Drama Desk Award Nominees

Nominations for the annual Drama Desk awards were announced Monday and some of the nominees have a soap past (see those categories below). Theh Drama Desks are unique in that Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway compete in the same categories. Outstanding Actor in a Play: Bill Champion, Intimate Exchanges Kevin Kline, Cyrano de Bergerac (ex-Woody, SEARCH FOR TOMORROW) Bill Pullman, Peter and Jerry Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing Tobias Segal, From Up Here Rufus Sewell, Rock 'n' Roll Outstanding Actor in a Musical: Daniel Breaker, Passing Strange André De Shields, Black Nativity (ex-Marshall, ANOTHER WORLD) Daniel Evans, Sunday in the Park with George Cheyenne Jackson, Xanadu Matthew Morrison, 10 Million Miles (ex-Adam, AS THE WORLD TURNS) Paulo Szot, South Pacific Outstanding Actress in a Musical: Sierra Boggess, The Little Mermaid Patti LuPone, Gypsy Kelli O'Hara, South Pacific (ex-Leslie, ALL MY CHILDREN) Faith Prince, A Catered Affair (ex-Diane, LOVING) Alice Ripley, Next to Normal Jenna Russell, Sunday in the Park with George Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play: John Cullum, The Conscientious Objector (ex-Artie, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) Conleth Hill, The Seafarer Francis Jue, Yellow Face Arian Moayed, Masked Jeff Perry, August: Osage County Michael T. Weiss, Scarcity (ex-Mike, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play: Elizabeth Ashley, Dividing the Estate (ex-Emma, ANOTHER WORLD) Johanna Day, Peter and Jerry (ex-Marilyn, ALL MY CHILDREN) Zoe Kazan, 100 Saints You Should Know Linda Lavin, The New Century Rondi Reed, August: Osage County Marisa Tomei, Top Girls (ex-Marcy, AS THE WORLD TURNS) Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: Danny Burstein, South Pacific Christopher Fitzgerald, Young Frankenstein Boyd Gaines, Gypsy Shuler Hensley, Young Frankenstein Bobby Steggert, The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island (ex-Samual, ALL MY CHILDREN) Tom Wopat, A Catered Affair