Photo Coverage: DRAMA DESK - Cocktail Party

The Official Drama Desk Cocktail Reception honoring this year's Drama Desk Award Nominees was held Thursday, May 1, from 4 to 7 PM at Arte′ Cafe, 106 W. 73rd Street, between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues, where nominees received their Nomination Certificates.

Many of this year's Drama Desk Awards nominees attended the reception, including: cast members of [title of show] who will be the hosts of the 53rd Annual Drama Desk Awards on Sunday, May 18; Edward Albee and James Earl Jones, who will be honored by the Drama Desk with Lifetime Achievement Awards;  Bill Pullman, Kelli O'Hara, Faith Prince, Jenna Russell, Alice Ripley, Sierra Boggess, John Cullum, Elizabeth Ashley, Zoe Kazan, Linda Lavin,  Rondi Reed, Amy Morton, Sinead Cusack, Deanna Dunagan, Frances McDormand, Fiona Shaw, Julie White, Andre DeShields, Paulo Szot, Daniel Evans, Marisa Tomei,  Danny Burstein, Christopher Fitzgerald, Boyd Gaines, Shuler Hensley, Tom Wopat, Bobby Steggert, Laura Benanti,  Leslie Kritzer, Andrea Martin, Mary Testa, Ian McShane, Eva Best, Raul Esparza,  Mare Winningham, Harvey Fierstein, John Bucchino, Lynn Ahrens, Susan Stroman, Lawrence Fishburne, Stephen Lang, Rob Ashford, Douglas Carter Beans, John Doyle, Bartlett Sher, Daniel Breaker, Cheyenne Jackson, Matthew Morrison, Bill Champion, Mark Rylance, Tobias Segal, Rufus Sewell, Horton Foote, Tracy Letts, Tom Stoppard, Alan Ayckbourn, Ronde Eckert, Liz Flahive, Cornieth Hill, Francis Jue, Arian Moayed, Jeff Perry, Michael T. Weiss, Amy Warren, Anna D. Shapiro,  Jonathan Tunick, Michael Starobin, Santo Loquasto, William Ivey Long, Ana Kuzmanic, Ken Billington, Natasha Katz,  Robin Wagner, cast members of The 39 Steps and The Homecoming, among others. 

Nominees created personalized sketches for the Drama Desk's Art*Kives program, now in its seventh year. Sponsors of the reception include Arte Café and Grey Goose Vodka.

Photos by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.

Rob Ashford

Rob Ashford

Elizabeth Ashley

Elizabeth Ashley

Elizabeth Ashley

Elizabeth Ashley

Elizabeth Ashley

Laura Benanti

Laura Benanti

Laura Benanti

Laura Benanti

Sierra Boggess

Sierra Boggess

Sierra Boggess

Sierra Boggess

Sierra Boggess

Sierra Boggess

Laura Benanti and Sierra Boggess

Laura Benanti and Sierra Boggess

Henry Hodges and Sierra Boggess

Henry Hodges and Sierra Boggess

Daniel Breaker

Daniel Breaker

Daniel Breaker

Daniel Breaker

John Bucchino

John Bucchino, Leslie Kritzer, and Faith Prince

Danny Burstein

Danny Burstein

Douglas Carter Beane

JohAnna Day

JohAnna Day

JohAnna Day

Douglas Denoff

Douglas Denoff

Deanna Dunagan

Daniel Evans

Daniel Evans

Daniel Evans

Daniel Evans

Harvey Fierstein

Leslie Kritzer, Harvey Fierstein and Faith Prince

Leslie Kritzer, Harvey Fierstein and Faith Prince

Christopher Fitzgerald

Christopher Fitzgerald

Christopher Fitzgerald

Lynn Ahrens

Stephen Flaherty

Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty

Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty

Boyd Gaines

Boyd Gaines

Boyd Gaines and Laura Benanti

Shuler Hensley

Shuler Hensley

Shuler Hensley and Danny Burstein

Conleth Hill

Conleth Hill

Henry Hodges

Henry Hodges

Henry Hodges

Cheyenne Jackson

Cheyenne Jackson

Cheyenne Jackson

Zoe Kazan and Bobby Steggert

Zoe Kazan and Bobby Steggert

Zoe Kazan

Zoe Kazan

Zoe Kazan

Tom Kitt

Tom Kitt

Leslie Kritzer

Leslie Kritzer

Leslie Kritzer

Leslie Kritzer and Alice Ripley

Stewart Lane and Bonnie Comley

Linda Lavin

Linda Lavin

Andrea Martin

Christopher Fitzgerald and Andrea Martin

Christopher Fitzgerald and Andrea Martin

Andrea Martin and Leslie Kritzer

Matthew Morrison

Matthew Morrison

Amy Morton

Amy Morton

Kelli O'Hara and Paulo Szot

Kelli O'Hara and Paulo Szot

Kelli O'Hara

Kelli O'Hara

Deanna Dunagan, Amy Morton and Rondi Reed

Jeff Perry

Faith Prince

Faith Prince

Faith Prince

Faith Prince

Peter Pucci

Peter Pucci

Bill Pullman

Bill Pullman

Bill Pullman and JohAnna Day

Bill Pullman and JohAnna Day

Bill Pullman and Elizabeth Ashley

Bill Pullman and Elizabeth Ashley

Bill Pullman and Elizabeth Ashley

Rondi Reed

Alice Ripley

Leslie Krittzer and Alice Ripely

Brandon Ruckdashel

Brandon Ruckdashel

Jenna Russell

Jenna Russell

Bobby Steggert

Bobby Steggert

Bobby Steggert

Stew

Stew

Susan Stroman and Shuler Hensley

Paulo Szot

Paulo Szot

Paulo Szot, Kelli O'Hara and Danny Burstein

Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei

Amy Warren

Amy Warren

Amy Warren

Michael T. Weiss

Michael T. Weiss

Michael T. Weiss