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2008 Award Nominations 
for Young Frankenstein

I won't - and can't - forget the moment when Shuler Hensley, as the splendidly human Monster, launches his big darling self into a blissfully funny "Puttin' on the Ritz." Come on. Is it too late to give Hensley a nomination?
One of Linda Winer's Top 10 Moments to Remember in the Broadway Season, published in Newsday in the run-up to the 2008 Tony Awards.

Shuler was nominated for:

OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

Full list of nominees in category:

Danny Burstein, South Pacific
Christopher Fitzgerald, Young Frankenstein
Shuler Hensley, Young Frankenstein
Tony Yazbeck, Gypsy

Winner was Danny Burstein.
Young Frankenstein won the Outstanding New Broadway Musical award and received the most nominations (10).

DRAMA DESK AWARD - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

Full list of nominees in category:

Danny Burstein, South Pacific
Christopher Fitzgerald, Young Frankenstein
Boyd Gaines, Gypsy
Shuler Hensley, Young Frankenstein
Bobby Steggert, The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island
Tom Wopat, A Catered Affair 

Winner was Boyd Gaines.

Many thanks to photographer Mark Rupp for these great shots
of Shuler with Bill Pullman and Laura Benanti
taken at the cocktail party for nominees, Arte Cafe, May 1.

More photos of the event at Playbill and Theatermania

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