Last week the Drama League Award nominations were announced . Now, this is always a fun award that doesn't really mean anything because they seem to play by their own rules and basically nominate anyone who was merely competent on stage during the season (except bizarrely Ethan Slater, Denise Gough, and Carrie Coon. What's up with that?) And the award is usually given out as some kind of Lifetime Achievement Award. So this year I suspect Glenda Jackson will win it for Three Tall Women . Which is...fine. I think it's an overrated performance in an overrated production but she's back on Broadway and she's had a storied career and this will probably be the last time she's on a New York stage. She's basically going to win the Tony for just showing up for a show that isn't a complete inessential bore (unlike the other potential Best Actress in a Play nominees) so why not give her the Drama League. (I think there are quite a few better performances from actr...
Theater reviews and commentary by Alyssa Maher.