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John Lithgow, Cherry Jones, and other Drama Desk Award winners turn up at Sardi's for a special luncheon.

By: Michael Portantiere · Apr 15, 2005  · New York

(Photo © Michael Portantiere)
(Photo © Michael Portantiere)







This afternoon at Sardi's, the Drama Desk held a luncheon featuring a panel of six multiple award winners/nominees discussing their experiences before and after receiving their honors from the organization. The participants were: John Lithgow, currently starring in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels...









(Photo © Michael Portantiere)
(Photo © Michael Portantiere)









Cherry Jones, who has received rave reviews for her unsparing performance as Sister Aloysius in Doubt...












(Photo © Michael Portantiere)
(Photo © Michael Portantiere)










Cleavant Derricks, one of the stars of Brooklyn: The Musical...










(Photo © Michael Portantiere)
(Photo © Michael Portantiere)








...Tom Aldredge, a.k.a. Juror #9 in the long-running Roundabout Theatre Company production of Twelve Angry Men...










(Photo © Michael Portantiere)
(Photo © Michael Portantiere)








...Frances Sternhagen, a.k.a. Clairee in the first Broadway production of Steel Magnolias...











(Photo © Michael Portantiere)
(Photo © Michael Portantiere)








...and David Rabe, author of Hurlyburly, which has been revived Off-Broadway to great acclaim.











(Photo © Michael Portantiere)
(Photo © Michael Portantiere)







Among the luncheon's attendees were Rabe's wife and daughter, actresses Jill Clayburgh (Pippin, The Rothschilds, The Exonerated, etc. on stage, An Unmarried Woman, etc. on film) and Lily Rabe (another star of Steel Magnolias).




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