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| Awards | Category | Nominee | Show |
| Drama Desk Awards | Ensemble Award | Tashnuva Anan | Public Obscenities |
| Drama Desk Awards | Harold Prince Lifetime Achievement Award | Stephen McKinley Henderson | 0 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. |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Adaptation | Amy Herzog | A Doll's House |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Adaptation | Kathryn Walat | Arden of Faversham |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Adaptation | Marcus Gardley | black odyssey |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Adaptation | Robert Icke | Oresteia |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Adaptation | Emma Rice | Wuthering Heights |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical | David West Read | & Juliet |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Robert Horn | Shucked |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Amber Ruffin | Some Like it Hot |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Jonathan Hogue | Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Tye Blue | Titanique |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Jennifer Weber | KPOP |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Susan Stroman | New York, New York |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Andy Blankenbuehler | Only Gold |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Casey Nicholaw | Some Like it Hot |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Tislarm Bouie | the bandaged place |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Edgar Godineaux | The Harder They Come |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical | Jennifer Moeller | Camelot |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical | Clint Ramos | KPOP |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical | Anita Yavich | Only Gold |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical | Tilly Grimes | Shucked |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical | Gregg Barnes | Some Like it Hot |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design of a Play | Kara Branch | According to the Chorus |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design of a Play | Emilio Sosa | Ain’t No Mo’ |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design of a Play | Roberto Surace | Peter Pan Goes Wrong |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design of a Play | Enver Chakartash | Public Obscenities |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design of a Play | Qween Jean | Wedding Band |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design of a Play | Sarah Laux | Wish You Were Here |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Musical | John Doyle | A Man of No Importance |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Jeff Calhoun | Between the Lines |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Maria Friedman | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Jack O’Brien | Shucked |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Thomas Kail | Sweeney Todd |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Play | Miranda Cromwell | Death of a Salesman |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Play | Max Webster | Life of Pi |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Play | Alexander Zeldin | Love |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Play | Zi Alikhan | On That Day in Amsterdam |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Play | Adam Meggido | Peter Pan Goes Wrong |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Play | Shayok Misha Chowdhury | Public Obscenities |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Mark Jacoby | A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Mare Winningham | A Man of No Importance |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Julia Lester | Into the Woods |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Daniel Radcliffe | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Kevin Cahoon | Shucked |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Kevin Del Aguila | Some Like it Hot |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Tarra Conner Jones | White Girl in Danger |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Arian Moayed | A Doll’s House |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Kara Young | Cost of Living |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Francis Guinan | Downstate |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Emily Bergl | Good Night, Oscar |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Brandon Uranowitz | Leopoldstadt |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Amelda Brown | Love |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Danielle Brooks | The Piano Lesson |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Ray Fisher | The Piano Lesson |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Miriam Silverman | The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Brian Quijada | Wolf Play |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Fight Choreography | B.H. Barry | Camelot |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Fight Choreography | Rocio Mendez | Día Y Noche |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Fight Choreography | Rocio Mendez | How to Defend Yourself |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Fight Choreography | Unkledave’s Fight-House | soft |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Andrew Burnap | Camelot |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Somi Kakoma | Dreaming Zenzile |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Sara Bareilles | Into the Woods |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Callum Francis | Kinky Boots |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Lindsay Mendez | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Anna Uzele | New York, New York |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Micaela Diamond | Parade |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Andrew Durand | Shucked |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | J. Harrison Ghee | Some Like it Hot |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Annaleigh Ashford | Sweeney Todd |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Nicholas Barasch | The Butcher Boy |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Kyle Beltran | A Case for the Existence of God |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Jessica Chastain | A Doll’s House |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Denise Manning | Amani |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Sharon D Clarke | Death of a Salesman |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | John Douglas Thompson | Endgame |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Sean Hayes | Good Night, Oscar |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Hiran Abeysekera | Life of Pi |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Audra McDonald | Ohio State Murders |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Kara Young | Twelfth Night |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Brittany Bradford | Wedding Band |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | David Grill | Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | Ken Billington | New York, New York |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | Jeff Croiter | Only Gold |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | Heather Gilbert | Parade |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | Natasha Katz | Sweeney Todd |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Isabella Byrd | Epiphany |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Allen Lee Hughes | Ohio State Murders |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Cha See | On That Day in Amsterdam |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Natasha Chivers | Prima Facie |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Jiyoun Chang | The Far Country |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Japhy Weideman | The Piano Lesson |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Brandy Clark | Shucked |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Scott Wittman | Some Like it Hot |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Jonathan Hogue | Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Sarah Silverman | The Bedwetter |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Michael R. Jackson | White Girl in Danger |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Tom Kitt | Almost Famous |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Elyssa Samsel | Between the Lines |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Brandy Clark | Shucked |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | The Kilbanes | Weightless |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Michael R. Jackson | White Girl in Danger |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music in a Play | Ben Edelman | Letters from Max, a ritual |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music in a Play | Daniel Schlosberg | Montag |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music in a Play | Suzan-Lori Parks | Plays for the Plague Year |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music in a Play | Mauricio Escamilla | the bandaged place |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music in a Play | Ian Ross | Wuthering Heights |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | & Juliet | & Juliet |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | Between the Lines | Between the Lines |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | F*ck7thGrade | F*ck7thGrade |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | Shucked | Shucked |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | Some Like it Hot | Some Like it Hot |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | White Girl in Danger | White Girl in Danger |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Bruce Coughlin | A Man of No Importance |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Daryl Waters | New York, New York |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Jason Howland | Shucked |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Bryan Carter | Some Like it Hot |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Kenny Seymour | The Harder They Come |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | Samuel D. Hunter | A Case for the Existence of God |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | James Ijames | Fat Ham |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | Tom Stoppard | Leopoldstadt |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | Alexander Zeldin | Love |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | Suzie Miller | Prima Facie |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | Sanaz Toossi | Wish You Were Here |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Caite Hevner | Between the Lines |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Andrzej Goulding | Life of Pi |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Nicholas Hussong | On That Day in Amsterdam |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Johnny Moreno | Public Obscenities |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Josh Higgason | White Girl in Danger |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Simon Baker | Wuthering Heights |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Puppetry | James Ortiz | Into the Woods |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Puppetry | Finn Caldwell | Life of Pi |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Puppetry | Kirjan Waage | The Immortal Jellyfish Girl |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Puppetry | John Leader | Wuthering Heights |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | A Man of No Importance | A Man of No Importance |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Into the Woods | Into the Woods |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Merrily We Roll Along | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Parade | Parade |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Sweeney Todd | Sweeney Todd |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | A Raisin in the Sun | A Raisin in the Sun |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Death of a Salesman | Death of a Salesman |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Endgame | Endgame |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Ohio State Murders | Ohio State Murders |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | The Piano Lesson | The Piano Lesson |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Wedding Band | Wedding Band |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | Michael Yeargan | Camelot |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | Beowulf Boritt | New York, New York |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | David Korins | Only Gold |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | Scott Pask | Shucked |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | Brendan McCann | Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | John McDermott | Chains |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | Tim Hatley | Life of Pi |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | Natasha Jenkins | Love |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | Beowulf Boritt | Ohio State Murders |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | dots | Public Obscenities |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | Jason Ardizzone-West | Wedding Band |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Solo Performance | David Greenspan | Four Saints in Three Acts |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Solo Performance | Tracy Thorne | Jack Was Kind |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Solo Performance | Jodie Comer | Prima Facie |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Solo Performance | Jessica Hendy | Walking With Bubbles |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Solo Performance | Anthony Rapp | Without You |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical | Peter Hylenski | Almost Famous |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical | Alex Neumann | Into the Woods |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical | Jon Weston | Parade |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical | John Shivers | Shucked |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical | Joanna Lynne Staub | Weightless |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Ben Ringham | A Doll’s House |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Mikaal Sulaiman | Fat Ham |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Tom Gibbons | Hamlet |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Josh Anio Grigg | Love |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Justin Ellington | Ohio State Murders |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Daniel Kluger | You Will Get Sick |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Wig and Hair | Luc Verschueren | A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Wig and Hair | Mia M. Neal | Ain't No Mo' |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Wig and Hair | Campbell Young Associates | Almost Famous |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Wig and Hair | Mitsuteru Okuyama | Chushingura 47 Ronin |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Wig and Hair | Cookie Jordan | The Piano Lesson |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Wig and Hair | Earon Nealey | Twelfth Night |
| Drama Desk Awards | Sam Norkin Off-Broadway Award | Ryan J. Haddad | 0 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. |
| Drama Desk Awards | Unique Theatrical Experience | Asi Wind’s Inner Circle | Asi Wind’s Inner Circle |
| Drama Desk Awards | Unique Theatrical Experience | Peter Pan Goes Wrong | Peter Pan Goes Wrong |
| Drama Desk Awards | Unique Theatrical Experience | Plays for the Plague Year | Plays for the Plague Year |
| Drama Desk Awards | Unique Theatrical Experience | Zephyr | Zephyr |
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