See How it All Began
The Drama Desk was founded to explore key issues of the theatre community. Each year the organization produces a series of panel discussions to spotlights areas of concern and then to educate the public about these matters.Guest panelists have included theatre reporters, editors, and critics and every Mayor (or a representative) since the panels' inception.
At the time of the Drama Desk's founding, the only major awards honoring New York theatre's creative men and women were the Antoinette Perry Awards, better known as "The Tonys®". These awards only celebrate those productions produced in Broadway theatres, while ignoring the hundreds of stage productions presented each year Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and in legitimate not-for-profit theatres. Since Drama Desk members cover not only Broadway productions, but all New York theatre productions, the organization decided in 1955 to create its own awards celebrating creative stage achievements wherever they were presented.
Over the last fifty-five years, the prestige of the Drama Desk Awards has helped launch the careers of many major stars and playwrights. The first award that Andrew Lloyd Webber received in American theatre was from the Drama Desk as "Most Promising Composer." Drama Desk was also the first awards show to recognize such talents as Edwards Albee, Wendy Wasserstein, George C. Scott, Stacy Keach, and Sada Thompson. Dustin Hoffman signed onto The Graduate only days after receiving his 1966 award. Plays like Driving Miss Daisy, Other People's Money, Steel Magnolias, and The Boys in the Band, all Off-Broadway productions, gained their reputations and built momentum to achieve worldwide success as a result of their Drama Desk wins.
Every year many high-profile film, television, and stage stars attend the Drama Desk Awards as past winners, presenters, or current nominees. Last year's awards show was the biggest and most lavish in the history of the awards. This year the Drama Desk intends to top it!
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55th ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED AT NY FRIARS CLUB BY BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL AND CADY HUFFMAN
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THE 55TH ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS CEREMONY WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY EVENING, MAY 23rd, 2010
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