News & Views from the Drama Desk


Sunday, May 21stth, 2006

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE HEADS LIST OF 2005/2006 DRAMA DESK WINNERS
WITH 7 AWARDS, FOLLOWED BY THE HISTORY BOYS WITH 5

OTHER MULTIPLE AWARD WINNING SHOWS INCLUDE SWEENEY TODD WITH 4,
AND AWAKE AND SING! AND JERSEY BOYS WITH 2 EACH

RICHARD GRIFFITHS (THE HISTORY BOYS) AND LOIS SMITH (THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL)
NAMED OUTSTANDING ACTOR AND ACTRESS IN A PLAY

JOHN LLOYD YOUNG (JERSEY BOYS) and CHRISTINE EBERSOLE (GREY GARDENS)
VOTED OUTSTANDING ACTOR AND ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

2005 releases below:

May 31, 2005
For Immediate Release

MEDIA ADVISORY

An update on NYC TV Channel 25's broadcasts of the 50th Annual Drama Desk Awards

May 22, 2005 - 11:30PM EDT

DOUBT ANDTHE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA HEAD LIST OF

2004/2005 DRAMA DESK AWARDS WINNERS WITH FIVE AWARDS EACH, FOLLOWED BY MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT AND THE 25 TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE WITH THREE AWARDS APIECE

May 16, 2005

For Immediate Release - * UPDATE

DRAMA DESK 50TH ANNIVERSARY TELECAST TO BE STAR-STUDDED!

AWARDS SHOW WILL FEATURE MANY STARS AS PRESENTERS AND PERFORMANCES BY CAST MEMBERS OF NOMINATED MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS

Awards Ceremony to be Televised by Public Television Stations Nationally, Including Thirteen/WNET New York

May 15, 2005

For Immediate Release

MEDIA ADVISORY

The 50th Annual Drama Desk Awards Ceremony, hosted by Harvey Fierstein, will be held on Sunday, May 22, 2005, at 9:00 PM at the FH LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center, 100 Amsterdam Avenue (corner of West 65th Street).

May 14, 2005

For Immediate Release

DRAMA DESK 50TH ANNIVERSARY TELECAST TO BE STAR-STUDDED!

AWARDS SHOW WILL FEATURE MANY STARS AS PRESENTERS AND PERFORMANCES BY CAST MEMBERS OF NOMINATED MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS

Awards Ceremony to be Televised by Public Television Stations Nationally, Including Thirteen/WNET New York

April 29, 2005

For Immediate Release

MEDIA ADVISORY

The Official Drama Desk Cocktail Reception honoring this year’s Drama Desk Award Nominees will be held Tuesday, May 3, 4:00 to 7:00 PM at the St. John Boutique, 106 West 73rd Street, between Columbus Avenue and Broadway in Manhattan.

April 28, 2005

For Immediate Release

50 th ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED!!!

MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT WITH 12 NOMINATIONS HEADS LIST
FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA WITH 11
AND DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS WITH 10

ALTAR BOYZ GARNERS 7 NOMINATIONS, AND PLAY WITHOUT WORDS FOLLOWS WITH 6; DESSA ROSE, DOUBT AND THE 25 TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE GET 5 NOMINATIONS EACH

April 26, 2005

For Immediate Release

MEDIA ADVISORY

Nominations for The 50th Annual Drama Desk Awards will be announced on Thursday, April 28, 2005, at 10:00 AM at a ceremony to be held at the New York Friars Club, 57 East 55th Street, in Manhattan.

April 20, 2005

For Immediate Release

50th ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS CEREMONY TO BE
BROADCAST IN NEW YORK ON NYC TV 25
AND THIRTEEN/WNET 

Awards Ceremony, Hosted by Harvey Fierstein, Will Also Be Offered Via Satellite To PBS Stations Across America For Subsequent Broadcast 

April 19, 2005

For Immediate Release

2005 DRAMA DESK AWARDS NOMINATIONS TO BE ANNOUNCED
ON APRIL 28 BY ROBERT GOULET AND LYNN REDGRAVE

Announcement Ceremony to be Held at New York Friars Club Starting at 10 AM

April 9, 2005

For Immediate Release

PAST DRAMA DESK AWARD WINNERS TOM ALDREDGE,
CLEAVANT DERRICKS, CHERRY JONES, JOHN LITHGOW, WILLIAM IVEY LONG, DAVID RABE AND FRANCES STERNHAGEN TO HEADLINE DRAMA DESK AWARDS' 50TH ANNIVERSARY LUNCHEON AT SARDI'S ON APRIL 15

March 3, 2005

For Immediate Release

HARVEY FIERSTEIN RETURNS AS HOST OF THE 50TH ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS ON SUNDAY. MAY 22, 2005, AT 9 PM AT LaGUARDIA CONCERT HALL AT LINCOLN CENTER

Awards Ceremony to be Televised by Public Television Stations Nationally,
Including Thirteen/WNET New York;
TheaterMania.com To Webcast Awards for Third Consecutive Year

2004 releases below:

Sunday, May 16, 2004

For Immediate Release at 11:00PM (EDT)

WICKED HEADS LIST OF 2003/2004 DRAMA DESK AWARDS WINNERS
WITH SIX AWARDS, FOLLOWED BY ASSASSINS WITH FOUR AND HENRY IV - LCT WITH THREE

WICKED AND I AM MY OWN WIFE VOTED OUTSTANDING NEW MUSICAL
AND PLAY; ASSASSINS AND HENRY IV HONORED AS OUTSTANDING REVIVALS

HUGH JACKMAN (THE BOY FROM OZ) AND DONNA MURPHY
(WONDERFUL TOWN) NAMED LEAD PERFORMERS IN A MUSICAL

VIOLA DAVIS (INTIMATE APPAREL) AND PHYLICIA RASAD (A RASIN IN
THE SUN
) TIE AS OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY;
KEVIN KLEIN (HENRY IV - LCT) VOTED OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY

April 29, 2004

For Release: Thursday, April 29, at 9:00 AM (NYT)

 49 th ANNUAL DRAMA DESK NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED!!!

WICKED GARNERS 11 NOMINATIONS TO HEAD LIST
FOLLOWED BY ASSASSINS AND HENRY IV WITH SEVEN EACH,

 CAROLINE, OR CHANGE AND WONDERFUL TOWN FOLLOW WITH SIX;

TABOO, I AM MY OWN WIFE, RAMAYANA 2K3 AND MUSICAL OF MUSICALS; THE MUSICAL CAPTURE FIVE NOMINATIONS EACH

April 22, 2004

For Immediate Release

HARVEY FIERSTEIN TO HOST 49 TH ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS ON SUNDAY, MAY 16, 2004

Awards Show to Be Televised by NYC TV Channel 74 in New York And Channel 36 in Los Angeles, and Webcast Live by TheaterMania.com

April 19, 2004

For Release: Friday, April 16, 2004

49 TH ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS TO BE TELEVISED IN NEW YORK ON NYC TV AND NATIONALLY ON SELECT PBS STATIONS

March 12, 2004

For Immediate Release

49 TH ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS CEREMONY TO BE HELD ON SUNDAY. MAY 16, 2004 at LaGUARDIA CONCERT HALL AT LINCOLN CENTER

Awards Show to be Webcast By TheaterMania.com

2003 releases below:

Sunday, May 18, 2003 at 11:30 p.m. (EDT)
For Immediate Release

HAIRSPRAY AND TAKE ME OUT VOTED 2002/2003 OUTSTANDING NEW MUSICAL AND PLAY BY DRAMA DESK; NINE AND LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT TOUTED AS OUTSTANDING REVIVALS

ANTONIO BANDERAS (NINE) AND HARVEY FIERSTEIN (HAIRSPRAY) TIE AS OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTORS IN A MUSICAL

EDDIE IZZARD, VANESSA REDGRAVE AND MARISSA JARET WINOKUR WIN OTHER TOP ACTING AWARDS

Thursday, May 1, 2002 at 10:30 AM (NYT)
48th ANNUAL DRAMA DESK NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED!!!

HAIRSPRAY TIES ALL-TIME RECORD WITH 14 NOMINATIONS, FOLLOWED BY AMOUR WITH NINE NOMINATIONS, TAKE ME OUT WITH EIGHT, LA BOHEME AND A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE WITH SEVEN NOMINATIONS EACH AND NINE AND MOVIN' OUT WITH SIX EACH

AVENUE Q AND LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT WIN FIVE EACH

Thursday, April 17th, 2003
For Immediate Release

CHITA RIVERA TO HOST 48TH ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS
MAY 18 AT LAGUARDIA CONCERT HALL AT LINCOLN CENTER

Thursday, March 27, 2003
For Immediate Release

THE 48TH ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS
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

2002 releases below:

Monday, May 20, 2002
For Immediate Release

DRAMA DESK ANNOUNCES IT'S 2001/2001 AWARDS
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE VOTED OUTSTANDING NEW MUSICAL;
THE GOAT OR WHO IS SYLVIA? AND METAMORPHOSES TIE FOR OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY
ALAN BATES, JOHN LIGHGOW, SUTTON FOSTER AND LINDSAY DUNCAN WIN TOP ACTING AWARDS

Tuesday, May 14, 2002
For Immediate Release

MEDIA ADVISORY
To: All City, Entertainment, Theatre, Photo, TV and Radio Assignment Editors
Event: 47th ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS Events Schedule
Date: Sunday, May 19, 2002

Friday, May 10, 2002
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

Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 10:30 AM (NYT)
47th ANNUAL DRAMA DESK NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED!!!
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE HEADS LIST WITH 12 NOMINATIONS, FOLLOWED BY SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS WITH 11 MUSICAL REVIVALS INTO THE WOODS AND OKLAHOMA! WITH 9 NOMINATIONS EACH AND PRIVATE LIVES, THE LAST 5 YEARS AND tick…tick…BOOM WITH 7 NOMINATIONS EACH, ALSO RANK HIGH

EMMY AWARD WINNER RUE McCLANAHAN
TO HOST THE 47TH ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS

NOMINATIONS FOR 47TH ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS
TO BE ANNOUNCED APRIL 30 AT NY FRIARS CLUB

THE 47TH ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS
TO BE HELD ON SUNDAY. MAY 19, 2002
At F.H. LaGUARDIA H.S. CONCERT HALL AT LINCOLN CENTER

WELCOME TO LEGEND OF KREMLIN VODKA.. NOW OFFICIAL VODKA OF THE DRAMA DESK AWARDS!

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South Pacific heads list of 2007/2008 Drama Desk winners with 5 awards, followed by August: Osage County, Gypsy and Passing Strange with 3 each

New York, NY, May 18, 2008South Pacific, the Lincoln Center revival of the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic 1949 musical, won five awards(..read more)

Awards 1

53rd Annual Drama Desk Awards Nomination Announced; A Catered Affair leads list with 12 Nominations

New York, April 28, 2008—Nominations for the 53rd Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced this morning at the New York Friars Club (..read more)