Sutton Foster, Tom Wopat, et al. Serve as Drama League's 2011 Honorary Chairs

The Drama League (Jano Herbosch, President; Gabriel Shanks, Executive Director) is pleased to announce this year's honorary co-chairs for The 77th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon.

This year's co-chair roster includes John Leguizamo (Ghetto Klown), Judith Light (Lombardi), Edie Falco (House of Blue Leaves, This Wide Night), Billy Crudup (Arcadia, The Metal Children), Tom Wopat (Catch Me If You Can), Sutton Foster (Anything Goes), Estelle Parsons (Good People) and Cherry Jones (Mrs. Warren's Profession).

The 77th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon is set for Friday, May 20, 2011 (noon) in the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square (1535 Broadway). The event will be hosted by Academy Award nominee Kathleen Turner, who returns to Broadway this spring in Matthew Lombardo's new drama, High.

As previously announced, each year The Drama League awards three non-competitive Special Recognitions. This year, Whoopi Goldberg will receive the Unique Contribution to the Theatre Award, Liza Minnelli will be honored with the Distinguished Acheivement in Musical Theatre Award and Susan Stroman will receive the Julia Hansen Award for Excellence in Directing.

Long considered the theatre season's most festive award ceremony, The Drama League Awards pays tribute to the season's best performers by including the nominees of The Distinguished Performance Award on a dais. The 77th Annual Drama League Awards dais will feature approximately 50 stars from the 2010-11 Broadway and Off-Broadway season.

In addition to the Special Recognitions,The Drama League's 3,000+ members vote on five other annual awards: Distinguished Production of a Play, Distinguished Production of a Musical, Distinguished Revival of a Play, Distinguished Revival of a Musical and The Distinguished Performance Award. Nominations for these five awards will be announced on Monday, April 25.

Tickets for The 77th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon are now available by calling 212-244-9494.

For more information, please visit www.dramaleague.org.

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