Nikiya Mathis, The Harriet Holland Social Club Presents The 84th Annual Star-Burst Cotillion in the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel Nikiya Mathis, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding Jared Janas and Cassie Williams, Sally & Tom Nick Lidster for Autograph, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Kai Harada and Joshua Millican, Dead Outlaw Olivia Sebesky, Melissa Etheridge: My Window

Jared Mezzocchi, Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy Stacey Derosier, Uncle Vanya (Off-Broadway)īrian MacDevitt and Hana S. Grace Smart, Good Vibrations: A Punk Rock Musicalĭavid Israel Reynoso, Water for Elephants S T A R R Busby and JJJJJerome Ellis, (pray)ĭionne McClain-Freeney, The Harriet Holland Social Club Presents The 84th Annual Star-Burst Cotillion in the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotelĭerek McLane, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton PatchĪMP featuring Tatiana Kahvegian, The Outsiders Michael Starobin, Shaina Taub (vocal arrangements), and Andrea Grody (vocal arrangements), Suffs Will Butler and Justin Craig, StereophonicĪndy Evan Cohen, The Greatest Hits Down Route 66Įrik Della Penna, Dean Sharenow, and David Yazbek, Dead Outlaw Rebekah Greer Melocik, How to Dance in Ohio Michael John LaChiusa, The Gardens of Anuncia Rachel Bloom, Eli Bolin, and Jack Dolgen, Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Show Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay & Zach Chance) and Justin Levine, The Outsidersĭavid Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, Dead Outlaw Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll, Water for Elephants Lorin Latarro, The Heart of Rock and Roll Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman, The Outsiders Graciela Daniele and Alex Sanchez, The Gardens of Anuncia Rebecca Frecknall, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Kenny Leon, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton PatchĬiarán O’Reilly, Philadelphia, Here I Come! Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Monty Python’s Spamalotīebe Neuwirth, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical Kara Young, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch Marin Ireland, Uncle Vanya (Off-Broadway) Outstanding Featured Performance in a Playīrittany Adebumola, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding

Gayle Rankin, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Santino Fontana, I Can Get It for You Wholesaleīrian d’Arcy James, Days of Wine and Roses Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical Leslie Odom, Jr., Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, by Jocelyn Bish This year's nominating committee comprised Martha Wade Steketee, Linda Armstrong, Dan Dinero, Peter Filichia, Kenji Fujishima, Margaret Hall, and Charles Wright.

The Awards are voted on by theatre critics, journalists, editors, and publishers.

A tie could lead to more than two winners in one category. All performance categories include twice as many nominees as when the categories were gendered, and two winners will be named in each. The Drama Desk Awards, recognizing the best of Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway, is one of several NYC theatre awards systems to go gender neutral with its performance categories. Winners will be named June 10 in an awards ceremony at The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. Additionally earning special recognition: the Autistic Representation Team from Broadway's How to Dance in Ohio, lighting designer Isabella Byrd, and press agent Irene Gandy, the latter for career achievement. The Outstanding Revival of a Play category saw nods for Appropriate Doubt: A Parable Philadelphia, Here I Come! Purlie Victorious and Uncle Vanya, with the Musical Revival category including Cabaret, Gutenberg! The Musical!, and I Can Get It for You Wholesale.Īlso announced were several non-competitive special awards, with the cast of Stereophonic earning the Ensemble Award and Oh, Mary! writer and star Cole Escola the Sam Norkin Off-Broadway Award. The Outstanding Play category includes Infinite Life, Jaja's African Hair Braiding, Mother Play, Stereophonic, Swing State, and The Ally. Nominees were revealed April 29 on NY1, with Broadway's The Outsiders getting the second most nominations.īoth of those titles are up for Outstanding Musical, along with Illinoise, Lizard Boy, Teeth, and The Connector. Off-Broadway's Dead Outlaw is continuing its dominance of this year's theatrical honors, earning the most nominations of any production up for this year's Drama Desk Awards.

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