Before the Tony Awards The Drama Desk Award Telecast on Ovation TV
Before the Tony Awards tonight, Ovation TV will have two showings of The Drama Desk Award ceremonies. The first at 12:30PM and again at 2:00PM. If you miss those, you can tune in Monday at 3:30 AM. Did you know that The Drama Desk Awards were originally known as the Vernon Rice Awards, named after the theatre critic from the New York Post. They remained under that banner until the 1963-1964 season. The first year h…