Drama Desk Awards betray reason for creation
What's most shocking about off-Broadway shows having won only 19 out of the 254 Drama Desk Awards bestowed over the last 11 years is that these kudos were created to do just the opposite. While the Tony Awards, which date back to 1947, celebrate the best of Broadway, the Drama Desk kudos were begun in 1955 to celebrate the rest of the New York theater world. And for the first 14 years they did just that with winn…