Awards & Winners

2014 Drama Desk Award

Check winners and nominations of 2014 Drama Desk Award. Check awards winners of 59th Drama Desk Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

59th Drama Desk Awards

Drama Desk Special Award

Soho Repertory Theatre

(For nearly four decades of artistic distinction, innovative production, and provocative play selection.)
Drama Desk Special Award

Veanne Cox

(For her ability to express the eccentricities, strengths, and vulnerabilities of a range of characters, and notably for her comedic flair as evidenced in this season\u2019s The Old Friends and The Most Deserving.)
Drama Desk Special Award

Ed Sylvanus Iskandar

(Sam Norkin Off-Broadway Award: For his visionary directorial excellence. This season\u2019s The Golden Dragon and The Mysteries exemplify his bold and strikingly original imagination.)
Drama Desk Special Award

Will Eno, Hannah Bos, Michael Countryman, Peter Friedman, Danny McCarthy, Carolyn McCormick, Toni Collette, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts, Marisa Tomei

Honored for : The Open House, The Realistic Joneses
(To the ensembles of off-Broadway's The Open House and Broadway's The Realistic Joneses and to the creator of both plays, Will Eno: for two extraordinary casts and one impressively inventive playwright." The Open House: Hannah Bos, Michael Countryman, Peter Friedman, Danny McCarthy, and Carolyn McCormick. The Realistic Joneses: Toni Collette, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts, and Marisa Tomei.)
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

James Monroe Iglehart

Honored for : Aladdin

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Danny Burstein Cabaret
Nick Cordero Bullets Over Broadway
Joshua Henry Violet
James Monroe Iglehart Aladdin
Rory O'Malley Nobody Loves You
Bobby Steggert Big Fish
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

Anika Larsen

Honored for : Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

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Nominee Nominated Work
Stephanie J. Block Little Miss Sunshine
Anika Larsen Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Adriane Lenox After Midnight
Sydney Lucas Fun Home
Laura Osnes The Threepenny Opera
Jennifer Simard Disaster!
Lauren Worsham A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

Lauren Worsham

Honored for : A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

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Nominee Nominated Work
Stephanie J. Block Little Miss Sunshine
Anika Larsen Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Adriane Lenox After Midnight
Sydney Lucas Fun Home
Laura Osnes The Threepenny Opera
Jennifer Simard Disaster!
Lauren Worsham A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revue

After Midnight

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Nominee Nominated Work
After Midnight
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Til Divorce Do Us Part
What's it All About? Bacharach Reimagined
Le Jazz Hot: How the French Saved Jazz
Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience

Cirque Eloize: Cirkopolis

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Nominee Nominated Work
Charlatan
Cirque Eloize: Cirkopolis
Mother Africa
Nothing to Hide
Company XIV: Nutcracker Rouge
The Complete & Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O'Neill Vol. 2
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance

John Douglas Thompson

Honored for : Satchmo at the Waldorf

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Barlow This is My Office
Jim Brochu Character Man
Hannah Cabell Grounded
Debra Jo Rupp Becoming Dr. Ruth
Ruben Santiago-Hudson How I Learned What I Learned
John Douglas Thompson Satchmo at the Waldorf
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design

Chris Barreca

Honored for : Rocky

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Nominee Nominated Work
Chris Barreca Rocky
Alexander Dodge A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Richard Hoover Small Engine Repair
Santo Loquasto Bullets Over Broadway
Ian MacNeil A Doll's House
Donyale Werle The Explorers Club
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

Christopher Akerlind

Honored for : Rocky

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Nominee Nominated Work
Christopher Akerlind Rocky
Jane Cox Machinal
David Lander Theatreworks USA: The Civil War
Peter Mumford Chichester Festival Theatre: King Lear
Brian Tovar Tamar of the River
Japhy Weideman Macbeth
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design

William Ivey Long

Honored for : Bullets Over Broadway

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Nominee Nominated Work
Constance Hoffman A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Ivey Long Bullets Over Broadway
Zane Pihlstrom Company XIV: Nutcracker Rouge
Loren Shaw The Mysteries
Jenny Tiramani Twelfth Night
David C. Woolard The Heir Apparent
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

Reed Birney

Honored for : Casa Valentina

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Nominee Nominated Work
Reed Birney Casa Valentina
Chuck Cooper Choir Boy
Peter Maloney Outside Mullingar
Bobby Moreno Year of the Rooster
Bill Pullman The Jacksonian
Brian J. Smith The Glass Menagerie
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

Celia Keenan-Bolger

Honored for : The Glass Menagerie

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Nominee Nominated Work
Betty Buckley The Old Friends
Julia Coffey London Wall
Diane Davis The Model Apartment
Celia Keenan-Bolger The Glass Menagerie
Jan Maxwell The Castle
Sophie Okonedo A Raisin In The Sun
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical

Brian Ronan

Honored for : Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

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Nominee Nominated Work
Kai Harada Fun Home
Peter Hylenski Bullets Over Broadway
Peter Hylenski Rocky
Brian Ronan Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Dan Moses Schreier A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Jon Weston The Bridges of Madison County
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design of a Play

Matt Tierney

Honored for : Machinal

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Nominee Nominated Work
M.L. Dogg The Open House
Katie Down The Golden Dragon
Paul James Prendergast All The Way
Dan Moses Schreier Act One
Christopher Shutt Love And Information
Matt Tierney Machinal
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations

Jason Robert Brown

Honored for : The Bridges of Madison County

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jason Robert Brown The Bridges of Madison County
John Clancy Fun Home
Larry Hochman Big Fish
Steve Sidwell Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Michael Starobin If/Then
Jonathan Tunick A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Play

Nico Muhly

Honored for : The Glass Menagerie

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lewis Flinn The Tribute Artist
Elliot Goldenthal A Midsummer Night's Dream
Rob Kearns The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle
Tom Kochan Almost, Maine
Duncan Sheik A Man's a Man
Nico Muhly The Glass Menagerie
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography

Warren Carlyle

Honored for : After Midnight

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Nominee Nominated Work
Warren Carlyle After Midnight
Steven Hoggett Rocky
Kelly Devine Rocky
Danny Mefford Love's Labour's Lost
Casey Nicholaw Aladdin
Susan Stroman Bullets Over Broadway
Sonya Tayeh Kung Fu
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical

Darko Tresnjak

Honored for : A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sam Gold Fun Home
Michael Mayer Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Bartlett Sher The Bridges of Madison County
Susan Stroman Bullets Over Broadway
Alex Timbers Rocky
Darko Tresnjak A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play

Tim Carroll

Honored for : Twelfth Night

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Nominee Nominated Work
Joe Calarco A Christmas Carol
Tim Carroll Twelfth Night
Thomas Kail Family Furniture
Bill Rauch All The Way
Anna D. Shapiro Domesticated
Julie Taymor A Midsummer Night's Dream
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play

Bryan Cranston

Honored for : All The Way

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bryan Cranston All The Way
Hamish Linklater The Comedy of Errors
Ian McKellen No Man's Land
David Morse The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin
Chris O'Dowd Of Mice and Men
Daniel Radcliffe The Cripple of Inishmaan
Denzel Washington A Raisin In The Sun
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play

Audra McDonald

Honored for : Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Barbara Andres I Remember Mama
Tyne Daly Mothers and Sons
Audra McDonald Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
Laurie Metcalf Domesticated
J. Smith-Cameron Juno and the Paycock
Harriet Walter Julius Caesar
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical

Robert L. Freedman

Honored for : A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

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Nominee Nominated Work
Douglas McGrath Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Marsha Norman The Bridges of Madison County
Chad Beguelin Aladdin
Robert L. Freedman A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Joe Kinosian Murder for Two
Kellen Blair Murder for Two
Lisa Kron Fun Home
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music

Jason Robert Brown

Honored for : The Bridges of Madison County

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jason Robert Brown The Bridges of Madison County
Andrew Lippa Big Fish
Steven Lutvak A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Alan Menken Aladdin
Kevin Murphy Heathers: The Musical
Laurence O'Keefe Heathers: The Musical
Jeanine Tesori Fun Home
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics

Robert L. Freedman, Steven Lutvak

Honored for : A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Chad Beguelin Aladdin
Tim Rice Aladdin
Howard Ashman Aladdin
Jason Robert Brown The Bridges of Madison County
Steven Lutvak A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Robert L. Freedman A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Michael Friedman Love's Labour's Lost
Michael Korie Far From Heaven
Lisa Kron Fun Home
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical

Neil Patrick Harris

Honored for : Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Neil Patrick Harris Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Adam Jacobs Aladdin
Andy Karl Rocky
Jefferson Mays A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Steven Pasquale The Bridges of Madison County
Bryce Pinkham A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical

Jefferson Mays

Honored for : A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Neil Patrick Harris Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Adam Jacobs Aladdin
Andy Karl Rocky
Jefferson Mays A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Steven Pasquale The Bridges of Madison County
Bryce Pinkham A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical

Jessie Mueller

Honored for : Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Barrett Wilbert Weed Heathers: The Musical
Sutton Foster Violet
Idina Menzel If/Then
Jessie Mueller Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Kelli O'Hara The Bridges of Madison County
Margo Seibert Tamar of the River
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play

Twelfth Night

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
I Remember Mama
London Wall
No Man's Land
Of Mice and Men
The Cripple of Inishmaan
The Model Apartment
Twelfth Night
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play

Robert Schenkkan

Honored for : All The Way

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Nominee Nominated Work
Nell Benjamin The Explorers Club
Steven Levenson Core Values
Conor McPherson The Night Alive
Richard Nelson Regular Singing
Bruce Norris Domesticated
Robert Schenkkan All The Way
John Patrick Shanley Outside Mullingar
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Les Misérables
Violet
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical

Robert L. Freedman, Steven Lutvak

Honored for : A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Robert L. Freedman A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Steven Lutvak A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Chad Beguelin Aladdin
Alan Menken Aladdin
Howard Ashman Aladdin
Tim Rice Aladdin
Douglas McGrath Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Gerry Goffin Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Barry Mann Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Cynthia Weil Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Carole King Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Lisa Kron Fun Home
Jeanine Tesori Fun Home
Michael Friedman Love's Labour's Lost
Alex Timbers Love's Labour's Lost
Thomas Meehan Rocky
Sylvester Stallone Rocky
Stephen Flaherty Rocky
Lynn Ahrens Rocky
Marsha Norman The Bridges of Madison County
Jason Robert Brown The Bridges of Madison County
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Projection and Video Design

Aaron Rhyne

Honored for : A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
(Outstanding Projection Design)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Aaron Rhyne A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Robert Massicotte Cirque Eloize: Cirkopolis
Alexis Laurence Cirque Eloize: Cirkopolis
Sven Ortel A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shawn Sagady All The Way
Austin Switser Sontag: Reborn
Ben Rubin Elevator Repair Service's Arguendo