Glee, True Blood and Plays by Sarah Ruhl & Lisa Kron Among GLAAD Media Award Nominees

Television hit Glee and the Public Theater's production of Lisa Kron's In The Wake are among the nominees for the 22nd annual GLAAD Media Awards, which were announced on January 20. The awards, presented by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives. Award ceremonies will be held at New York’s Times Square Marriott Marquis on March 19 and at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis on May 14. Details of a Los Angeles ceremony have yet to be announced.

The GLAAD Award nominees include:

Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway & Off-Broadway
In the Wake by Lisa Kron
The Kid, book by Michael Zam, lyrics by Jack Lechner, music by Andy Monroe
Passion Play by Sarah Ruhl
The Pride by Alexi Kaye Campbell
Secrets of the Trade by Jonathan Tolins

Outstanding New York Theater: Off-Off Broadway
Lay of the Land by Tim Miller
Let Them Eat Cake by Holly Hughes, Megan Carney and Moe Angelos
This One Girl's Story book by Bil Wright, music and lyrics by Dionne McClain-Freeney
Vaginal Davis Is Speaking from the Diaphragm by Vaginal Davis
When Last We Flew by Harrison David Rivers

Outstanding Los Angeles Theater
Dr. Cerberus by Robert Aguirre-Sacasa
Haram Iran by Jay Paul Deratany
Revolver by Chris Phillips
Something Happened by L. Trey Wilson
The Twentieth-Century Way by Tom Jacobson

Outstanding Drama Series
Brothers & Sisters
Degrassi
Grey's Anatomy
Pretty Little Liars
True Blood

Outstanding Comedy Series
Glee
GREEK
Modern Family
Nurse Jackie
United States of Tara

Outstanding Reality Program
The Fabulous Beekman Boys
Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys
Project Runway
Top Chef: Just Desserts
TRANSform Me

For a complete list of nominees, visit www.GLAAD.org.