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2010 Drama Desk Awards to Be Presented on Sunday, May 23; Webcast Live on TheaterMania

Patti LuPone
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)
Patti LuPone
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

The 2010 Drama Desk Awards will be held at the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center, on Sunday, May 23, beginning at 9pm.

The event will be webcast live on TheaterMania.com and there will be live Twitter reports from the backstage press room. Winners will also be updated live on the website. In addition, TheaterMania will provide extensive photo and video coverage of the event during the week of May 24.

As previously announced, Drama Desk and Tony Award winner Patti LuPone will host the ceremony. Scheduled presenters include Boyd Gaines, Ana Gasteyer, Cheyenne Jackson, Jesse L. Martin, Martha Plimpton, Corbin Bleu, Michael Cerveris, Mitzi Gaynor, Leslie Jordan, Matthew Modine, Adriane Lenox, Edward Albee, and Brooke Shields.

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

For more information, visit www.dramadesk.com.