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Photo Coverage: The 2012 Drama Desk Starry Arrivals Part 2

By: Jun. 04, 2012
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Yesterday, June 3, The 57th Annual Drama Desk Awards were held at The Town Hall, celebrating this year's big winners. The festivities were presided over by star of stage and screen Brooke Shields and Broadway favorite - and previous Drama Desk winner - Brian d'Arcy James.

BroadwayWorld was on the red carpet for the starry arrivals and brings you Part 2 of the photo coverage below! CLICK HERE for Part 1 and CLICK HERE for a complete list of the evening's honorees and winners! 

The awards were presented by award winning dramatists including Doug Wright and Rick Elice; legendary composers: Maury YestonWilliam Finn; directors Roger ReesAlex Timbers; designers Peggy Eisenhauer; orchestrators Jonathan TunickOskar Eustis, and Jenny Gersten; and performers Martha PlimptonJohn LarroquetteJulie Halston and Bernadette Peters

This year's show featured performances by Miche BradenJessie MuellerKevin EarleyMarin Mazzie, and Molly Ranson from Drama Desk recognized productions including The Devil's Music: The Life & Blues of Bessie Smith, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Death Takes a Holiday, and Carrie with a special performance by the Drama Desk winning cast of Newsical.

In keeping with the Drama Desk's mission, nominators considered shows that opened on Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway during the 2011-2012 New York theater season in the same competitive categories. The Board also decided to eliminate the category of Orchestrations.

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. For more information, visit www.dramadeskawards.com.

Photo Credit: Linda Lenzi

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Tracie Bennett

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Tracie Bennett

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Joe DiPietro

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Christine Pedi, Tom D'Angora, Christina Bianco and Michael West

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Jordan Roth

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Kevin Spacey

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Matt Cavanaugh and Jenny Powers

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Matt Cavanaugh and Jenny Powers

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Kelli O'Hara

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Gregg Naughton and Kelli O'Hara

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Roger Reese and Rick Elice

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Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley

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Molly Ranson

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Marin Mazzie and Molly Ranson

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Bernadette Peters

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Audra McDonald

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Audra McDonald and Will Swenson

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Carlo D'Amore and Mark Figel

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Stephanie J. Block

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Stephanie J. Block and Sebastian Arcelus

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Anna Camp

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Joseph Franchini and Quentin Chiappetta

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John Larroquette

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Kenneth Lonergan, J. Smith-Cameron, Laila Robins, Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders

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Jack Noseworthy, Sergio Trujillo, Christopher Ashley, Warren Leight and Karen Hauser

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Dan LeFranc

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Jeremy Shamos

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Warren Carlyle

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Joaquina Kalukango

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Gina Leishman

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Lisa Joyce

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Andy Manley

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Mark Bennett and Ken Berkeley

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Morgan Spector and Erika Sheffer

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David Henry Hwang and guest

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Jeff Key and Yuval Hadadi

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Danny Troob

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Duncan Sheik and Nor Ariffin

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Christopher Gattelli

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Rozi Baker, Gabe Green and Bailey Grey

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