Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Broadway:Matilda Wins Most Drama Desk Awards

On Broadway, the Drama Desk Award winners have been announced and Matilda won Best Musical and the most awards Other big winners were Pippin and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Here are the results:

Outstanding Musical
"Matilda"

Outstanding Play
Christopher Durang, "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike"

Outstanding Revival of a Musical or Revue
"Pippin"

Outstanding Revival of a Play
"Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Billy Porter, "Kinky Boots"

Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Laura Osnes, "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella"

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Bertie Carvel, "Matilda"

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Andrea Martin, "Pippin"

Outstanding Actor in a Play
Tracy Letts, "Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

Outstanding Actress in a Play
Cicely Tyson, "The Trip to Bountiful"

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Richard Kind, "The Big Knife"

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Judith Light, "The Assembled Parties"

Outstanding Book of a Musical
Dennis Kelly, "Matilda"


Outstanding Music
David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, "Here Lies Love"

Outstanding Lyrics
Tim Minchin, "Matilda"

Outstanding Music in a Play
Glen Kelly, "The Nance"

Outstanding Director of a Musical
Diane Paulus, "Pippin"

Outstanding Director of a Play
Pam MacKinnon, "Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

Outstanding Orchestrations
Danny Troob, "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella"

Outstanding Choreography
Chet Walker and Gypsy Snider, "Pippin"

Unique Theatrical Experience
"Cirque Du Soleil: Totem"

Outstanding Revue
"Old Hats"

Outstanding Solo Performance
Michael Urie, "Buyer & Cellar"

Outstanding Lighting Design
Justin Townsend, "Here Lies Love"

Outstanding Set Design
Rob Howell, "Matilda"

Outstanding Costume Design
William Ivey Long, "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella"

Outstanding Projection Design
Peter Nigrini, "Here Lies Love"

Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical (3-way tie)
Steve Canyon Kennedy, "Hands on a Hardbody"
Scott Lehrer and Drew Levy, "Chaplin: The Musical"
Tony Meola, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood"

Outstanding Sound Design in a Play
Fergus O'Hare, "Macbeth"

Outstanding Ensemble Performance
"Working"

Special Awards
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), Wakka Wakka (Gabrielle Brechner, Kirjan Waage, and Gwendolyn Warnock), Jayne Houdyshell, Samuel D. Hunter, Maruti Evans.

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