Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Musical |
Location | New York City |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Drama Desk |
First awarded | 1975 |
Currently held by | Some Like It Hot (2023) |
Website | dramadesk.org (defunct) |
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City.
Winners and nominees
1970s
Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics |
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1975 | ||||
The Wiz | William F. Brown | Charlie Smalls | ||
Goodtime Charley | Sidney Michaels | Larry Grossman | Hal Hackady | |
In Gay Company | Fred Silver | |||
The Lieutenant | Gene Curty, Nitra Scharfman and Chuck Strand | |||
1976 | ||||
A Chorus Line | James Kirkwood | Marvin Hamlisch | Edward Kleban | |
Pacific Overtures | John Weidman | Stephen Sondheim | ||
The Robber Bridegroom | Alfred Uhry | Robert Waldman | Alfred Uhry | |
1977 | ||||
Annie | Thomas Meehan | Charles Strouse | Martin Charnin | |
Happy End | Elisabeth Hauptmann | Kurt Weill | Bertolt Brecht | |
I Love My Wife | Michael Stewart | Cy Coleman | Michael Stewart | |
The King and I | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | |
Porgy and Bess | DuBose Heyward | George Gershwin | DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin | |
The Robber Bridegroom | Alfred Uhry | Robert Waldman | Alfred Uhry | |
1978 | ||||
Ain't Misbehavin' | N/A | Thomas "Fats" Waller | Various | |
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | Larry L. King and Peter Masterson | Carol Hall | ||
Dancin' | — | Various | ||
Runaways | Elizabeth Swados | |||
Working | Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso | Various | ||
1979 | ||||
Sweeney Todd | Hugh Wheeler | Stephen Sondheim | ||
Eubie! | — | Eubie Blake | Various | |
They're Playing Our Song | Neil Simon | Marvin Hamlisch | Carole Bayer Sager | |
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | Jacques Demy | Michel Legrand | Sheldon Harnick |
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
See also
References
- ^ "Awards – Drama Desk".
- ^ Evans, Greg (2021-05-05). "Broadway To Reopen Sept. 14, Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo; Broadway League "Cautiously Optimistic"". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
- The Wiz (1975)
- A Chorus Line (1976)
- Annie (1977)
- Ain't Misbehavin' (1978)
- Sweeney Todd (1979)
- Evita (1980)
- The Pirates of Penzance (1981)
- Nine (1982)
- Little Shop of Horrors (1983)
- Sunday in the Park with George (1984)
- (no award) (1985)
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1986)
- Les Miserables (1987)
- Into the Woods (1988)
- Jerome Robbins' Broadway (1989)
- City of Angels (1990)
- The Secret Garden (1991)
- Crazy for You (1992)
- Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993)
- Passion (1994)
- Show Boat (1995)
- Rent (1996)
- The Life (1997)
- Ragtime (1998)
- Parade (1999)
- Contact (2000)
- The Producers (2001)
- Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002)
- Hairspray (2003)
- Wicked (2004)
- Spamalot (2005)
- The Drowsy Chaperone (2006)
- Spring Awakening (2007)
- Passing Strange (2008)
- Billy Elliot the Musical (2009)
- Memphis (2010)
- The Book of Mormon (2011)
- Once (2012)
- Matilda the Musical (2013)
- A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (2014)
- Hamilton (2015)
- Shuffle Along (2016)
- Come from Away (2017)
- SpongeBob SquarePants (2018)
- The Prom (2019)
- A Strange Loop (2020)
- No Award (2021)
- Kimberly Akimbo (2022)
- Some Like It Hot (2023)