Patti LuPone Hosts 2010 Drama Desk Awards

Patti LuPone hosts the 55th annual Drama Desk Awards ceremony. The event takes place at LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center.

Organized in 1949, the Drama Desk first presented awards in 1955. The 2009-2010 awards nominating committee is chaired by Barbara Siegel (TalkinBroadway.com, TheaterMania.com) and includes Christopher Byrne (Gay City News), Patrick Christiano (TheaterLife.com, Dan’s Papers), David Kaufman, Gerard Raymond (Back Stage, The Advocate), Richard Ridge (Broadway Beat TV) and PaulAnne Simmons (CurtainUp.com, NY Theatre-wire.com).