2023 DRAMA DESK AWARDS winners announced
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The winners for the 67th Annual Drama Desk Awards have been announced today.
The ceremony will take place at Sardi’s Restaurant on 6 June, hosted by Tony® and Emmy Award winner Mandy Patinkin and 2-time Obie Award winner Kathryn Grody.
The winners are as follows: Leopoldstadt (Outstanding Play), Some Like It Hot (Outstanding Musical), The Piano Lesson (Outstanding Revival of a Play), Parade (Outstanding Revival of a Musical), Jessica Chastain for A Doll’s House and Sean Hayes for Good Night, Oscar (Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play), Annaleigh Ashford for Sweeney Todd and J. Harrison Ghee for Some Like It Hot (Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical), Miriam Silverman for The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window and Brandon Uranowitz for Leopoldstadt (Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play), and Kevin Del Aguila for Some Like it Hot and Alex Newell for Shucked (Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical),
Further awards go to Max Webster for Life of Pi (Outstanding Direction of a Play), Thomas Kail for Sweeney Todd (Outstanding Direction of a Musical), Casey Nicholaw for Some Like it Hot (Outstanding Choreography), Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally for Shucked (Outstanding Music), Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman for Some Like it Hot (Outstanding Lyrics), Matthew López and Amber Ruffin for Some Like it Hot (Outstanding Book of a Musical), Charlie Rosen and Bryan Carter for Some Like it Hot (Outstanding Orchestrations), Suzan-Lori Parks for Plays for the Plague Year (Outstanding Music in a Play), Tim Hatley for Life of Pi (Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play), Beowulf Boritt for New York, New York (Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical), Emilio Sosa for Ain’t No Mo’ (Outstanding Costume Design of a Play), Gregg Barnes for Some Like it Hot (Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical), Natasha Chivers and Willie Williams (video) for Prima Facie (Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play), Natasha Katz for Sweeney Todd (Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical), Andrzej Goulding for Life of Pi (Outstanding Projection and Video Design), Ben & Max Ringham for A Doll’s House (Outstanding Sound Design of a Play) Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann for Into the Woods (Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical), Mia M. Neal for Ain’t No Mo’ (Outstanding Wig and Hair), Jodie Comer for Prima Facie (Outstanding Solo Performance), Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Unique Theatrical Experience), B.H. Barry for Camelot (Outstanding Fight Choreography), A Doll’s House by Amy Herzog (Outstanding Adaptation), and Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell for Life of Pi (Outstanding Puppetry).
Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees.