News & Views from the Drama Desk
Media Advisory
54th Annual Drama Desk Awards
To: All City, News, Theatre, Photo, TV and Radio Assignment Editors
Event: 54th Annual Drama9
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 multi-talented Harvey Fierstein as Host, The 54th Annual Drama Desk Awards will be held Sunday, May 17, 2009, 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 THE AWARDS CEREMONY,
AS WELL AS THE PRE AND POST CEREMONY VIP RECEPTIONS, 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: 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 17. Please note: Gray Line will provide shuttle buses between the Pre and Post VIP Receptions at Rouge Tomate and F.H. LaGuardia Concert Hall.
5:00 – 7:30 PM - Pre-ceremony VIP Reception for Nominees and Presenters at Rouge Tomate, 10 East 60th Street, hosted by Robert R. Blume, Drama Desk Awards Executive Producer, and owners of the restaurant.
5:00 – 6:15 PM -- Red Carpet Arrivals at Rouge Tomate
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 Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, Angela Lansbury, Liza Minnelli, Stockard Channing, John Cullum, Jim Dale, André De Shields, John Lithgow, Parker Posey, Tom Wopat, Audra McDonald, Victor Garber, Marin Mazzie, Jason Danieley, Michael Ruppert, Marcia Gay Harden, Janet McTeer, Jan Maxwell, Geoffrey Rush, Bill Irwin, Raúl Esparza, James Barbour, Brian d’Arcy James, Daniel Breaker, Will Swenson, Sahr Ngaulah, Josh Grisetti, Stephanie J. Block, Sutton Foster, Megan Hilty, Allison Janney, Karen Murphy, Pablo Schreiber, Peter Friedman, Zoe Kazan, Andrea Martin, Hunter Foster, Gregory Jbara, Marc Kudisch, Bryce Ryness, Christopher Sieber, Karen Olivo, Martha Plimpton, Nancy Opel, Haydn Gwynne, Christina Blanco, Michael Blakemore, Matthew Warchus, Terry Kinney, Walter Bobbie, Joe Mantello, Stephen Daldry, Bill T. Jones, Jeanine Tesori, Kate Whoriskey, David Lindsay-Abide, Patricia Resnick, Lee Hall, Campbell Scott, Neil Pepe and the casts of The Norman Conquests and The Cripple of Inishmaan, and Harvey Fierstein, among others.
11:15 PM – 2:00 AM – Post-ceremony VIP Reception at Rouge Tomate, 10 East 60th Street
Working press is invited to follow the proceedings from the Backstage Press Room (A27) backstage 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.
Media Contacts
L.S. Public Relations:
Les Schecter, 917 /854-3286 Lester.Schecter@verizon
Matthew Donoghue , 646/ 228-4448 donoghuemp@aol.com
presented by
56TH ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS
TO BE TELEVISED NATIONALLY ON OVATION CREATING LARGE NATIONAL FOOTPRINT FOR THE AWARDS AND ALL OF NEW YORK THEATERS
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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
