2016 Drama Desk Awards
Winners and nominees from the Drama Desk Awards.
2016 Drama Desk Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Benjamin Walker | American Psycho |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Robert Creighton | Cagney |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Danny Burstein | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Michael C. Hall | Lazarus |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Zachary Levi | She Loves Me |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Mark Strong | A View From the Bridge |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Avi Hoffman | Death of a Salesman |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Tim Pigott-Smith | King Charles III |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Andrew Garman | The Christians |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Frank Langella | The Father |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Carmen Cusack | Bright Star |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Laura Benanti | She Loves Me |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Annette O'Toole | Southern Comfort |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Cynthia Erivo | The Color Purple |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Jessie Mueller | Waitress |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Nicola Walker | A View From the Bridge |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Marin Ireland | Ironbound |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Georgia Engel | John |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Jessica Lange | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Mamie Gummer | Ugly Lies the Bone |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | John Caird | Daddy Long Legs |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Michael John LaChiusa | First Daughter Suite |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Jessie Nelson | Waitress |
| Outstanding Choreography | Lynne Page | American Psycho |
| Outstanding Choreography | Joshua Bergasse | Cagney |
| Outstanding Choreography | Randy Skinner | Dames at Sea |
| Outstanding Choreography | Savion Glover | Shuffle Along |
| Outstanding Choreography | Spencer Liff | Spring Awakening |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Alejo Vietti | Allegiance |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Katrina Lindsay | American Psycho |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Jane Greenwood | Bright Star |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Jeff Mahshie | She Loves Me |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Ann Roth | Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and all that Followed |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Constance Hoffman | Pericles |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | William Ivey Long | Shows for Days |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Anita Yavich | The Legend of Georgia McBride |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Jessica Ford | These Paper Bullets |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Martha Hally | Women Without Men |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Rupert Goold | American Psycho |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Bartlett Sher | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Michael Arden | Spring Awakening |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | John Doyle | The Color Purple |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Bryna Wasserman, Motl Didner | The Golden Bride |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Ivo van Hove | A View from the Bridge |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Sam Gold | John |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Rupert Goold | King Charles III |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Joe Mantello | The Humans |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Rachel Chavkin | The Royale |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Jenn Thompson | Women Without Men |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Paul Alexander Nolan, A.J. Shively | Bright Star |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Baylee Littrell | Disaster |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Nicholas Barasch | She Loves Me |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Christopher Fitzgerald | Waitress |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Richard Thomas | Incident at Vichy |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Michael Shannon | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | David Furr | Noises Off |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Bill Camp | The Crucible |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Matt McGrath | The Legend of Georgia McBride |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Rachel Bay Jones | Dear Evan Hansen |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Alison Fraser, Mary Testa | First Daughter Suite |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Jane Krakowski | She Loves Me |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Danielle Brooks | The Color Purple |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Brooke Bloom | Cloud Nine |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Saycon Sengbloh | Eclipsed |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Jeanine Serralles | Gloria |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Megan Hilty | Noises Off |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Kellie Overbey | Women Without Men |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Justin Townsend | American Psycho |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Jake DeGroot | SeaWife |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Jules Fisher | Shuffle Along Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Peggy Eisenhauer | Shuffle Along Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Ben Stanton | Spring Awakening |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Jane Cox | The Color Purple |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Tyler Micoleau | Antila Pneumatica |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Bradley King | Empanada Loca |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Neil Austin | Hughie |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Mark Barton | John |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Justin Townsend | The Humans |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Benj Pasek, Justin Paul | Dear Evan Hansen |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Michael John LaChiusa | First Daughter Suite |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Glenn Slater | School of Rock |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Sara Bareilles | Waitress |
| Outstanding Music | Edie Brickell, Steve Martin | Bright Star |
| Outstanding Music | Michael John LaChiusa | First Daughter Suite |
| Outstanding Music | The Lobbyists | Naked Angels |
| Outstanding Music | Andrew Lloyd Webber | School of Rock |
| Outstanding Music | Sara Bareilles | Waitress |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Tom Kitt | Cymbeline |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Shaun Davey | Pericles |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Estelle Bajou | Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Philip Glass | The Crucible |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Billie Joe Armstrong | The Paper Bullets! |
| Outstanding Musical | Daddy Long Legs | Daddy Long Legs |
| Outstanding Musical | First Daughter Suite | First Daughter Suite |
| Outstanding Musical | School of Rock | School of Rock |
| Outstanding Musical | Shuffle Along Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed | Shuffle Along Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed |
| Outstanding Musical | Waitress | Waitress |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | August Eriksmoen | Bright Star |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Michael Starobin, Bruce Coughlin | First Daughter Suite |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Andrew Lloyd Webber | School of Rock |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Larry Hochman | She Loves Me |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Joseph Joubert, Catherine Jayes | The Color Purple |
| Outstanding Play | John | John |
| Outstanding Play | King Charles III | King Charles III |
| Outstanding Play | The Christians | The Christians |
| Outstanding Play | The Humans | The Humans |
| Outstanding Play | The Royale | The Royale |
| Outstanding Projection Design | Finn Ross | American Psycho |
| Outstanding Projection Design | Peter Nigrini | Dear Evan Hansen |
| Outstanding Projection Design | Tal Yarden | Lazarus |
| Outstanding Projection Design | Darrel Maloney | Tappin' Thru Life |
| Outstanding Projection Design | Nicholas Hussong | These Paper Bullets |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Fiddler on the Roof, Fiddler on the Roof | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | She Loves Me | She Loves Me |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | She Loves Me | She Loves Me |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Spring Awakening | Spring Awakening |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | The Color Purple, The Color Purple | The Color Purple |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | The Golden Bride, The Golden Bride | The Golden Bride |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | A View From the Bridge | A View From the Bridge |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Cloud Nine | Cloud Nine |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Death of a Salesman | Death of a Salesman |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Henry IV | Henry IV |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Long Day's Journey Into Night | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Women Without Men | Women Without Men |
| Outstanding Set Design for a Musical | Es Devlin | American Psycho |
| Outstanding Set Design for a Musical | Matt Saunders, Eric Farber, Emily Orling | Futurity |
| Outstanding Set Design for a Musical | David Rockwell | She Loves Me |
| Outstanding Set Design for a Play | Derek McLane | Fully Committed |
| Outstanding Set Design for a Play | G.W. Mercier | Head of Passes |
| Outstanding Set Design for a Play | Christopher Oram | Hughie |
| Outstanding Set Design for a Play | Mimi Lien | John |
| Outstanding Set Design for a Play | Riccardo Hernandez | Red Speedo |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Daphne Rubin-Vega | Empanada Loca |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Jesse Tyler Ferguson | Fully Committed |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Kathleen Chalfant | Rose |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | James Lecesne | The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Simon Callow | Tuesdays at Tesco's |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Dan Moses Schreier | American Psycho |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Nevin Steinberg | Bright Star |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Brian Ronan | Lazarus |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Mick Potter | School of Rock |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Scott Lehrer | Shuffle Along Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Fitz Patton | An Act of God |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Ryan Rumery | Empanada Loca |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Mikhail Fiksel, Miles Olaski | Fulfillment |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Bray Poor | John |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Fitz Patton | The Humans |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | David Brian Brown | She Loves Me |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | Mia M. Neal | Shuffle Along Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | Jason Hayes | The Legend of Georgia McBride |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | Charles G. LaPointe | The School for Scandal |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | Robert-Charles Vallance | Women Without Men |
| Sam Norkin Award | Danai Gurira | |
| Special Drama Desk Award | Sheldon Harnick, Camp Broadway | |
| Special Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble | The Humans | The Humans |
| Special Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble | The Royale | The Royale |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | ADA/AVA | ADA/AVA |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | That Physics Show | That Physics Show |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show | The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | YOUARENOWHERE | YOUARENOWHERE |
Vote in the BroadwayWorld Stage Recording Awards (voting open through April 3, 2026).
Tickets From $59
Tickets From $70
Tickets From $106
Tickets From $102