NEW YORK—Several Canadians are in the running for New York’s Drama Desk Awards for the dark folk tale Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story. Ottawa-raised playwright Hannah Moscovitch is nominated for Outstanding Book of a Musical for the show, which is also up for Best Musical. Her competition includes comedy star Tina Fey for Mean Girls as well as Kyle Jarrow for SpongeBob SquarePants and Peter Kellogg for Desperate Measures. Her husband Christian Barry, who hails from Halifax, is nominated for directing, music, set design and lighting on Old Stock. Barry shares the music nomination with Hamilton native Ben Caplan, who also stars in the show.

Source: thestar April 27, 2018 19:30 UTC