Play By Play: Highlights Of the Drama Desk Awards

Playbill.com: The 55th Annual Drama Desk Awards started shortly after 9 PM at LaGuardia Concert Hall in Lincoln Center, with opening remarks by producer Lauren Class Schneider. Schneider preceded the evening's master of ceremonies, three-time Drama Desk Award winner Patti LuPone, who made her entrance after being introduced as "Doctor." (LuPone had received an honorary doctorate from her alma mater, the Juilliard School of Drama, May 21).