London
(ANI):
Jude
Law,
Liev
Schreiber,
Alfred
Molina
and
Christopher
Walken
will
be
contesting
for
the
best
actor
prize
at
this
year's
Drama
Desk
theatre
awards.
The
Hollywood
stars
have
landed
nominations
in
the
Outstanding
Actor
in
a
Play
category.
While
Law
has
been
nominated
for
his
role
in
'Hamlet",
Schreiber
is
being
considered
for
'A
View
from
the
Bridge",
Molina
for
'Red" and
Walken
for
'A
Behanding
in
Spokane".
The
actors
will
be
pitted
against
Molina's
'Red" co-star
Eddie
Redmayne
and
'The
Emperor
Jones"
star
John
Douglas
Thompson,
according
to
nominations
announced
in
New
York
on
May
3,
reports
the
Daily
Express.
Anne
Hathaway
will
compete
with
Laura
Linney
and
Kristen
Johnson
in
the
Outstanding
Actress
category.
On
the
other
hand,
Scarlett
Johansson
and
Viola
Davis
will
battle
it
out
for
the
Outstanding
Featured
Actress
prize,
after
winning
nominations
for
their
roles
in
'A
View
from
the
Bridge" and
'Fences"
respectively.
'A
Little
Night
Music" star
Catherine
Zeta-Jones
leads
the
nominees
in
the
Outstanding
Actress
in
a
Musical
category,
while
Nathan
Lane
and
Douglas
Hodge
will
battle
for
the
Outstanding
Actor
in
a
Musical
prize,
for
their
roles
in
'The
Addams
Family"
and
'La
Cage
Aux
Folles"
respectively.
The
Drama
Desk
awards
will
be
handed
out
at
a
ceremony
at
New
York
City's
Lincoln
Center
on
23
May
(10),
hosted
by
musical
star
Patti
LuPone.