Nikki M. James, Laura Benanti, Andrew Rannells, More Will Present 2024 Drama Desk Awards | Playbill

Awards Nikki M. James, Laura Benanti, Andrew Rannells, More Will Present 2024 Drama Desk Awards

Kelli O'Hara will perform a special tribute for Lincoln Center Theater's André Bishop.

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The upcoming Drama Desk Awards have unveiled a starry list of Broadway favorites who will present this year's awards. The ceremony, recognizing the best of Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway, is set for June 10 at the NYU Skirball Center. As previously announced, recent Broadway Sweeney Todd co-stars Sutton Foster and Aaron Tveit will co-host the evening.

Presenters will include Laura Benanti, Matthew Broderick, Montego Glover, Lena Hall, Brian d'Arcy James, Nikki M. James, James Lapine, Debra Messing, Ruthie Ann Miles, Andrew Rannells, Brooke Shields, and Miriam Silverman.

Also on hand will be Kelli O'Hara, who will perform a special musical tribute to Lincoln Center Theater Artistic Director André Bishop, in commemoration of his receiving the inaugural William Wolf Award. Also being honored is Nathan Lane, with the Harold S. Prince Award for lifetime achievement.

Dead Outlaw is the most nominated of this year's productions, with 11 nominations including Outstanding Musical. Nominees were revealed April 29 on NY1, with Broadway's The Outsiders getting the second most nominations. See the full list of nominees here.

The Drama Desk Awards, recognizing the best of Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway, is one of several NYC theatre awards systems to go gender neutral with its performance categories. All performance categories include twice as many nominees as when the categories were gendered, and two winners will be named in each. A tie could lead to more than two winners in one category.

The Awards are voted on by theatre critics, journalists, editors, and publishers. This year's nominating committee comprised Martha Wade Steketee, Linda Armstrong, Dan Dinero, Peter Filichia, Kenji Fujishima, Margaret Hall, and Charles Wright.

Tickets are available at Tickets.NYU.edu.

 
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