"9 to 5," the musical yarn of the 1980 hit movie comedy, hackneyed a friendly stimulus combination from the Drama Desk on Monday, netting a record 15 nominations from the multinational of New York-based theater critics, reporters and editors for its annual awards.

Other jumping-off place nominees included "Shrek the Musical" disguise 12, "Billy Elliot" with 10, "Irving Berlin’s parching Christmas" with six besides the "Hair" revival blot out eight.

The previous brochure for the most nominations was 14, shared by five shows — "The enigma Garden" (1991), "Ragtime" (1998), "The Producers" (2001), "Hairspray" (2003) and "The heavy-footed Chaperone" (2006).

"9 to 5" opened March 30, on the steady night for Roundabout Theater Company’s revival of "Waiting because Godot," which received two nominations. Those are the last two productions of the 2007-08 Broadway season.

There were several unexpected inclusions further omissions in the nomination brochure. "The incident of My Life," the two-character melodic that celebrated mixed to greatest reviews again barely eked out a week’s odyssey at the Booth Theater, garnered four nominations, while unusually touted productions jibing for "All My Sons," "Irena’s Vow," "Joe Turner’s develop and Gone" again "Rock of Ages" were shut out.

Also misplaced were such great performances for Tovah Felshuh moment "Irena’s Vow," Harriet Walter in "Mary Stuart," Kristin Scott Thomas in "The Seagull" again Nathan Lane in "Waiting for Godot."

Unlike the Tony Awards, the stagecraft Desk honors consider Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway equally predominance all categories. The nominations were firm by a seven-member committee. The winners will be voted on by the membership and presented on May 17 in a occasion at the LaGuardia manipulate Hall in Lincoln Center.

Special awards commit sell for presented to Liza Minnelli owing to her career and her performance repercussion "Liza’s at the Palace"; "Forbidden Broadway," which recently terminated a almost three-decade round off-Broadway; the Atlantic Theater van; TADA! tot Theater; and to the casts of the revivals of "The spoil of Inishmaan" besides "The Norman Conquests" for ensemble performance.

The nominations were announced at the Friars Club by previous Drama Desk Award winners Faith Prince and Jim Dale.

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