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[title of show] Cast to Host 2008 Drama Desk Awards on May 18

Jeff Bowen, Heidi Blickenstaff, Hunter Bell,
and Susan Blackwell in [title of show]
(© Carol Rosegg)
Jeff Bowen, Heidi Blickenstaff, Hunter Bell,
and Susan Blackwell in [title of show]
(© Carol Rosegg)

The cast of the upcoming Broadway musical [title of show] — Jeff Bowen, Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell, Heidi Blickenstaff, and Larry Pressgrove — will host the 53rd Annual Drama Desk Awards at 9pm on Sunday, May 18 at the F.H. LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. The event will be webcast live by TheaterMania.com.


[title of show], a musical about the creation of a musical, originally premiered at the New York Musical Theatre Festival and played an Off-Broadway engagement at the Vineyard Theatre. It is set to begin previews at Broadway’s Lyceum Theater July 5, with an official opening scheduled on July 17.

Nominations for the 2008 Drama Desk Awards will be announced by Bebe Neuwirth and Len Cariou on Monday, April 28 at 9:45am at the New York Friars Club and can be viewed live via webcast on TheaterMania.com.


The 2007/2008 Nominating Committee for the Drama Desk Awards is composed of: Barbara Siegel (TalkinBroadway.com, TheaterMania.com); Dan Bacalzo (TheaterMania.com); Robert Cashill (New York Theater News and Live Design); Celia Ipiotis (Eye on the Arts); Gerard Raymond (Back Stage and The Advocate), and Richard Ridge (broadwaybeat.com).

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