The 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards, hosted by Frank DiLella, will live-stream on Sunday, May 31, at 7:30 PM ET on Spectrum News NY1, NY1.com, and DramaDeskAwards.com. The celebration of the theater season will benefit The Actors Fund and its work to provide emergency financial assistance. Donations can be made at actorsfund.org/dramadeskdawards.
The evening will feature appearances by an all-star line-up of Drama Desk Awards alumni and friends, including Drama Desk Award winner James Corden, two-time Drama Desk Award winner Kristin Chenoweth, Drama Desk Award winner Alan Cumming, two-time Drama Desk Award winner Santino Fontana, Drama Desk Award winner Renée Elise Goldsberry, two-time Drama Desk Award winner Jesse Tyler Ferguson, two-time Drama Desk Award winner Jane Krakowski, three-time Drama Desk Award winner Patti LuPone, five-time Drama Desk Award winner Audra McDonald, Drama Desk Award winner Cynthia Nixon, two-time Drama Desk Award nominee Ashley Park, Drama Desk Award nominee Andrew Rannells, Drama Desk Award winner Ali Stroker, five-time Drama Desk Award winner Susan Stroman, and others.
In addition to paying tribute to those lost in the the theater community this year (including the recent loss of playwright and activist Larry Kramer), the ceremony will celebrate the life and legacy of American theater producer and director Hal Prince with the Drama Desk Awards’ first-ever Harold Prince Award lifetime achievement honor.
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