2009 Drama Desk Awards
Winners and nominees from the Drama Desk Awards.
2009 Drama Desk Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Josh Grisetti | Enter Laughing: The Musical |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Sahr Ngaujah | Fela! |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Cheyenne Jackson | Finian's Rainbow |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Will Swenson | Hair |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Chad Kimball | Memphis |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Daniel Radcliffe | Equus |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Geoffrey Rush | Exit the King |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Jude Law | Hamlet |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Thomas Sadoski | reasons to be pretty |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Raúl Esparza | Speed-the-Plow |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Simon Russell Beale | The Winter's Tale |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Bill Irwin | Waiting for Godot |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Megan Hilty | 9 to 5 |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Allison Janney | 9 to 5 |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Stephanie J. Block | 9 to 5 |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Stockard Channing | Pal Joey |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical (tie) | Jayne Houdyshell | Coraline |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical (tie) | Kate Baldwin | Finian's Rainbow |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical (tie) | Montego Glover | Memphis |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical (tie) | Catherine Zeta-Jones | A Little Night Music |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical (tie) | Christiane Noll | Ragtime |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Jane Fonda | 33 Variations |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Marcia Gay Harden | God of Carnage |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Janet McTeer | Mary Stuart |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Saidah Arrika Ekulona | Ruined |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Jan Maxwell | Scenes From an Execution |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Kristen Johnston | So Help Me God! |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Jan Maxwell | The Royal Family |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Patricia Resnick | 9 to 5 |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Brian Hil | The Story of My Life |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Joe DiPietro | The Toxic Avenger |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Steven Cosson | This Beautiful City |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Joe DiPietro | Memphis |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Jim Lewis | This Beautiful City |
| Outstanding Choreography | Andy Blankenbuehler | 9 to 5 |
| Outstanding Choreography | Bill T. Jones | Fela! |
| Outstanding Choreography | Karole Armitage | Hair |
| Outstanding Choreography | Randy Skinner | Irving Berlin's White Christmas |
| Outstanding Choreography | Marcia Milgrom Dodge | Ragtime |
| Outstanding Costume Design | William Ivey Long | 9 to 5 |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Martin Pakledinaz | Blithe Spirit |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Michael McDonald | Hair |
| Outstanding Costume Design | David Zinn | In the Next Room |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Carrie Robbins | Irving Berlin's White Christmas |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Clint Ramos | So Help Me God! |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Rob Howell | The Norman Conquests |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Joe Mantello | 9 to 5 |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Stuart Ross | Enter Laughing The Musical |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Warren Carlyle | Finian's Rainbow |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Diane Paulus | Hair |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Marcia Milgrom Dodge | Ragtime |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Walter Bobbie | Irving Berlin's White Christmas |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Michael Blakemore | Blithe Spirit |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Sam Gold | Circle Mirror Transformation |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Terry Kinney | reasons to be pretty |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Kate Whoriskey | Ruined |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Jonathan Bank | So Help Me God! |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Matthew Warchus | The Norman Conquests |
| Outstanding Ensemble Performances | Amanda Root, Paul Ritter, Stephen Mangan, Jessica Hynes, Amelia Bullmore, Ben Miles | The Norman Conquests |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Marc Kudisch | 9 to 5 |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Bryce Ryness | Hair |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Hunter Foster | Happiness |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Bobby Steggert | Ragtime |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Christopher Sieber | Shrek the Musical |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Demond Green | The Toxic Avenger |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Christopher Fitzgerald | Finian's Rainbow |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Peter Friedman | Body Awareness |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Pablo Schreiber | reasons to be pretty |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Ethan Hawke | The Winter's Tale |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Santino Fontana | Brighton Beach Memoirs |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Hamish Linklater | Twelfth Night |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Angela Lansbury | A Little Night Music |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Terri White | Finian's Rainbow |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Nancy Opel | The Toxic Avenger |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Karen Olivo | West Side Story |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Angela Lansbury | Blithe Spirit |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Andrea Martin | Exit the King |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Condola Rashad | Ruined |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Rebecca Hall | The Cherry Orchard |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Carey Mulligan | The Seagull |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Neil Austin | Hamlet |
| Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical | Fisher | 9 to 5 |
| Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical | Kenneth Posner | 9 to 5 |
| Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical | Kevin Adams | Hair Jules |
| Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play | R. Lee Kennedy | Bury the Dead |
| Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play | Hugh Vanstone | Mary Stuart |
| Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play | Paul Pyant | The Winter's Tale |
| Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play | Ben Kato | Washing Machine |
| Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play | Marcus Doshi | Hamlet (Theatre for a New Audience) |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Dolly Parton | 9 to 5 |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Kevin Del Aguila | Click, Clack, Moo |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Neil Bartram | The Story of My Life |
| Outstanding Music | Dolly Parton | 9 to 5 |
| Outstanding Music | David Bryan | Memphis |
| Outstanding Music | Neil Bartram | The Story of My Life |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Richard Woodbury | Desire Under the Elms |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Dominic Kanza | Ruined |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Mark Bennett | The Cherry Orchard |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Gary Yershon | The Norman Conquests |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Mark Bennett | The Winter's Tale |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Hem | Twelfth Night |
| Outstanding Musical | Shrek the Musical | The Story of My Life |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Stephen Oremus, Alex Lacamoire, Bruce Coughlin | 9 to 5 |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Aaron Johnson, Antibalas | Fela! |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | David Bryan | Memphis |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Larry Blank | Irving Berlin's White Christmas |
| Outstanding Play | Gina Gionfriddo | Becky Shaw |
| Outstanding Play | Annie Baker | Body Awareness |
| Outstanding Play | Craig Wright | Lady |
| Outstanding Play | Neil LaBute | reasons to be pretty |
| Outstanding Play | Lynn Nottage | Ruined |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musica | Pal Joey | West Side Story |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Hair | Enter Laughing The Musical |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | A Little Night Music | A Little Night Music |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Finian's Rainbow | Finian's Rainbow |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Ragtime | Ragtime |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | exit the | Blithe Spiritt |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | The Norman Conquests | Waiting for Godot |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (tie) | Brighton Beach Memoirs | Brighton Beach Memoirs |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (tie) | Hamlet | Hamlet |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (tie) | So Help Me God! | So Help Me God! |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Musical | Scott Pask | 9 to 5 |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Musical | Basil Twist | Arias With a Twist |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Musical | Scott Pask | Hair |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Musical | Thomas Lynch | Happiness |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Musical | Anna Louizos | Irving Berlin's White Christmas |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Play | Derek McLane | 33 Variations |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Play | Walt Spangler | Desire Under the Elms |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Play | Dale Ferguson | Exit the King |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Play | Rob Howell | The Norman Conquests |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Play | David Korins | Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Lorenzo Pisoni | Humor Abuse |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Michael Laurence | Krapp, 39 |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Frank Blocker | Southern Gothic Novel |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Carrie Fisher | Wishful Drinking |
| Outstanding Sound Design | André J. Pluess | 33 Variations |
| Outstanding Sound Design | John H. Shivers | 9 to 5 |
| Outstanding Sound Design | John Gromada | Shipwrecked! An Entertainment: The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself) |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Acme Sound Partners | Irving Berlin's White Christmas |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Scott Lehrer | Finian's Rainbow |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Acme Sound Partners | Ragtime |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Dan Bianchi | Frankenstein |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Absinthe (2008 Edition) | Absinthe |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words | Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Desir | Desir |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Soul of Shaolin | Soul of Shaolin |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Surrender | Surrender |
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