2010 Drama Desk Awards
Winners and nominees from the Drama Desk Awards.
2010 Drama Desk Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Douglas Hodge | La Cage Aux Folles |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Nathan Lane | The Addams Family |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Brandon Victor Dixon | The Scottsboro Boys |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Bobby Steggert | Yank! |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Christopher Walken | A Behanding in Spokane |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Liev Schreiber | A View from the Bridge |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Alfred Molina | Red |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Redmayne | Red |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | John Douglas Thompson | The Emperor Jones |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Bill Heck | The Orphans' Home Cycle |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical (tie) | Sherie Rene Scott | Everyday Rapture |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Ayesha Antoine | My Wonderful Day |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Melissa Errico | Candida |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Laura Linney | Time Stands Still |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Anne Hathaway | Twelfth Night |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Joe Iconis | Bloodsong of Love |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Alex Timbers | Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | David Zellnik | Yank! |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Sherie Rene Scott | Everyday Rapture |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | David Thompson | The Scottsboro Boys |
| Outstanding Choreography | Twyla Tharp | Come Fly Away |
| Outstanding Choreography | Warren Carlyle | Finian's Rainbow |
| Outstanding Choreography | Lynne Page | La Cage Aux Folles |
| Outstanding Choreography | Sergio Trujillo | Memphis |
| Outstanding Choreography | Susan Stroman | The Scottsboro Boys |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Matthew Wright | La Cage Aux Folles |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Bobby Frederick Tilley II | Lizzie Borden |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Bob Flanagan | The Emperor Jones |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Susan Stroman | The Scottsboro Boys |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Igor Goldin | Yank! |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Michael Mayer | American Idiot |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Terry Johnson | La Cage Aux Folles |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Michael Grandage | Hamlet |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Michael Grandage | Red |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Jack Cummings III | The Boys in the Band |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Ethan Hawke | A Lie of the Mind |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musica | Kevin Chamberlin | The Addams Family |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Jeffry Denman | Yank! |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Jeremy Morse | Bloodsong of Love |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Robin De Jesus | La Cage Aux Folles |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Nick Westrate | The Boys in the Band |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Chris Chalk, | Fences |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Sean Dugan | Next Fall |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Adam James | The Pride |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Kenita Mille | Langston in Harlem |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Carrie Cimma | Lizzie Borden |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Carolee Carmello | The Addams Family |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Katie Finneran | Promises, Promises |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Viola Davis | Fences |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Victoria Clark, Mary Beth Hurt | When the Rain Stops Falling |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Scarlett Johansson | A View from the Bridge |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Xanthe Elbrick | Candida |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Andrea Riseborough | The Pride |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Maruti Evans | John Ball's In the Heat of the Night |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Christian M. DeAngelis | Lizzie Borden |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Neil Austin | Red |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Natasha Katz | The Addams Family |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Dane Laffrey | The Boys in the Band |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Adele Anderson | Fascinating and Absolutely Miraculous! |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Andrew Lippa | The Addams Family |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Fred Ebb | The Scottsboro Boys |
| Outstanding Lyrics | David Zellnik | Yank! |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Rick Crom | Newsical the Musical |
| Outstanding Music | Joe Iconis | Bloodsong of Love |
| Outstanding Music | Michael Friedman | Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson |
| Outstanding Music | Andrew Lippa | The Addams Family |
| Outstanding Music | Fred Ebb | The Scottsboro Boys |
| Outstanding Music | Joseph Zellnik | Yank! |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Adam Cork | A Lie of the Mind |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Adam Cochran | A Play on War |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Branford Marsalis | Fences |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Philip Glass | The Bacchae |
| Outstanding Musical | Memphis | Memphis |
| Outstanding Musical | The Addams Family | The Addams Family |
| Outstanding Musical | The Scottsboro Boys | The Scottsboro Boys |
| Outstanding Musical | Yank! | Yank! |
| Outstanding Musical | American Idiot | American Idiot |
| Outstanding Musical | Everyday Rapture | Everyday Rapture |
| Outstanding Musical Revue | Fascinating Aïda Absolutely Miraculous! | Fascinating and Absolutely Miraculous! |
| Outstanding Musical Revue | Newsical The Musical | Newsical The Musical |
| Outstanding Musical Revue | Sondheim on Sondheim | Sondheim on Sondheim |
| Outstanding Musical Revue | Simon Green | Traveling Light |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | John Oddo | All About Me |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Tom Kitt | Everyday Rapture |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Larry Hochman | The Scottsboro Boys |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Tom Kitt | American Idiot |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | La Cage Aux Folles | La Cage Aux Folles |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Promises, Promises | Promises, Promises |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (tie) | A View from the Bridge | A View from the Bridge |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (tie) | Fences | Fences |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (tie) | The Boys in the Band | The Boys in the Band |
| Outstanding Set Design | Karen Tennent | Hansel and Gretel |
| Outstanding Set Design | Derek McLane | Ragtime |
| Outstanding Set Design | Christopher Oram | Red |
| Outstanding Set Design | Phelim McDermott, Basil Twist | The Addams Family |
| Outstanding Set Design | Sandra Goldmark | The Boys in the Band |
| Outstanding Set Design | Jay Rohloff | Underground |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Colman Domingo | A Boy and His Soul |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Sholom Aleichem, Theodore Bikel | Laughter Through Tears |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Anna Deavere Smith | Let Me Down Easy |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Judith Ivey | The Lady With All the Answers |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Jim Brochu | Zero Hour |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Brian Ronan | Everyday Rapture |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Jonathan Deans | La Cage Aux Folles |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Brian Ronan | Promises, Promises |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Peter Hylenski | The Scottsboro Boys |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Adam Cork | Enron |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Elizabeth Rhodes | John Ball's In the Heat of the Night |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Jamie McElhinney | The Battle for the Pentagon Papers |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Dale Bigall | Underground |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Fitz Patton | When the Rain Stops Falling |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Stuffed and Unstrung | |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Loss | and What I Wore |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Charles L. Mee's Fêtes de la Nuit | Charles L. Mee's Fêtes de la Nuit |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Hansel and Gretel | Hansel and Gretel |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | John Tartaglia's Imaginocean | John Tartaglia's Imaginocean |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Love, Loss, and What I Wore | Love, Loss, and What I Wore |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | The Provenance of Beauty | The Provenance of Beauty |
| utstanding Musical Revue | Million Dollar Quartet | Million Dollar Quarte |
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