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Browse Awards By Year for 2016
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| Awards | Category | Nominee | Show |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Benjamin Walker | American Psycho |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Robert Creighton | Cagney |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Danny Burstein | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Michael C. Hall | Lazarus |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Zachary Levi | She Loves Me |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Mark Strong | A View From the Bridge |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Avi Hoffman | Death of a Salesman |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Tim Pigott-Smith | King Charles III |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Andrew Garman | The Christians |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Frank Langella | The Father |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Carmen Cusack | Bright Star |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Laura Benanti | She Loves Me |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Annette O'Toole | Southern Comfort |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Cynthia Erivo | The Color Purple |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Jessie Mueller | Waitress |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Nicola Walker | A View From the Bridge |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Marin Ireland | Ironbound |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Georgia Engel | John |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Jessica Lange | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Mamie Gummer | Ugly Lies the Bone |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical | John Caird | Daddy Long Legs |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Michael John LaChiusa | First Daughter Suite |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Jessie Nelson | Waitress |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Lynne Page | American Psycho |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Joshua Bergasse | Cagney |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Randy Skinner | Dames at Sea |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Savion Glover | Shuffle Along |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Spencer Liff | Spring Awakening |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Alejo Vietti | Allegiance |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Katrina Lindsay | American Psycho |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Jane Greenwood | Bright Star |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Jeff Mahshie | She Loves Me |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Ann Roth | Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and all that Followed |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Constance Hoffman | Pericles |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | William Ivey Long | Shows for Days |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Anita Yavich | The Legend of Georgia McBride |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Jessica Ford | These Paper Bullets |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Martha Hally | Women Without Men |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Rupert Goold | American Psycho |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Bartlett Sher | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Michael Arden | Spring Awakening |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | John Doyle | The Color Purple |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Motl Didner | The Golden Bride |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Ivo van Hove | A View from the Bridge |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Sam Gold | John |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Rupert Goold | King Charles III |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Joe Mantello | The Humans |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Rachel Chavkin | The Royale |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Jenn Thompson | Women Without Men |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Paul Alexander Nolan | Bright Star |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Baylee Littrell | Disaster |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Nicholas Barasch | She Loves Me |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Christopher Fitzgerald | Waitress |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Richard Thomas | Incident at Vichy |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Michael Shannon | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | David Furr | Noises Off |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Bill Camp | The Crucible |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Matt McGrath | The Legend of Georgia McBride |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Rachel Bay Jones | Dear Evan Hansen |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Alison Fraser | First Daughter Suite |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Jane Krakowski | She Loves Me |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Danielle Brooks | The Color Purple |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Brooke Bloom | Cloud Nine |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Saycon Sengbloh | Eclipsed |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Jeanine Serralles | Gloria |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Megan Hilty | Noises Off |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Kellie Overbey | Women Without Men |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Justin Townsend | American Psycho |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Jake DeGroot | SeaWife |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Jules Fisher | Shuffle Along Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Peggy Eisenhauer | Shuffle Along Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Ben Stanton | Spring Awakening |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Jane Cox | The Color Purple |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Tyler Micoleau | Antila Pneumatica |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Bradley King | Empanada Loca |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Neil Austin | Hughie |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Mark Barton | John |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Justin Townsend | The Humans |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Justin Paul | Dear Evan Hansen |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Michael John LaChiusa | First Daughter Suite |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Glenn Slater | School of Rock |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Sara Bareilles | Waitress |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Steve Martin | Bright Star |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Michael John LaChiusa | First Daughter Suite |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | The Lobbyists | Naked Angels |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Andrew Lloyd Webber | School of Rock |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Sara Bareilles | Waitress |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music in a Play | Tom Kitt | Cymbeline |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music in a Play | Shaun Davey | Pericles |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music in a Play | Estelle Bajou | Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music in a Play | Philip Glass | The Crucible |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music in a Play | Billie Joe Armstrong | The Paper Bullets! |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | Daddy Long Legs | Daddy Long Legs |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | First Daughter Suite | First Daughter Suite |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | School of Rock | School of Rock |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | Shuffle Along Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed | Shuffle Along Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | Waitress | Waitress |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | August Eriksmoen | Bright Star |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Michael Starobin | First Daughter Suite |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Andrew Lloyd Webber | School of Rock |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Larry Hochman | She Loves Me |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Catherine Jayes | The Color Purple |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | John | John |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | King Charles III | King Charles III |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | The Christians | The Christians |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | The Humans | The Humans |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | The Royale | The Royale |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Projection Design | Finn Ross | American Psycho |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Projection Design | Peter Nigrini | Dear Evan Hansen |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Projection Design | Tal Yarden | Lazarus |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Projection Design | Darrel Maloney | Tappin' Thru Life |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Projection Design | Nicholas Hussong | These Paper Bullets |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Fiddler on the Roof | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | She Loves Me | She Loves Me |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Spring Awakening | Spring Awakening |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | The Color Purple | The Color Purple |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | The Golden Bride | The Golden Bride |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | A View From the Bridge | A View From the Bridge |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Cloud Nine | Cloud Nine |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Death of a Salesman | Death of a Salesman |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Henry IV | Henry IV |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Long Day's Journey Into Night | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Women Without Men | Women Without Men |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design for a Musical | Es Devlin | American Psycho |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design for a Musical | Emily Orling | Futurity |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design for a Musical | David Rockwell | She Loves Me |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design for a Play | Derek McLane | Fully Committed |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design for a Play | G.W. Mercier | Head of Passes |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design for a Play | Christopher Oram | Hughie |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design for a Play | Mimi Lien | John |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design for a Play | Riccardo Hernandez | Red Speedo |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Solo Performance | Daphne Rubin-Vega | Empanada Loca |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Solo Performance | Jesse Tyler Ferguson | Fully Committed |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Solo Performance | Kathleen Chalfant | Rose |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Solo Performance | James Lecesne | The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Solo Performance | Simon Callow | Tuesdays at Tesco's |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Dan Moses Schreier | American Psycho |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Nevin Steinberg | Bright Star |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Brian Ronan | Lazarus |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Mick Potter | School of Rock |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Scott Lehrer | Shuffle Along Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Fitz Patton | An Act of God |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Ryan Rumery | Empanada Loca |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Miles Olaski | Fulfillment |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Bray Poor | John |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Fitz Patton | The Humans |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Wig and Hair | David Brian Brown | She Loves Me |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Wig and Hair | Mia M. Neal | Shuffle Along Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Wig and Hair | Jason Hayes | The Legend of Georgia McBride |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Wig and Hair | Charles G. LaPointe | The School for Scandal |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Wig and Hair | Robert-Charles Vallance | Women Without Men |
| Drama Desk Awards | Sam Norkin Award | Danai Gurira | 0 Whether writing about women in wartime Liberia in Eclipsed or about an affluent immigrant family from Zimbabwe struggling with assimilation in Familiar, Danai Gurira demonstrates great insight, range, and depth, bringing a fresh new voice to American theater. |
| Drama Desk Awards | Special Drama Desk Award | Sheldon Harnick | 0 New productions of Fiddler on the Roof, Rothschild and Sons, and She Loves Me this season remind us that this veteran lyricist's takes on faith, family and community are as resonant as ever. |
| Drama Desk Awards | Special Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble | The Humans | The Humans Cassie Beck, Reed Birney, Jayne Houdyshell, Lauren Klein, Arian Moayed, and Sarah Steele spend a very special Thanksgiving Day together in Stephen Karam's play, reminding us that home is indeed where The Humans are. |
| Drama Desk Awards | Special Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble | The Royale | The Royale The heavyweight cast of McKinley Belcher III, Khris Davis, Montego Glover, John Lavelle, and Clarke Peters gels as a unit in bringing Marco Ramirez's story, inspired by Jack Johnson, to unforgettable life, offering a trenchant statement on racism in America. |
| Drama Desk Awards | Unique Theatrical Experience | ADA/AVA | ADA/AVA |
| Drama Desk Awards | Unique Theatrical Experience | That Physics Show | That Physics Show |
| Drama Desk Awards | Unique Theatrical Experience | The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show | The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show |
| Drama Desk Awards | Unique Theatrical Experience | YOUARENOWHERE | YOUARENOWHERE |
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