The Drama Desk Awards are presented annually and were first awarded in 1955 to recognize excellence in New York theatre productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway.
The 64th Drama Desk Awards 2019 was celebrated at Town Hall June 2, 2019. The event, hosted for the fourth year by Torch Song’s Michael Urie, honored outstanding achievement by professional theatre artists on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway.
OUTSTANDING PLAY
NOMINEES:
Fairview (Jackie Sibblies Drury, Soho Rep)
The Ferryman (Jez Butterworth)
Lewiston/Clarkston (Samuel D. Hunter, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater)
Usual Girls (Ming Peiffer, Roundabout Theatre Company)
What the Constitution Means to Me (Heidi Schreck, New York Theatre Workshop and Broadway)
WINNER: The Ferryman (Jez Butterworth)
OUTSTANDING MUSICAL
NOMINEES:
Be More Chill
The Hello Girls (Prospect Theater Company)
The Prom
Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future (Ars Nova)
Tootsie
WINNER: The Prom
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
NOMINEES:
Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine (Signature Theatre)
Henry VI: Shakespeare’s Trilogy in Two Parts (National Asian American Theatre Company)
Our Lady of 121st Street (Signature Theatre)
Summer and Smoke (Classic Stage Company/Transport Group)
The Waverly Gallery
Uncle Vanya (Hunter Theater Project)
WINNER: The Waverly Gallery
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
NOMINEES:
Carmen Jones (Classic Stage Company)
Fiddler on the Roof (National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene and Off-Broadway)
Kiss Me, Kate (Roundabout Theatre Company)
Merrily We Roll Along (Fiasco Theater/Roundabout Theatre Company)
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! (Bard Summerscape/St. Ann’s Warehouse and Broadway)
WINNER: Fiddler on the Roof (National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene and Off-Broadway)
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
NOMINEES:
Jeff Biehl (Life Sucks)
Edmund Donovan (Lewiston/Clarkston)
Raúl Esparza (The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui)
Russell Harvard (I Was Most Alive With You)
Jay O. Sanders (Uncle Vanya)
WINNER: Jay O. Sanders (Uncle Vanya)
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
NOMINEES:
Midori Francis (Usual Girls)
Zainab Jah (Boesman and Lena)
Elaine May (The Waverly Gallery)
Laurie Metcalf (Hillary and Clinton)
Heidi Schreck (What the Constitution Means to Me)
WINNER: Elaine May (The Waverly Gallery)
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
NOMINEES:
Brooks Ashmanskas (The Prom)
Andrew R. Butler (Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future)
Damon Daunno (Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!)
Santino Fontana (Tootsie)
Steven Skybell (Fiddler on the Roof)
WINNER: Santino Fontana (Tootsie)
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
NOMINEES:
Stephanie J. Block (The Cher Show)
Beth 9Leavel (The Prom)
Rebecca Naomi Jones (Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!)
Anika Noni Rose (Carmen Jones)
Stacey Sargeant (Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future)
WINNER: Stephanie J. Block (The Cher Show)
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
NOMINEES:
Charles Browning (Fairview)
Arnie Burton (Lewiston/Clarkston)
Hampton Fluker (Arthur Miller’s All My Sons)
Tom Glynn-Carney (The Ferryman)
Brandon Uranowitz (Burn This)
WINNER: Tom Glynn-Carney (The Ferryman)
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
NOMINEES:
Harriett D. Foy (The House That Will Not Stand)
Megan Hill (Eddie and Dave)
Celia Keenan-Bolger (To Kill A Mockingbird)
Ruth Wilson (King Lear)
Alison Wright (Othello)
WINNER: Celia Keenan-Bolger (To Kill A Mockingbird)
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
NOMINEES:
Corbin Bleu (Kiss Me, Kate)
André De Shields (Hadestown)
Sydney James Harcourt (Girl from the North Country)
George Salazar (Be More Chill)
Patrick Vaill (Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!)
WINNER: André De Shields (Hadestown)
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
NOMINEES:
Stephanie Hsu (Be More Chill)
Leslie Kritzer (Beetlejuice)
Soara-Joye Ross (Carmen Jones)
Sarah Stiles (Tootsie)
Ali Stroker (Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!)
Mary Testa (Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!)
WINNER: Ali Stroker (Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
NOMINEES:
Sarah Benson (Fairview)
Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin (The Jungle)
Sam Mendes (The Ferryman)
Tyne Rafaeli (Usual Girls)
Taylor Reynolds (Plano)
Jeff Wise (Life Sucks)
WINNER: Sam Mendes (The Ferryman)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
NOMINEES:
Noah Brody (Merrily We Roll Along)
Rachel Chavkin (Hadestown)
Scott Ellis (Tootsie)
Daniel Fish (Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!)
Joel Grey (Fiddler on the Roof)
WINNER: Rachel Chavkin (Hadestown)
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY
NOMINEES:
Camille A. Brown (Choir Boy)
Warren Carlyle (Kiss Me Kate)
Denis Jones (Tootsie)
Lorin Latarro (Twelfth Night)
Rick and Jeff Kuperman (Alice by Heart)
David Neumann (Hadestown)
WINNER: Warren Carlyle (Kiss Me Kate)
OUTSTANDING MUSIC
NOMINEES:
Andrew R. Butler (Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future)
Joe Iconis (Be More Chill)
Peter Mills (The Hello Girls)
Mark Sonnenblick (Midnight at the Never Get)
Shaina Taub (Twelfth Night)
David Yazbek (Tootsie)
WINNER: David Yazbek (Tootsie)
OUTSTANDING LYRICS
NOMINEES:
Chad Beguelin (The Prom)
Andrew R. Butler (Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future)
Joe Iconis (Be More Chill)
Peter Mills (The Hello Girls)
David Yazbek (Tootsie)
WINNER: David Yazbek (Tootsie)
OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL
NOMINEES:
Scott Brown and Anthony King (Beetlejuice)
Andrew R. Butler (Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future)
Robert Horn (Tootsie)
Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin (The Prom)
Dominique Morisseau (Ain’t Too Proud)
WINNER: Robert Horn (Tootsie)
OUTSTANDING ORCHESTRATIONS
NOMINEES:
Larry Blank (Fiddler on the Roof)
Simon Hale (Girl from the North Country)
Daniel Kluger (Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!)
Charlie Rosen (Be More Chill)
Daryl Waters (The Cher Show)
WINNER: Daniel Kluger (Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!)
OUTSTANDING MUSIC IN A PLAY
NOMINEES:
Paul Castles and Jongbin Jung (Wild Goose Dreams)
Justin Ellington (Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie)
Justin Ellington (The House That Will Not Stand)
Nick Powell (The Lehman Trilogy)
Jason Michael Webb and Fitz Patton (Choir Boy)
WINNER: Jason Michael Webb and Fitz Patton (Choir Boy)
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN OF A PLAY
NOMINEES:
Miriam Buether (The Jungle)
Es Devlin (Girls & Boys)
Maruti Evans (The Peculiar Patriot)
Mimi Lien (Fairview)
Matt Saunders (Daddy)
WINNER: Matt Saunders (Daddy)
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN FOR A MUSICAL
NOMINEES:
Rachel Hauck (Hadestown)
Laura Jellinek (Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!)
Laura Jellinek (Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future)
David Korins (Beetlejuice)
Rae Smith (Girl from the North Country)
WINNER: David Korins (Beetlejuice)
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN FOR A PLAY
NOMINEES:
Dede M. Ayite (By the Way, Meet Vera Stark)
Dede M. Ayite (If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka)
Ásta Bennie Hostetter (Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie)
Toni-Leslie James (Bernhardt/Hamlet)
Nicole Slaven (Henry VI: Shakespeare’s Trilogy in Two Parts)
WINNER: Toni-Leslie James (Bernhardt/Hamlet)
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN FOR A MUSICAL
NOMINEES:
William Ivey Long (Beetlejuice)
William Ivey Long (Tootsie)
Bobby Frederick Tilley II (Be More Chill)
Michael Krass (Hadestown)
Bob Mackie (The Cher Show)
Paloma Young (Alice by Heart)
WINNER: Bob Mackie (The Cher Show)
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN FOR A PLAY
NOMINEES:
Amith Chandrashaker (Boesman and Lena)
Amith Chandrashaker (Fairview)
Jiyoun Chang (Slave Play)
Jon Clark (The Jungle)
Simon Cleveland (Spaceman)
Yi Zhao (The House That Will Not Stand)
WINNER: Amith Chandrashaker (Boesman and Lena)
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN FOR A MUSICAL
NOMINEES:
Adam Honoré (Carmen Jones)
Bradley King (Hadestown)
Jamie Roderick (Midnight at the Never Get)
Barbara Samuels (Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future)
Scott Zielinski (Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!)
WINNER: Bradley King (Hadestown)
OUTSTANDING PROJECTION DESIGN
NOMINEES:
Peter England (King Kong)
Katherine Freer (By the Way, Meet Vera Stark)
Luke Halls (The Lehman Trilogy)
Alex Basco Koch (Be More Chill)
Peter Nigrini (Beetlejuice)
Joshua Thorson (Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!)
WINNER: Peter England (King Kong)
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN IN A PLAY
NOMINEES:
Tyler Kieffer (Plano)
Fitz Patton (Choir Boy)
Nick Powell (The Ferryman)
Jane Shaw (I Was Most Alive with You)
Mikaal Sulaiman (Fairview)
WINNER: Nick Powell (The Ferryman)
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN IN A MUSICAL
NOMINEES;
Simon Baker (Girl from the North Country)
Drew Levy (Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!)
Brian Ronan (Tootsie)
Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz (Hadestown)
Mikaal Sulaiman (Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future)
WINNER: Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz (Hadestown)
OUTSTANDING WIG AND HAIR DESIGN
NOMINEES:
Campbell Young Associates (Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus)
Cookie Jordan (Eddie and Dave)
Paul Huntley (Tootsie)
Charles G. LaPointe (Beetlejuice)
Charles G. LaPointe (The Cher Show)
WINNER: Charles G. LaPointe (The Cher Show)
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
NOMINEES:
Mike Birbiglia (The New One)
Carey Mulligan (Girls & Boys)
Liza Jessie Peterson (The Peculiar Patriot, National Black Theatre/Hi-Arts)
Erin Treadway (Spaceman, Loading Dock Theatre)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag)
WINNER: Mike Birbiglia (The New One)
UNIQUE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE
NOMINEES:
All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 (Theater Latté Da/Laura Little Theatrical Productions/The Sheen Center)
Love’s Labour’s Lost (Shake & Bake)
The B-Side: “Negro Folklore from Texas State Prisons” (The Wooster Group)
What to Send Up When It Goes Down (The Movement Theatre Company)
WINNER: All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 (Theater Latté Da/Laura Little Theatrical Productions/The Sheen Center)
Last Update Date: 03-Jun-2019
Source: Drama Desk Awards – website