2001 Drama Desk Awards
Winners and nominees from the Drama Desk Awards.
2001 Drama Desk Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Deven May | Bat Boy: The Musical |
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Patrick Wilson | The Full Monty |
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane | The Producers |
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Raul Esparza | tick, tick... BOOM! |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Brian Stokes Mitchell | King Hedley II |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Dallas Roberts | Nocturne |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Ralph Fiennes | Richard II |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Richard Easton | The Invention of Love |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Christine Ebersole | 42nd Street |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Kaitlin Hopkins | Bat Boy: The Musical |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Faith Prince | Bells Are Ringing |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Marla Schaffel | Jane Eyre |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Mary Beth Fisher | Boys Get Girl |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Robin Bartlett | Everett Beekin |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Lili Taylor | The Dead Eye Boy |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Anna Paquin | The Glory of Living |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Meryl Streep | The Seagull |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Sarah Jessica Parker | Wonder of the World |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Greg Kotis | Urinetown |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Mel Brooks | The Producers |
| Outstanding Choreography | Randy Skinner | 42nd Street |
| Outstanding Choreography | Susan Stroman, Thomas Meehan | The Producers |
| Outstanding Choreography | John Carrafa | Urinetown |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Roger Kirk | 42nd Street |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Richard Sanchez, Dana Peter Porras, Chris March | Christmas with the Crawfords |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Linda Cho | Princess Turandot |
| Outstanding Costume Design | William Ivey Long | The Producers |
| Outstanding Director - Musical | Susan Stroman | The Producers |
| Outstanding Director - Musical | John Rando | Urinetown |
| Outstanding Director - Play | Michael Greif | Dogeaters |
| Outstanding Director - Play | Mark Brokaw | Lobby Hero |
| Outstanding Director - Play | Jonathan Kent | Richard II |
| Outstanding Director - Play | Jack O'Brien | The Invention of Love |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Mark Jacoby | Enter the Guardsman |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Roger Bart, Gary Beach | The Producers |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Jeff McCarthy | Urinetown |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Maximilian Schell | Judgment at Nuremberg |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Charles Brown | King Hedley II |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Oliver Ford Davies | Richard II |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Justin Kirk | Ten Unknowns |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Aaron Himelstein | The Dead Eye Boy |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Randy Graff | A Class Act |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Polly Bergen | Follies |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Cady Huffman | The Producers |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Spencer Kayden | Urinetown |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Barbara Jefford | Coriolanus |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Marthe Keller | Judgment at Nuremberg |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Viola Davis | King Hedley II |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Robin Weigert | Madame Melville |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Anita Durst | The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Paul Anderson | Mnemonic |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Kenneth Posner | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Howell Binkley | The Full Monty |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Brian MacDevitt | The Invention of Love |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Peter Kaczorowski | The Producers |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Ed Kleban | A Class Act |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Mel Brooks | The Producers |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Mark Hollman, Greg Kotis | Urinetown |
| Outstanding Music | Ed Kleban | A Class Act |
| Outstanding Music | Mark Hollman | Urinetown |
| Outstanding Musical | The Musical | Bat Boy |
| Outstanding Musical | The Full Monty | The Full Monty |
| Outstanding Musical | The Producers | The Producers |
| Outstanding Musical | tick, tick... BOOM! | tick, tick... BOOM! |
| Outstanding Musical | Urinetown | Urinetown |
| Outstanding Musical Revue | newyorkers | newyorkers |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Jonathan Tunick | Follies |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Michael Starobin | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Harolld Wheeler | The Full Monty |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Doug Besterman | The Producers |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Bruce Coughlin | Urinetown |
| Outstanding Play | Rebecca Gilman | Boy Gets Girl |
| Outstanding Play | Kenneth Lonergan | Lobby Hero |
| Outstanding Play | Tom Stoppard | The Invention of Love |
| Outstanding Play | Neil LaBute | The Shape of Things |
| Outstanding Play | Lee Blessing | Thief River |
| Outstanding Revival - Musical | 42nd Street | 42nd Street |
| Outstanding Revival - Musical | Bells Are Ringing | Bells Are Ringing |
| Outstanding Revival - Musical | Follies | Follies |
| Outstanding Revival - Play | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| Outstanding Revival - Play | Richard II | Richard II |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Noises Off | Noises Off |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | The Seagull | The Seagull |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Musical | Douglas Schmidt | 42nd Street |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Musical | Richard Hoove | Bat Boy: The Musical |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Musical | Heidi Ettinger | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Musical | Robin Wagner | The Producers |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Play | David Gallo | King Hedley II |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Play | Thomas Lynch | Old Money |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Play | Jeff Cowie | The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Play | Bob Crowley | The Invention of Love |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Lackawanna Blues |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Bette Bourne | Resident Alien |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Sarah Jones | Surface Transit |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Brian d'Arcy James | The Good Thief |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Mark Bennett, Michael Creason | Dogeaters |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Gregory Kostroff | Lypsinka the Boxed Set |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Christopher Shutt | Mnemonic |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Jerry Vager | Up Against the Wind |
| Special Awards | Reba McEntire | Annie Get Your Gun |
| Special Awards | Sean Campion, Conleth Hill | Stones in His Pockets |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | And God Created Great Whales | And God Created Great Whales |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Mnemonic | Mnemonic |
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