News & Views from the Drama Desk
For Immediate Release
TO BE HELD ON SUNDAY. MAY 18, 2003
At F.H. LaGUARDIA H.S. CONCERT HALL AT LINCOLN CENTER
Awards Show To Be Webcast By TheaterMania.com
New York, NY, March 25, 2003 -- The 48TH ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS, celebrating excellence in all sectors of New York's theatre world, will be held on Sunday, May 18, 2003, at the Concert Hall in F.H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, it was announced by David Sheward, Co-President of the Drama Desk, and Robert R. Blume, Executive Producer of the awards ceremony and show. This year, for the first time, the awards presentation ceremony will be webcast by TheaterMania (www.theatermania.com), the fastest growing theatre Web portal on the Internet today, which is joining the Drama Desk team as a major sponsor. TheaterMania.com, which registers over 600,000 visitors a month and covers 36 theatre markets worldwide, will exclusively handle all ticketing, including the sale of the limited tickets available to the public.
"We are very excited by our new relationship with TheaterMania," said Executive Producer Robert R. Blume. "Theatre lovers all over the globe will be able to follow the awards presentations live on the webcast as they happen, and to view, within 48 hours of the ceremony's conclusion, special video highlights of the Drama Desk Awards, available at all times. This is especially important this year since we have no TV broadcast commitments as of this date. Both NY1 News, which covered the awards live for the past seven years, and THIRTEEN/WNET, which rebroadcast the awards telecast the past two years, had to drop out because of budgetary problems."
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48th Annual Drama Desk Awards Announcement
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"The 48th Annual Drama Desk Awards deserve to be seen by theatre lovers around the world," said Gretchen Shugart, TheaterMania's chief executive. "Because the awards reflect what's best in New York professional theatre, regardless of production or venue size, Webcasting this important event will be another way we bring New York's diverse theatre scene to life for a national and international audience."
"The Drama Desk is delighted that TheaterMania.com is coming aboard as a sponsor this year and will webcast the awards ceremony," said Drama Desk Co-President David Sheward. "They will provide the Drama Desk Awards with national and global coverage, expanding our outreach to theatre-loving communities everywhere."
Nominations for the 2003 Drama Desk Awards will be announced on Thursday, May 1, 2003, at 10:00 AM at The New York Friars Club. Awards will be presented in multiple categories honoring excellence during the 2002/2003 New York theatre season. The Drama Desk is the only major theatre award which honors Broadway, Off and Off-Off Broadway equally in all its multiple categories. The Drama Desk membership is made up of more than 120 voting theatre critics, reporters and editors.
Each year the Drama Desk Awards honors creative artists and stage productions in multiple categories. The awards will be presented by celebrities from the world of theatre and the awards ceremony will be hosted by a big name personality. In recent years, the hosting assignments have been handled by Bernadette Peters, Bebe Neuwirth, Lily Tomlin and Rue McClanahan.
The ceremony also features musical numbers from nominated musicals performed by cast members of those musicals. At the ceremony, the Drama Desk Awards also announces the recipients of scholarships presented each year to two worthy seniors in the Drama Department of the LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts who are planning careers in the theatre.
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For the second consecutive year, COMPASS, the popular restaurant at 208 West 70th Street, will host a post event reception immediately following the awards ceremony on Sunday, May 18. Members of the Nominating Committee include: Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, Committee Chairman; Robert Dominguez, Daily News; David Finkle, TheaterMania.com; Susan Haskins, Theater Talk; Edward Karam, Manchester Guardian; David Sheward, Back Stage; and Barbara Siegel, TheaterMania.com and Siegel Entertainment Syndicate.
The Board of Directors of the Drama Desk includes: David Sheward, Back Stage, Co-President; William Wolf, William Wolf Entertainment Guide, Co-President; Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, First Vice-President; Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Theatermania.com, Second Vice-President; Charles Wright, A&E Television Networks, Treasurer; Ellis Nassour, Freelance, Co-Secretary; Robert Simonson, Playbill Online, Co-Secretary; and Members-at-Large: Sam Norkin, Freelance Theatre Artist, Past President; David Kaufman, The Nation, and Parco Programs; Robert Sandia, Freelance; and Barbara Siegel, TheaterMania.com and Siegel Entertainment Syndicate.
Robert R. Blume is Executive Producer of the 48th Annual Drama Desk Awards. Lauren Class Schneider is Producer and Jeff Kalpak is Director. Associate Producers are Sarah Galvin, Corine Dana Cohen and Les Schecter who is also Director of Publicity and Promotions. Felicia M. Lopes is the General Manager. Randie Levine-Miller is Executive Director for the Drama Desk.
For LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, Kim Bruno is Principal, William J. Stevens is Assistant Principal, Linda J.K. Masson-Kingsley is Drama Department Chair and Ron McIntyre is Technical Director.
The current confirmed sponsors and benefactors for The 48th Annual Drama Desk Awards include TheaterMania.com, COMPASS Restaurant, The Smart Family Foundation, Richard I. Kandel, Lynn and Lewis Pell, David Stone and Jamie deRoy & friends.
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