The 65th annual Drama Desk Awards ceremony celebrating excellence in New York theater are set to air Saturday.
June 9 (UPI) — The 65th annual Drama Desk Awards ceremony celebrating excellence in New York theater are set to air Saturday.
The virtual event — presented using video-conference technology in keeping with social-distancing practices intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus — may be viewed at 7:30 p.m. EDT on Spectrum News NY1.
It will also be live streamed on NY1.com and DramaDeskAwards.com.
The prize presentation had been scheduled for May 31, but was postponed because of the nationwide protests surrounding the death of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer in Minneapolis.
Drama Desk Co-Presidents Charles Wright and David Barbour announced at the time: « The Drama Desk celebrates all that’s outstanding in the work of New York’s diverse theater artists and craftspeople.
« We regret the postponement of our awards ceremony tonight but, as an organization committed to the principle that all voices must be heard, we stand together with our black colleagues against the racial injustice and violence in our nation and city.
