Drama Desk Cocktail Reception Taking Place 5/1

 The Official Drama Desk Cocktail Reception honoring this year's Drama Desk Award Nominees will be held Thursday, May 1, 4 to 7 PM at Arte′ Cafe, 106 W. 73rd Street, between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues, where nominees will receive their Nomination Certificates.

Many of this year's Drama Desk Awards nominees are expected to attend the reception, including: cast members of [title of show] who will be the hosts of the 53rd Annual Drama Desk Awards on Sunday, May 18; Edward Albee and James Earl Jones, who will be honored by the Drama Desk with Lifetime Achievement Awards; Kevin Kline, Bill Pullman, Patti LuPone, Kelli O'Hara, Faith Prince, Jenna Russell, Alice Ripley, Sierra Boggess, John Cullum, Elizabeth Ashley, Zoe Kazan, Linda Lavin,  Rondi Reed, Amy Morton, Sinead Cusack, Deanna Dunagan, Frances McDormand, Fiona Shaw, Julie White, Andre DeShields, Paulo Szot, Daniel Evans, Marisa Tomei,  Danny Burstein, Christopher Fitzgerald, Boyd Gaines, Shuler Hensley, Tom Wopat, Bobby Steggert, Laura Benanti,  Leslie Kritzer, Andrea Martin, Mary Testa, Ian McShane, Eva Best, Raul Esparza,  Mare Winningham, Harvey Fierstein, Mel Brooks, John Bucchino, Lynn Ahrens, Susan Stroman, Lawrence Fishburne, Stephen Lang, Rob Ashford, Douglas Carter Beans, John Doyle, Bartlett Sher, Daniel Breaker, Cheyenne Jackson, Matthew Morrison, Bill Champion, Mark Rylance, Tobias Segal, Rufus Sewell, Horton Foote, Tracy Letts, Tom Stoppard, Alan Ayckbourn, Ronde Eckert, Liz Flahive, Cornieth Hill, Francis Jue, Arian Moayed, Jeff Perry, Michael T. Weiss, Amy Warren, Anna D. Shapiro,  Jonathan Tunick, Michael Starobin, Santo Loquasto, William Ivey Long, Ana Kuzmanic, Ken Billington, Natasha Katz,  Robin Wagner, cast members of The 39 Steps and The Homecoming, among others.  

Nominees will create personalized sketches for the Drama Desk's Art*Kives program, now in its seventh year. Sponsors of the reception include Arte′ Café and Grey Goose Vodka.

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