| 2024 Drama Desk Awards Nominations Announced | |
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| DRAMA DESK AWARDS 2023-2024 NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED www.DramaDeskAward.com (Monday, April 29, 2024) - Nominations for the 68th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today by stage and screen star Kathleen Turner and the full list of nominees is available below. In keeping with the Drama Desk's mission, the nominators considered shows that opened on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway during the 2023-2024 New York theater season, that the Drama Desk determined ended as of April 25, 2024. Productions must run for 21 or more live performances to be considered eligible. In determining the eligibility of productions with runs in prior seasons, the nominating committee considered only those elements that constituted new work. These productions included Appropriate, Cross That River, Gutenberg! The Musical!, Harmony, Here Lies Love, Just For Us, Mary Jane, Prayer for the French Republic, Public Obscenities, Suffs, and Sunset Baby. Productions deemed not eligible, either because they were considered in their entirety in prior seasons or because they did not invite awards consideration in the current season, included Danny and the Deep Blue Sea , Here We Are, Merrily We Roll Along , The Animal Kingdom , The White Chip , and Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice. This year's awards will be held on Monday, June 10 at The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (556 LaGuardia Place). Staci Levine and Jessica R. Jenen will Executive Produce the Awards. The Drama Desk Awards are the only major New York City theater awards for which productions on Broadway, Off Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway compete against each other in the same categories. David Barbour and Charles Wright are the Drama Desk co-presidents. As was the case last year, all performance categories are gender-free. The updated gender-free categories are: Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play, Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical, Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play, and Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical. Each of these categories has twice as many nominees as the former gendered categories and voters will cast two votes for each category. These categories will also have two winners each. If there is a tie, there may be more than two winners in a category. What sets the Drama Desk Awards apart is that they are voted on and bestowed by theater critics, journalists, editors, and publishers covering theater. The Drama Desk Awards honor all aspects of New York's professional theater. The 2023-2024 Drama Desk Nominating Committee is composed of: Martha Wade Steketee (Chair; freelance: UrbanExcavations.com), Linda Armstrong (New York Amsterdam News), Dan Dinero (Theatre is Easy), Peter Filichia (Broadway Radio), Kenji Fujishima (freelance: Theatermania), Margaret Hall (Playbill) and Charles Wright (ex-officio). * * * About The Drama Desk The Drama Desk was founded in 1949 to explore key issues in the theater and to bring together critics and writers in an organization to support the ongoing development of theater in New York. The organization began presenting its awards in 1955, and it is the only critics' organization to honor achievement in the theater with competition among Broadway, Off Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway productions in the same categories. All Drama Desk officers and nominating committee members perform their various services for the organization on a voluntary basis. The organization takes pride in announcing that the awards are then voted on "by impartial media people only," without any vested interests in the results. Today, 100 New York theater critics, reporters, writers, and arts editors vote on the awards. www.DramaDeskAward.com 2024 DRAMA DESK NOMINATIONS Outstanding Play Infinite Life, by Annie Baker, Atlantic Theater Company Jaja's African Hair Braiding, by Jocelyn Bioh, Manhattan Theatre Club Mother Play, by Paula Vogel, Second Stage Theater Stereophonic, by David Adjmi, Playwrights Horizons Swing State, by Rebecca Gilman, Goodman Theatre The Ally, by Itamar Moses, The Public Theater Outstanding Musical Dead Outlaw Illinoise, Park Avenue Armory Lizard Boy, Prospect Theater Company Teeth, Playwrights Horizons The Connector, MCC Theater The Outsiders Outstanding Revival of a Play Appropriate, Second Stage Theater Doubt: A Parable, Roundabout Theatre Company Philadelphia, Here I Come!, Irish Repertory Theatre Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch Uncle Vanya, OHenry Productions Outstanding Revival of a Musical Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Gutenberg! The Musical! I Can Get It for You Wholesale, Classic Stage Company Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play Nicole Cooper, Macbeth (an undoing), Theatre for a New Audience, Rose Theatre, and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh William Jackson Harper, Primary Trust, Roundabout Theatre Company Jessica Lange, Mother Play, Second Stage Theater Rachel McAdams, Mary Jane, Manhattan Theatre Club Tobias Menzies, The Hunt, St. Ann's Warehouse and Almeida Theatre Leslie Odom, Jr., Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch Sarah Paulson, Appropriate, Second Stage Theater A.J. Shively, Philadelphia, Here I Come!, Irish Repertory Theatre Juliet Stevenson, The Doctor, Park Avenue Armory Michael Stuhlbarg, Patriots Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw Santino Fontana, I Can Get It for You Wholesale, Classic Stage Company Brody Grant, The Outsiders Brian d'Arcy James, Days of Wine and Roses, Atlantic Theater Company Maleah Joi Moon, Hell's Kitchen Kelli O'Hara, Days of Wine and Roses, Atlantic Theater Company Liam Pearce, How to Dance in Ohio Gayle Rankin, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Ben Levi Ross, The Connector, MCC Theater Ricky Ubeda, Illinoise, Park Avenue Armory Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play Brittany Adebumola, Jaja's African Hair Braiding, Manhattan Theatre Club Marylouise Burke, Infinite Life, Atlantic Theater Company Michael Esper, Appropriate, Second Stage Theater Marin Ireland, Uncle Vanya, OHenry Productions Will Keen, Patriots Celia Keenan-Bolger, Mother Play, Second Stage Theater Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary! Sheila Tousey, Manahatta, The Public Theater Bubba Weiler, Swing State, Goodman Theatre Kara Young, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical Shoshana Bean, Hell's Kitchen Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club, Atlantic Theater Company Dorian Harewood, The Notebook Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Monty Python's Spamalot Kecia Lewis, Hell's Kitchen Bebe Neuwirth, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Steven Pasquale, Teeth, Playwrights Horizons Maryann Plunkett, The Notebook Thom Sesma, Dead Outlaw Emily Skinner, Suffs Outstanding Direction of a Play Daniel Aukin, Stereophonic, Playwrights Horizons Rupert Goold, The Hunt, St. Ann's Warehouse and Almeida Theatre Kenny Leon, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch Lila Neugebauer, Appropriate, Second Stage Theater Ciarán O'Reilly, Philadelphia, Here I Come!, Irish Repertory Theatre Outstanding Direction of a Musical David Cromer, Dead Outlaw Rebecca Frecknall, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Daisy Prince, The Connector, MCC Theater Jessica Stone, Water for Elephants Danya Taymor, The Outsiders Outstanding Choreography Camille A. Brown, Hell's Kitchen Graciela Daniele and Alex Sanchez, The Gardens of Anuncia, Lincoln Center Theater Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman, The Outsiders (includes fight choreography) Lorin Latarro, The Heart of Rock and Roll Justin Peck, Illinoise, Park Avenue Armory Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll, Water for Elephants (includes circus choreography) Outstanding Music Jason Robert Brown, The Connector, MCC Theater Justin Huertas, Lizard Boy, Prospect Theater Company Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay & Zach Chance) and Justin Levine, The Outsiders Shaina Taub, Suffs David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, Dead Outlaw Outstanding Lyrics Rachel Bloom, Eli Bolin, and Jack Dolgen, Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Show Jason Robert Brown, The Connector, MCC Theater Michael R. Jackson, Teeth, Playwrights Horizons Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay & Zach Chance) and Justin Levine, The Outsiders David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, Dead Outlaw Outstanding Book of a Musical Justin Huertas, Lizard Boy, Prospect Theater Company Michael R. Jackson, Teeth, Playwrights Horizons Michael John LaChiusa, The Gardens of Anuncia, Lincoln Center Theater Rebekah Greer Melocik, How to Dance in Ohio Itamar Moses, Dead Outlaw Outstanding Orchestrations Timo Andres, Illinoise, Park Avenue Armory Will Butler and Justin Craig, Stereophonic, Playwrights Horizons Andy Evan Cohen, The Greatest Hits Down Route 66, New Light Theater Project Marco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club, Atlantic Theater Company Erik Della Penna, Dean Sharenow, and David Yazbek, Dead Outlaw Michael Starobin, Shaina Taub (vocal arrangements), and Andrea Grody (vocal arrangements), Suffs Outstanding Music in a Play Michael "Mikey J" Asante, The Effect, The Shed S T A R R Busby and JJJJJerome Ellis, (pray), Ars Nova and National Black Theatre Will Butler, Stereophonic, Playwrights Horizons Dionne McClain-Freeney, The Harriet Holland Social Club Presents The 84th Annual Star-Burst Cotillion in the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel, New Georges and The Movement Theatre Company Ben Steinfeld, Pericles, Classic Stage Company and Fiasco Theater Outstanding Revue Amid Falling Walls, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play Es Devlin, The Hunt, St. Ann's Warehouse and Almeida Theatre dots, Appropriate , Second Stage Theater Derek McLane, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch Scott Pask, Grey House David Zinn, Stereophonic, Playwrights Horizons Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical AMP featuring Tatiana Kahvegian, The Outsiders Paul Tate dePoo III, The Great Gatsby (includes projections) Riccardo Hernández, Suffs Arnulfo Maldonado, Dead Outlaw Grace Smart, Good Vibrations: A Punk Rock Musical, Irish Arts Center Outstanding Costume Design of a Play Alex Berry, Macbeth (an undoing), Theatre for a New Audience, Rose Theatre, and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh Karen Boyer, Warrior Sisters of Wu, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre Enver Chakartash, Stereophonic, Playwrights Horizons Lux Haac, Manahatta, The Public Theater Rodrigo Muñoz, Sally & Tom, The Public Theater Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical Dede Ayite, Buena Vista Social Club, Atlantic Theater Company Márion Talán de la Rosa, The Connector, MCC Theater Loren Elstein, Once Upon a One More Time David Israel Reynoso, Water for Elephants Paul Tazewell, Suffs Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play Jane Cox, Appropriate, Second Stage Theater Stacey Derosier, Uncle Vanya, OHenry Productions Natasha Katz, Grey House Lizzie Powell, Macbeth (an undoing), Theatre for a New Audience, Rose Theatre, and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh Eric Southern, Swing State, Goodman Theatre Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical Lap Chi Chu, Suffs Heather Gilbert, Dead Outlaw Bradley King, Water for Elephants Brian MacDevitt and Hana S. Kim (projections), The Outsiders Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, The Connector, MCC Theater Outstanding Projection and Video Design Eric Dunlap, Our Class, MART Foundation and Arlekin Players Theatre Jared Mezzocchi, Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy, Vineyard Theatre Peter Nigrini, Hell's Kitchen Olivia Sebesky, Melissa Etheridge: My Window Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, The Connector, MCC Theater Outstanding Sound Design of a Play Adam Cork, The Hunt, St. Ann's Warehouse and Almeida Theatre Tom Gibbons, Grey House Palmer Hefferan, The Comeuppance, Signature Theatre Bray Poor and Will Pickens, Appropriate, Second Stage Theater Ryan Rumery, Stereophonic, Playwrights Horizons Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical Jason Crystal, Suffs Kai Harada and Joshua Millican, Dead Outlaw Nick Lidster for Autograph, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Cody Spencer, The Outsiders Walter Trarbach, Water for Elephants Outstanding Wig and Hair J. Jared Janas and Cassie Williams, Sally & Tom, The Public Theater Charles G. LaPointe, Suffs Nikiya Mathis, Jaja's African Hair Braiding, Manhattan Theatre Club Nikiya Mathis, The Harriet Holland Social Club Presents The 84th Annual Star-Burst Cotillion in the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel, New Georges and The Movement Theatre Company Robert Pickens and Katie Gell, Stereophonic, Playwrights Horizons Outstanding Solo Performance Michael Cruz Kayne, Sorry for Your Loss Madeleine MacMahon, Breathless, Theatre Royal Plymouth Wade McCollum, Make Me Gorgeous!, triangle productions! Robert Montano, SMALL, Penguin Rep Theatre Patrick Page, All the Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain Unique Theatrical Experience A Eulogy for Roman, Through the Tollbooth Co. A Simulacrum, Atlantic Theater Company ADRIFT: A Medieval Wayward Folly, Happenstance Theater I Love You So Much I Could Die, New York Theatre Workshop Grenfell: in the words of survivors, St. Ann's Warehouse, National Theatre, and KPPL Productions Outstanding Fight Choreography Michael G. Chin, Warrior Sisters of Wu, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre Cha Ramos, Water for Elephants Steve Rankin, The Who's Tommy Outstanding Adaptation An Enemy of the People, by Amy Herzog Macbeth (an undoing), by Zinnie Harris, Theatre for a New Audience, Rose Theatre, and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh The Comedy of Errors, by Rebecca Martínez and Julián Mesri, The Public Theater Mobile Unit The Doctor, by Robert Icke, Park Avenue Armory The Hunt, by David Farr, St. Ann's Warehouse and Almeida Theatre The Whole of Time, by Romina Paula, Joben Studios Outstanding Puppetry Matt Acheson, Hotel Happy, Houses on the Moon Theater Company Adrian Kohler and Handspring Puppet Company, Life & Times of Michael K, St. Ann's Warehouse, Baxter Theatre Centre, and Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus Ray Wetmore, JR Goodman, and Camille Labarre, Water for Elephants David Valentine, Poor Yella Rednecks, Manhattan Theatre Club SPECIAL AWARDS Ensemble Award The cast of Stereophonic – Will Brill, Andrew R. Butler, Juliana Canfield, Eli Gelb, Tom Pecinka, Sarah Pidgeon, and Chris Stack – who execute David Adjmi's hypernaturalistic text with extraordinary care and precision, while also performing Will Butler's music with the freshness and life that makes us believe we are witnessing, first-hand, the creation of a new American classic. Sam Norkin Off-Broadway Award Cole Escola, who both wrote and stars in one of this season's biggest hits Off Broadway, Oh, Mary! Following in the long legacy of queer artists who write themselves into American history, Escola's new "gay fantasia on national themes" is a hilarious reminder of why we must continue to interrogate our past. ADDITIONAL SPECIAL AWARDS How to Dance in Ohio Authentic Autistic Representation Team – Sammi Cannold, Nicole D'Angelo, Becky Leifman, Ava Xiao-Lin Rigelhaupt, Liz Weber, and Jeremy Wein – for their steadfast support of autistic theatermakers, and their strides toward true accessibility for neurodiverse individuals both on and offstage. Lighting designer Isabella Byrd, whose self-described technique as a "darkness designer" has earned her a cache of nominations and awards in the United States and abroad. During this season, Byrd illuminated two Broadway shows done in the round, An Enemy of the People and Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club. Off Broadway, her spotlight on quiet, small-scale stories both enchanted us in Primary Trust and mesmerized us in Infinite Life, with a parking-lot sky that marked the passage of time. Lady Irene Gandy, for career achievement. A press agent extraordinaire for over five decades, Lady Irene has always demonstrated her passion, dedication, and love for theater. A Broadway producer and Sardi's honoree, she is a zealous advocate for inclusion, diversity, and equity in the arts. Productions with multiple nominations: Dead Outlaw – 11 The Outsiders – 9 Stereophonic – 8 Suffs – 8 The Connector – 8 Appropriate – 7 Water for Elephants – 7 Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club – 5 Hell's Kitchen – 5 Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch – 5 The Hunt – 5 Illinoise – 4 Macbeth (an undoing) – 4 Teeth – 4 Buena Vista Social Club – 3 Grey House – 3 Jaja's African Hair Braiding – 3 Lizard Boy – 3 Mother Play – 3 Philadelphia, Here I Come! – 3 Swing State – 3 Uncle Vanya (OHenry Productions) – 3 Days of Wine and Roses – 2 How to Dance in Ohio – 2 I Can Get It for You Wholesale – 2 Infinite Life – 2 Manahatta – 2 Patriots – 2 Sally & Tom – 2 The Doctor – 2 The Gardens of Anuncia – 2 The Harriet Holland Social Club Presents the 84th Annual Star-Burst Cotillion in the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel – 2 The Notebook – 2 Warrior Sisters of Wu – 2 |
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