The 54th Annual Drama Desk Awards were held on Sunday, May 17, 2009 in the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. Drama Desk nominees received their official Nomination Certificates at a cocktail reception on Friday, May 1st at Il Bastardo restaurant, 191 Seventh Avenue (between 21st and 22nd Streets).
Multiple Drama Desk and Tony Award winning actor/writer Harvey Fierstein was host for the 54th Annual Drama Desk Awards ceremony. BroadwayWorld's cameras were there for the celebrity filled event!
The Drama Desk was founded in 1949 to explore key issues in the theater and to bring together critics and writers in an organization to support the ongoing development of theater in New York. The organization began presenting its awards in 1955, and it is the only critics organization to honor achievement in the theater with competition between Broadway, Off- Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions in the same categories.
The organization hosts panels throughout the year, to which the public is invited, to promote understanding and appreciation of the professional theater. In addition to honoring creative artists and stage productions in multiple categories, the Drama Desk annually presents scholarships 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 theater.
Photos by Linda Lenzi
Stephanie J. Block
Stephanie J. Block and Sebastian Arcelus
Stephanie J. Block and Sebastian Arcelus
Kara Vedder and David McCoy
Diane Paulus
Alex Lacamoire and guest
Jessica Goldyn and Tony Yazbeck
Jessica Goldyn and Tony Yazbeck
Neil Pepe, Mary McCann and Jeffory Lawson
Cheyenne Jackson
Cheyenne Jackson and Jane Fonda
Cheyenne Jackson and Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda
Karen Olivo
Julie Dale and Jim Dale
Haydn Gwynne
Victor Garber
Jeanine Tesori and Jason Moore
Condola Rashad
Matt Sax
Julie Jbara and Gregory Jbara
Martha Plimpton and guest
Martha Plimpton and guest
Geoffrey Rush and AndRea Martin
Geoffrey Rush and AndRea Martin
Philip George, John Freedson, William Selby, Gerard Alessandrini, Michael West, Christina Bianco, James Donegan, and Gina Kreiezmar
John Lithgow
Marcia Gay Harden and Thaddaeus Scheel
Marcia Gay Harden and Thaddaeus Scheel
Mike Birbiglia
Carson Kressley
Rex Reed, Bill Kapfer and Carson Kressley
Janet McTeer and Phyllida Lloyd
Tiger Martina, Liza Minnelli, Johnny Rogers and Jim Caruso
Tiger Martina, Liza Minnelli, Johnny Rogers and Jim Caruso
Tiger Martina, Liza Minnelli, Johnny Rogers and Jim Caruso
Tiger Martina, Liza Minnelli and Johnny Rogers
Tiger Martina and Liza Minnelli
Janine Nina Trevens, Jim Colleran, Amy Fiore and Joanna Greer
Sarah Benson
Stockard Channing and Matthew Risch
Stockard Channing and Matthew Risch
Lorenzo Pisoni
Lorenzo Pisoni
Lorenzo Pisoni and Bill Irwin
Lorenzo Pisoni and Bill Irwin
Bill Irwin
Pablo Schreiber
Pete Sanders and Cheyenne Jackson
