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PHOTO FLASH: Harvey Fierstein, Jonathan Groff, Katie Holmes, Cheyenne Jackson, Michael Shannon, Tom Wopat, et al. Attend Drama Desk Awards

New York City

The 2011 Drama Desk Awards are being presented at a ceremony held at Hammerstein Ballroom tonight, Monday, May 23. The ceremony is hosted by Harvey Fierstein.

Scheduled to present awards are Ellen Barkin, Tyne Daly, Jonathan Groff, Katie Holmes, Cheyenne Jackson, Larry Kramer, Marsha Mason, David Hyde Pierce, Colin Quinn, Daniel Radcliffe, Liev Schreiber, Annabella Sciorra, Christian Siriano, Holland Taylor, and Tom Wopat.

Among the many other stars in attendance at the awards ceremony are Danny Aiello, Nina Arianda, Brian Bedford, Laura Benanti, Stephanie J. Block, Christian Borle, Charles Busch, Kerry Butler, Norbert Leo Butz, Bobby Cannavale, TV Carpio, Jill Eikenberry, Fyvush Finkel, Sutton Foster, Montego Glover, Joel Grey, Julie Halston, Nikki M. James, Carol Kane, Celia Keenan-Bolger, John Larroquette, Beth Leavel, Patina Miller, Karen Olivo, Rory O’Malley, Laura Osnes, Steven Pasquale, Larry Pearl, Lily Rabe, Andrew Rannells, Tom Riley, Mark Rylance, Michael Shannon, Christopher Sieber, Paul Sparks, Lucas Steele, Michael Tucker, Zachary Quinto, and Yul Vazquez.

The ceremony will be filmed in HD for a television special that will premiere on Ovation TV on Saturday, June 4 at 9pm, with repeat airings at 12:30pm and 2pm on Sunday, June 12.

To see TheaterMania’s story on Drama Desk winners, click here.

To see the second part of TheaterMania’s photo coverage of Drama Desk arrivals, click here.