Murphy, d'Arcy James Will Announce Drama Desk Noms from Feinstein's

Nominations for the 57th Annual Drama Desk Awards will be announced at a news conference on Friday, April 27 at 9:30 am at Feinstein’s at the Loews Regency, 540 Park Ave. at 61st Street, in Manhattan.

A continental breakfast will be available at 8:45. Drama Desk winners Donna Murphy and Brian d’Arcy James will announce the nominations in the various categories. In addition, there will be remarks by Drama Desk President Isa Goldberg, Drama Desk Awards Executive Producer Robert R. Blume and new Drama Desk Awards Executive Producer Gretchen Shugart, Nominating Committee Chairperson Barbara Siegel and Randie Levine-Miller, Drama Desk Director of Special Events, who annually produces this event.

Murphy, a stage, film and television actress and singer, has won three Drama Desk Awards (LoveMusik, Passion and Wonderful Town) and two Tony Awards (Passion and The King and I) in her distinguished career. The only other actresses to win three Drama Desks are Angela Lansbury and Patti Lupone. One of Broadway’s most celebrated actresses, she has also appeared on screens big and small in such feature films as Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Tangled (2010). She has also lent her talents to a host of TV series, among them Law & Order and The Practice.
D’Arcy James, currently co-starring in the NBC/Dreamworks Studio’s hit series Smash, won the Drama Desk Award for Shrek and has been nominated for four other Drama Desks. Most recently he received rave reviews for his performance in the Broadway play, Time Stands Still, opposite Laura Linney, Christina Ricci and Eric Bogosian. He originated the role of Dan Goodman in the Pulitzer Prize winning play Next To Normal Off Broadway and returned to it on Broadway in the summer of 2010.