Williams & Morrison to announce Drama Desk noms
Gretchen Shugart and Charles Wright have announced that Tony and Emmy nominees Vanessa Williams and Matthew Morrison will announce the nominations for the 61st Annual Drama Desk Awards on Thursday, 28 April 2016 at 10am at Feinstein's/54 Below.
As previously reported, Drama Desk Award winner Michael Urie will host the ceremony itself on Sunday, 5 June 2016 at 8pm at The Town Hall.
Shugart released the following statement:
"It is an honor to have Vanessa Williams and Matthew Morrison, both recognized by the Drama Desk for their excellent work on the New York stage, announce this year's Drama Desk nominations."The Drama Desk nominating committee is composed of: David Barbour, Chairperson (Lighting & Sound America); Peter Filichia (Broadway Select, author); David Finkle (Blogger, Huffington Post, Clyde Fitch Report); Sandy MacDonald (Time Out New York); Andy Propst (author); Diane Snyder (Time Out New York); Douglas Strassler (Garden State Journal); and Charles Wright (President, Drama Desk), ex officio.
Drama Desk was founded in 1949 to explore key issues in the theater and to bring together critics and writers in an organization to support the ongoing development of theater in New York. The organization began presenting its awards in 1955, and it is the only critics' organization to honor achievement in the theater with competition among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions in the same categories.
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