Watch Michael Urie's Actors' Nightmare of a Drama Desk Awards Opening Video

The 63rd annual Drama Desk Awards were held this past Sunday, June 3, at Town Hall. As the stars of New York's theater community gathered to celebrate another successful year onstage, host Michael Urie was nowhere to be found. As it turns out, he fell asleep in his dressing room, where he had a frightening dream in which he missed his entrance in The Iceman Cometh, had to decipher Pygmalion using a script written entirely in emojis, and found himself shut out of starring in the new Broadway revival of The Boys in the Band. What it all comes down to is a hilarious preshow entrance video, which you can watch here exclusively.

CREDITS:
Michael Urie, Writer, Producer/Director
Billy Rosenfield, Writer

James Monohan, Producer, Editing, FX
Seth Walters, Producer

Ashley Van Buren, Producer
Richard Butts, Crew

Cast
Michael Urie — as Himself

TOWN HALL
Melissa Holliday — Stage Manager
David Rosenberg — Sound Tech
Stephen DeRosa — Writer
Regina De Vera — Wardrobe
Darryl Daughtry — Press Rep

ANGELS IN AMERICA

Mary Testa — Roy Cohn/Mary Testa

DESPERATE MEASURES

Lauren Molina
Nick Wyman
Gary Marachek

Sarah Parnicky
Conor Ryan
Peter Saide
Pat Addiss — Producer
Bill Castellini — Director, Choreographer

HARRY POTTER
Tom Deckman — Stagehand

HARRY CLARKE
Billy Crudup — Harry Clarke/Himself

THE ICEMAN COMETH
Ryan Spahn — Michael's Theater Companion
Michael McGrath — Voice of Rocky
Becki Newton — Voice of Cora
John Bolton — Voice of Chuck

Bianca Crudo, Kathy Hood — Audience Members

MY FAIR LADY
Scout James — Stagehand
Lesli Margherita — Bizarro Colonel Pickering
Jocelyn Bioh — Bizarro Henry Higgins

BOBBIE CLEARLY
Constance Shulman — Darla London/Herself
Kinley the dog

BOYS IN THE BAND
Jesse Tyler Ferguson — Himself

SHUBERT ALLEY
Jackie Hoffman — Herself
and Bernie Telsey as Himself

Additional Credits:
Tom D'Angora — Locations, Kirk Theater
Kathy Hood — Locations/Casting, Juilliard
Sarah Wells — Casting, Juilliard
James Gregg, Gloria Gottschalk, Kent McKay, Thom Widman — Locations, Juilliard
Carole Rothmans, John Lynne, Chris Stepanek, Jonathan Whiten, Bethany Weinstein Stewart — Locations, Second Stage Theater
David Hancock Turner — Musical Director, Desperate Measures
Peter Kellogg — Book and Lyrics, Desperate Measures
David Friedman — Music, Desperate Measures
Leigh Silverman — Director, Harry Clarke
David Cale — Playwright, Harry Clarke
Hannah Woodward — Stage Manager, Harry Clarke
Rob Chikar — Assistant Stage Manager, Harry Clarke
Alexander Dodge — Set Designer, Harry Clarke
Kaye Voyce — Costume Designer, Harry Clarke
Alan Edwards — Lighting Designer, Harry Clarke
Tony Kushner — Playwright, Angels in America
Alan Jay Lerner — Book, My Fair Lady
Eugene O'Neill — Playwright, The Iceman Cometh
Alex Lubischer — Playwright, Bobbie Clearly

Special Thanks:
Scott Lupi
Michelle Farabaugh
Chelsea Hayes
Scott Galina
Stan Zimmerman
Second Stage Theater
The Juilliard School
The Town Hall