Catherine Bell

Kinky Boots and Vanya And Sonia And Masha And Spike are among the big winners of the 79th Annual Drama League Awards announced today in New York City. Kinky Boots took Distinguished Production of a Musical and Vania And Sonia And Masha And Spike was named Distinguished Production of a Play. Other winners include Pippin, Distinguished Revival of a Musical; and Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf, Distinguished Revival of a Play. Nathan Lane received the Distinguished Performance Award, presented by Debra Messing. Others honored include Bernadette Peters who nabbed the Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award; Madison Square Garden Entertainment and the Rockettes received the Unique Contribution to the Theatre Award and Jerry Mitchell was honored with The Founders Award for Excellence in Directing. Click over for the complete list: DISTINGUISHED PRODUCTION OF A PLAY Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Lincoln Center Theatre/Golden Theatre by Christopher Durang Directed by Nicholas Martin Joey Parnes, Larry Hirschhorn, Joan Raffe/Jhett Tolentino, Martin Platt and David Elliot, Pat Flicker Addiss, Catherine Adler, John O’Boyle, Joshua Goodman, Jamie deRoy/Richard Winkler, Cricket Hooper Jiranek/Michael Palitz, Mark S. Golub and David S. Golub, Radio Mouse Entertainment, Shadowcatcher Entertainment, Mary Cossette/Barbara Manocherian, Megan Savage/Meredith Lynsey Schade, Hugh Hysell/Richard Jordan, Cheryl Wiesenfeld/Ron Simons, S.D. Wagner, John Johnson, producers, in association with McCarter Theatre Center and Lincoln Center Theater * * * DISTINGUISHED REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL Pippin Music Box Theatre Book by Roger O. Hirson, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz Directed by Diane Paulus Barry and Fran ... Read More »

International sales company Versatile has added two titles to its lineup: Catherine Deneuve starrer “Satisfactions” and “Blind,” the feature debut of Norway’s Eskil Vogt, co-screenwriter on Joachim Trier’s “Oslo, August 31st.” Harvey Keitel is in negotiations to star opposite Deneuve, Versatile’s Pape Boye said. Produced by Les Films d’Ici, “Satisfactions” is a romantic drama with... Read more »