Thursday, May 19, 2011

Daniel Radcliffe, Liev Schreiber, Katie Holmes Among Drama Desk Presenters

A star-studded list of Presenters will be on hand Monday for the 56th Annual Drama Desk Awards Ceremony  at the Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan Center.

Presenters include stage, screen and television stars, among them (in alphabetical order): Ellen Barkin, Tyne Daly, Jonathan Groff, Katie Holmes, Cheyenne Jackson, Larry Kramer, Marcia Mason,  David Hyde Pierce, Colin Quinn, Daniel Radcliffe, Liev Schreiber,  Annabella Sciorra, Christian Siriano,  Holland Taylor and Tom Wopat.
The 56th Annual Drama Desk Awards, which celebrates outstanding New York theater productions and creative talent for the 2010-2011 season, will premiere on Ovation, the only network dedicated to arts culture,  Saturday, June 4 at 9 pm ET/7:30 p.m. PT with encore presentations on Sunday, June 12 at 12:30 PM ET/9:30 AM PT and 2:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT.The 90-minute highlight special, directed by Jeff Kalpak, will be hosted by Tony® and Drama Desk Award-winner Harvey Fierstein. 
Ovation.com will stream a special red-carpet show on May 23 at 6 pm hosted by stylist/designer Phillip Bloch and The Broadway Channel’s Maribel Aber. The Red Carpet coverage will feature arrivals and interviews with the Drama Desk nominees, presenters and guests.

The Drama Desk (www.dramadesk.org) is an organization of professional theater writers, editors, critics and columnists who cover all areas of professional theater in the greater New York area, including Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway and not-for-profit theaters. The organization was founded in 1949 to explore key issues of the theater community.

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