Photo Coverage: Drama Desk Awards

By: May. 23, 2006
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The 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards were presented on Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 9:00 PM, at the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center.  The annual awards honor excellence in theater for Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway during the season.  

For the third consecutive year, Harvey Fierstein hosted the ceremony. The Drama Desk Awards were taped for television and subsequently broadcast nationwide as a two-hour special on PBS stations. In New York, the program will be shown on Thirteen/WNET on Monday, May 29 at 3:00 PM and on NYC-25 TV on Tuesday May 30 and Thursday, June 1 at 10:00 PM.

The Drowsy Chaperone was awarded Outstanding Musical, Awake and Sing! won Outstanding Revival of a Play, Sweeney Todd took Outstanding Revival of a Musical and The History Boys was awarded Best New Play. Visit this link for the complete list of winners. Visit www.dramadesk.org for more information on the Drama Desk Awards.

Photo Coverage: Drama Desk Awards
Harvey Fierstein

Photo Coverage: Drama Desk Awards
Harvey Fierstein

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Harry Connick Jr. and Kelli O'Hara

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Barbara Cook

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Jim Dale, Harry Connick Jr. and Kelli O'Hara

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Patti LuPone and Michael Cerveris

Photo Coverage: Drama Desk Awards
Michael Cerveris and Patti LuPone

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The cast of Awake and Sing!

Photo Coverage: Drama Desk Awards
Christine Ebersole

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Christine Ebersole and Fran Drescher

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Fran Drescher

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Harvey Fierstein

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Christine Ebersole and Fran Drescher

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Christine Ebersole

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Paige Davis

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Beth Leavel, Harry Connick Jr. and Kelli O'Hara

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Kathleen Marshall

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Hallie Foote and Horton Foote

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Angela Lansbury

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The Drowsy Chaperone's Bob Martin and Beth Leavel

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Angela Lansbury

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The Jersey Boys--John Lloyd Young, Daniel Reichard, Christian Hoff and J. Robert Spencer

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Oliver Platt

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Sutton Foster, Bob Martin and Beth Leavel

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Richard Griffiths

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John Lloyd Young and Fran Drescher

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Deborah Gibson

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Horton Foote and Hallie Foote

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The cast of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris--Natascia Diaz, Robert Cuccioli, Rodney Hicks and Gay Marshall

Photo Coverage: Drama Desk Awards
The Jersey Boys

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The Jersey Boys say goodnight!



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