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Media Advisory
53rd Annual Drama Desk Awards
To: All City, News, Theatre, Photo, TV and Radio Assignment Editors
Event: 53rd Annual Drama Desk Awards Ceremony and VIP Receptions
Date: Sunday, May 18, 2008
Time: Awards Ceremony: 9:00 – 11:00 PM; Arrivals: 8:00 – 8:45 PM
Place: FH LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center, 100 Amsterdam Ave. @ West 65th Street
with the cast members of the upcoming Broadway musical [title of show] playing host, the brightest lights in the business -- “there’s no business like” -- will descend on Midtown Manhattan for The 53rd Annual Drama Desk Awards to be held Sunday, May 18, 2008, 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 18.
5:00 – 7:30 PM - Pre-ceremony VIP Reception for Nominees and Presenters at The Hawaiian Tropic Zone, 729 Seventh Avenue, hosted by Robert R. Blume, Drama Desk Awards Executive Producer, and Dennis Riese, owner of the restaurant.
5:00 – 6:15 PM -- Red Carpet Arrivals at The Hawaiian Tropic Zone
8:00 to 8:45 PM – Red Carpet Arrivals of Presenters and Nominees at Awards Ceremony. They enter through LaGuardia Concert Hall door on West 65th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues.
9:00 – 11:00 pm – Drama Desk Awards Ceremony. Expected guests include Special Drama Desk Award Winners James Earl Jones and Edward Albee; presenters Jane Alexander, Elizabeth Ashley, Laura Benanti, John Cullum, Jim Dale, Harvey Fierstein, Leigh Ann Larkin, Dixie Longate, Patti LuPone and Andrea Martin; hosts Susan Blackwell, Hunter Bell, Jeff Bowen, Heidi Blickenstaff, Larry Pressgrove and director Michael Berresse, all from [title of show]; and nominees Kelli O’Hara, Sierra Boggess, Faith Prince, Alice Ripley, Jenna Russell, Paulo Szot, Daniel Breaker, Andre De Shields, Daniel Evans, Cheyenne Jackson, Matthew Morrison, Frances McDormand, Julie White, Fiona Shaw, Deanna Dunagan, Laurence Fishburne, Amy Morton, Rondi Reed, Sinead Cusack, Bill Pullman, Kevin Kline, Rufus Sewell, Conleth Hill, Jeff Perry, Michael T. Weiss, Zoe Kazan, Linda Lavin, Marisa Tomei, Danny Burstein, Christopher Fitzgerald, Boyd Gaines, Shuler Hensley, Tom Wopat, Leslie Kritzer, Mary Testa, Anna D. Shapiro, Bartlett Sher, John Doyle, Sam Buntrock, Susan Stroman, Lynn Ahrens, Mel Brooks, Stew, Douglas Carter Beane, Jonathan Tunick, Doug Besterman, Robin Wagner, Michael Yeargan, William Ivey Long and Natasha Schwartz, among others.
Working press is invited to follow the proceedings from the Press Room backstage (Room A27) at the Concert Hall where the awards ceremony can be seen 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 John’s Pizzeria of Times Square, 260 West 44th Street.
The Drama Desk Awards receptions are sponsored by Wines selected by Lubov Galleries, Legend of Kremlin Vodka, Peroni Beer, The Hawaiian Tropic Zone, John’s Pizzeria of Times Square and Arte Café.
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Press Contact:
Les Schecter / Matthew P. Donoghue
Tel: 212/586-2600
E-Mail: Lester.Schecter@verizon.net
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