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It's a Thrill Just To Be Nominated!

Shots from the Drama Desk Award nominees' reception at the Arte Cafe.

By Michael Portantiere • May 3, 2006 • New York









Because the Drama Desk Awards cover Off- and Off-Off-Broadway as well as Broadway, the annual reception for nominees can always be counted on to offer a really great mix of performers and creative artists. Among those on hand for yesterday evening's event at the Arte Cafe on West 73rd Street: Christine Ebersole, nominated for her brilliant work in Grey Gardens...

















...Harry Connick, Jr., a.k.a. Sid Sorokin in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revisal of The Pajama Game...



















...Kelli O'Hara (right), Connick's Pajama Game co-star, with Mary Testa, nominated for her performance in See What I Wanna See...


















...John Doyle, the acclaimed director of Sweeney Todd, with Patti LuPone, his Mrs. Lovett...



















...Jan Maxwell, who is no longer Entertaining Mr. Sloane (or Mr. Baldwin) but was nominated for her performance in that show...


















...Bradford Louryk (Christine Jorgensen Reveals), displaying his contribution to the Drama Desk ArtKives...























...Lynn Redgrave, nominated for her performance in last summer's The Constant Wife and now appearing at BAM in The Importance of Being Earnest...



















... Stephen Lynch, who plays the title role in The Wedding Singer...




















...Lois Smith, beloved by critics and audiences for her performance in The Trip to Bountiful...



















...Mark Ruffalo and Jonathan Hadary, who share in a special 2006 Drama Desk award to the ensemble cast of Awake and Sing!...




















...Carolee Carmello (Lestat) with Michael Winther (Songs From an Unmade Bed)...




















Jersey Boys' Daniel Reichard and John Lloyd Young...




















...The History Boys' Dominic Cooper and Samuel Barnett...



















...Leslie Kritzer (The Great American Trailer Park Musical) with Vince Gatton (Candy & Dorothy)...

















...and this happy crowd of nominees for The Drowsy Chaperone: Bob Martin, Kevin McCollum (one of the show's producers), Sutton Foster, Beth Leavel, Eddie Korbich, and director-choreographer Casey Nicholaw.


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