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Cheyenne Jackson, Jesse L. Martin, Martha Plimpton, et al. to Present at 2010 Drama Desk Awards; Patti LuPone to Host

Patti LuPone
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Patti LuPone
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Boyd Gaines, Ana Gasteyer, Cheyenne Jackson, Jesse L. Martin, and Martha Plimpton have joined the previously announced Corbin Bleu, Michael Cerveris, Mitzi Gaynor, Leslie Jordan, Matthew Modine, Rosie Perez, and Brooke Shields as presenters at the 2010 Drama Desk Awards, to be held at the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center, on Sunday, May 23, beginning at 9pm.

As previously reported, Drama Desk and Tony Award winner Patti LuPone will host the ceremony.

Nominations for the 55th Annual Drama Desk Awards will be announced from The New York Friars Club on Monday, May 3 at 9:30am by Brian Stokes Mitchell and Cady Huffman.

The Drama Desk is an organization of theater critics, writers, and editors which honors excellence in all areas of New York theatre, including Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off Broadway and not-for-profit theater.

For more information and tickets, visit www.dramadesk.com.