By Patrick Hipes
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By Greg Evans
Associate Editor/Broadway Critic
New York’s 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards will announce winners online this year, skipping the yearly gathering of theater artists and critics for the bestowal of awards. Only Broadway, Off Broadway and Off Off Broadway productions that opened prior to the March 12 COVID-19 shutdown will be eligible.
The winners of this year’s Drama Desk Awards will be announced online May 31. Nominations will be announced on April 21.
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Rihanna quietly did more than just donate $5 million to COVID-19 relief efforts. The singer has also donated personal protection equipment to New York, the state with the highest number of coronavirus cases in the country.
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