2004 Drama Desk Awards
Winners and nominees from the Drama Desk Awards.
2004 Drama Desk Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Play | The Distance From Here | The Distance From Here |
| A Raisin in the Sun Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Assassins | Assassins |
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Tyrone Giordano, Michael McElroy | Big River |
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Alfred Molina | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Hunter Foster | Little Shop of Horrors |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | John Michael Higgins | Big Bill |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Paul Sparks | Blackbird |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Christopher Plummer | King Lear |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Frank Langella | Match |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Tonya Pinkins | Caroline, or Change |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Judy McLane | Johnny Guitar |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Elaine Paige | Sweeney Todd |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Donna Murphy | Wonderful Town |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Phylicia Rashad | A Raisin in the Sun |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Shannon Cochran | Bug |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Brian F. O'Byrne | Frozen |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Viola Davis | Intimate Apparel |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | J. Smith-Cameron | Sarah, Sarah |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Lizan Mitchell | Trojan Women |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Tony Kushner | Caroline, or Change |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Rachel Sheinkin | The 25 th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee |
| Outstanding Choreography | Farah Khan | Bombay Dreams |
| Outstanding Choreography | Jerry Mitchell | La Cage aux Folles |
| Outstanding Choreography | Stephen Hues | Ramayana 2K3 |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Jenny Mannis | Animal Farm |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Peggy Eishenhauer | Assassins |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Mark Thompson, Jess Goldstein, Henry IV | Bombay Dreams |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Catherine Zuber | Intimate Apparel |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Lisa Leighton, Robert A. Prior | Ramayana 2K3 |
| Outstanding Director - Musical | Joe Mantello | Assassins |
| Outstanding Director - Musical | Jeff Calhoun | Big River |
| Outstanding Director - Musical | George C. Wolfe | Caroline, or Change |
| Outstanding Director - Musical | Pamela Hunt | The Musical of Musicals: The Musical |
| Outstanding Director - Musical | Kathleen Marshall, Kathleen Marshall | Wonderful Town |
| Outstanding Director - Play | Edward Hall | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Outstanding Director - Play | Kenny Leon | A Raisin in the Sun |
| Outstanding Director - Play | Dexter Bullard | Bug |
| Outstanding Ensemble Performance | The cast | The Distance From Here |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Raymond Jaramillo McLeod | Wonderful Town |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Corey Stoll | Intimate Apparel |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | John Lithgow | Mrs. Farnsworth |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Andre De Shields | Prymate |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Anika Noni Rose | Caroline, or Change |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Mary Testa | First Lady Suite |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Lovette George | The Musical of Musicals: The Musical |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Audra McDonald | A Raisin in the Sun |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Jan Maxwell | Sixteen Wounded |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Mikel Sarah Lambert | The Daughter-in-Law |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Jayne Houdyshell | Well |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Jules Fisher | Assassins |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Joel Higgins | Johnny Guitar |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Joanne Bogart | The Musical of Musicals: The Musical |
| Outstanding Music | Jeanine Tesori | Caroline, or Change |
| Outstanding Music | RaRa Avis | et al; Ramayana 2K3 |
| Outstanding Music | Martin Silvestri, Joel Higgins | Johnny Guitar |
| Outstanding Music | Eric Rockwell | The Musical of Musicals: The Musical |
| Outstanding Music | Stephen Schwartz | Wicked |
| Outstanding Musical | Caroline, or Change | Caroline, or Change |
| Outstanding Musical | Johnny Guitar | Johnny Guitar |
| Outstanding Musical | The Musical of Musicals: The Musical | The Musical of Musicals: The Musical |
| Outstanding Orhcestrations | Michael Starobin | Assassins |
| Outstanding Orhcestrations | Paul Bogaev | Bombay Dreams |
| Outstanding Play | The Tricky Part | The Tricky Part |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Fiddler on the Roof | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Bonnie Comley | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Finian's Rainbow | Finian's Rainbow |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | First Lady Suite | First Lady Suite |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Wonderful Town | Wonderful Town |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | A Midsummer Night's Dream | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | A Raisin in the Sun | A Raisin in the Sun |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | The Colleen Bawn | The Colleen Bawn |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | The Daughter-in-Law | The Daughter-in-Law |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | The Normal Heart | The Normal Heart |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Reginald Rose | Twelve Angry Men |
| Outstanding Revue | Forbidden Broadway SVU: Special Victims Unit | Forbidden Broadway SVU: Special Victims Unit |
| Outstanding Set Designs - Musical | Robert Brill | Assassins |
| Outstanding Set Designs - Musical | Mark Thompson | Bombay Dreams |
| Outstanding Set Designs - Musical | Tom Pye | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Outstanding Set Designs - Musical | John Lee Beatty | Wonderful Town |
| Outstanding Set Designs - Play | David Korins | Blackbird |
| Outstanding Set Designs - Play | John Lee Beatty | Twentieth Century |
| Outstanding Set Designs - Play | Andrew Lieberman | Wintertime |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Billy Crystal | 700 Sundays |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Barbara Cook | Barbara Cook's Broadway |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Sarah Jones | Bridge and Tunnel |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Martin Moran | The Tricky Part |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Dan Moses Schreier | Assassins |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Brian Ronan | Bug |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Mark Bennett | Henry IV |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Scott Jennings | Ramayana 2K3 |
| Outstanding Sound Design | David Van Tieghem | The Stendhal Syndrome |
| Revival of a Musical | La Cage aux Folles | La Cage aux Folles |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Toxic Audio | in Loud Mouth |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Ramayana 2K3 | Ramayana 2K3 |
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