Monday, June 02, 2014

The 2014 Drama Desk Awards

That's right theatre fans. Last night was the Drama Desk Awards and once again A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder was the big winner. I'm sensing a pattern here. The show won seven awards including Best Musical of the Year and Jefferson Mays tied with Neil Patrick Harris (Hedwig)for Best Actor in a Musical. Not only that but there was another tie too. Anika Larsen (Beautiful) and Lauren Worsham (Gentleman's Guide) tied for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Can we expect any ties at this Sunday's Tony Awards? Highly unlikely but stranger things have happened. Now in to the winners.


Outstanding Play Nell Benjamin, The Explorers Club 
Steven Levenson, Core Values
Conor McPherson, The Night Alive 
Richard Nelson, Regular SingingBruce Norris, Domesticated*Robert Schenkkan, All The WayJohn Patrick Shanley, Outside Mullingar


Outstanding Musical
*A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder 
Aladdin
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Fun Home

Love’s Labour’s Lost
Rocky
The Bridges of Madison County



Outstanding Revival of a Play
I Remember Mama
London Wall
No Man's Land
Of Mice and Men
The Cripple of Inishmaan 

The Model Apartment 
*Twelfth Night (Shakespeare’s Globe Production)


Outstanding Revival of a Musical
*Hedwig and the Angry Inch 
Les Misérables
Violet



Outstanding Actor in a Play
*Bryan Cranston, All The WayHamish Linklater, The Comedy of ErrorsIan McKellen, No Man's LandDavid Morse, The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin 
Chris O'Dowd, Of Mice and MenDaniel Radcliffe, The Cripple of InishmaanDenzel Washington, A Raisin in the Sun


Outstanding Actress in a Play
Barbara Andres, I Remember MamaTyne Daly, Mothers and Sons*Audra McDonald, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill 
Laurie Metcalf, DomesticatedJ. Smith-Cameron, Juno and the PaycockHarriet Walter, Julius Caesar


Outstanding Actor in a Musical (tie)
*Neil Patrick Harris, Hedwig and the Angry InchAdam Jacobs, AladdinAndy Karl, Rocky*Jefferson Mays, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder 
Steven Pasquale, The Bridges of Madison County
Bryce Pinkham, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder


Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Sutton Foster, VioletIdina Menzel, If/Then*Jessie Mueller, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical 
Kelli O'Hara, The Bridges of Madison County 
Margo Seibert, Tamar of the RiverBarrett Wilbert Weed, Heathers: The Musical


Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
*Reed Birney, Casa Valentina
Chuck Cooper, Choir BoyPeter Maloney, Outside Mullingar 
Bobby Moreno, Year of the Rooster 
Bill Pullman, The Jacksonian
Brian J. Smith, The Glass Menagerie


Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Betty Buckley, The Old FriendsJulia Coffey, London WallDiane Davis, The Model Apartment*Celia Keenan-Bolger, The Glass Menagerie 
Jan Maxwell, The Castle
Sophie Okonedo, A Raisin in the Sun


Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Danny Burstein, CabaretNick Cordero, Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical 
Joshua Henry, Violet*James Monroe Iglehart, AladdinRory O’Malley, Nobody Loves YouBobby Steggert, Big Fish


Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (tie)
Stephanie J. Block, Little Miss Sunshine*Anika Larsen, Beautiful: The Carole King MusicalAdriane Lenox, After MidnightSydney Lucas, Fun HomeLaura Osnes, The Threepenny OperaJennifer Simard, Disaster!
*Lauren Worsham, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder


Outstanding Director of a Play
Joe Calarco, A Christmas Carol 
*Tim Carroll, Twelfth Night 
Thomas Kail, Family Furniture 
Bill Rauch, All The Way
Anna D. Shapiro, DomesticatedJulie Taymor, A Midsummer Night's Dream


Outstanding Director of a Musical
Sam Gold, Fun HomeMichael Mayer, Hedwig and the Angry InchBartlett Sher, The Bridges of Madison CountySusan Stroman, Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical 
Alex Timbers, Rocky*Darko Tresnjak, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder


Outstanding Choreography
*Warren Carlyle, After MidnightSteven Hoggett, Kelly Devine, RockyDanny Mefford, Love's Labour's LostCasey Nicholaw, AladdinSusan Stroman, Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical 
Sonya Tayeh, Kung Fu


Outstanding Music
*Jason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison County 
Andrew Lippa, Big FishSteven Lutvak, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder 
Alan Menken, Aladdin
Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe, Heathers: The Musical 
Jeanine Tesori, Fun Home


Outstanding Lyrics
Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, and Chad Beguelin, AladdinJason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison County*Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder 
Michael Friedman, Love's Labour's LostMichael Korie, Far from HeavenLisa Kron, Fun Home


Outstanding Book of a Musical
Chad Beguelin, Aladdin*Robert L. Freedman, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder 
Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair, Murder for TwoLisa Kron, Fun HomeDouglas McGrath, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical 
Marsha Norman, The Bridges of Madison County


Outstanding Orchestrations
*Jason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison County 
John Clancy, Fun HomeLarry Hochman, Big FishSteve Sidwell, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical 
Michael Starobin, If/Then
Jonathan Tunick, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder


Outstanding Music in a Play
Lewis Flinn, The Tribute ArtistElliot Goldenthal, A Midsummer Night's DreamRob Kearns, The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle 
Tom Kochan, Almost, Maine*Nico Muhly, The Glass MenagerieDuncan Sheik, A Man's a Man


Outstanding Revue
*After Midnight
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Musik from the Weimar and Beyond 

Le Jazz Hot: How the French Saved Jazz
Til Divorce Do Us Part
What's It All About? Bacharach Reimagined



Outstanding Set Design
*Christopher Barreca, RockyAlexander Dodge, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder 
Richard Hoover, Small Engine RepairSanto Loquasto, Bullets Over Broadway: The MusicalIan MacNeil, A Doll's HouseDonyale Werle, The Explorers Club


Outstanding Costume Design
Constance Hoffman, A Midsummer Night's Dream 
*William Ivey Long, Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical 
Zane Pihlstrom, Nutcracker RougeLoren Shaw, The MysteriesJenny Tiramani, Twelfth NightDavid C. Woolard, The Heir Apparent


Outstanding Lighting Design
*Christopher Akerlind, Rocky 
Jane Cox, MachinalDavid Lander, The Civil War 
Peter Mumford, King Lear 
Brian Tovar, Tamar of the River 
Japhy Weideman, Macbeth


Outstanding Projection Design
Robert Massicotte and Alexis Laurence, Cirkopolis 
Sven Ortel, A Midsummer Night's Dream*Aaron Rhyne, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder 
Shawn Sagady, All The Way
Austin Switser, Sontag: Reborn Ben Rubin, Arguendo


Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical
Kai Harada, Fun HomePeter Hylenski, Bullets Over Broadway: The MusicalPeter Hylenski, Rocky*Brian Ronan, Beautiful: The Carole King MusicalDan Moses Schreier, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder 
Jon Weston, The Bridges of Madison County


Outstanding Sound Design in a Play
M.L. Dogg, The Open HouseKatie Down, The Golden DragonPaul James Prendergast, All The Way 
Dan Moses Schreier, Act One 
Christopher Shutt, Love and Information 
*Matt Tierney, Machinal


Outstanding Solo Performance
David Barlow, This is My OfficeJim Brochu, Character ManHannah Cabell, GroundedDebra Jo Rupp, Becoming Dr. RuthRuben Santiago-Hudson, August Wilson's How I Learned What I Learned 
*John Douglas Thompson, Satchmo at the Waldorf


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