Drama Desk Awards New York Performances

The Drama Desk Awards are a New York City theater institution, created by critics and journalists to take stock of a season across Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway in a single set of categories. The 70th annual ceremony is presented at Town Hall, where the focus stays on the work rather than the marketplace. Featured performers include the Drama Desk Awards themselves, framed here as a live event with rock/pop presentation elements. One reason the awards matter is their habit of placing small downtown productions in direct conversation with the commercial center of the industry.