The 58th Annual Drama Desk Awards Ceremony took place May 19 at 8:00PM at Town Hall in midtown Manhattan.
An organization of theater critics, writers, and editors, Drama Desk honors excellence in all areas of New York theater including Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway.
Nominees this year include Tom Hanks, Billy Porter, Vanessa Redgrave, Cicely Tyson, Richard Kind, Andrea Martin, and Donna Murphy.
Check out photos of the arrivals below. Although it was raining, that didn’t stop a parade of celebrities from walking the red carpet.
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Composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul of A Christmas Story: The Musical are the first to arrive on this rainy Sunday evening. (© David Gordon)
Outstanding Actor in a Musical nominee Ryan Silverman (Passion) arrives with wife Kim Craven.(© David Gordon)
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play nominee Kellie Overbey (Sleeping Rough) doesn’t need an umbrella. (© David Gordon)
Outstanding Actress in a Play nominee Maria Dizzia (Belleville) arrives with playwright Will Eno.(© David Gordon)
Pam MacKinnon is nominated for Outstanding Director of a Play for the Broadway revival of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? She is accompanied by boyfriend John Procaccino.(© David Gordon)
Reed Birney played the title role in the Off-Broadway revival of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, earning him an Outstanding Actor in a Play nomination.(© David Gordon)
Hands on a Hardbody cast members Allison Case and Jay Armstrong Johnson show up to support the show, which is the most-nominated Broadway show this evening (nine awards). Johnson is also the recipient of the Outstanding Ensemble Performance Award along with his fellow Working: The Musical cast members. (© David Gordon)
Busy lady Amanda Green is not only nominated in the Outstanding Music category for Hands on a Hardbody; she is also nominated against herself in the Outstanding Lyrics Category for Hardbody and Bring It On: The Musical.(© David Gordon)
Drama Desk nominee Richard Kind (The Big Knife) has already won the most stylish umbrella award on the red carpet tonight. Will he win more?(© David Gordon)
Tom Hanks (nominated for Outstanding Actor in a Play for Lucky Guy) stops for a photo before rushing into Town Hall to get out of the rain.(© David Gordon)
Beloved comedian, banjo player, playwright, film star, and national treasure Steve Martin is Tom Hanks’ date for the Drama Desks this evening. (© David Gordon)
Set Designer Mimi Lien is nominated for her work on Playwrights Horizons’ The Whale.(© David Gordon)
Outstanding Actress in a Musical nominee Laura Osnes (Cinderella) arrives at the Drama Desk ball with her husband, Nathan Johnson. (© David Gordon)
Actor Blake Delong plays Prince Andrey in Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812. Here he is posing with his director, Rachel Chavkin.(© David Gordon)
Blake Delong poses with Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 lighting designer Bradley King and sound designer Matt Hubbs.(© David Gordon)
John Bolton (center) is nominated for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for his role in A Christmas Story: The Musical. He is joined by Brady Bunch actress Eve Plumb and A Christmas Story playwright Joseph Robinette, who is also nominated for Outstanding Book.(© David Gordon)
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play nominee Chuck Cooper (The Piano Lesson) is accompanied by his wife, playwright Deborah Brevoort (The Women of Lockerbie).(© David Gordon)
Husband and wife Christiane Noll and Jamie Laverdiere show up to the awards. Noll is nominated in the Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical category for Chaplin: The Musical.(© David Gordon)
Clown extraordinaire Bello shields his wife and considerable hair from the rain. He is nominated in the Unique Theatrical Experience this evening for Bello Mania. (© David Gordon)
Outstanding Lyrics nominee Lin-Manuel Miranda (Bring It On: The Musical) arrives with his guest for the evening, performer Anna Ty Bergman.(© David Gordon)
Sexy Broadway husband and wife Orfeh and Andy Karl give serious model face. Karl is nominated for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for The Mystery of Edwin Drood.(© David Gordon)
Tony Award nominee Carrie Coon accompanies castmate Tracy Letts, who is nominated tonight for Outstanding Actor in a Play for his performance in Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(© David Gordon)
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play nominee Judith Light (The Assembled Parties) strikes a pose as she glides down the red carpet.(© David Gordon)
Wakka Wakka (Gwendolyn Warnock, Gabrielle Brechner, and Kirjan Waage) receive a special award this evening for sophisticated puppet theater for their show SAGA.(© David Gordon)
Jenny Powers (Outstanding Actress in a Musical nominee for Donnybrook!) is unphased by the rain.(© David Gordon)
Hands on a Hardbody castmates Keith Carradine and Keala Settle are both nominated for Drama Desk Awards tonight.(© David Gordon)
Carolee Carmello is nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Musical for her bravura performance as evangelist/scam artist Aimee Semple McPherson in Scandalous.(© David Gordon)
Donna Murphy shoots a bewitching grin at the cameras. She played the witch in last year’s Shakespeare in the Park production of Into the Woods, for which she is nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Musical.(© David Gordon)
Outstanding Actress in a Musical nominee Stephanie J. Block (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) said yes to pink tonight. Here she is with her handsome hubby, Broadway veteran Sebastian Arcelus. (© David Gordon)
Phillipa Soo is elated to be representing Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812.(© David Gordon)
Giant married couple John Dossett and Michele Pawk are among the stars of that show on hand for the evening.(© David Gordon)
Sporting a beard, Colin Donnell is thrilled to be performing with the cast of Working.(© David Gordon)
Bill Army, Audrey Lynn Weston, Todd Susman, and Marilyn Sokol, the cast of Old Jews Telling Jokes, feature prominently in this evening’s proceedings. (© David Gordon)
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