Harvey Fierstein, co-author and star of the forthcoming Broadway musical A Catered Affair, will serve as master of ceremonies at the 2008 Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon on May 16 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel. Honorary co-chairs for the event will include Bobby Cannavale Mauritius, Cheyenne Jackson Xanadu, S. Epatha Merkerson Come Back, Little Sheba, Rosie Perez The Ritz, Martha Plimpton Cymbeline, Top Girls and Patrick Stewart Macbeth.
The Drama League Awards pay tribute to the season's best performers by including the nominees for the Distinguished Performance Award on a dais. The 74th annual Drama League Awards dais will feature approximately 60 stars from the 2007-08 Broadway and off-Broadway season, including the honorary co-chairs.
In addition to the Distinguished Performance Award, the Drama League's 3,000 members vote on four other awards: Distinguished Production of a Play, Distinguished Production of a Musical, Distinguished Revival of a Play and Distinguished Revival of a Musical. Last year's winners were Liev Schreiber Distinguished Performance, The Coast of Utopia Distinguished Production of a Play, Spring Awakening Distinguished Production of a Musical, Journey's End Distinguished Revival of a Play and Company Distinguished Revival of a Musical.
Nominations for the 2007-08 Drama League Awards will be announced on April 22.
