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Fabulous folks are everywhere as shows continue to open in the midst of theater awards mania.

New York City


Those who attended the Drama Desk Award Nominees reception at St. John boutique on Tuesday, May 6 said that the event was more exciting than it has been in recent years because the nominees included several big stars — and almost all of them showed up! Here, Latin solidarity is demonstrated by Priscilla Lopez (Class Mothers ’68), Antonio Banderas, and Chita Rivera (co-stars of Nine).












Among the many other nominees present at St. John for the reception: Harvey Fierstein, who plays Edna Turnblad in Hairspray…

…Dick Latessa, who plays Edna Turnblad’s hubby in Hairspray…



…Christine Ebersole (Talking Heads)…





…T.R. Knight (Scattergood) and Denis O’Hare (Take Me Out)…

…Mary Stuart Masterson (Nine) and Lynn Redgrave (Talking Heads)…




…Marylouise Burke (Kimberly Akimbo)…





…and Frederick Weller (Take Me Out). For information regarding tickets to the Drama Desk Awards, click here.





Caught backstage at the Lucille Lortel Awards ceremony on Monday, May 5: nominee Edward Norton…













…and presenter Cynthia Nixon.

The Lortel Award winners celebrated with their colleagues and friends after the ceremony at Thom restaurant on Thompson Street. Among the revelers: John Tartaglia and Rick Lyon of Avenue Q…






…Shelley Thomas and Devanand Janki of Zanna, Don’t!…





…and Tovah Feldshuh of Golda’s Balcony.









Meanwhile, on the Main Stem: Megan Mullally was one of the celebrities on hand to applaud Brian Dennehy, Vanessa Redgrave, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Robert Sean Leonard as the latest revival of Long Day’s Journey Into Night bowed at the Plymouth Theatre on May 6…





…and, on May 4, Burt Bacharach caught up with Dionne Warwick at the opening night party for The Look of Love, the Roundabout Theatre Company’s revue of songs written by Bacharach in collaboration with Hal David — many of which were made famous by Warwick.