Some Like It Hot won Outstanding Musical and seven other awards, Leopoldstadt won Outstanding Play at 67th Annual Drama Desk Awards, announced this morning. The Piano Lesson and Parade won outstanding revivals. Life of Pi won four awards, the second highest number. Jodie Comer won for outstanding solo performance.
A ceremony celebrating the winners will be held on Tuesday afternoon, June 6 at Sardi’s Restaurant
Don’t know the difference between the Drama Desk and the Drama League and the Drama Critics Circle and the Outer Critics Circle awards? Check out my New York Theater Awards 2023 Guide and Calendar
Complete list of award winners:
Outstanding Play
Leopoldstadt, by Tom Stoppard
Outstanding Musical
Some Like it Hot
Outstanding Revival of a Play
The Piano Lesson
Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Parade
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play
Jessica Chastain, A Doll’s House
Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical
Annaleigh Ashford, Sweeney Todd
J. Harrison Ghee, Some Like it Hot
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play
Miriam Silverman, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brandon Uranowitz, Leopoldstadt
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical
Kevin Del Aguila, Some Like it Hot
Alex Newell, Shucked
Outstanding Direction of a Play
Max Webster, Life of Pi
Outstanding Direction of a Musical
Thomas Kail, Sweeney Todd
Outstanding Choreography
Casey Nicholaw, Some Like it Hot
Outstanding Music
Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, Shucked
Outstanding Lyrics
Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman, Some Like it Hot
Outstanding Book of a Musical
Matthew López and Amber Ruffin, Some Like it Hot
Outstanding Orchestrations
Charlie Rosen and Bryan Carter, Some Like it Hot
Outstanding Music in a Play
Suzan-Lori Parks, Plays for the Plague Year, The Public Theater
Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play
Tim Hatley, Life of Pi
Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt, New York, New York
Outstanding Costume Design of a Play
Emilio Sosa, Ain’t No Mo’
Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical
Gregg Barnes, Some Like it Hot
Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play
Natasha Chivers and Willie Williams (video), Prima Facie
Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical
Natasha Katz, Sweeney Todd
Outstanding Projection and Video Design
Andrzej Goulding, Life of Pi
Outstanding Sound Design of a Play
Ben & Max Ringham, A Doll’s House
Outstanding Wig and Hair
Mia M. Neal, Ain’t No Mo’
Outstanding Solo Performance
Jodie Comer, Prima Facie
Unique Theatrical Experience
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
Outstanding Fight Choreography
B.H. Barry, Camelot
Outstanding Adaptation
A Doll’s House, by Amy Herzog
Outstanding Puppetry
Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell, Life of Pi
SPECIAL AWARDS
Harold Prince Lifetime Achievement Award
Stephen McKinley Henderson has been bringing in-depth, gripping portrayals of memorable characters to the stage for over four decades. With his return to Broadway this season as Pops in Between Riverside and Crazy, which the Drama Desk previously nominated in 2015, this year’s Harold Prince Lifetime Achievement Award marks Henderson’s role in this powerful production as a celebration of his brilliant career.
Ensemble Award
The cast of Soho Rep’s Public Obscenities – Tashnuva Anan, Abrar Haque, Golam Sarwar Harun, Gargi Mukherjee, NaFis, Jakeem Dante Powell, and Debashis Roy Chowdhury – embodied the transnational world of Shayok Misha Chowdhury’s bilingual play with memorable authenticity, remarkable specificity, and extraordinary warmth.
Sam Norkin Off-Broadway Award
From his standout performance in american (tele)visions, to writing and performing the autobiographical Dark Disabled Stories, Ryan J. Haddad’s work this season has expanded on and interrogated what the idea of “accessibility” really means. Whether riding a shopping cart like a throne, or relating his experiences on a “gay, pink bus,” Haddad shared with audiences an unabashed queer fabulosity that was both unforgettable and deeply human.
