PHOTO CALL: 2008 Drama Desk Awards
By Matthew Blank
May 19, 2008
The 53rd Annual Drama Desk Awards were presented May 18 in the F.H. LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center.
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].
Click here for a full list of winners and nominees.
Below are photos of those in attendance at the ceremony and pre-show VIP reception:
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Linda Lavin | Mark Rylance |
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Heidi Rodewald | Kelli O'Hara |
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Sierra Boggess | Rondi Reed |
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Leslie Kritzer and Faith Prince | Julie White |
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Priscilla Lopez and daughter Gabriella | James Earl Jones |
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Team of [title of show] |
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Cast of The Dining Room |
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Laura Benanti, Patti LuPone and Boyd Gaines |
All photos by Aubrey Reuben