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Other Desert Cities, Salesman, Follies, Once, Audra McDonald Are Drama League Winners

By Andrew Gans 18 May 2012

Winners of the 78th Annual Drama League Awards were announced May 18 at a ceremony at the Marriott Marquis Times Square hosted by Tony Award winners Stockard Channing and John Larroquette.

Winners included the following: Distinguished Play, Other Desert Cities, presented by Philip Seymour Hoffman; Distinguished Revival of a Play, Death of a Salesman, presented by Christian Borle; Distinguished Production of a Musical, Once, presented by Cynthia Nixon; Distinguished Revival of a Musical, Follies, presented by Kelli OHara; and Distinguished Performance, Audra McDonald, presented by John Lithgow.

The Drama League also honored three theatre luminaries at this years awards ceremony: Tony Award winner Donna Murphy presented eight-time Academy Award winner, theatre and movie composer Alan Menken with the Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award in recognition of his contribution to the musical theatre; Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein presented stage, television and movie star Rosie ODonnell with the Unique Contribution to the Theatre Award for her continuing efforts in promoting live theatre; and Tony nominee Gavin Creel presented Drama League Directors Project alum and Tony nominee Diane Paulus with The Founders Award for Excellence in Directing.

In addition, The Drama League introduced the 2012 Fellows of The Drama League Directors Project: Knud Adams, Amy Claussen, Vesselin Dimov, Shana Gozansky, Jess Jung, Swaine Kaui, Jesse Jou, David Mendizbal, Cat Miller, Patrick Walsh and Christopher Windom.

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The 2011-12 Drama League Award nominees follow (winners are in bold preceded by an asterisk):

DISTINGUISHED PRODUCTION OF A PLAY Clybourne Park Walter Kerr Theatre Jujamcyn Theatres, Jane Bergere, Roger Berlind/Quintet Productions, Eric Falkenstein/Dan Frishwasser, Ruth Hendel/Harris Karma Productions, JTG Theatricals, Daryl Roth, Jon B. Platt, Center Theatre Group, producers, in association with Lincoln Center Theater

The Columnist Manhattan Theatre Club Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer

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PLAYBILL VAULT UNLOCKED: What's New, Week of May 13; Broadway Debuts, Headshots and More

By Andrew Gans 18 May 2012

When the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working on Broadway. And, new content is added daily.

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In this new, weekly feature, Playbill.com keeps theatre fans informed of the latest additions to the ever-growing Playbill Vault, the largest Broadway database available.

Some of the many additions for the week of May 13 follow:

Cast Updates Dashaun Young - Now in The Lion King Charlie Sutton - Now in How to Succeed...

Broadway Debut Melvin Abston in Sister Act

Headshots Added Fernando Rovzar Liz Koops Natasha Katz Bruston Kade Manuel Matthew Masten Billy Rovzar Paloma H. Young Noni White Kyle Barisich Cricket S. Myers Edgar Lansbury Christina Papagjika Zachary Baer Ronnie Planalp Ben Davis

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15-05-2012 07:57 Author of "The End of Money" David Wolman spoke with IBTimes TV's Sally Turner about what he says is the "coming cashless society". From the book flap: " For ages, money has been represented by little metal disks and rectangular slips of paper. Yet the usefulness of physical money - to say nothing of its value - is coming under fire as never before. Intrigued by the distinct possibility that cash will soon dissapear, author and "Wired" contributing editor David Wolman sets out to investigate the future of money... and how it will affect your wallet. "Wolman begins his journey by deciding to shun cash for an entire year - a surprisingly successful experiment (with a couple of notable esceptions). He then ventures forth to find people and technologies that illuminate the road ahead. In Honolulu, he drinks Mai Tais with Bernard von NotHaus, a convicted counterfeiter and alternative-currency evangelist whom government prosecutors have labeled a domestic terrorist. In Tokyo, he sneaks a peek at the latest anti-counterfeiting wizadry, while puzzling over the fact that banknote forgers depend on society's addiction to cash. In a downtrodden Oregon town, he mingles with obsessive coin collectors - the people who are supposed to love cash the most, yet don't. And in rural Georgia, he examines why some people feel the end of cash is Armageddon's warm-up act. After stops at the Digital Money forum in London and Iceland's central Bank, Wolman flies to Delhi, where he sees firsthand ...

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15-05-2012 21:15 Xavier Larduinat, Director Strategic Marketing at Gemalto, talks about strategic initiatives in digital security.

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