Photo Coverage: Drama Desk Awards
By: Walter McBride May. 23, 2006
The 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards were presented on Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 9:00 PM, at the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. The annual awards honor excellence in theater for Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway during the season.
For the third consecutive year, Harvey Fierstein hosted the ceremony. The Drama Desk Awards were taped for television and subsequently broadcast nationwide as a two-hour special on PBS stations. In New York, the program will be shown on Thirteen/WNET on Monday, May 29 at 3:00 PM and on NYC-25 TV on Tuesday May 30 and Thursday, June 1 at 10:00 PM.
The
Drowsy Chaperone was awarded Outstanding Musical, Awake and Sing! won
Outstanding Revival of a Play, Sweeney Todd took Outstanding Revival of
a Musical and The History Boys was awarded Best New Play. Visit this link for the complete list of winners. Visit www.dramadesk.org for more information on the Drama Desk Awards.
For the third consecutive year, Harvey Fierstein hosted the ceremony. The Drama Desk Awards were taped for television and subsequently broadcast nationwide as a two-hour special on PBS stations. In New York, the program will be shown on Thirteen/WNET on Monday, May 29 at 3:00 PM and on NYC-25 TV on Tuesday May 30 and Thursday, June 1 at 10:00 PM.
Harvey Fierstein
Harvey Fierstein
Harry Connick Jr. and Kelli O'Hara
Barbara Cook
Jim Dale, Harry Connick Jr. and Kelli O'Hara
Patti LuPone and Michael Cerveris
Michael Cerveris and Patti LuPone
The cast of Awake and Sing!
Christine Ebersole
Christine Ebersole and Fran Drescher
Fran Drescher
Harvey Fierstein
Christine Ebersole and Fran Drescher
Christine Ebersole
Paige Davis
Beth Leavel, Harry Connick Jr. and Kelli O'Hara
Kathleen Marshall
Hallie Foote and Horton Foote
Angela Lansbury
The Drowsy Chaperone's Bob Martin and Beth Leavel
Angela Lansbury
The Jersey Boys--John Lloyd Young, Daniel Reichard, Christian Hoff and J. Robert Spencer
Oliver Platt
Sutton Foster, Bob Martin and Beth Leavel
Richard Griffiths
John Lloyd Young and Fran Drescher
Deborah Gibson
Horton Foote and Hallie Foote
The cast of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris--Natascia Diaz, Robert Cuccioli, Rodney Hicks and Gay Marshall
The Jersey Boys
The Jersey Boys say goodnight!
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