Fiddler Star Harvey Fierstein to Host the 2005 Drama Desk Awards

Fiddler on the Roof's Harvey Fierstein is set to host the Drama Desk Awards for the second consecutive year. The annual event will take place on May 22 at 9pm at LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center.

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.