Nominations for the 53rd Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced Monday morning at the New York Friars Club by Bebe Neuwirth and Len Cariou, multi-award winning stage, screen and television stars. They were joined for the announcement by William Wolf, Drama Desk President, Barbara Siegel, Chairperson of the Drama Desk Nominating Committee, Robert Blume, Executive Producer of the Drama Desk Awards, and Randie Levine-Miller, Director of Special Events for the Drama Desk.
In keeping with the Drama Desk's unique mission, the nominators considered shows that opened on Broadway, off Broadway and off-off Broadway during the 2007/2008 season in the same competitive categories. Final deliberations took place at the Travel Inn, New York City.
The 2007/2008 Nominating Committee for the Drama Desk Awards is composed of:
Barbara Siegel (TalkinBroadway.com and TheaterMania.com), Chairperson; Dan Bacalzo (TheaterMania.com); Robert Cashill (New York Theater News and Live Design); Celia Ipiotis (Eye on the Arts); Gerard Raymond (Back Stage and The Advocate), and
Richard Ridge (Broadwaybeat.com).
Leading the slate of distinguished nominees is
A Catered Affair with twelve nominations, followed by Adding Machine with nine,
South Pacific and
Young Frankenstein, each with eight,
August: Osage County,
Passing Strange,
Sunday in the Park with George and The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island, tied at seven, and
Xanadu with six. See the complete nominees list here:
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The 53rd Annual Drama Desk Awards will be held Sunday, May 18, 2008, in the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. The awards show will be webcast for the sixth year in a row by TheaterMania.com. It will also be broadcast live on satellite radio's XM – 28 On Broadway for the second consecutive year.
Drama Desk nominees will receive their official nomination certificates at a cocktail reception on Thursday, May 1, 4:00 to 7:00 PM at Arte Café, 106 West 73rd Street, between Broadway and Columbus Avenue.
Photo Credit: Michael Caputo
Bebe Neuwirth and Len Cariou
Bebe Neuwirth and Len Cariou
Randie Levine-Miller (Director of Special Events for Drama Desk), Len Cariou and Bebe Neuwirth
William Wolf (President of the Drama Desk) and Len Cariou
Bebe Neuwirth, Randie Levine-Miller and Len Cariou
Lauren Schneider and Bebe Neuwirth
Elias Al-Hoge, Lauren Schneider, Robert R. Blume (Executive Director of the Drama Desk Awards), Bebe Neuwirth, Randie Levine-Miller and Len Cariou
Chris Cawkins and Bebe Neuwirth
David Sheward, William Wolf and Peter Filichia
Len Cariou, Randie Levine-Miller, Bebe Neuwirth, Robert R. Blume, Barbara Siegel (Chair Person of the Drama Desk Committee) and William Wolf
