The 62nd annual Drama Desk Awards took place June 4. The Town Hall ceremony, hosted by Michael Urie, honored productions, performers, designers, and more of Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway.
Click here for a full list of this year’s nominees.
The new musical Come From Away took home the top prize of Best Musical. The show also earned Jenn Colella the award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical and Irene Sankoff and David Hein the award for Outstanding Book.
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 walked away with the most awards of the night, earning trophies for director Rachel Chavkin (who tied with The Band's Visit's David Cromer) and three of its designers: set designer Mimi Lien, lighting designer Bradley King, and sound designer Nicholas Pope. This marked all four nominations the musical received; it was not up for many others as the production, book, score, and several performers were previously eligible for the earlier Off-Broadway incarnation.
As for plays, Manhattan Theatre Club's productions of The Little Foxes and Jitney received three awards each; the former earned trophies for its two headliners, Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon (in Outstanding Actress and Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, respectively).
The Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly and the Broadway-bound The Band's Visit each picked up three wins as well. Hello, Dolly! won Best Revival and awards for performers Bette Midler and Gavin Creel, while The Band's Visit composer David Yazbeck won for both Outstanding Music and Outstanding Lyrics, joining Cromer in representing the Atlantic Theater Company production onstage.
The 2017 ceremony also featured performances by Colella, as well as fellow nominee Stephanie J. Block of Falsettos and Katrina Lenk of The Band's Visit (who can currently be seen in Indecent). Among those presenting awards were Hal Prince, Tommy Tune, Danny Burstein, Adriane Lenox, and Christopher Fitzgerald.
See below for a complete list of winners.
Outstanding Musical
Come From Away
Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Hello, Dolly!
Outstanding Play
Oslo, by J. T. Rogers
Outstanding Revival of a Play
Jitney
Outstanding Actor in a Play
Kevin Kline, Present Laughter
Outstanding Actress in a Play
Laura Linney, The Little Foxes
Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Andy Karl, Groundhog Day
Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly!
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Danny DeVito, The Price
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Cynthia Nixon, The Little Foxes
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Gavin Creel, Hello, Dolly!
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Jenn Colella, Come From Away
Outstanding Director of a Play
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Jitney
Outstanding Director of a Musical (TIE)
Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
David Cromer, The Band's Visit
Outstanding Music
David Yazbek, The Band's Visit
Outstanding Lyrics
David Yazbek, The Band's Visit
Outstanding Book of a Musical
Irene Sankoff and David Hein, Come From Away
Outstanding Orchestrations
Bill Elliott and Greg Anthony Rassen, Bandstand
Outstanding Choreography
Andy Blankenbuehler, Bandstand
Outstanding Fight Choreography
U. Jonathan Toppo, Sweat
Outstanding Solo Performance
Ed Dixon, Georgie: My Adventures with George Rose
Unique Theatrical Experience
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
Outstanding Adaptation
David Ives, The Liar
Outstanding Revue
Life is for Living: Conversations with Coward
Outstanding Costume Design for a Play
Jane Greenwood, The Little Foxes
Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical
Catherine Zuber, War Paint
Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play
Christopher Akerlind, Indecent
Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical
Bradley King, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
Outstanding Set Design for a Play
Nigel Hook, The Play That Goes Wrong
Outstanding Set Design for a Musical
Mimi Lien, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
Outstanding Sound Design for a Play
Gareth Fry and Pete Malkin, The Encounter
Outstanding Sound Design for a Musical
Nicholas Pope, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
Outstanding Projection Design
Aaron Rhyne, Anastasia
Outstanding Wig and Hair
David Brian Brown, War Paint
Outstanding Puppet Design
Basil Twist, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Outstanding Music in a Play
Bill Sims Jr., Jitney
Special Awards
Outstanding Ensemble: The Wolves
Sam Norkin Award: Lila Neugebauer
Phil LaDuca
For more information visit, DramaDeskAwards.com.
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