at 46th Street). The event will be co-hosted by Jeremy Irons (Impressionism) and Cynthia Nixon. The Drama League also pays tribute to the season's best performers by including the nominees of The Distinguished Performance Award on a dais. This season's dais includes the following performers, one of whom will be honored with the Distinguished Performance Award at the awards ceremony on Friday, May 15: Jane Alexander - Chasing Manet, David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, Kiril Kulish - Billy Elliot, Kahlil Ashanti - Basic Training, James Barbour - A Tale of Two Cities, David Wilson Barnes - Becky Shaw, Simon Russell Beale - The Cherry Orchard, Annika Boras - An Oresteia, Christian Camargo – Hamlet, Bobby Cannavale - The Gingerbread House, Matt Cavenaugh - West Side Story, Julia Coffey - The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd, Lynn Cohen - Chasing Manet, Chad Coleman - Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Gavin Creel - Hair, David Cromer - Our Town, Joshua Cruz - Wig Out!, Mike Daisey - If You See Something, Say Something, Saidah Arrika Ekulona – Ruined, * Ensemble - Black Watch, Raúl Esparza - Speed-the-Plow, Rupert Everett - Blithe Spirit, Tovah Feldshuh - Irena's Vow, Jane Fonda - 33 Variations, Sutton Foster - Shrek The Musical, James Gandolfini - God of Carnage, Alexander Gemignani - Road Show, John Glover - Waiting for Godot, Lauren Graham - Guys and Dolls, Nathan Lee Graham - Wig Out!, Josh Grisetti - Enter Laughing, Carla Gugino - Desire Under the Elms, Marcia Gay Harden - God of Carnage, Megan Hilty - 9 to 5: The Musical, Danny Hoch - Taking Over, Marin Ireland - reasons to be pretty, Bill Irwin - Waiting for Godot, Dana Ivey - The Savannah Disputation, Allison Janney - 9 to 5: The Musical, Angela Lansbury - Blithe Spirit, Constantine Maroulis - Rock of Ages, Elizabeth Marvel - Fifty Words, Janet McTeer - Mary Stuart, Ben Miles - The Norman Conquests, Liza Minnelli - Liza's at the Palace..,. Maude Mitchell - Mabou Mines Dollhouse, Bruce Myers - The Grand Inquisitor, Sahr Ngaujah - Fela! Kristine Nielsen - Why Torture Is Wrong..., Cynthia Nixon – Distracted, Denis O'Hare - Uncle Vanya, Karen Olivo - West Side Story, Nancy Opel - The Toxic Avenger, David Pearse - The Cripple of Inishmaan, David Hyde Pierce - Accent on Youth, Martha Plimpton - Pal Joey, Daniel Radcliffe – Equus, Heather Raffo - Palace of the End, Roger Robinson - Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Geoffrey Rush - Exit the King, Thomas Sadoski - reasons to be pretty, Susan Sarandon - Exit the King, Campbell Scott - The Atheist, Christopher Sieber - Shrek The Musical, Michael Stuhlbarg – Hamlet, Will Swenson - Hair, Kristin Scott Thomas - The Seagull, John Douglas Thompson – Othello, Harriet Walter - Mary Stuart, Patrick Wilson - All My Sons .