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Drama Desk results

The Mystery of Edwin Drood won only one Drama Desk award -- for sound design -- and that was a three-way tie. Here's hoping for better things at the Tonys!

Congratulations, 'Edwin Drood'!

Broadway's Tony Award nominations were announced this morning, and The Mystery of Edwin Drood picked up five: Best Revival of a Musical, Best Director (Scott Ellis), Best Leading Actress (Stephanie J. Block as Edwin), Best Featured Actor (Will Chase as Jasper), and Best Scenic Design (Anna Louizos). The winners will be announced June 9, in a live ceremony on CBS.

Drood also received seven Drama Desk nominations: Outstanding Revival of a Musical, Outstanding Actor (Jim Norton as the Chairman), Outstanding Actress (Block), Outstanding Featured Actor (Andy Karl as Neville), Outstanding Featured Actress (Jessie Mueller as Helena), Outstanding Set Design (Louizos), and Outstanding Sound Design (Tony Meola). The Drama Desk winners will be announced May 19.

Congratulations and best wishes to the nominees!

Win an autographed 'Edwin Drood' Playbill

Details and instructions are here!

An evening with Edwin Drood

It took me a long time to get up to New York City and see The Mystery of Edwin Drood (didn't make it till its closing weekend, in fact!), but it was so worth the wait. Done in old-fashioned English music-hall style, Drood was a brilliant, uproariously funny piece of theater. Full scoop and photos below the cut!

'Drood' report coming

Just a brief post to tell you that I got to see Broadway's The Mystery of Edwin Drood on Saturday night, and it was bliss! Full report and photos coming soon -- hopefully tomorrow.

(By the way, on the bus to New York, there were people behind me talking about Oliver Twist and Great Expectations. No joke. I'm telling you, he follows me.)

New 'Mystery of Edwin Drood' cast album available

You can preview some of the tracks here, and order the album here!

Win tickets to 'Edwin Drood' on Broadway!

Go to the show's Facebook page to vote for your choice of murderer, and you could win a pair of tickets to the January 30 evening performance! Entries need to be in by this Thursday night.

More 'Edwin Drood' news

The cast of Broadway's Mystery of Edwin Drood have been recording the show's new cast album, which is due out next month. And a limited-edition T-shirt with the show's logo is now available for sale.

'Edwin Drood' roundup

The New York Times has an article about Dickens and the creation of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and the Washington Post has an interview with Chita Rivera (Princess Puffer) about what it's like to be in the new Broadway revival of the musical. And Playbill.com has a cute caricature of the cast, done by Ken Fallin.

'Edwin Drood' makes it official

After three-and-a-half weeks of previews, the Broadway revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood had its official opening night last night. And the reviews are looking pretty good! BroadwayWorld.com has a roundup of them. The New York Post sums up the prevailing sentiment nicely: "For a show doing triple duty as musical, choose-your-own-ending mystery and time-travel device, 'Drood' is jolly good fun."

Broadway.com also has opening night arrival photos, curtain call photos, after-party photos, and cast interviews. Go here to see them all!