Theatre Reviews & Features
OUTSTANDING PLAYDavid Henry Hwang, ChinglishDan LeFranc, The Big Meal Members of the Plastic Theatre, Unnatural Acts Itamar Moses, Completeness Lynn Nottage, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark Nina Raine, Tribes Nicky Silver, The Lyons |
OUTSTANDING MUSICALBonnie & ClydeDeath Takes a Holiday Leap of Faith Newsies The Musical Nice Work If You Can Get It Once Queen of the Mist |
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAYA Little JourneyDeath of a Salesman Edward Albee’s The Lady from Dubuque Gore Vidal’s The Best Man Lost in Yonkers Richard III |
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICALCarrieEvita Follies Jesus Christ Superstar The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess The Threepenny Opera |
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAYJames Corden, One Man, Two GuvnorsHugh Dancy, Venus in Fur Claybourne Elder, One Arm Santino Fontana, Sons of the Prophet Joseph Franchini, The Navigator Philip Seymour Hoffman, Death of a Salesman Kevin Spacey, Richard III |
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAYTracie Bennett, End of the RainbowSanaa Lathan, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark Linda Lavin, The Lyons Jennifer Lim, Chinglish Kim Martin-Cotten, A Moon for the Misbegotten Carey Mulligan, Through a Glass Darkly Joely Richardson, Side Effects |
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICALDanny Burstein, FolliesKevin Earley, Death Takes a Holiday Raúl Esparza, Leap of Faith Jeremy Jordan, Newsies The Musical Norm Lewis, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess Ricky Martin, Evita |
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICALMiche Braden, The Devil's Music: The Life & Blues of Bessie SmithJan Maxwell, Follies Audra McDonald, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess Kelli O'Hara, Nice Work If You Can Get It Bernadette Peters, Follies Molly Ranson, Carrie |
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAYBill Camp, Death of a SalesmanJim Dale, The Road to Mecca Tom Edden, One Man, Two Guvnors Bill Irwin, King Lear Jefferson Mays, Blood and Gifts Will Rogers, Unnatural Acts Morgan Spector, Russian Transport |
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAYStephanie J. Block, By the Way, Meet Vera StarkAnna Camp, All New People Kimberly Hébert Gregory, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark Lisa Joyce, The Ugly One Joaquina Kalukango, Hurt Village Angela Lansbury, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man Judith Light, Other Desert Cities |
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICALPhillip Boykin, The Gershwins' Porgy and BessMatt Cavenaugh, Death Takes a Holiday Michael Cerveris, Evita Michael McGrath, Nice Work If You Can Get It Patrick Page, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Andrew Samonsky, Queen of the Mist |
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICALJudy Kaye, Nice Work If You Can Get ItMarin Mazzie, Carrie Jessie Mueller, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Elaine Paige, Follies Sarah Sokolovic, The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World Melissa van der Schyff, Bonnie & Clyde |
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAYJo Bonney, By the Way, Meet Vera StarkDavid Cromer, Tribes Ed Sylvanus Iskandar, These Seven Sicknesses Sam Mendes, Richard III Mike Nichols, Death of a Salesman Tony Speciale, Unnatural Acts |
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICALChristopher Ashley, Leap of FaithJack Cummings III, Queen of the Mist Doug Hughes, Death Takes a Holiday Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It Eric Schaeffer, Follies John Tiffany, Once |
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHYRob Ashford, EvitaWarren Carlyle, Follies Breandán de Gallaí, Noċtú Christopher Gattelli, Newsies The Musical Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It Sergio Trujillo, Leap of Faith |
OUTSTANDING MUSICGlen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, OnceMichael John LaChiusa, Queen of the Mist Alan Menken, Leap of Faith Alan Menken, Newsies The Musical Frank Wildhorn, Bonnie & Clyde Maury Yeston, Death Takes a Holiday |
OUTSTANDING LYRICSDon Black, Bonnie & ClydeJack Feldman, Newsies The Musical Joy Gregory and Gunnar Madsen, The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, Once Michael John LaChiusa, Queen of the Mist Maury Yeston, Death Takes a Holiday |
OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICALDouglas Carter Beane, Lysistrata JonesJanus Cercone and Warren Leight, Leap of Faith Joe DiPietro, Nice Work If You Can Get It Joy Gregory, The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World Michael John LaChiusa, Queen of the Mist Thomas Meehan and Peter Stone, Death Takes a Holiday |
OUTSTANDING MUSIC IN A PLAYMark Bennett, An IliadMark Bennett, Richard III Tom Kitt, All's Well That Ends Well Gina Leishman, Septimus and Clarissa Grant Olding, One Man, Two Guvnors Suzanne Vega and Duncan Sheik, Carson McCullers Talks About Love |
OUTSTANDING REVUENewsical the Musical: End of the World EditionThe Best Is Yet to Come: The Music of Cy Coleman |
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGNJon Driscoll, Rob Howell and Paul Kieve, Ghost The MusicalDavid Gallo, The Mountaintop Roger Hanna, A Little Journey David Korins, Assistance David Korins, Chinglish Derek McLane, Follies |
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGNGregg Barnes, FolliesESosa, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark William Ivey Long, Lucky Guy Jessica Pabst, She Kills Monsters Martin Pakledinaz, Nice Work If You Can Get It Catherine Zuber, Death Takes a Holiday |
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGNKevin Adams, CarrieNeil Austin, Evita David Lander, One Arm Brian MacDevitt, Death of a Salesman Kenneth Posner, Death Takes a Holiday Paul Pyant, Richard III |
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN IN A MUSICALAcme Sound Partners, The Gershwins' Porgy and BessJonathan Deans, Carrie Clive Goodwin, Once Kai Harada, Follies Steve Canyon Kennedy, Jesus Christ Superstar Jon Weston, Death Takes a Holiday |
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN IN A PLAYQuentin Chiappetta/mediaNoise, The NavigatorGregory Clarke, Misterman Gareth Fry, Richard III John Gromada, Gore Vidal's The Best Man Stowe Nelson, Samuel and Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War Shane Rettig, She Kills Monsters |
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCEBaba Brinkman, The Rap Guide to EvolutionSuli Holum, Chimera Jeff Key, The Eyes of Babylon Cillian Murphy, Misterman Denis O'Hare, An Iliad Stephen Spinella, An Iliad |
UNIQUE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCEGive Me Your HandGob Squad's Kitchen (You’ve Never Had It So Good) Noċtú The Complete & Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O'Neill, Vol. 1: Early Plays/Lost Plays The Ryan Case 1873 White |
OUTSTANDING ORCHESTRATIONSBill Elliott, Nice Work If You Can Get ItLarry Hochman, Death Takes a Holiday Martin Lowe, Once John McDaniel, Bonnie & Clyde Michael Starobin, Queen of the Mist Danny Troob, Newsies |
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCEThis year the nominators chose to bestow a special ensemble award for acting to the cast of Sweet and Sad. Jon DeVries, Shuler Hensley, Maryann Plunkett, Laila Robins, Jay O. Sanders, and J. Smith-Cameron are among New York’s best actors, who came together as one unforgettable stage family. Therefore, the individual cast members were not eligible for acting awards in the competitive categories. SPECIAL AWARDSEach year, the Drama Desk votes special awards to recognize excellence and significant contributions to the theater. For 2011-2012, these awards are:
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Monday, 04 June 2012 22:51
57th Annual Drama Desk Award Winners Announced, FOLLIES, TRIBES, SALESMAN and ONCE Take Top Honors
The winners of the 2012 Drama Desk Awards were announced on Sunday evening, June 3 at a ceremony at Town Hall.
