Photo Coverage: Drama Desk Awards Party
By: Linda Lenzi 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.
Robert R. Blume (Executive Producer, Drama Desk Awards) and
Michael Cerveris (Drama Desk Nominee, Sweeney Todd)
Michael Cerveris (Drama Desk Nominee, Sweeney Todd)
Alex Gemignani (Drama Desk Nominee, Sweeney Todd) and Erin Ortman
Scott Siegel, Vince Gatton (Drama Desk Nomiee, Candy and Dorothy) and Barbara Siegel
Linda Griffin (The Drowsy Chaperone), Randie Levine-Miller
(Special Events Director, Drama Desk), Barry Gordin (Journalist)
and Danny Burstein (The Drowsy Chaperone)
Pablo Schreiber (Awake and Sing!) and Jessica Monty
Danny Burstein (The Drowsy Chaperone) and Leslie Kritzer
(Drama Desk Nominee, The Great American Trailer Park Musical)
Roy Miller (Producer, The Drowsey Chaperone) with his wife Heather
Charlie Siedenburg (John Lloyd Young's Publiscist) and
John Lloyd Young (Drama Desk Winner - Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Jersey Boys)
Richie Ridge (Broadway Beat TV), John Lloyd Young and Preston Ridge (Producer)
Shannon Lewis and Marc Kudisch (Drama Desk Nominee
- Actor in a Musical, See What I Wanna See)
Jim Dale (Drama Desk Winner - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical,
The Threepenny Opera) and Bob Martin (Drama Desk Winner -
Outstanding Book of a Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone)
Preston Ridge, Sergio Trujillo (Drama Desk Nominee -
Choreographer, Jersey Boys) and Richie Ridge
Angelo Del Rossi (President Emeritus, Papermill Play House),
Leslie Kritzer and Roy Miller
Michael Einfeld and Heather Tom (ABC's One Live To Live)
William Wolf (Drama Desk President) and Christian Hoff
(Drama Desk Nominee - Featured Actor in a Musical, Jersey Boys)
Jenny-Lynn Suckling and J. Robert Spencer (Jersey Boys)
Daniel Reichard (Drama Desk Nominee - Featured
Actor in a Musical, Jersey Boys) and Christian Hoff
Daniel Reichard, Christian Hoff and Ellis Nassour
(Author, Columnist and Member of the Drama Desk Excecutive Board)
Jonathan Pryce (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) and Rachel deBenedet (Dirty Rotten Scoundels)
John Doyle (Drama Desk Winner - Outstanding Director of a Musical, Sweeney Todd) and Michael Ceveris
Preston Ridge, Joey Dudding, Richie Ridge and Daniel Reichard
Joey Dudding and Daniel Reichard
Daniel Reichard and Christian Hoff
Daniel Reichard, Richie Ridge and Christian Hoff
Daniel Reichard, Yolanda Culler and Christian Hoff
Richie Ridge and Peter Francis James (Stuff Happens)
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