HARVEY FIERSTEIN returns as
host of the Drama Desk Awards

For this milestone anniversary of the theatrical organization that honors outstanding work On and Off Broadway, he'll be joined by Award presenters: Alan Alda (Glengarry Glen Ross), Hank Azaria (Spamalot), Christina Applegate (Sweet Charity), Delta Burke (Steel Magnolias), Sutton Foster (Little Women), Jeff Goldblum (The Pillowman), Robert Goulet (La Cage aux Folles), Ethan Hawke (Hurlyburly), Patti Lupone, David Hyde Pierce (Spamalot), Rue McClanahan, Maureen McGovern (Little Women), Lynn Redgrave (The Constant Wife), Liev Schreiber (Glengarry Glen Ross), Tommy Tune, Kathleen Turner (Who�s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) and the cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

There'll be performances by the cast of Outstanding Musical nominee Altar Boyz, Outstanding Actress nominee Victoria Clark (The Light in the Piazza), Outstanding Actress nominee Sherie Renee Scott (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) and Outstanding Featured Actress nominee Maureen McGovern (Little Women).

DRAMA DESK NOMINATIONS 2004�2005
CATEGORY HIGHLIGHTS
for nominees in all categories and much, much more
visit: www.dramadesk.com

Outstanding Play :
Democracy (Michael Frayn)
Doubt (John Patrick Shanley)
Pentecost (David Edgar)
The Pillowman (Martin McDonagh)
Sailor�s Song (John Patrick Shanley)
Sin (A Cardinal Deposed) (Michael Murphy)

Outstanding Musical :
Altar Boyz
The Audience
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Light in the Piazza
Monty Python�s Spamalot
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Outstanding Actor, Play :
Adam Arkin, Brooklyn Boy
John Cullum, Sin (A Cardinal Deposed)
Bill Irwin, Edward Albee�s Who�s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Br�an F. O�Byrne, Doubt
Jeremy Piven, Fat Pig
John Turturro, Souls of Naples

Outstanding Actress, Play :
Veanne Cox, Last Easter
Cherry Jones, Doubt
Judy Kaye, Souvenir
Laura Linney, Sight Unseen
Frances Sternhagen, Echoes of the War
Kathleen Turner, Edward Albee�s Who�s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Outstanding Actor, Musical :
Hank Azaria, Monty Python�s Spamalot
Mike Burstyn, On Second Avenue
Norbert Leo Butz, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Matthew Morrison, The Light in the Piazza
David Hyde Pierce, Monty Python�s Spamalot
Bill Thompson, God Hates the Irish: The Ballad of Armless Johnny

Outstanding Actress, Musical :
Christina Applegate, Sweet Charity
Victoria Clark, The Light in the Piazza
Sutton Foster, Little Women
LaChanze, Dessa Rose
Sherie Rene Scott, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Rachel York, Dessa Rose

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Bill Irwin and Kathleen Turner, Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf; Cherry Jones, Doubt;
Frances Sternhagen, Echoes of the War; Christina Applegate, Sweet Charity;
Norbert Leo Butz, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; David Hyde Pierce, Spamalot;
Victoria Clark, The Light in the Piazza; Gregory Jbara and Joanna Gleason,
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Maureen McGovern, Little Women;
Jan Maxwell, with Marc Kudish, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
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Outstanding Featured Actor, Play:
Philip Bosco, Twelve Angry Men
Larry Bryggman, Romance
Jeff Goldblum, The Pillowman
Josh Hamilton, Hurlyburly
Paul Sparks, Orange Flower Water
Michael Stuhlbarg, The Pillowman

Outstanding Featured Actress, Play :
Julie Halston, White Chocolate
Adriane Lenox, Doubt
Portia, McReele
Lily Rabe, Steel Magnolias
Lee Roy Rogers, Orson�s Shadow
Mary Testa, String of Pearls

Outstanding Featured Actor, Musical :
Christian Borle, Monty Python�s Spamalot
Gregory Jbara, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Norm Lewis, Dessa Rose
Tyler Maynard, Altar Boyz
Michael McGrath, Monty Python�s Spamalot
Denis O�Hare, Sweet Charity

Outstanding Featured Actress, Musical :
Sarah Uriarte Berry, The Light in the Piazza
Joanna Gleason, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Kecia Lewis, Dessa Rose
Maureen McGovern, Little Women
Jan Maxwell, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Jennifer Simard, Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit

Outstanding Director, Play :
Joshua Carlebach, Frankenstein
Scott Elliott, Hurlyburly
Scott Ellis, Twelve Angry Men
Edward Hall, Rose Rage
Doug Hughes, Doubt
Joe Mantello, Glengarry Glen Ross

Outstanding Director, Musical :
Matthew Bourne, Play Without Words
Jack Cummings III, The Audience
Mark Dornford-May, The Mysteries
James Lapine, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Mike Nichols, Monty Python�s Spamalot
Bartlett Sher, The Light in the Piazza

Outstanding Music :
Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker, Altar Boyz
Terry Davies, Play Without Words
William Finn, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Stephen Flaherty, Dessa Rose
Adam Guettel, The Light in the Piazza
David Yazbek, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Outstanding Lyrics :
Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker, Altar Boyz
Douglas J. Cohen, Children�s Letters to God
Rick Crom, Newsical
William Finn, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Eric Idle, Monty Python�s Spamalot
David Yazbek, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Outstanding Book of a Musical :
Nell Benjamin and Laurence O�Keefe, Cam Jensen
Kevin Del Aguila, Altar Boyz
Mark Harelik, The Immigrant
Eric Idle, Monty Python�s Spamalot
Jeffrey Lane, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Rachel Sheinkin, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

__________ ENSEMBLE HONORS __________

A Special Award to Keen Company, for moving and enlightening audiences with plays that build upon our theatrical heritage.

A Special Award to the Public Theater for 50 years of exceptional contributions to the theater.

__________________ LOOKING BACK ___________________

from the pen of SAM NORKIN
Charter member of Drama Desk

Company, A Chorus Line and Follies

Copyright, SAM NORKIN: Used by persmission
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A two-hour version of the Awards will air on NYC TV Channel 25 Wednesday, May 25 and Friday, May 27 at 8 PM each night; as well as on Thirteen/WNET on Sunday, May 29 at Noon.

The Awards will air on PBS stations on the following dates:
WEAO TV Akron, Friday, May 27, at 10 PM
WNEO TV Alliance (Ohio), Friday, May 27, at 10 PM
WQED TV Pittsburgh, Sunday, May 29, at 3 PM
WHYY TV Philadelphia, Thursday, June 2, at 10 PM
KTCI TV Boston, Thursday, June 2, at 8 PM
WKNO TV Memphis, Sunday, June 12, at 6 PM
KQED TV San Francisco, Sunday, June 12, at 6 PM
WPBT TV Miami, Sunday, June 26, at 4 PM

[Photo Credits, from Left and continuing Clockwise: Linda Lenzi:BroadwayWorld.com, Ellis Nassour, Joan Marcus, Paul Kolnik, Carol Rosegg, Joan Marcus, Joan Marcus, Carol Rosegg, Paul Kolnik, Joan Marcus; and, below, Les Schecter, Joan Marcus]

[Note: Ellis Nassour is a member of Drama Desk and the Drama Desk Executive Board.]