SPEAKING OF JEFF AWARDS
by Jason Loewith on 8/26/2008 03:59:00 PM 

Congratulations to the cast and crew for John Patrick Shanley's DEFIANCE, which was nominated for a Jeff Award for Best Production!



Believe it or not, this is Next Theatre's first nomination for Best Production in 20 years! That nod came in 1987 for The Normal Heart, and won.

Big kudos, too, to Jim Rank, one of the fabulous ensemble members in THE AMERICAN DREAM SONGBOOK, who was nominated for Best Actor in a Revue.



You can find the full list of 2007-08 Equity Nominees here.

[For those of you wondering where Heather Raffo and 9 PARTS OF DESIRE was on the list, you're not crazy: the show, which we could only run for two and a half weeks downtown, did not play the minimum number of performances to be eligible for Jeff consideration. We knew this would be the case when we programmed the show, so your kudos will have to be enough!]

And of course, the honor roll of friends who did great work elsewhere last year includes:

Joe Dempsey (star of the upcoming UN INSPECTOR) - nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Play
Jacqueline Williams (artistic associate) - nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Play
Lee Keenan (husband of the fabulous Chelsea Keenan) - nomination for Best Lighting Design

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