2018 Drama Desk Awards - Winners

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2018 Drama Desk Awards winners: Full list led by ‘SpongeBob Square Pants,’ ‘Angels in America,’ ‘Carousel”

 

Winners of the 63rd annual Drama Desk Awards were revealed on June 3 during a ceremony at the Town Hall in midtown Manhattan that was hosted once again by Michael Urie. As with the Outer Critics Circle Awards, these kudos also consider both Broadway and off-Broadway fare. To that end, the Broadway production of “The Band’s Visit” was ineligible, save for its sound design which was deemed to be new and won with these voters.

 

X = Winner

 

PLAYS

 

Best Play

X – Admissions, by Joshua Harmon

Mary Jane, by Amy Herzog

Miles for Mary, by The Mad Ones

People, Places & Things, by Duncan Macmillan

School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, by Jocelyn Bioh

 

Best Revival of a Play

X – Angels in America

Hindle Wakes

In the Blood

Three Tall Women

Travesties

 

Best Director of a Play

Marianne Elliott, Angels in America

Jeremy Herrin, People, Places & Things

Joe Mantello, Three Tall Women

Lila Neugebauer, Miles for Mary

Simon Stone, Yerma

X – John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

 

Best Actor in a Play

Johnny Flynn, Hangmen

X – Andrew Garfield, Angels in America

Tom Hollander, Travesties

James McArdle, Angels in America

Paul Sparks, At Home at the Zoo

 

Best Actress in a Play

Carrie Coon, Mary Jane

Denise Gough, People, Places & Things

X – Glenda Jackson, Three Tall Women

Laurie Metcalf, Three Tall Women

Billie Piper, Yerma

 

Best Featured Actor in a Play

Anthony Boyle, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Ben Edelman, Admissions

Brian Tyree Henry, Lobby Hero

X – Nathan Lane, Angels in America

David Morse, The Iceman Cometh

Gregg Mozgala, Cost of Living

 

Best Featured Actress in a Play

Jocelyn Bioh, In the Blood

X – Jamie Brewer, Amy and the Orphans

Barbara Marten, People, Places & Things

Deirdre O’Connell, Fulfillment Center

Constance Shulman, Bobbie Clearly

 

Best Music in a Play

X – Imogen Heap, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Justin Hicks, Mlima’s Tale, Public Theatre

Amatus Karim-Ali, The Homecoming Queen

Justin Levine, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Adrian Sutton, Angels in America

 

Best Costume Design for a Play

Dede M. Ayite, School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play

X – Jonathan Fensom, Farinelli and the King

Katrina Lindsay, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Ann Roth, Three Tall Women

Emilio Sosa, Venus, Signature Theatre

 

Best Lighting Design for a Play

X – Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Natasha Chivers, 1984

Alan C. Edwards, Kill Move Paradise

Paul Gallo, Three Tall Women

Paul Russell, Farinelli and the King

 

Best Set Design for a Play

X – Miriam Buether, Three Tall Women

Bunny Christie, People, Places & Things

Lizzie Clachan, Yerma

Maruti Evans, Kill Move Paradise

Louisa Thompson, In the Blood

 

Best Sound Design in a Play

Brendan Aanes, Balls

X – Gareth Fry, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Tom Gibbons, 1984

Tom Gibbons, People, Places & Things

Stefan Gregory, Yerma

Palmer Hefferan, Today is My Birthday

 

MUSICALS

 

Best Musical

Desperate Measures

KPOP

Mean Girls

Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story

X – SpongeBob SquarePants

 

Best Revival of a Musical

Amerike-The Golden Land

Carousel

X – My Fair Lady

Once on This Island

Pacific Overtures

 

Best Director of a Musical

Christian Barry, Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story

Teddy Bergman, KPOP

Jack O’Brien, Carousel

X – Tina Landau, SpongeBob SquarePants

Bartlett Sher, My Fair Lady

 

Best Actor in a Musical

Jelani Alladin, Frozen

Harry Hadden-Paton, My Fair Lady

Joshua Henry, Carousel

Evan Ruggiero, Bastard Jones

X – Ethan Slater, SpongeBob SquarePants

 

Best Actress in a Musical

Gizel Jiménez, Miss You Like Hell

LaChanze, Summer

X – Jessie Mueller, Carousel

Ashley Park, KPOP

Daphne Rubin-Vega, Miss You Like Hell

 

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

Damon Daunno, The Lucky Ones

Alexander Gemignani, Carousel

Grey Henson, Mean Girls

X – Gavin Lee, SpongeBob SquarePants

Tony Yazbeck, Prince of Broadway

 

Best Featured Actress in a Musical

X – Lindsay Mendez, Carousel

Kenita R. Miller, Once on This Island

Ashley Park, Mean Girls

Diana Rigg, My Fair Lady

Kate Rockwell, Mean Girls

 

Best Music

The Bengsons, The Lucky Ones

Ben Caplan, Christian Barry, Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story

X – David Friedman, Desperate Measures

Erin McKeown, Miss You Like Hell

Helen Park, Max Vernon, KPOP

 

Best Lyrics

Nell Benjamin, Mean Girls

Quiara Alegría Hudes/Erin McKeown, Miss You Like Hell

X – Peter Kellogg, Desperate Measures

Helen Park, Max Vernon, KPOP

 

Best Book of a Musical

X – Tina Fey, Mean Girls

Kyle Jarrow, SpongeBob Squarepants

Peter Kellogg, Desperate Measures

Hannah Moscovitch, Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story

 

Best Choreography

Camille A. Brown, Once on This Island

Christopher Gattelli, SpongeBob SquarePants

Casey Nicholaw, Mean Girls

X – Justin Peck, Carousel

Nejla Yatkin, The Boy Who Danced on Air

 

Best Orchestrations

Tom Kitt, SpongeBob SquarePants

Annmarie Milazzo and Michael Starobin (John Bertles and Bash the Trash, found instrument design) Once on This Island

Charlie Rosen, Erin McKeown, Miss You Like Hell

Jonathan Tunick, Pacific Overtures

X – Jonathan Tunick, Carousel

 

Best Costume Design for a Musical

Gregg Barnes, Mean Girls

Clint Ramos, Once on This Island

David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants

X – Catherine Zuber, My Fair Lady

Dede M. Ayite, Bella: An American Tall Tale

 

Best Lighting Design for a Musical

Louisa Adamson, Christian Barry, Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story

Amith Chandrashaker, The Lucky Ones

X – Jules Fisher, Peggy Eisenhauer, Once on This Island

Brian MacDevitt, Carousel

Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, KPOP

 

Best Set Design for a Musical

Louisa Adamson, Christian Barry, Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story

Beowulf Boritt, Prince of Broadway, Manhattan Theatre Club

Dane Laffrey, Once on This Island

Santo Loquasto, Carousel

X – David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants

 

Best Sound Design in a Musical

X – Kai Harada, The Band’s Visit

Scott Lehrer, Carousel

Will Pickens, KPOP

Dan Moses Schreier, Pacific Overtures