“Lucky Guy,” “I’ll Eat You Last” and “Matilda” are among the major shows up for awards from the Drama League.

The country’s oldest theatrical honors unveiled the contenders for Distinguished Play, Distinguished Revival of a Play, Distinguished Musical, Distinguished Revival of a Musical, and Distinguished Performance Award at Sardi’s Restaurant. The nominees are a mixture of off-Broadway hits like Jesse Eisenberg’s play “The Revisionist” and Broadway big-tickets like the recent revival of “Annie.”

There is also a heavy Hollywood presence. Tom Hanks, Bette Midler, Alec Baldwin and Jake Gyllenhaal are just a few of the prominent names who are up for acting honors.

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The Signature Theatre Company revival of August Wilson’s 1930s drama The Piano Lesson, and Manhattan Theatre Club’s dark romantic musical Murder Ballad, by Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash, dominate the nominations for the Lucille Lortel Awards, honoring the best in Off Broadway theater.

Reflecting the steady presence of name actors on NY stages beyond Broadway, nominations for the 2013 awards include The Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi as lead actor for his turn in Disgraced; America Ferrera as lead actress for Bethany, alongside Vanessa Redgrave for Jesse Eisenberg’s play The Revisionist; and Jake Gyllenhaal as featured actor for If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet.

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Jake Gyllenhaal and Brian F. O’Byrne stopped by The Leonard Lopate Show today to discuss ‘If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet’. Listen to the interview below and / or download the mp3 in the media section.

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Jake Gyllenhaal is happy to finally have a day job.

“Being onstage pretty much every night, sometimes twice a day, is a wonderful consistency that I haven’t really been used to,” the 31-year-old actor said of his off-Broadway play, “If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet,” which was just extended through late December at the Laura Pels Theatre.

In the play by Nick Payne, Mr. Gyllenhaal, making his New York stage debut, plays Terry, a drifter who drops in on his brother’s family and develops a friendship with his niece, Anna (Annie Funke). Terry scrutinizes the family’s destructive effects on Anna, whose mother (Michelle Gomez) is consumed by her work and whose father (Brían F. O’Byrne) is obsessed with environmental activism. All the while, water slowly seeps onto the stage, eventually submerging actors’ feet and ankles.

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We are very excited to announce a two week extension of the American Premiere of Nick Payne’s If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet, directed by Michael Longhurst! The limited run, which was originally scheduled to run through November 25 only, will take a 12 day break before resuming performances on December 8, and play two additional weeks through December 23.

If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet features Annie Funke as “Anna,” Michelle Gomez as “Fiona,” Jake Gyllenhaal as “Terry” and Brían F. O’Byrne as “George.”

Enid Graham (The Constant Wife) will assume the role of “Fiona” beginning Tuesday, October 23.

The New York Times calls our first production of the 2012-2013 Season, “a pull-out-all-the-stops production that evokes a family and a planet under siege.” Don’t miss it! Tickets are available through our website.

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