Friars Club News

Beth Leavel and James Naughton announced the nominees for the 2007 Drama Desk Awards this morning at The Friar's Club. The awards will take place on Sunday, May 20th at the F. H. LaGuardia Concert Hall.

Nominations for the 52nd Annual Drama Desk Awards will be announced on Thursday, April 26, 2007, at 9:45 AM at the New York Friars Club, 57 East 55th Street, in Manhattan

The 52nd Annual Drama Desk Awards will be held on Sunday, May 20, in the F.H. LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center,

Carnegie Club performer releases musical tribute to Frank Sinatra

Singer/performer Steven Maglio and the acclaimed Stan Rubin Orchestra continue with'Sinatra Songs,' a musical tribute featuring a hit parade of songs made popular by Frank Sinatra

Tony Award-winner Jim Dale was saluted at a Friars Club Musical Tribute on Monday, October 30th at the Friars Club

Tony Award-winner Jim Dale will be saluted at a Friars Club musical event on Monday, October 30th at the Friars Club

J. Robert Spencer, currently starring as Nick Massi in JERSEY BOYS, one of the hottest show on Broadway, is sponsoring a mentoring program for an aspiring male actor from the Red Bank Regional High School in Little Falls, New Jersey.

The Friar Club will welcome A Chorus Line composer Marvin Hamlisch as the next guest speaker for its Celebrity Luncheon Series on Thursday, May 18th

BroadwayWorld was there as nominations for the 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced by Donna McKechnie and Marvin Hamlisch

Nominations for the 51 st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today at The New York Friars Club by theater notables Marvin Hamlisch and Donna McKechnie, who revealed the nominees for the 2005/2006 theater season in front of a crowd of theater professionals at the press conference this morning.

Nominations for the 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards will be announced on Thursday, April 27 at the New York Friars Club

Comedian DARRELL HAMMOND best known for his impressions of Bill Clinton, and the entire Bush cabinet (Cheney, Ashcroft, and Rumsfeld) on NBC's 'Saturday Night Live' has joined the roster for next Monday's COMEDY CARES 3 - benefit for Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS at Caroline's on Broadway.

Multi-talented actor/writer Harvey Fierstein, who recently returned to his award-winning role of Edna Turnblad in the Las Vegas company of Hairspray after completing a year as Tevye in the record-breaking Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof, will host The 51st Annual DRAMA DESK AWARDS on Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 9:00 PM

6 Women Playwrights Turning 60 in 2006 PREMIERE OF UNIQUE TRAVELING PLAY FESTIVAL BY 6 WOMEN BABY-BOOMER PLAYWRIGHTS

The nominations for the 51st annual Drama Desk Awards will be announced on April 27th, while the ceremony itself will be held on May 21st

Rick Elice, Bob Fennell, Stewart Lane and other producers, marketing experts and theater writers took part in the Drama Desk's first panel discussion of the 2005/2006 season on November 21st

Lynn Redgrave and Robert Goulet announced the nominations from the New York Friars Club and BroadwayWorld was there!

The 50th Annual Drama Desk Awards Ceremony on Sunday, May 22, hosted by Harvey Fierstein, starring as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, will reach one of its largest audiences ever since it will be seen on PBS stations across the nation.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Drama Desk Awards, the organization has voted to present a special award to The Public Theater, also celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2005, it was announced today by William Wolf, President of the Drama Desk, and Barbara Siegel, Chairperson of its Nominating Committee.