2023 Drama Desk Awards
Winners and nominees from the Drama Desk Awards.
2023 Drama Desk Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Ensemble Award | Tashnuva Anan, Abrar Haque, Golam Sarwar Harun, Gargi Mukherjee, NaFis, Jakeem Dante Powell | Public Obscenities |
| Harold Prince Lifetime Achievement Award | Stephen McKinley Henderson | |
| Outstanding Adaptation | Amy Herzog | A Doll's House |
| Outstanding Adaptation | Kathryn Walat, Jeffrey Hatcher | Arden of Faversham |
| Outstanding Adaptation | Marcus Gardley | black odyssey |
| Outstanding Adaptation | Robert Icke | Oresteia |
| Outstanding Adaptation | Emma Rice | Wuthering Heights |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | David West Read | & Juliet |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Robert Horn | Shucked |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Amber Ruffin, Matthew López | Some Like it Hot |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Jonathan Hogue | Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Tye Blue, Constantine Rousouli, Marla Mindelle | Titanique |
| Outstanding Choreography | Jennifer Weber | KPOP |
| Outstanding Choreography | Susan Stroman | New York, New York |
| Outstanding Choreography | Andy Blankenbuehler | Only Gold |
| Outstanding Choreography | Casey Nicholaw | Some Like it Hot |
| Outstanding Choreography | Tislarm Bouie | the bandaged place |
| Outstanding Choreography | Edgar Godineaux | The Harder They Come |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical | Jennifer Moeller | Camelot |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical | Clint Ramos, Sophia Choi | KPOP |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical | Anita Yavich | Only Gold |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical | Tilly Grimes | Shucked |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical | Gregg Barnes | Some Like it Hot |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Play | Kara Branch | According to the Chorus |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Play | Emilio Sosa | Ain’t No Mo’ |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Play | Roberto Surace | Peter Pan Goes Wrong |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Play | Enver Chakartash | Public Obscenities |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Play | Qween Jean | Wedding Band |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Play | Sarah Laux | Wish You Were Here |
| Outstanding Direction of a Musical | John Doyle | A Man of No Importance |
| Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Jeff Calhoun | Between the Lines |
| Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Maria Friedman | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Jack O’Brien | Shucked |
| Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Thomas Kail | Sweeney Todd |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play | Miranda Cromwell | Death of a Salesman |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play | Max Webster | Life of Pi |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play | Alexander Zeldin | Love |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play | Zi Alikhan | On That Day in Amsterdam |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play | Adam Meggido | Peter Pan Goes Wrong |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play | Shayok Misha Chowdhury | Public Obscenities |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Mark Jacoby, Robyn Hurder | A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Mare Winningham | A Man of No Importance |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Julia Lester, Phillipa Soo | Into the Woods |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Daniel Radcliffe | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Alex Newell | Shucked |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Kevin Cahoon | Shucked |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Kevin Del Aguila | Some Like it Hot |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Tarra Conner Jones | White Girl in Danger |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Arian Moayed | A Doll’s House |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Kara Young | Cost of Living |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Francis Guinan, K. Todd Freeman | Downstate |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Emily Bergl | Good Night, Oscar |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Brandon Uranowitz | Leopoldstadt |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Amelda Brown, Nick Holder | Love |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Danielle Brooks | The Piano Lesson |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Ray Fisher | The Piano Lesson |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Miriam Silverman | The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Brian Quijada | Wolf Play |
| Outstanding Fight Choreography | B.H. Barry | Camelot |
| Outstanding Fight Choreography | Rocio Mendez | Día Y Noche |
| Outstanding Fight Choreography | Rocio Mendez | How to Defend Yourself |
| Outstanding Fight Choreography | Unkledave’s Fight-House | soft |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Andrew Burnap | Camelot |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Somi Kakoma | Dreaming Zenzile |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Sara Bareilles | Into the Woods |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Callum Francis | Kinky Boots |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Lindsay Mendez, Jonathan Groff | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Anna Uzele | New York, New York |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Micaela Diamond | Parade |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Andrew Durand | Shucked |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | J. Harrison Ghee | Some Like it Hot |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Annaleigh Ashford | Sweeney Todd |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Nicholas Barasch | The Butcher Boy |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Kyle Beltran, Will Brill | A Case for the Existence of God |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Jessica Chastain | A Doll’s House |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Denise Manning | Amani |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Sharon D Clarke, Wendell Pierce | Death of a Salesman |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | John Douglas Thompson | Endgame |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Sean Hayes | Good Night, Oscar |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Hiran Abeysekera | Life of Pi |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Audra McDonald | Ohio State Murders |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Kara Young | Twelfth Night |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Brittany Bradford | Wedding Band |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | David Grill | Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | Ken Billington | New York, New York |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | Jeff Croiter | Only Gold |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | Heather Gilbert | Parade |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | Natasha Katz | Sweeney Todd |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Isabella Byrd | Epiphany |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Allen Lee Hughes | Ohio State Murders |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Cha See | On That Day in Amsterdam |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Natasha Chivers, Willie Williams | Prima Facie |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Jiyoun Chang | The Far Country |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Japhy Weideman | The Piano Lesson |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally | Shucked |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Scott Wittman, Marc Shaiman | Some Like it Hot |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Jonathan Hogue | Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Sarah Silverman, Adam Schlesinger | The Bedwetter |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Michael R. Jackson | White Girl in Danger |
| Outstanding Music | Tom Kitt, AnnMarie Milazzo | Almost Famous |
| Outstanding Music | Elyssa Samsel, Kate Anderson | Between the Lines |
| Outstanding Music | Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally | Shucked |
| Outstanding Music | The Kilbanes | Weightless |
| Outstanding Music | Michael R. Jackson | White Girl in Danger |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Ben Edelman, Zane Pais, Sinan Refik Zafar | Letters from Max, a ritual |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Daniel Schlosberg | Montag |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Suzan-Lori Parks | Plays for the Plague Year |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Mauricio Escamilla | the bandaged place |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Ian Ross | Wuthering Heights |
| Outstanding Musical | & Juliet | & Juliet |
| Outstanding Musical | Between the Lines | Between the Lines |
| Outstanding Musical | F*ck7thGrade | F*ck7thGrade |
| Outstanding Musical | Shucked | Shucked |
| Outstanding Musical | Some Like it Hot | Some Like it Hot |
| Outstanding Musical | White Girl in Danger | White Girl in Danger |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Bruce Coughlin | A Man of No Importance |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Daryl Waters, Sam Davis | New York, New York |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Jason Howland | Shucked |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen | Some Like it Hot |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Kenny Seymour | The Harder They Come |
| Outstanding Play | Samuel D. Hunter | A Case for the Existence of God |
| Outstanding Play | James Ijames | Fat Ham |
| Outstanding Play | Tom Stoppard | Leopoldstadt |
| Outstanding Play | Alexander Zeldin | Love |
| Outstanding Play | Suzie Miller | Prima Facie |
| Outstanding Play | Sanaz Toossi | Wish You Were Here |
| Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Caite Hevner | Between the Lines |
| Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Andrzej Goulding | Life of Pi |
| Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Nicholas Hussong | On That Day in Amsterdam |
| Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Johnny Moreno | Public Obscenities |
| Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Josh Higgason | White Girl in Danger |
| Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Simon Baker | Wuthering Heights |
| Outstanding Puppetry | James Ortiz, Kennedy Kanagawa | Into the Woods |
| Outstanding Puppetry | Finn Caldwell, Nick Barnes | Life of Pi |
| Outstanding Puppetry | Kirjan Waage | The Immortal Jellyfish Girl |
| Outstanding Puppetry | John Leader | Wuthering Heights |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | A Man of No Importance | A Man of No Importance |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Into the Woods | Into the Woods |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Merrily We Roll Along | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Parade | Parade |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Sweeney Todd | Sweeney Todd |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | A Raisin in the Sun | A Raisin in the Sun |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Death of a Salesman | Death of a Salesman |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Endgame | Endgame |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Ohio State Murders | Ohio State Murders |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | The Piano Lesson | The Piano Lesson |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Wedding Band | Wedding Band |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | Michael Yeargan | Camelot |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | Beowulf Boritt | New York, New York |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | David Korins | Only Gold |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | Scott Pask | Shucked |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | Brendan McCann, Walt Spangler | Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | John McDermott | Chains |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | Tim Hatley | Life of Pi |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | Natasha Jenkins | Love |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | Beowulf Boritt | Ohio State Murders |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | dots | Public Obscenities |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | Jason Ardizzone-West | Wedding Band |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | David Greenspan | Four Saints in Three Acts |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Tracy Thorne | Jack Was Kind |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Jodie Comer | Prima Facie |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Jessica Hendy | Walking With Bubbles |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Anthony Rapp | Without You |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical | Peter Hylenski | Almost Famous |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical | Alex Neumann, Scott Lehrer | Into the Woods |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical | Jon Weston | Parade |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical | John Shivers | Shucked |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical | Joanna Lynne Staub | Weightless |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Ben Ringham, Max Ringham | A Doll’s House |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Mikaal Sulaiman | Fat Ham |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Tom Gibbons | Hamlet |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Josh Anio Grigg | Love |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Justin Ellington | Ohio State Murders |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Daniel Kluger, Lee Kinney | You Will Get Sick |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | Luc Verschueren | A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | Mia M. Neal | Ain't No Mo' |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | Campbell Young Associates | Almost Famous |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | Mitsuteru Okuyama | Chushingura 47 Ronin |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | Cookie Jordan | The Piano Lesson |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | Earon Nealey | Twelfth Night |
| Sam Norkin Off-Broadway Award | Ryan J. Haddad | |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Asi Wind’s Inner Circle | Asi Wind’s Inner Circle |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Peter Pan Goes Wrong | Peter Pan Goes Wrong |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Plays for the Plague Year | Plays for the Plague Year |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Zephyr | Zephyr |
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