Photo Coverage: DRAMA DESK - Cocktail Party
By: Walter McBride May. 06, 2008
The Official Drama Desk Cocktail Reception honoring this year's Drama Desk Award Nominees was held Thursday, May 1, from 4 to 7 PM at Arte′ Cafe, 106 W. 73rd Street, between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues, where nominees received their Nomination Certificates.Many of this year's Drama Desk Awards nominees attended 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; Bill Pullman, 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, 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 created 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.Photos by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.
Laura Benanti and Sierra Boggess
Laura Benanti and Sierra Boggess
Henry Hodges and Sierra Boggess
Henry Hodges and Sierra Boggess
John Bucchino, Leslie Kritzer, and Faith Prince
Leslie Kritzer, Harvey Fierstein and Faith Prince
Leslie Kritzer, Harvey Fierstein and Faith Prince
Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
Shuler Hensley and Danny Burstein
Zoe Kazan and Bobby Steggert
Zoe Kazan and Bobby Steggert
Leslie Kritzer and Alice Ripley
Stewart Lane and Bonnie Comley
Christopher Fitzgerald and Andrea Martin
Christopher Fitzgerald and Andrea Martin
Andrea Martin and Leslie Kritzer
Deanna Dunagan, Amy Morton and Rondi Reed
Bill Pullman and Elizabeth Ashley
Bill Pullman and Elizabeth Ashley
Bill Pullman and Elizabeth Ashley
Leslie Krittzer and Alice Ripely
Stew
Stew
Susan Stroman and Shuler Hensley
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