Monday, May 20, 2013

And the 2013 Drama Desk Awards Go To.....

WINNERS IN EACH CATEGORY ARE NOTED IN BOLD. Check the links at right for reviews.
Outstanding Play

Annie Baker, The Flick

Christopher Durang, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Joe Gilford, Finks

Richard Greenberg, The Assembled Parties

Amy Herzog, Belleville

Deanna Jent, Falling

Richard Nelson, Sorry
Outstanding Musical

A Christmas Story: The Musical

Giant

Hands on a Hardbody

Here Lies Love

Matilda

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

The Other Josh Cohen
Outstanding Revival of a Play

Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Golden Boy
Good
Person of Szechwan

The Piano Lesson

The Trip to Bountiful

Uncle Vanya
Outstanding Revival of a Musical or Revue

Passion

Pippin

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

The Golden Land

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Working: A Musical
Outstanding Actor in a Play

Reed Birney, Uncle Vanya

Daniel Everidge, Falling

Tom Hanks, Lucky Guy

Shuler Hensley, The Whale

Nathan Lane, The Nance

Tracy Letts, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Outstanding Actress in a Play

Maria Dizzia, Belleville

Amy Morton, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Julia Murney, Falling

Vanessa Redgrave, The Revisionist

Miriam Silverman, Finks

Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful
Outstanding Actor in a Musical

Eric Anderson, Soul Doctor

Brian d'Arcy James, Giant

Jim Norton, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Billy Porter, Kinky Boots

Steve Rosen, The Other Josh Cohen

Ryan Silverman, Passion

Anthony Warlow, Annie
Outstanding Actress in a Musical

Kate Baldwin, Giant

Stephanie J. Block, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Carolee Carmello, Scandalous

Lindsay Mendez, Dogfight

Donna Murphy, Into the Woods

Laura Osnes, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella

Jenny Powers, Donnybrook!
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

Chuck Cooper, The Piano Lesson

Peter Friedman, The Great God Pan

Richard Kind, The Big Knife

Aaron Clifton Moten, The Flick

Brían F. O'Byrne, If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet

Tony Shalhoub, Golden Boy
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

Tasha Lawrence, The Whale

Judith Light, The Assembled Parties

Kellie Overbey, Sleeping Rough

Maryann Plunkett, Sorry

Condola Rashad, The Trip to Bountiful

Laila Robins, Sorry
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

Stephen Bogardus, Passion

John Bolton, A Christmas Story: The Musical

Keith Carradine, Hands on a Hardbody

Bertie Carvel, Matilda

John Dossett, Giant

Andy Karl, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

Annaleigh Ashford, Kinky Boots

Melissa Errico, Passion

Andrea Martin, Pippin

Jessie Mueller, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Christiane Noll, Chaplin: The Musical

Keala Settle, Hands on a Hardbody

Kate Wetherhead, The Other Josh Cohen
Outstanding Director of a Play

Lear Debessonet, Good Person of Szechwan

Sam Gold,Uncle Vanya

Ed Sylvanus Iskandar, Restoration Comedy

Pam MacKinnon, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Lynne Meadow, The Assembled Parties

Ruben Santiago-Hudson,The Piano Lesson
Outstanding Director of a Musical

Andy Blankenbuehler, Bring It On: The Musical

Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

John Doyle, Passion

Diane Paulus, Pippin

Emma Rice, The Wild Bride

Alex Timbers, Here Lies Love

Matthew Warchus, Matilda
Outstanding Choreography

Andy Blankenbuehler, Bring It On: The Musical

Warren Carlyle, A Christmas Story: The Musical

Peter Darling, Matilda

Josh Rhodes, Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

Sergio Trujillo, Hands on a Hardbody

Chet Walker and Gypsy Snider, Pippin
Outstanding Music

Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green, Hands on a Hardbody

David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, Here Lies Love

Michael John LaChiusa, Giant

Dave Malloy, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, A Christmas Story: The Musical

David Rossmer and Steve Rosen, The Other Josh Cohen
Outstanding Lyrics

Amanda Green, Hands on a Hardbody

Amanda Green and Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bring It On: The Musical
Michael
John LaChiusa,Giant

Dave Malloy, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Tim Minchin, Matilda

David Rossmer and Steve Rosen, The Other Josh Cohen
Outstanding Book of a Musical

Dennis Kelly, Matilda

Sybille Pearson, Giant

Joseph Robinette, A Christmas Story: The Musical

David Rossmer and Steve Rosen, The Other Josh Cohen

Jeff Whitty, Bring It On: The Musical

Doug Wright, Hands on a Hardbody
Outstanding Orchestrations

Trey Anastasio and Don Hart, Hands on a Hardbody

Larry Blank, A Christmas Story: The Musical

Bruce Coughlin, Giant

Larry Hochman, Chaplin: The Musical

Steve Margoshes, Soul Doctor

Danny Troob, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella
Outstanding Music in a Play

César Alvarez with The Lisps, Good Person of Szechwan

Jiří Kadeřábek, Mahir Cetiz, and Ana Milosavljevic, Act Before You Speak: The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Glen Kelly, The Nance

Eugene Ma, The Man Who Laughs

Steve Martin, As You Like It

Jane Wang, Strange Tales of Liaozhai
Outstanding Revue

Forbidden Broadway: Alive & Kicking!

Old Hats

Old Jews Telling Jokes
Outstanding Set Design

Rob Howell, Matilda

Mimi Lien, The Whale

Santo Loquasto, The Assembled Parties

Anna Louizos, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Michael Yeargan, Golden Boy

David Zinn, The Flick
Outstanding Costume Design

Amy Clark and Martin Pakledinaz, Chaplin: The Musical

Dominique Lemieux, Pippin

William Ivey Long, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella

Chris March, Chris March's The Butt-Cracker Suite! A Trailer Park Ballet

Loren Shaw, Restoration Comedy

Paloma Young, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Outstanding Lighting Design

Ken Billington, Chaplin: The Musical

Jane Cox,Passion

Kenneth Posner, Pippin

Justin Townsend, Here Lies Love

Daniel Winters, The Man Who Laughs

Scott Zielinski, A Civil War Christmas
Outstanding Projection Design

Jon Driscoll, Chaplin: The Musical

Wendall K. Harrington, Old Hats

Peter Nigrini, Here Lies Love

Darrel Maloney, Checkers

Pedro Pires, Cirque du Soleil: Totem

Aaron Rhyne, Wild With Happy
Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical
 - a three-way tie
Steve Canyon Kennedy, Hands on a Hardbody

Scott Lehrer and Drew Levy, Chaplin: The Musical

Tony Meola, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Brian Ronan, Bring It On: The Musical

Brian Ronan, Giant

Dan Moses Schreier, Passion
Outstanding Sound Design in a Play

Ien DeNio, The Pilo Family Circus

Steve Fontaine, Last Man Club

Christian Frederickson, Through the Yellow Hour

Lindsay Jones, Wild With Happy

Mel Mercier, The Testament of Mary

Fergus O'Hare, Macbeth
Outstanding Solo Performance

Joel de la Fuente, Hold These Truths

Kathryn Hunter, Kafka's Monkey

Bette Midler, I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers

Julian Sands, A Celebration of Harold Pinter

Holland Taylor, Ann

Michael Urie, Buyer & Cellar
 
Unique Theatrical Experience

Bello Mania

Chris March's The Butt-Cracker Suite! A Trailer Park Ballet

Cirque Du Soleil: Totem

That Play: A Solo Macbeth

The Fazzino Ride
The Man Who Laughs
Outstanding Ensemble Performance
 This year the nominators chose to bestow a special ensemble award to the cast of Working: A Musical. "Marie-France Arcilla, Joe Cassidy, Donna Lynne Champlin, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Nehal Joshi, and Kenita R. Miller created a memorable ensemble of marvelously gifted singer-actors working together in pure artistic harmony." Individual cast members receiving this award are ineligible for acting awards in the competitive categories.
Special Awards
 Each year, the Drama Desk votes special awards to recognize excellence and significant contributions to the theater. For 2012-2013, these awards are:

  • The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), Isaac Robert Hurwitz, Executive Director and Producer: for a decade of creating and nurturing new musical theater, ensuring the future of this essential art form.

  • Wakka Wakka (Gabrielle Brechner, Kirjan Waage, and Gwendolyn Warnock): for sophisticated puppet theater, as represented by this season's SAGA, that explores with wit, imagination, and insight serious issues of our times.

  • Jayne Houdyshell: for her artistry as an exceptionally versatile and distinctive Broadway and Off-Broadway performer.

  • Samuel D. Hunter: His empathic and indelible The Whale affirms his arrival as a distinguished dramatist who depicts the human condition.

  • Maruti Evans, the Sam Norkin Off-Broadway Award: for his ingenious lighting designs, reflecting an exquisite and bold theatrical aesthetic. This season's The Pilo Family Circus and Tiny Dynamite confirm his incandescent creativity.
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