Wow!!!

Way to go, guys!

Awesome news: THE DROWSY CHAPERONE wins the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical.

According to this article in Playbill:

The History Boys, by Alan Bennett, was named Best Play of the 2005-06 season by the New York Drama Critics' Circle, the membership announced May 11.

The Best Musical award was given to The Drowsy Chaperone (book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison).

The selections were made at the 70th annual voting meeting of the organization May 11 at the offices of Time Out New York in Manhattan.

And that's not all, Bob Martin won a Theatre World Award!

According to this article in Playbill:

Stars and stars-to-be were named winners of 2005-06 Theatre World Awards for Outstanding Broadway and Off-Broadway Debut Performances.

The Theatre World committee announced the winners May 12. The are:

Harry Connick, Jr., THE PAJAMA GAME
Felicia P. Fields, THE COLOR PURPLE
Maria Friedman, THE WOMAN IN WHITE
Richard Griffiths, THE HISTORY BOYS
Mamie Gummer, MR MARMALADE
Jayne Houdyshell, WELL
Bob Martin, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
Ian McDiarmid, FAITH HEALER
Nellie McKay, THE THREEPENNY OPERA
David Wilmot, THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE
Elisabeth Withers-Mendes, THE COLOR PURPLE
John Lloyd Young, JERSEY BOYS

The Awards will be presented June 6, 2006 at 2 PM ceremony at Studio 54, 254 W. 54th St.

Wow! Congrats! THE DROWSY CHAPERONE is racking up the awards!

Do I smell a Tony?

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