NEW YORK CITY: The 64th annual Drama Desk Awards was held at the Town Hall on June 2. The awards recognizes Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway during the 2018-2019 New York theatre season in the same competitive categories. The biggest winners of the night, with four awards each, were The Ferryman, Hadestown, and Tootsie, all currently running on Broadway.
The Drama Desks were founded in 1949 by New York Times arts reporter Sam Zolotow, Edith Oliver of The New Yorker, and New York Post critic Vernon Rice, among others.
The complete winners list is below:
Outstanding Play
The Ferryman by Jez Butterworth
Outstanding Musical
The Prom
Composer: Matthew Sklar
Lyricist: Chad Beguelin
Book: Bob Martin, Chad Beguelin
Outstanding Revival of a Play
The Waverly Gallery by Kenneth Lonergan
Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Fiddler on the Roof, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene and Off-Broadway
Outstanding Actor in a Play
Jay O. Sanders, Uncle Vanya
Outstanding Actress in a Play
Elaine May, The Waverly Gallery
Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Santino Fontana, Tootsie
Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Stephanie J. Block, The Cher Show
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Tom Glynn-Carney, The Ferryman
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill A Mockingbird
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
André De Shields, Hadestown
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Ali Stroker, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
Outstanding Director of a Play
Sam Mendes, The Ferryman
Outstanding Director of a Musical
Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown
Outstanding Choreography
Warren Carlyle, Kiss Me Kate
Outstanding Music
David Yazbek, Tootsie
Outstanding Lyrics
David Yazbek, Tootsie
Outstanding Book of a Musical
Robert Horn, Tootsie
Outstanding Orchestrations
Daniel Kluger, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
Outstanding Music in a Play
Jason Michael Webb and Fitz Patton, Choir Boy
Outstanding Set Design of a Play
Matt Saunders, Daddy
Outstanding Set Design for a Musical
David Korins, Beetlejuice
Outstanding Costume Design for a Play
Toni-Leslie James, Bernhardt/Hamlet
Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical
Bob Mackie, The Cher Show
Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play
Amith Chandrashaker, Boesman and Lena
Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical
Bradley King, Hadestown
Outstanding Projection Design
Peter England, King Kong
Outstanding Sound Design in a Play
Nick Powell, The Ferryman
Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical
Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz, Hadestown
Outstanding Wig and Hair Design
Charles G. LaPointe, The Cher Show
Outstanding Solo Performance
Mike Birbiglia, The New One
Unique Theatrical Experience
All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914, Theater Latté Da/Laura Little Theatrical Productions / Sheen Center
Outstanding Fight Choreography
Claire Warden, Slave Play
Outstanding Puppet Design
Sonny Tilders, King Kong
Special Awards
Ensemble Award
Dance Nation, Playwrights Horizons: Purva Bedi, Eboni Booth, Camila Canó-Flaviá, Dina Shihabi, Ellen Maddow, Christina Rouner, Thomas Jay Ryan, Lucy Taylor, and Ikechukwu Ufomadu.
Sam Norkin Award
Montana Levi Blanco
Mia Katigbak
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