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Winners’ Circle

The happy honorees smile for TheaterMania’s cameras at the 50th annual Drama Desk Awards.

New York City

Talk about a starry, starry night! The 50th annual Drama Desk Awards ceremony was held last evening at the LaGuardia Concert Hall. TheaterMania.com webcast the event live, and our intrepid photographer Joseph Marzullo was there in the press room to grab shots of the winners. Here’s Billy Crystal, honored for his Outstanding Solo Performance in 700 Sundays.

Also among the celebrants were four winners for Doubt: Cherry Jones (Outstanding Actress in a Play)…

…Brian F. O’Byrne (Outstanding Actor in a Play)…

…Adriane Lenox and Doug Hughes (Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play and Outstanding Director of a Play ).

One of the most vociferously applauded of the winners was Victoria Clark, voted Outstanding Actress in a Musical for The Light in the Piazza, whose magnificent performance of “Fable” from that Adam Guettel score was one of the entertainment highlights of the ceremony.

Here’s Adam Guettel himself, honored for Outstanding Music for Piazza.

Also in the winners’ circle: Norbert Leo Butz (Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)…

…Jan Maxwell (Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)…

…Denis O’Hare (Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Sweet Charity)…

…Michael Stuhlbarg, who seemed genuinely overwhelmed by winning the Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play award for his brilliant performance in The Pillowman…

…producers Jimmy Nederlander and Marty Richards (Outstanding Revival of a Musical, La Cage aux Folles)…

…and the irrepressible Jerry Mitchell, honored for his choreography of La Cage.