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| Awards | Category | Nominee | Show |
| Drama Desk Awards | Ensemble Award | Anna Uzele | SIX |
| Drama Desk Awards | Harold S. Prince Lifetime Achievement Award | Alice Childress | 0 In four decades as playwright, novelist, actor, and director, Alice Childress (1912-1994) challenged racism with engrossing stories and memorable characters. When a New York producer demanded revisions to soften the impact of Trouble in Mind, after an initial run Off Broadway and prior to its Broadway debut, Childress withdrew the script. Sixty-five years later, the Drama Desk celebrates the long-delayed Broadway premiere of this timeless masterpiece and salutes Childress as a towering figure in contemporary theater history. |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Jaquel Spivey | A Strange Loop |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Chip Zien | Harmony |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Myles Frost | MJ |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Billy Crystal | Mr. Saturday Night |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Rob McClure | Mrs. Doubtfire |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Lackawanna Blues |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Jacob Ming-Trent | Merry Wives |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Brandon J. Dirden | Skeleton Crew |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Jesse Tyler Ferguson | Take Me Out |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | John Douglas Thompson | The Merchant of Venice |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Sharon D Clarke | Caroline, Or Change |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Jeanna de Waal | Diana |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Kearstin Piper Brown | Intimate Apparel |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Victoria Clark | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Joaquina Kalukango | Paradise Square |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Michelle Wilson | Confederates |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Andrea Patterson | cullud wattah |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Tala Ashe | English |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Ruth Negga | Macbeth |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Phylicia Rashad | Skeleton Crew |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Shannon Tyo | The Chinese Lady |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Adaptation | The Alchemist | Jeffrey Hatcher |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Adaptation | Merry Wives | Jocelyn Bioh |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Bruce Sussman | Harmony |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Lynn Nottage | Intimate Apparel |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Babaloo Mandel | Mr. Saturday Night |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Lucy Moss | SIX |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Liam Steel | Company |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Ayodele Casel | Funny Girl (tap choreography) |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Rich + Tone Taleuega | MJ The Musical |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Garrett Coleman | Paradise Square |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Carrie-Anne Ingrouille | SIX |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Susan Hilferty | Funny Girl |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Catherine Zuber | Intimate Apparel |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Gabriella Slade | SIX |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Machine Dazzle | The Hang |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Santo Loquasto | The Music Man |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Jennifer Moeller | Clyde's |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Gregory Gale | Fairycakes |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Qween Jean | On Sugarland |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Tilly Grimes | The Alchemist |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Linda Cho | The Chinese Lady |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | John Doyle | Assassins |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Marianne Elliott | Company |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Bartlett Sher | Intimate Apparel |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Jessica Stone | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Jamie Armitage | SIX |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Knud Adams | English |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Saheem Ali | Merry Wives |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Whitney White | On Sugarland |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Rebecca Frecknall | Sanctuary City |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Taibi Magar | Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Matt Doyle | Company |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Jared Grimes | Funny Girl |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Justin Austin | Intimate Apparel |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Justin Cooley | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Tavon Olds-Sample | MJ The Musical |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Ron Cephas Jones | Clyde's |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Billy Eugene Jones | On Sugarland |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Joshua Boone | Skeleton Crew |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Daniel K. Isaac | The Chinese Lady |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Chuck Cooper | Trouble in Mind |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Judy Kuhn | Assassins |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Tamika Lawrence | Black No More |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Jennifer Simard | Company |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Bonnie Milligan | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Kenita R. Miller | for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Stephanie Berry | On Sugarland |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Page Leong | Out of Time |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Francis Benhamou | Prayer for the French Republic |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Sonnie Brown | what you are now |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Natasha Katz | Diana |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Bradley King | Flying Over Sunset |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Jennifer Tipton | Intimate Apparel |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Natasha Katz | MJ the Musical |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Christopher Akerlind | Clyde’s |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew | cullud wattah |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Reza Behjat | English |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Amith Chandrashaker | Prayer for the French Republic |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Isabella Byrd | Sanctuary City |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | David Lindsay-Abaire | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Amanda Green | Mr. Saturday Night |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Lucy Moss | SIX |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Shaina Taub | SUFFS |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Taylor Mac | The Hang |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Carrie Rodriguez | ¡Americano! |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Jeanine Tesori | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Jason Howland | Paradise Square |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Lucy Moss | SIX |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Matt Ray | The Hang |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music in a Play | Bill Sims Jr. | Lackawanna Blues |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music in a Play | Michael Thurber | Merry Wives |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music in a Play | Kamauu | Thoughts of a Colored Man |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | Harmony | Harmony |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | Intimate Apparel | Intimate Apparel |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | Kimberly Akimbo | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | SIX | SIX |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | The Hang | The Hang |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Greg Jarrett | Assassins |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | David Holcenberg | MJ The Musical |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Tom Curran | SIX |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Yasuhiko Fukuoka | The Streets of New York |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | Erika Dickerson-Despenza | cullud wattah |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | Sanaz Toossi | English |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | Joshua Harmon | Prayer for the French Republic |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | Martyna Majok | Sanctuary City |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | Sylvia Khoury | Selling Kabul |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | Lloyd Suh | The Chinese Lady |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Projection Design | 59 Productions | Flying Over Sunset |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Projection Design | Alex Basco Koch | Space Dogs |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Projection Design | Shawn Duan | The Chinese Lady |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Projection Design | Sven Ortel | Thoughts of a Colored Man |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Projection Design | David Bengali | Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Puppet Design | James Ortiz | The Skin of Our Teeth |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Puppet Design | Rockefeller Productions | Winnie the Pooh |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Puppet Design | Amanda Villalobos | Wolf Play |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Assassins | Assassins |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Baby | Baby |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Caroline, Or Change | Caroline, Or Change |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Company | Company |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf | for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | How I Learned to Drive | How I Learned to Drive |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Lackawanna Blues | Lackawanna Blues |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Skeleton Crew | Skeleton Crew |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Trouble in Mind | Trouble in Mind |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 | Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design for a Musical | Bunny Christie | Company |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design for a Musical | Beowulf Boritt | Flying Over Sunset |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design for a Musical | David Zinn | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design for a Musical | Emma Bailey | SIX |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design for a Play | Takeshi Kata | Clyde's |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design for a Play | Marsha Ginsberg | English |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design for a Play | Junghyun Georgia Lee | Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design for a Play | Beowulf Boritt | Merry Wives |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design for a Play | Wilson Chin | Pass Over |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Solo Performance | Alex Edelman | Just for Us |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Solo Performance | Kristina Wong | Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Solo Performance | Arturo Luís Soria | Ni Mi Madre |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design for a Musical | Ian Dickinson | Company |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design for a Musical | Kai Harada | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design for a Musical | Gareth Owen | MJ the Musical |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design for a Musical | Paul Gatehouse | SIX |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design for a Play | Hidenori Nakajo | Autumn Royal |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design for a Play | Max Ringham | Cyrano de Bergerac |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design for a Play | Mikaal Sulaiman | Sanctuary City |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design for a Play | Lee Kinney | Selling Kabul |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design for a Play | Tyler Kieffer | Seven Deadly Sins |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Wig and Hair | Paul Huntley | Diana, The Musical |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Wig and Hair | Charles G. LaPointe | MJ the Musical |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Wig and Hair | David Brian Brown | Mrs. Doubtfire |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Wig and Hair | Matthew B. Armentrout | Paradise Square |
| Drama Desk Awards | Special Award | Dede Ayite | 0 Dede Ayite seems to have costumed half the actors of this theater season with her designs for Merry Wives, Seven Deadly Sins, The Last of the Love Letters, Chicken and Biscuits, Slave Play, Nollywood Dreams, American Buffalo, and How I learned to Drive. Whether dressing working-class Marylanders of the 1960s, amateur criminals of the 1970s, or West African immigrants in today’s Harlem, Ayite has a knack for conveying characters’ means, values, and aspirations before the actors utter a word. |
| Drama Desk Awards | Special Awards | Heather Christian | Oratorio for Living Things With the category-defying Oratorio for Living Things, Heather Christian aims to encompass all human existence in a single inventive and startlingly beautiful work. In times of pandemic, war, and social upheaval, Christian’s work (directed by Lee Sunday Evans and brought to life by a superb cast and creative team) is an awe-inspiring reminder that, even in the darkest times, there will always be artistic peaks to scale. |
| Drama Desk Awards | The Sam Norkin Off-Broadway Award | Marjan Neshat | 0 This season, as a woman hiding her brother from the Taliban in Sylvia Khoury’s Selling Kabul and an English instructor straddling two very different cultures in Sanaz Toossi’s English, Marjan Neshat embodied disparate characters so fully that it was hard to recognize the single actor in the two roles. Whether in drama or comedy, Neshat mines the playwright’s text for a vast panoply of emotions that yield vivid, intricate portrayals of the parts she undertakes. |
| Drama Desk Awards | Unique Theatrical Experience | Seven Deadly Sins | Seven Deadly Sins |
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