The big winners of the evening were Tracy Letts' August: Osage County and Stew and Heidi Rodewald's Passing Strange which were named, respectively, Outstanding Play and Outstanding Musical. The revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific took home the most awards of any show, winning a total of five. August: Osage County, Passing Strange and the revival of Gypsy all won three Drama Desk Awards a piece.

Top acting honors went to Boeing-Boeing's Mark Rylance (Outstanding Actor in a Play), August: Osage County's Deanna Dunagan (Outstanding Actress in a Play), South Pacific's Paulo Szot (Outstanding Actor in a Musical) and Gypsy's Patti LuPone (Outstanding Actress in a Musical).

Tony Award winner Laurence Fishburne won the award for Outstanding Solo Performance for his work in Thurgood.

The awards ceremony was hosted by the Broadway-bound cast of [title of show].

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Below are photos of those in attendance at the ceremony and pre-show VIP reception:

Linda Lavin		Mark Rylance

Heidi Rodewald		Kelli O'Hara

Sierra Boggess		Rondi Reed

Leslie Kritzer and Faith Prince		Julie White

Priscilla Lopez and daughter Gabriella		James Earl Jones

Team of [title of show]

Cast of The Dining Room

Laura Benanti, Patti LuPone and Boyd Gaines