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'STRANGE', FISHBURNE WIN DRAMA DESK AWARDS: Trophies were handed out Sunday at Lincoln Center.
*Passing Strange, the Tony-nominated musical about a rebellious black bohemian in search of new experiences, was named Outstanding Musical at the 53rd Annual Drama Desk Awards, which were presented May 18 in the F.H. LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center.
The production also picked up awards for Outstanding Music (Stew and Heidi Rodewald, "Passing Strange") and Outstanding Lyrics (Stew, "Passing Strange").
Meanwhile, Tony winner Laurence Fishburne won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance for his work as the late Civil Rights great and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in Thurgood.
Click here for a full list of Drama Desk Awards winners and nominees.
In other theater news, Carol Woods, a frequent presence in the Tony-winning revival of Chicago, will return to the musical in her role of Matron "Mama" Morton beginning June 2.
Woods' theatrical credits include The Full Monty, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Steppin' Out, The Goodbye Girl, Grind, Big River and the revival of Stephen Sondheim's Follies.
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