2008 Drama Desk Awards
Winners and nominees from the Drama Desk Awards.
2008 Drama Desk Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Findlay | The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island | |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | James Barbour | A Tale of Two Cities |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Daniel Breaker | Passing Strange |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Brian d'Arcy James | Shrek the Musical |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Daniel Breaker | Shrek the Musical |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Paulo Szot | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Daniel Evans | Sunday in the Park with George |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Reed Birney | Blasted |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Mark Rylance | Boeing-Boeing |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Bill Champion | Intimate Exchanges |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Faith Prince | A Catered Affair |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Patti LuPone | Gypsy |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Karen Murphy | My Vaudeville Man! |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Sutton Foster | Shrek the Musical |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Kelli O'Hara | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Jenna Russell | Sunday in the Park with George |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Sierra Boggess | The Little Mermaid |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Alice Ripley | Next to Normal |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Elizabeth Marvel | Fifty Words |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Julie White | From Up Her |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Frances McDormand | The Country Girl |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Harvey Fierstein | A Catered Affair |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Joshua Schmidt | Adding Machine |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Lee Hall | Billy Elliot |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Stew | Passing Strange |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | David Lindsay-Abaire | Shrek the Musical |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Ben Katchor | The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Eric H. Weinberger | Wanda's World |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Jason Loewith | Adding Machine |
| Outstanding Choreography | Peter Darling | Billy Elliot |
| Outstanding Choreography | Lynne Taylor-Corbett | My Vaudeville Man! |
| Outstanding Choreography | Karole Armitage | Passing Strange |
| Outstanding Choreography | Peter Pucci | Queens Boulevard (the musical) |
| Outstanding Choreography | Rob Ashford | The Musical |
| Outstanding Choreography | Shana Carroll, Gypsy Snider | Traces |
| Outstanding Choreography | Dan Knechtges | Xanadu |
| Outstanding Choreography | Susan Stroman | Young Frankenstein |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Ann Hould-Ward | A Catered Affair |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Katrina Lindsay | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Tim Hatley | Shrek the Musical |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | John Doyle | A Catered Affair |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | David Cromer | Adding Machine |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Stephen Daldry | Billy Elliot |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Jason Moore | Shrek the Musical |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Bartlett Sher | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Sam Buntrock | Sunday in the Park with George |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Bob McGrath | The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Matthew Warchus | Boeing-Boeing |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Leigh Silverman | From Up Here |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Shonn Wiley | My Vaudeville Man! |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Garry Hynes | The Cripple of Inishmaan |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Jonathan Silverstein | The Dining Room |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Sarah Benson | Blasted |
| Outstanding Ensemble Performances | Patricia O'Connell, John C. Vennema, David Pearse, Marie Mullen, Aaron Monaghan, Dearbhla Molloy, Laurence Kinlan, Andrew Connolly, Kerry Condon | The Cripple of Inishmaan |
| Outstanding Ensemble Performances | Dan Daily, Claire Lautier, Timothy McCracken, Ann McDonough, Samantha Soule, Mark J. Sullivan | The Dining Room |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Tom Wopat | A Catered Affair |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Boyd Gaines | Gypsy |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Danny Burstein | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Billy Elliot | the Musical |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Bobby Steggert | The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Jeremy Shamos | Animals Out of Paper |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Jeremy Davidson | Back Back Back |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Brian d'Arcy James | Port Authority |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | John Cullum | The Conscientious Objector |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Leslie Kritzer | A Catered Affair |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Amy Warren | Adding Machine |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Christina Bianco | Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Laura Benanti | Gypsy |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Martha Plimpton | Pal Joey |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Farah Alvin | The Marvelous Wonderettes |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Haydn Gwynne | the Musical |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Zoe Kazan | The Seagull |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Elizabeth Ashley | Dividing the Estate |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Linda Lavin | The New Century |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Marisa Tomei | Top Girls |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Keith Parham | Adding Machine |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Maruti Evans | Slaughterhouse-Five |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Donald Holder | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Ken Billington | Sunday in the Park with George |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Kevin Adams | The 39 Steps |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Natasha Katz | The Little Mermaid |
| Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical | Richard Pilbrow | A Tale of Two Cities |
| Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical | Rick Fisher | Billy Elliot |
| Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical | Jason Lyons | Clay |
| Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical | Sinéad McKenna | Improbable Frequency |
| Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play | David Hersey | Equus |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Jason Robert Brown | 13 |
| Outstanding Lyrics | John Bucchino | A Catered Affair |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Jason Loewith, Joshua Schmidt | Adding Machine |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Marcy Heisler | Dear Edwina |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Stew | Passing Strange |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Stephen Sondheim | Road Show |
| Outstanding Lyrics | David Lindsay-Abaire | Shrek the Musical |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Ben Katchor | The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island |
| Outstanding Music | John Bucchino | A Catered Affair |
| Outstanding Music | Joshua Schmidt | Adding Machine |
| Outstanding Music | Elton John | Billy Elliot |
| Outstanding Music | Zina Goldrich | Dear Edwina |
| Outstanding Music | Tom Kitt | Next to Normal |
| Outstanding Music | Stew, Heidi Rodewald | Passing Strange |
| Outstanding Music | Stephen Sondheim | Road Show |
| Outstanding Music | Jeanine Tesori | Shrek the Musical |
| Outstanding Music | Mark Mulcahy | The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | DJ Rekha | Rafta, Rafta… |
| Outstanding Musical | A Catered Affair | A Catered Affair |
| Outstanding Musical | Adding Machine | Adding Machine |
| Outstanding Musical | Fela | Liza's at the Palace… |
| Outstanding Musical | The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island | The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island |
| Outstanding Musical | Passing Strange | Passing Strange |
| Outstanding Orchestration | Jason Carr | Sunday in the Park with George |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Jonathan Tunick | A Catered Affair |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Edward B. Kessel | A Tale of Two Cities |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Martin Koch | Billy Elliot |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Stew, Heidi Rodewald | Passing Strange |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Danny Troob | Shrek the Musical |
| Outstanding Play | Horton Foote | Dividing the Estate |
| Outstanding Play | Michael Weller | Fifty Words |
| Outstanding Play | Liz Flahive | From Up Here |
| Outstanding Play | Alan Ayckbourn | Intimate Exchanges |
| Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Zachary Borovay, Zachary Borovay | A Catered Affair |
| Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Paul Barritt, Paul Barritt, Paul Barritt | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea |
| Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Lorna Heavey | Macbeth |
| Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Timothy Bird, The Knifedge Creative Network, Timothy Bird, The Knifedge Creative Network | Sunday in the Park with George |
| Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Jeff Sugg | The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Black Nativity Gypsy | Black Nativity Gypsy |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | South Pacific | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Sunday in the Park with George, Bonnie Comley | Sunday in the Park with George |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Take Me Along | Take Me Along |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | The Country Girl | The Country Girl |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Boeing-Boeing | Boeing-Boeing |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Macbeth | Macbeth |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | King Mary Stuart | The Cripple of Inishmaan |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | The Dining Room | The Dining Room |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | The Return of the Prodigal | The Return of the Prodigal |
| Outstanding Revue | Fugitive Songs | Fugitive Songs |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Musical | David Gallo | A Catered Affair |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Musical | Takeshi Kata | Adding Machine |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Musical | Michael Yeargan | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Musical | George Tsypin | The Little Mermaid |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Musical | Tim Hatley | Shrek the Musical |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Play | Neil Patel | Fifty Words |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Play | Beowulf Boritt, Scott Bradley, David Korins | Hunting and Gathering |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Play | Scott Pask | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Play | Clint Ramos | The Return of the Prodigal |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Matt Sax | Clay |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Kris Andersson | Dixie's Tupperware Party |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | April Yvette Thompson | Liberty City |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Mike Birbiglia | Sleepwalk With Me |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Campbell Scott | The Atheist |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Laurence Fishburne | Thurgood |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Tony Smolenski IV | Adding Machine |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Paul Arditti | Billy Elliot |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Gregory Clarke | Equus |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Adam Cork | Macbeth |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Scott Lehrer | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Mic Pool | The 39 Steps |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Arias With a Twist | Arias With a Twist |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Cut to the Chase | Cut to the Chase |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Fabrik | Fabrik |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | The 39 Steps, Bonnie Comley | The 39 Steps |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Traces | Traces |
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