News & Views from the Drama Desk
For Immediate Release
ELAINE STRITCH, JOHN LITHGOW, VANESSA WILLIAMS,
ANDREA MARTIN, MOS DEF, JEFFREY WRIGHT, MERCEDES RUEH
AND BILL PULLMAN, TO BE PRESENTERS AT
THE 47TH ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS
Laura Benanti. Brian d’Arcy James, Louise Pitre,
Sherie Rene Scott and Patrick Wilson To Perform
Some of this theatre season’s top performers – Elaine Stritch, John Lithgow, Mos Def, Andrea Martin, Bill Pullman, Mercedes Ruehl, Vanessa Williams and Jeffrey Wright - will be presenters at The 47th Annual Drama Desk Awards on Sunday, May 19, 2002, at 9:00 PM. Rue McClanahan will host.
The awards show will also feature live performances by Patrick Wilson, Laura Benanti, Sherie Rene Scott, Louise Pitre and Brian d´Arcy James from their musicals -- Oklahoma!, Into The Woods, The Last 5 Years, Mamma Mia! and Sweet Smell of Success, respectively.
A limited number of tickets are currently available for $175 to the public and $150 to members of the theatre community. Tickets may be purchased by calling SmartTix at 212/206-1515.
The awards show will originate from the Concert Hall at the F.H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, 100 Amsterdam Avenue at 65th Street.
There will be two receptions immediately preceding the awards show, one for VIPs in the Grand Ballroom of the Helmsley Park Lane Hotel, 36 Central Park South, and the second for all ticket holders in the lobby of the Concert Hall, sponsored by HitShowClub.com. A post-event reception will take place at the Compass Restaurant and Bar, 208 West 70th Street, between West End and Amsterdam Avenues.
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The 47th Annual Drama Desk Awards will be cablecast live in its entirety by NY1 News which will be rebroadcast the program on Saturday, May 25, at 7 PM. For the second year in succession, THIRTEEN/WNET, New York’s premier public broadcasting television station, will also rebroadcast the awards show on Monday, May 27, at 9 PM.
Sponsors of the Drama Desk Awards include The New York Times, Lalique, Helmsley Park Lane Hotel, GSD Productions, Variety, International Barter Network, Compass Restaurant & Bar, David Saity Jewelry, HitShowClub.com, St. John Boutique, VisionMix Creative Solutions, Stagebill, Times Square Group, Urinetown, Wine Enthusiast Magazine, New York Friars Club, Manhattan Bride Magazine, Back Stage, Watchcraft and Cademartori's Imports of Italy. Special Benefactors: Richard I. Kandel, Lewis Pell, Ronald B. Shapiro.
The 47th Annual Drama Desk Awards is presented by TheatreSport, Ltd. and Robert R. Blume, Executive Producer. Lauren Class Schneider is the producer, and Jeff Kalpak, the director. The Associate Producers are Sarah Galvin, Les Schecter and Jae French. Randie Levine-Miller is the Executive Director for the Drama Desk.
David Sheward, Managing Editor of Back Stage, is President of the Drama Desk.
For additional information about The 47th Annual Drama Desk Awards, check the official Drama Desk web site at www.dramadesk.org.
Press Contact: Les Schecter/Matthew P. Donoghue
L.S. Public Relations
Tel: 212/586-2600
E-mail: lsprschecter@netscape.net
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