Other productions with multiple wins included , which took home six awards, including Oustanding Play; and the new Gershwin musical , which earned four awards.
The Drama Desk Awards make no distinction between Broadway and Off-Broadway and nominate artists from both in the same categories. Nevertheless, Hamilton is the first Off-Broadway show to win the Outstanding Musical category while still playing Off-Broadway since Little Shop of Horrors in 1983. Several Off-Broadway musicals have won after they transferred to Broadway.
Winners follow (winners names are in bold and proceeded by asterisks):
Outstanding Play
Clare Barron, You Got Older
Lisa D�,
Anthony Giardina, The City of Conversation
, Between Riverside and Crazy
Elizabeth Irwin, My Manãna Comes
**, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Jack Thorne, Let the Right One In
Outstanding Musical
An American in Paris
**Hamilton
Fly By Night
Pretty Filthy
Outstanding Revival of a Play
**
Fashions for Men
Ghosts
The Iceman Cometh
Tamburlaine the Great
The Wayside Motor Inn
Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Into the Woods
**
Pageant
Outstanding Actor in a Play
, I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard
, The Elephant Man
, Between Riverside and Crazy
, , Parts 1 & 2
, Sticks and Bones
**, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Outstanding Actress in a Play
Brooke Bloom, You Got Older
, A Walk in the Woods
, The Fatal Weakness
, The City of Conversation
**,
,
, Rasheeda Speaking
Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Brian d’Arcy James, !
**, An American in Paris
, Atomic
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
,
, Side Show Outstanding Actress in a Musical
, John & Jen
**, On the Twentieth Century
, An American in Paris
, Side Show
,
, The Visit
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
, It’s Only a Play
Reed Birney, You Got Older
**, Airline Highway
, Rocket to the Moon
, The Village Bike
, Pocatello
José Joaquin Perez, My Mañana Comes
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
**, You Can’t Take It with You
Beth Dixon, The City of Conversation
, You Can’t Take It with You
Paola Lázaro-Muñoz, To the Bone
, Wolf Hall, Parts 1 & 2
, Airline Highway
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
**, Something Rotten!
, Fly By Night
, It Shoulda Been You
, On the Twentieth Century
Leslie Odom Jr., Hamilton
, Something Rotten!
, An American in Paris
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
, Finding Neverland
, It Shoulda Been You
, Allegro
**, Hamilton
, Pretty Filthy
,
, On the Town
Outstanding Director of a Play
**, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
, Wolf Hall, Parts 1 & 2
Anne Kauffman, You Got Older
Lila Neugebauer, The Wayside Motor Inn
, Between Riverside and Crazy
Joe Tantalo, Deliverance
, Let the Right One In
Outstanding Director of a Musical
, Fly By Night
, Side Show
, The Visit
**, Hamilton
, Something Rotten!
, An American in Paris
Outstanding Choreography
, On the Town
, On the Twentieth Century
,
Austin McCormick, Rococo Rouge
Casey Nicholaw, Something Rotten
**Christopher Wheeldon, An American in Paris
Outstanding Music
, Honeymoon in Vegas
, The Fortress of Solitude
, The Visit
Dave Malloy, Ghost Quartet
**Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
, The Last Ship
Outstanding Lyrics
Jason Robert Brown, Honeymoon in Vegas
, The Visit
Michael Friedman, The Fortress of Solitude
& , Something Rotten!
**Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Benjamin Scheuer, The Lion
Outstanding Book of a Musical
Hunter Bell & Lee Overtree, Found
Karey Kirkpatrick & John O’Farrell, Something Rotten!
, An American in Paris
Terrence McNally, The Visit
**Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Kim Rosenstock, , & Michael Mitnick, Fly By Night
Outstanding Orchestrations
**Christopher Austin, An American in Paris
, Allegro
, Something Rotten!
, Hamilton
Rob Mathes, The Last Ship
, , Jason Robert Brown, & , Honeymoon in Vegas
Outstanding Music in a Play
Cesar Alvarez, An Octoroon
Danny Blackburn & Bryce Hodgson, Deliverance
Sean Cronin, Kill Me Like You Mean It
, Generations
Freddi Price, The Pigeoning
**Arthur Solari & Jane Shaw, Tamburlaine the Great
Outstanding Revue
Forbidden Broadway Comes Out Swinging!
**Just
Lennon: Through a Glass Onion
Lonesome Traveler
Outstanding Set Design
**, An American in Paris
, Let The Right One In
, Hamilton
Mimi Lien, An Octoroon
, The Visit
Daniel Zimmerman, Fashions for Men
Outstanding Costume Design
Bob Crowley, An American in Paris
Bob Crowley, The Audience
, Wolf Hall, Parts 1 & 2
, Hamilton
Andrea Varga, The Fatal Weakness
**,
Outstanding Lighting Design
, Hamilton
**, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Paule Constable & David Plater, Wolf Hall, Parts 1 & 2
Maruti Evans, Deliverance
, The Iceman Cometh
Ben Stanton, Our Lady of Kibeho
Outstanding Projection Design
59 Productions, An American in Paris
Roger Hanna & Price Johnston, Donogoo
Darrel Maloney, Found
, Our Lady of Kibeho
**Finn Ross, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Austin Switser, Big Love
Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical
, Side Show
, The King & I
Scott Lehrer & Drew Levy, Honeymoon in Vegas
, The Last Ship
**, Hamilton
Jon Weston, An American in Paris
Outstanding Sound Design in a Play
Nathan Davis, The Other Mozart
Ien Denio, Deliverance
**Ian Dickinson (for Autograph), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Gareth Fry, Let the Right One In
, Lives of the Saints
, Our Lady of Kibeho
Outstanding Solo Performance
Christina Bianco, Application Pending
Jonny Donahoe, Every Brilliant Thing
Tom Dugan, Wiesenthal
Mona Golabek, The Pianist of Willesden Lane
Joely Richardson, The Belle of Amherst
**Benjamin Scheuer, The Lion
Unique Theatrical Experience
Catch Me!
Everybody Gets Cake
The Human Symphony
**Queen of the Night
Rap Guide to Religion
Special Awards: Each year, the Drama Desk votes special awards to recognize excellence and significant contributions to the theatre.
This year the nominators chose to bestow a special award for outstanding ensemble to the actors who so brilliantly shared a room in the world of A. R. Gurney’s The Wayside Motor Inn: , , Quincy Dunn-Baker, Rebecca Henderson, , , , David McElwee, Ismenia Mendes, and Will Pullen.
To Bess Wohl, the Off-Broadway Award: For establishing herself as an important voice in New York theater, and having a breakthrough year with the eclectic American Hero, Pretty Filthy, and Small Mouth Sounds. Her writing expresses sensitivity, compassion, and humor with a sure hand.
To : For invigorating theater in New York through his commanding presence, classical expertise, and vocal prowess. This season he demonstrated exceptional versatility in Tamburlaine the Great, and The Iceman Cometh.
To Ensemble Studio Theatre: For its unwavering commitment to producing new works by American playwrights since 1968, and enriching this season with productions of When January Feels Like Summer, Winners, and Five Times in One Night. EST’s Youngblood program fostered and nurtured , setting Tyrone off on his devilish path to Broadway.
To : For his inspired and heart-stopping choreography in Hamilton, which is indispensible to the musical’s storytelling. His body of work is versatile, yet a dynamic and fluid style is consistently evident. When it’s time to “take his shot,� Blankenbuehler hits the bull’s-eye.
