Gerard Alessandrini, who pens spoof lyrics of Broadway show tunes in Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act!, was given the 1999 Drama Desk Award for Outsanding Lyrics (Musical). Bernadette Peters hosted the 1998-99 Drama Desk Awards May 9 in New York City.
The Drama Desk is made up of New York theatre critics, editors and reporters. Unlike the Broadway-oriented Tony Awards, Drama Desk Awards recognize both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
--Kenneth Jones
The evening will be held at Sony Hall.
The film's original director Jon M. Chu is overseeing the staging.
The 100-minute English adaptation is penned by Jacob Ashworth and Rory Pelsue.
Marc Shaiman accompanies the Broadway favorite at the keys in the performance from the 2025 Broadway Dreams gala.
Portia Krieger is directing the new musical with choreography by Mayte Natalio.
Ash K. Tata will direct Shakespeare's play, running at Brooklyn's Polonsky Shakespeare Center this spring.
The festival has partnered with the formerly bipartisan institution to put on the annual Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.
Playbill’s complete round-up of the latest Broadway rush, lottery, standing-room-only (SRO), and student ticket policies.
The West End return of the Tony-winning musical opened at the Lyric in February 2024.
