Jack Quinn
Publisher

Jeannie Lieberman
Editor

.05/03/2005
Drama Desk Nominees Cocktail Party
By: Jack Quinn & Jeannie Lieberman

The Drama Desk held it's Nominees Cocktail Reception at the spacious Arte Cafe.
All photos by Jack Quinn




Nominated for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Michael Stuhlbarg ("The Pillowman")  & Nominated for Outstanding Play, David Edgar ("Pentecost")



Nominated for Outstanding Music is David Yazbek ("Dirty Rotten Scoundrels") with Jerry Mitchell, nominated for Outstanding Choreography in both "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and "La Cage aux Folles"



Jeanne Lieberman and Ira Kleinman interviewing Tyler Maynard nominated for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical "Altar Boyz"


Ira Kleinman and Jeanne Lieberman interviewing Frederick Weller receiving an award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance for Glengarry Glen Ross


Alan Alda, Jeffrey Tambor, Gordon Clapp, Jordan Lage receiving awards for Outstanding Ensemble Performance for Glengarry Glen Ross


Jeannie Lieberman interviewing Julie Halston, nominated for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for "White Chocolate"


Ira Kleinman and Jeannie Lieberman interviewing John Patrick Shanley, nominated twice for Outstanding Plays for ("Doubt") and for ("Sailor's Song")


Jeannie Lieberman interviewing Gregory Jbara, nominated for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and Douglas J. Cohen, nominated for Outstanding Lyrics for "Childrens Letters to God"



The cast of The 25 th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, nominated for five awards including:  Outstanding Director of a Musical, Outstanding Music, Outstanding Lyrics, Outstanding Book of a Musical, and Outstanding Ensemble Performances


Jennifer Simard, nominated for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical in "Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit", which was also nominated for "Outstanding Revue"


Bill Irwin, nominated for Best Actor in a Play for Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?




Cast of "Absolutely Fascinating", nominated for Outstanding Revue



Jeff Goldblum, nominated for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play in "The Pillowman, and Sutton Foster, nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Musical for "Little Women"


Christian Borle, nominated for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for "Monty Python's Spamalot" and Sutton Foster, nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Musical for "Little Women"


John Patrick Shanley nominated twice for Outstanding Plays for ("Doubt") and for ("Sailor's Song") and Adriane Lenox, nominted for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play ("White Chocolate")



Tom Wopat


Jeannie Lieberman interviewing Tom Wopat


Tom Wopat, Gordon Clapp, Producer Jeffrey Richards, Jordan Lange, of "Glengarry Glen Ross", nominated for Best Ensemble Performance


Mary Testa, nominated for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, "String of Pearls"


"Dessa Rose" garnered five nominations:   Kecia Lewis, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical,  Rachel York, Outstanding Actress in a Musical,  LaChanze, Outstanding Actress in a Musical, and Norm Lewis, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical.  Not pictured but also nominated was Stephen Flaherty, for Outstanding Music.


Producers Barry and Fran Weisler, Producers of "Sweet Charity", nominated for Outstanding Revival of a Musical


Alan Alda






Ira Kleinman, interviewing Billy Crystal, nominated for Outstanding Solo Performance for "700 Sundays"

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