AwardsGo Inside the 2019 Drama Desk Awards With Santino Fontana, Stephanie J. Block, and MoreThe 64th annual ceremony was hosted by Michael Urie at Town Hall June 2.
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Marc J. Franklin
June 03, 2019
Santino Fontana and Stephanie J. Block, 2019
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The 64th annual Drama Desk Awards was celebrated at Town Hall June 2. 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.
Tootsie and Hadestown led the pack for musicals. Tootsie took home awards for Outstanding Music and Outstanding Lyrics for David Yazbek, as well as Outstanding Book of a Musical for David Horn, and Outstanding Actor in a Musical for Santino Fontana. Hadestown took home statues for Outstanding Direction of a Musical for Rachel Chavkin, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for André de Shields, as well as Outstanding Sound Design and Lighting Design. (Hadestown was only eligible for “those elements that constituted new work,” excluding its book and score, due to its previous Off-Broadway run in 2016.) The Prom took home the top prize for Outstanding Musical.
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Inside the 2019 Drama Desk Awards With Santino Fontana, Stephanie J. Block, and More
Inside the 2019 Drama Desk Awards With Santino Fontana, Stephanie J. Block, and More
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Celia Keenan-Bolger, 2019
Mike Birbiglia, 2019
Laura Little
Bob Mackie, 2019
Nick Powell
Charles G. LaPointe
Leven Steinberg and Jessica Paz
Bradley King
David Korins
Claire Warden
Daniel Kluger
Jason Michael Webb and Fitz Patton
Ali Stroker, 2019
Montana Levi Blanco, 2019
Hal Luftig and Jana Robbins, 2019
David Yazbek
André De Shields, 2019
David Yazbek and Robert Horn
Robert Horn
Stephanie J. Block, 2019
Santino Fontana, David Yazbek, and Robert Horn, 2019
Santino Fontana, 2019
Santino Fontana and Stephanie J. Block, 2019
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Kenneth Lonergan, 2019
Roy Furman
Jay O. Sanders, 2019
Bill Damaschke, Dori Berinstein, and Jack Lane
Warren Carlyle
Edmund Donovan
Santino Fontana
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Sophia Anne Caruso
Jessica Fontana and Santino Fontana
Noah Robbins
Arnie Burton
Samuel D. Hunter
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Bob Mackie
Noah Brody, Jessie Austrian, and Ben Steinfeld
Jeff Biehl
Taylor Reynolds
Claire Warden
Soara-Joye Ross at the 2019 Drama Desk Awards
Beth Leavel
David Korins and Guest
Bertie Carvel
Stacey Sargeant
Debbie Christine Tjong, Jordan Fein, Stacey Sargeant, Andrew R. Butler, and Guest
The Drama Desk is an organization of writers, editors, publishers, and broadcasters covering theatre in New York City. The awards are the only major theatre honors for which productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway compete in the same categories.
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