Nominees Announced for 2008 Artios Awards Honoring Outstanding Casting

Nominees have been announced for the 2008 Artios Awards from the Casting Society of America. Six of the 19 competitive categories pertain to theater, with the others awarded to casting in film and television. The Artios Awards will be presented at coast-to-coast ceremonies on November 10, with the New York event held at Caroline's on Broadway. Disney Theatrical Group producer Thomas Schumacher will be presented a special New York Apple Award honoring his commitment to non-traditional casting.

The theater-related nominees are as follows:

Broadway Theater Casting - Drama
Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Jim Carnahan
Mauritius, David Caparelliotis
The Country Girl, Tara Rubin/Laura Schutzel, Eric Woodall/Merri Sugarman
The Homecoming, Bernard Telsey
Top Girls, Nancy Piccone

Broadway Theater Casting - Comedy
Boeing-Boeing, Jim Carnahan
Is He Dead? , Jay Binder/Jack Bowdan
November, Bernard Telsey/William Cantler
Pygmalion, Jim Carnahan
The 39 Steps, Jay Binder/Jack Bowdan

Broadway Theater Casting -Musical
A Catered Affair, Bernard Telsey/Bethany Knox
Gypsy, Jay Binder
In The Heights, Bernard Telsey/Bethany Knox
Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein, Tara Rubin/Eric Woodall, Merri Sugarman/Laura Schutzel
South Pacific, Bernard Telsey
Xanadu, Cindy Tolan

Off-Broadway Casting -Comedy/Drama/Musical
Crimes of the Heart, Tara Rubin/Laura Schutzel, Eric Woodall/Merri Sugarman
Dead Man's Cell Phone, Alain Alldaffer
From Up Here, David Caparelliotis
The Seagull, James Calleri
Things We Want, Judy Henderson

Regional Theater Casting L.O.R.T.
33 Variations, Will Cantler/Bernard Telsey
An American in Paris, Jay Binder
Dancing in the Dark aka Bandwagon, Jay Binder
Happy Days, A New Musical, Jay Binder
Streamers, Mele Nagler
The Glass Menagerie, Samantha Barrie

Los Angeles Theater
Damn Yankees, Michael Donovan
Hedda Gabler, Scott David
It's Just Sex, Patrick Baca
L'il Abner, Bruce H. Newberg
Secrets of the Trade, Jeff Greenberg
The History Boys, Erika Sellin