The 50th Annual Drama Desk Awards Ceremony took place on Sunday, May 22. The big winners of the night were Doubt and The Light in the Piazza, each of whom received 5 awards. Outstanding Musical however, went to Spamalot.
'Spamalot' gets excellent 1-to-9 odds to win Best Musical at the Tony
Awards on June 5, according to the experts at GoldDerby.com. The Broadway
mega-hit loosely based upon the film 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' is
also favored to win Best Director (Mike Nichols, 6-to-5-odds) and Best
Featured Actress (Sara Ramirez, 3 to 2).
Spamalot leads the pack with 12 nominations, followed by Light in the Piazza with 11, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with 10. Click in to see all the nominees.
Cheyenne Jackson, Matthew Morrison, Jai Rodriguez, Christopher Sieber and John Tartaglia will be featured in the first ''The Leading Men'' benefit concert for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS on Monday, May 30, at 7 p.m. at Joe's Pub at the Public Theatre.
THE ARTISTS SHOWCASE SERIES presents a reading of THE UNAUTHORIZED AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SAMANTHA BROWN, a new musical with music and lyrics by BRIAN LOWDERMILK, concept by ZACH ALTMAN and book and lyrics by KAIT KERRIGAN at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 3, at Makor, 35 West 67th Street, between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue.
THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, a new musical with book by Craig Lucas, music and lyrics by Adam Guettel and direction by Bartlett Sher begins performances Thursday (March 17) at the Vivian Beaumont Theater (150 West 65 St). Opening night for this Lincoln Center Theater production is Monday, April 18.
Mahogany, the legendary character conceived, written, and performed by Michael Benjamin Washington, returns to Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette Street) on Monday, February, 28 (9:30 p.m.).
THE ARTISTS SHOWCASE SERIES is pleased to present a reading of BINGO WITH THE INDIANS, a new black comedy by ADAM RAPP, at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 6, at Makor, 35 West 67th Street, between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue.
