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Media Advisory
52nd Annual Drama Desk Awards Has Manhattan Shooting Stars of Stage & Screen Sunday Evening
To: All City, News, Theatre, Photo, TV and Radio Assignment Editors
Event:52nd Annual Drama Desk Awards Ceremony and VIP Receptions
Date: Sunday, May 20, 2007
Time: Awards Ceremony: 9:00 – 11:30 PM; Arrivals: 8:00 – 8:45 PM
Place: FH LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center, 100 Amsterdam Ave. @ West 65th Street
With the incandescent Kristin Chenoweth (The Apple Tree, Wicked, TV’s The West Wing) playing host, the brightest lights in the business -- “there’s no business like” -- will descend on Midtown Manhattan for The 52nd Annual Drama Desk Awards to be held Sunday, May 20, 2007, at 9:00 PM in the FH LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center, 100 Amsterdam Avenue at 65th Street.
YOUR NEWS AND PHOTO COVERAGE OF ALL EVENTS IS CORDIALLY INVITED!
Please Note: All working Press must be accredited. If you are planning to cover the awards ceremony, the arrivals and/or the VIP receptions, please contact LS Public Relations ASAP via email or fax (Fax: 212/586-2990; email: Lester.Schecter@verizon.net). Accredited Media will have their names on the Guest List at each reception, and can pick up their Drama Desk Awards Press Credentials at the Press Table located in the lobby of the concert hall after 7 PM on Sunday, May 20.
5:15 – 745 PM - Pre-ceremony VIP Reception for Nominees and Presenters at The Russian Tea Room, 150 West 57th Street, between Seventh and Sixth Avenues, co-hosted by Christine Ebersole and the Grey Gardens” cast with Robert R. Blume, Drama Desk Awards Executive Producer.
5:15 – 6:15 PM -- Red Carpet Arrivals at Russian Tea Room
8:00 to 8:45 PM – Red Carpet Arrivals of Presenters and Nominees at Awards Ceremony. They through LaGuardia Concert Hall door on West 65th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues.
9:00 – 11:30 pm – Drama Desk Awards Ceremony. VIP guests include Kevin Spacey, Audra McDonald, Ashley Brown and the kids from Mary Poppins; Martin Short, Jim Dale; Tommy Tune; Phylicia Rashad, Marsha Mason, Lea Salonga, Raul Esparza, Lea Michele, and nominees including Vanessa Redgrave, Frank Langella, Liev Schreiber, Brian F. O’Byrne, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eve Best, Meryl Streep, Annie Parisse, Jonathan Grof, Donna Murphy, Michael Cerveris, Jan Maxwell, Martha Plimpton, Gavin Lee, Billy Crudup, Boyd Gaines, Debra Monk, Karen Ziemba, Barbara Walsh, Orfeh, Jack O’Brien, Hal Prince, Michael Mayer, John Doyle, Patricia Birch, Jerry Mitchell, Matthew Bourne, John Kander, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Julian Fellowes, Rupert Holmes, Alfred Uhry, Jonathan Tunick, William Ivey Long, Santo Loquasto, Carpathia Jenkins, Austin Pendleton and more.
Working press are invited to follow the proceedings from the Press Room backstage (Room A27) at the Concert Hall where media can watch the awards ceremony on a TV monitor. Winners & Presenters will be escorted to the Press Room after each award presentation to meet the media and pose for photos.
11:30 PM – Post-Awards Ceremony Reception at China Grill, 60 West 53rd Street, between Sixth and Fifth Avenues.
The Drama Desk Awards receptions were sponsored by Wines selected by Lubov Galleries, Grey Goose Vodkas, Peroni Beer, The Russian Tea Room, China Grill and Arte Café.
NEWS MEDIA CONTACTS:
L.S. Public Relations: Les Schecter, 917/854-3286 Lester.Schecter@verizon.net
Matthew Donoghue, 646/228-4448Matthew_P._Donoghue@att.net
presented by
56TH ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS
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Also Sponsored by:
For Sponsorship Information:
Christopher Raphael 845-987-0303
For Awards Program Advertising:
Allison H. Cohen 212-354-5124
For further information on this Ceremony and Events.
Go to www.DramaDeskAwards.com
