The Drama Desk Awards honors all of New York theater, encompassing off-off-Broadway, off-Broadway and Broadway. The 2005 award ceremony will be taped and later broadcast as a two hour special on Sunday, May 29, on Thirteen/WNET, the PBS station in New York City. In addition, the National Education Television Association NETA, which distributes programming to public television stations across the nation, will offer the two-hour taped awards special via satellite to its member stations on May 27 for delayed broadcast.
Nominations for the 2004/2005 Drama Desk Awards will be announced on April 28 at 10am at The New York Friars Club.