Awards & Winners

2007 Drama Desk Award

Check winners and nominations of 2007 Drama Desk Award. Check awards winners of 52nd Drama Desk Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

52nd Drama Desk Awards

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations

Mary Mitchell Campbell

Honored for : Company

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mary Mitchell Campbell Company
Jonathan Tunick LoveMusik
Alex Lacamoire In the Heights
Bill Sherman In the Heights
William David Brohn Curtains
Jonathan Tunick The Apple Tree
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations

Jonathan Tunick

Honored for : LoveMusik

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mary Mitchell Campbell Company
Jonathan Tunick LoveMusik
Alex Lacamoire In the Heights
Bill Sherman In the Heights
William David Brohn Curtains
Jonathan Tunick The Apple Tree
Drama Desk Special Award

John Kander, Fred Ebb

(For 42 years of excellence in advancing the art of the musical theatre)
Drama Desk Special Award

Austin Pendleton

(A Renaissance man of the American theatre)
Drama Desk Special Award

Transport Group

(For its breadth of vision and its presentation of challenging productions)
Drama Desk Special Award

Folksbiene

(For preserving for 92 consecutive seasons the cultural legacy of Yiddish speaking theatre in America)
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical

Raúl Esparza

Honored for : Company

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Nominee Nominated Work
Raúl Esparza Company
David Hyde Pierce Curtains
Michael Cerveris LoveMusik
Martin Short Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
John Gallagher Jr. Spring Awakening
Jonathan Groff Spring Awakening
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play

Frank Langella

Honored for : Frost/Nixon

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Nominee Nominated Work
Frank Langella Frost/Nixon
Philip Seymour Hoffman Jack Goes Boating
Paul Sparks Essential Self-Defense
Kevin Spacey A Moon for the Misbegotten
Christopher Plummer Inherit the Wind
Liev Schreiber Talk Radio
Brían F. O'Byrne The Coast of Utopia: Voyage","The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck","The Coast of Utopia: Salvage
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical

Audra McDonald

Honored for : 110 in the Shade

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Nominee Nominated Work
Audra McDonald 110 in the Shade
Donna Murphy LoveMusik
Laura Bell Bundy Legally Blonde: The Musical
Ashley Brown Mary Poppins
Lea Michele Spring Awakening
Kristin Chenoweth The Apple Tree
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical

Donna Murphy

Honored for : LoveMusik

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Nominee Nominated Work
Audra McDonald 110 in the Shade
Donna Murphy LoveMusik
Laura Bell Bundy Legally Blonde: The Musical
Ashley Brown Mary Poppins
Lea Michele Spring Awakening
Kristin Chenoweth The Apple Tree
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play

Eve Best

Honored for : A Moon for the Misbegotten

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Nominee Nominated Work
Eve Best A Moon for the Misbegotten
Orlagh Cassidy The Field
Blythe Danner Suddenly, Last Summer
Jennifer Mudge Dutchman
Sandra Oh Satellites
Annie Parisse The Internationalist
Meryl Streep Mother Courage and Her Children
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical

Rupert Holmes, Peter Stone

Honored for : Curtains

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Nominee Nominated Work
Scott Brown Gutenberg! The Musical!
Anthony King Gutenberg! The Musical!
Rupert Holmes Curtains
Peter Stone Curtains
Heather Hach Legally Blonde: The Musical
Alfred Uhry LoveMusik
Julian Fellowes Mary Poppins
Steven Sater Spring Awakening
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design

Catherine Zuber

Honored for : The Coast of Utopia: Voyage, The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck, The Coast of Utopia: Salvage

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Nominee Nominated Work
Catherine Zuber The Coast of Utopia: Voyage","The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck","The Coast of Utopia: Salvage
William Ivey Long Curtains
Robert Morgan Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Judith Dolan LoveMusik
Mara Blumenfeld Lookingglass Alice
Santo Loquasto Suddenly, Last Summer
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical

Michael Mayer

Honored for : Spring Awakening

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Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Mayer Spring Awakening
Thomas Kail In the Heights
Alex Timbers Gutenberg! The Musical!
John Doyle Company
Jerry Mitchell Legally Blonde: The Musical
Harold Prince LoveMusik
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play

Jack O'Brien

Honored for : The Coast of Utopia: Voyage, The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck, The Coast of Utopia: Salvage

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jack O'Brien The Coast of Utopia: Voyage","The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck","The Coast of Utopia: Salvage
Declan Donnellan Twelft Night or What You Will
Ciarán O`Reilly The Hairy Ape
Tom Ridgely Marco Millions
Michael Grandage Frost/Nixon
Doug Hughes Inherit the Wind
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

Gavin Lee

Honored for : Mary Poppins

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Pittu LoveMusik
Brooks Ashmanskas Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
Gavin Lee Mary Poppins
Orville Mendoza Adrift in Macao
Christian Borle Legally Blonde: The Musical
Aaron Lazar Les Misérables
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

Boyd Gaines

Honored for : Journey's End

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Nominee Nominated Work
Boyd Gaines Journey's End
John Ortiz Jack Goes Boating
Andrew Polk The Accomplices
Fred Weller Some Men
Anthony Chisholm Radio Golf
Billy Crudup The Coast of Utopia: Voyage","The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

Debra Monk

Honored for : Curtains

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Nominee Nominated Work
Debra Monk Curtains
Barbara Walsh Company
Karen Ziemba Curtains
Orfeh Legally Blonde: The Musical
Celia Keenan-Bolger Les Misérables
Linda Balgord The Pirate Queen
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

Martha Plimpton

Honored for : The Coast of Utopia: Voyage, The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck, The Coast of Utopia: Salvage

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Nominee Nominated Work
Martha Plimpton The Coast of Utopia: Voyage","The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck","The Coast of Utopia: Salvage
Myriam Acharki Woyzeck
Sarah Hayon Rearviewmirror
Rita Wolf The American Pilot
Xanthe Elbrick Coram Boy
Jan Maxwell Coram Boy
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

Brian MacDevitt

Honored for : The Coast of Utopia: Voyage

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Nominee Nominated Work
Brian MacDevitt The Coast of Utopia: Voyage
Kenneth Posner The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
Natasha Katz The Coast of Utopia: Salvage
Paul Gallo Blackbird
Mark Jonathan Prometheus Bound
Japhy Weideman Jack Goes Boating
Howell Binkley LoveMusik
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

Kenneth Posner

Honored for : The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Brian MacDevitt The Coast of Utopia: Voyage
Kenneth Posner The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
Natasha Katz The Coast of Utopia: Salvage
Paul Gallo Blackbird
Mark Jonathan Prometheus Bound
Japhy Weideman Jack Goes Boating
Howell Binkley LoveMusik
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

Natasha Katz

Honored for : The Coast of Utopia: Salvage

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Brian MacDevitt The Coast of Utopia: Voyage
Kenneth Posner The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
Natasha Katz The Coast of Utopia: Salvage
Paul Gallo Blackbird
Mark Jonathan Prometheus Bound
Japhy Weideman Jack Goes Boating
Howell Binkley LoveMusik
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography

Andy Blankenbuehler

Honored for : In the Heights

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Nominee Nominated Work
Matthew Bourne Edward Scissorhands
Jerry Mitchell Legally Blonde: The Musical
Patricia Birch LoveMusik
Bill T. Jones Spring Awakening
Andy Blankenbuehler In the Heights
Stephen Mear Mary Poppins
Matthew Bourne Mary Poppins
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Play

Mark Bennett

Honored for : The Coast of Utopia: Voyage, The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck, The Coast of Utopia: Salvage

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mark Bennett The Coast of Utopia: Voyage","The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck","The Coast of Utopia: Salvage
Adam Cork Frost/Nixon
David Van Tieghem Inherit the Wind
Gerard McBurney Oliver Twist
The Propeller Company The Taming of the Shrew
Ray Rizzo Essential Self-Defense
Adam Rapp Essential Self-Defense
Lucas Papaelias Essential Self-Defense
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ira Pittelman Spring Awakening
Tom Hulce Spring Awakening
Jeffrey Richards Spring Awakening
Jerry Frankel Spring Awakening
Atlantic Theater Company Spring Awakening
Jeffrey Sine Spring Awakening
Freddy DeMann Spring Awakening
Max Cooper Spring Awakening
Morton Swinsky Spring Awakening
Cindy Gutterman Spring Awakening
Jay Gutterman Spring Awakening
Joe McGinnis Spring Awakening
Judith Ann Abrams Spring Awakening
ZenDog Productions Spring Awakening
CarJac Productions Spring Awakening
Aron Bergson Productions Spring Awakening
Jennifer Manocherian Spring Awakening
Ted Snowdon Spring Awakening
Harold Thau Spring Awakening
Terry Schnuck Spring Awakening
Cold Spring Productions Spring Awakening
Amanda Dubois Spring Awakening
Elizabeth Eynon Wetherell Spring Awakening
Jennifer Maloney Spring Awakening
Tamara Tunie Spring Awakening
Joe Cilibrasi Spring Awakening
StylesFour Productions Spring Awakening
Kevin McCollum In the Heights
Jeffrey Seller In the Heights
Jill Furman In the Heights
Roger Berlind Curtains
Roger Horchow Curtains
Daryl Roth Curtains
Jane Bergère Curtains
Ted Hartley Curtains
Center Theatre Group Curtains
Hal Luftig Legally Blonde: The Musical
Fox Theatricals Legally Blonde: The Musical
Dori Berinstein Legally Blonde: The Musical
James L. Nederlander Legally Blonde: The Musical
Independent Presenters Network Legally Blonde: The Musical
Roy Furman Legally Blonde: The Musical
Amanda Lipitz Legally Blonde: The Musical
Broadway Asia Legally Blonde: The Musical
Barbara Whitman Legally Blonde: The Musical
FWPM Group Legally Blonde: The Musical
Ruth Hendel Legally Blonde: The Musical
Cheryl Wiesenfeld Legally Blonde: The Musical
Hal Goldberg Legally Blonde: The Musical
David Binder Legally Blonde: The Musical
James D. Stern Legally Blonde: The Musical
Douglas L. Meyer Legally Blonde: The Musical
Stewart F. Lane Legally Blonde: The Musical
Bonnie Comley Legally Blonde: The Musical
Robert G. Bartner Legally Blonde: The Musical
Michael A. Jenkins Legally Blonde: The Musical
Albert Nocciolino Legally Blonde: The Musical
Warren Trepp Legally Blonde: The Musical
PMC Productions Legally Blonde: The Musical
Yasuhiro Kawana Legally Blonde: The Musical
Andrew Asnes Legally Blonde: The Musical
Adam Zotovich Legally Blonde: The Musical
Manhattan Theatre Club LoveMusik
Disney Theatrical Productions Mary Poppins
Cameron Mackintosh Mary Poppins
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design

Gregory Clarke

Honored for : Journey's End

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gregory Clarke Journey's End
Duncan Edwards LoveMusik
Richard Woodbury Talk Radio
Mark Bennett The Coast of Utopia: Voyage","The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck","The Coast of Utopia: Salvage
Frank Gaeta Dai (enough)
Acme Sound Partners In the Heights
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance

Vanessa Redgrave

Honored for : The Year of Magical Thinking
(Outstanding Solo Performance)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Vanessa Redgrave The Year of Magical Thinking
Outstanding Solo Performance
Nilaja Sun No Child...
Outstanding Solo Performance
Anna Manahan Sisters
Outstanding Solo Performance
Capathia Jenkins (mis)Understanding Mammy: The Hattie McDaniel Story
Outstanding Solo Performance
Ed Harris Wrecks
Outstanding Solo Performance
Iris Bahr Dai (enough)
Outstanding Solo Performance
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics

Steven Sater

Honored for : Spring Awakening

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Steven Sater Spring Awakening
Lin-Manuel Miranda In the Heights
William Strauss Capitol Steps
Elaina Newport Capitol Steps
Mark Eaton Capitol Steps
Fred Ebb Curtains
Rupert Holmes Curtains
John Kander Curtains
Laurence O'Keefe Legally Blonde: The Musical
Nell Benjamin Legally Blonde: The Musical
Marc Shaiman Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
Scott Wittman Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play

Tom Stoppard

Honored for : The Coast of Utopia: Voyage

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tom Stoppard The Coast of Utopia: Voyage
Tom Stoppard The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
Tom Stoppard The Coast of Utopia: Salvage
David Harrower Blackbird
Terrence McNally Some Men
Bernard Weintraub The Accomplices
Peter Morgan Frost/Nixon
August Wilson Radio Golf
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play

Tom Stoppard

Honored for : The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tom Stoppard The Coast of Utopia: Voyage
Tom Stoppard The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
Tom Stoppard The Coast of Utopia: Salvage
David Harrower Blackbird
Terrence McNally Some Men
Bernard Weintraub The Accomplices
Peter Morgan Frost/Nixon
August Wilson Radio Golf
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play

Tom Stoppard

Honored for : The Coast of Utopia: Salvage

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tom Stoppard The Coast of Utopia: Voyage
Tom Stoppard The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
Tom Stoppard The Coast of Utopia: Salvage
David Harrower Blackbird
Terrence McNally Some Men
Bernard Weintraub The Accomplices
Peter Morgan Frost/Nixon
August Wilson Radio Golf
Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience

Matthew Bourne

Honored for : Edward Scissorhands

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Matthew Bourne Edward Scissorhands
Lauren Saffa Amajuba: Like Doves We Rise
David Friedman Amajuba: Like Doves We Rise
Marc Routh Mayumana's Be
Tom Viertel Mayumana's Be
Steven Baruch Mayumana's Be
Roy Ofer Mayumana's Be
Mayumana, Ltd. Mayumana's Be
Annette Niemtzow Mayumana's Be
Pamela Cooper Mayumana's Be
Les Freres Corbusier Hell House
Berkeley Repertory Theatre Brundibar","But the Giraffe
The Yale Repertory Theater Brundibar","But the Giraffe
Ross Mollison Absinthe
Vallejo Gantner Absinthe
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical

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Nominee Nominated Work
Marc Routh Company
Richard Frankel Company
Tom Viertel Company
Steven Baruch Company
Ambassador Theatre Group Company
Tulchin/Bartner Productions Company
Darren Bagert Company
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Company
Folksbiene Di Yam Gazlonim!
Vortex Theater Company H.M.S. Pinafore
Roundabout Theatre Company 110 in the Shade
Roundabout Theatre Company The Apple Tree
Cameron Mackintosh Les Misérables
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play

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Nominee Nominated Work
Boyett Ostar Productions Journey's End
Stephanie P. McClelland Journey's End
Bill Rollnick Journey's End
James D'Orta Journey's End
Philip Geier Journey's End
Irish Repertory Theatre The Hairy Ape
Sydney Theatre Company Hedda Gabler
The Propeller Company The Taming of the Shrew
The Gate Theatre Woyzeck
Jeffrey Richards Talk Radio
Jerry Frankel Talk Radio
Francis Finlay Talk Radio
Ronald Frankel Talk Radio
James Fuld, Jr. Talk Radio
Steve Green Talk Radio
Judith Hansen Talk Radio
Patty Ann Lacerte Talk Radio
James Riley Talk Radio
Mary Lu Roffe Talk Radio
Morton Swinsky Talk Radio
Sheldon Stein Talk Radio
Terri Childs Talk Radio
Timothy Childs Talk Radio
Irving Welzer Talk Radio
Herb Blodgett Talk Radio
StylesFour Productions Talk Radio
Jam Theatricals Talk Radio
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music

Duncan Sheik

Honored for : Spring Awakening

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Paul Leschen Twist: Please, Sir, May I Have Some More?
Christopher Durang Adrift in Macao
Lin-Manuel Miranda In the Heights
Duncan Sheik Spring Awakening
John Kander Curtains
Laurence O'Keefe Legally Blonde: The Musical
Nell Benjamin Legally Blonde: The Musical
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Daponte In the Heights
Steve Hatzai In the Heights
Jodi Epstein In the Heights
Andrea Burns In the Heights
Robin de Jesús In the Heights
Janet Dacal In the Heights
John Herrera In the Heights
Mandy Gonzalez In the Heights
Priscilla Lopez In the Heights
Olga Merediz In the Heights
Christopher Jackson In the Heights
Seth Stewart In the Heights
Karen Olivo In the Heights
Rosie Lani Fiedelman In the Heights
Asmeret Ghebremichael In the Heights
Joshua Henry In the Heights
Nina Lafarga In the Heights
Doreen Montalvo In the Heights
Javier Muñoz In the Heights
Eliseo Román In the Heights
Luis Salgado In the Heights
Rickey Tripp In the Heights
Michael Balderrama In the Heights
Stephanie Klemons In the Heights
Lin-Manuel Miranda In the Heights
Steve Hatzai Lebensraum
Robert Daponte Lebensraum
Jodi Epstein Lebensraum
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance

Steve Hatzai, Jodi Epstein, Robert Daponte

Honored for : Lebensraum

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Daponte In the Heights
Steve Hatzai In the Heights
Jodi Epstein In the Heights
Andrea Burns In the Heights
Robin de Jesús In the Heights
Janet Dacal In the Heights
John Herrera In the Heights
Mandy Gonzalez In the Heights
Priscilla Lopez In the Heights
Olga Merediz In the Heights
Christopher Jackson In the Heights
Seth Stewart In the Heights
Karen Olivo In the Heights
Rosie Lani Fiedelman In the Heights
Asmeret Ghebremichael In the Heights
Joshua Henry In the Heights
Nina Lafarga In the Heights
Doreen Montalvo In the Heights
Javier Muñoz In the Heights
Eliseo Román In the Heights
Luis Salgado In the Heights
Rickey Tripp In the Heights
Michael Balderrama In the Heights
Stephanie Klemons In the Heights
Lin-Manuel Miranda In the Heights
Steve Hatzai Lebensraum
Robert Daponte Lebensraum
Jodi Epstein Lebensraum
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Musical

Bob Crowley

Honored for : Mary Poppins

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bob Crowley Mary Poppins
Anna Louizos Curtains
Kris Stone Brundibar","But the Giraffe
David Rockwell Legally Blonde: The Musical
Beowulf Boritt LoveMusik
Anna Louizos In the Heights
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Play

Scott Pask, Bob Crowley

Honored for : The Coast of Utopia: Salvage, The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck, The Coast of Utopia: Voyage

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
David Korins Essential Self-Defense
David Korins Jack Goes Boating
Garin Marschall Hell House
Scott Pask Blackbird
Bob Crowley The Coast of Utopia: Voyage","The Coast of Utopia: Salvage","The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
Scott Pask The Coast of Utopia: Voyage","The Coast of Utopia: Salvage","The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
David Gallo Radio Golf