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WATCH: The Drama Desk Awards! – Full List of Winners

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9 years agoon
The Drama Desk Awards happened via livestream for the world to see and we kept you in the know as the show went on. Below yo4u’ll find all the updates on winners. You can also view the livestream of the entire show down below.
Some notable winners included Shuffle Along and The Color Purple who both racked up several awards throughout the night. Hamilton was not nominated this year due to being ineligible since being nominated for its Off-Broadway run at The Public Theater last year. That cleared the way for some other great shows to take home the Drama Desk.
It truly was a wonderful night with some great highlights including a Memoriam tribute that included Broadway Black favorite Kyle Jean-Baptiste and a speech by playwright Danai Gurrira who won the Sam Norkin for bringing great insight, range, and depth, & being a fresh new voice to American theater.
Thank you @DramaDeskAwards for remembering #BroadwayBlack Legend @BaptisteKyle! #NeverForgotten pic.twitter.com/tFgg9Tz58v
— Broadway Black (@BroadwayBlack) June 6, 2016
Congratulations to @DanaiGurira on receiving the special Sam Norkin Award! @eclipsedbway @DramaDeskAwards pic.twitter.com/HiEJZkah8v — Broadway Black (@BroadwayBlack) June 6, 2016
The Iron Ladies of @eclipsedbway presented the award to @DanaiGurira @DramaDeskAwards & looked damn good doing it! pic.twitter.com/YuFRF8tZiH
— Broadway Black (@BroadwayBlack) June 6, 2016
OMMMGGG @kealasettle is singing our favorite song from @WaitressMusical @DramaDeskAwards! YAASS! ” I Didn’t Plan It” pic.twitter.com/sU1VpjatsY
— Broadway Black (@BroadwayBlack) June 6, 2016
* = Winners
Outstanding Play
The Christians, Playwrights Horizons
*The Humans, Roundabout Theatre Company
John, Signature Theatre
King Charles III
The Royale, Lincoln Center Theater
Outstanding Musical
First Daughter Suite, Public Theater
Daddy Long Legs
School of Rock
*Shuffle Along
Waitress
Congrats @shufflealongbwy! Outstanding Musical @DramaDeskAwards #GeorgeCWolfe thanks Lyles, Miller, Sissle, & Blake! pic.twitter.com/hMiYDWtIUr
— Broadway Black (@BroadwayBlack) June 6, 2016
Outstanding Revival of a Play Cloud Nine, Atlantic Theater Company Death of a Salesman, New Yiddish Rep Henry IV, Donmar Warehouse at St. Ann’s Warehouse Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Roundabout Theatre Company *A View From the Bridge Women Without Men, Mint Theater Company Outstanding Revival of a Musical The Color Purple The Golden Bride, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene Fiddler on the Roof *She Loves Me, Roundabout Theatre Company Spring Awakening Outstanding Actor in a Play Andrew Garman, The Christians, Playwrights Horizons Avi Hoffman, Death of a Salesman *Frank Langella, The Father, Manhattan Theatre Club Tim Pigott-Smith, King Charles III Mark Strong, A View From the Bridge Outstanding Actress in a Play Georgia Engel, John, Signature Theatre Mamie Gummer, Ugly Lies the Bone, Roundabout Underground Marin Ireland, Ironbound, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater/Women’s Project Theater *Jessica Lange, Long Day’s Journey Into Night Nicola Walker, A View From the Bridge Outstanding Actor in a Musical *Danny Burstein, Fiddler on the Roof Robert Creighton, Cagney, York Theatre Company Michael C. Hall, Lazarus, New York Theatre Workshop Zachary Levi, She Loves Me Benjamin Walker, American Psycho Outstanding Actress in a Musical Laura Benanti, She Loves Me Carmen Cusack, Bright Star *Cynthia Erivo, The Color Purple Jessie Mueller, Waitress Annette O’Toole, Southern Comfort, Public Theater
Congrats to @CynthiaEriVo Outstanding Actress in a Musical @DramaDeskAwards! “I’ve never really won anything before” pic.twitter.com/JnQjBcdYIS
— Broadway Black (@BroadwayBlack) June 6, 2016
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Bill Camp, The Crucible
David Furr, Noises Off, Roundabout Theatre Company
Matt McGrath, The Legend of Georgia McBride, MCC Theater
Richard Thomas, Incident at Vichy, Signature Theatre
*Michael Shannon, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Brooke Bloom, Cloud Nine
Megan Hilty, Noises Off
Kellie Overbey, Women Without Men
*Saycon Sengbloh, Eclipsed, Public Theater
Jeanine Serralles, Gloria, Vineyard Theatre
YAYYY!!! Congrats to @SayconSengbloh for winning Best Featured Actress in a Play for @eclipsedbway!@DramaDeskAwards pic.twitter.com/SAqCYbfwOd
— Broadway Black (@BroadwayBlack) June 6, 2016
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Nicholas Barasch, She Loves Me *Christopher Fitzgerald, Waitress Baylee Littrell, Disaster! Paul Alexander Nolan, Bright Star A.J. Shively, Bright Star Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple Alison Fraser, First Daughter Suite Rachel Bay Jones, Dear Evan Hansen, Second Stage *Jane Krakowski, She Loves Me Mary Testa, First Daughter Suite Outstanding Director of a Play Rachel Chavkin, The Royale Sam Gold, John Rupert Goold, King Charles III Joe Mantello, The Humans Jenn Thompson, Women Without Men *Ivo van Hove, A View From the Bridge Outstanding Director of a Musical (tie) Michael Arden, Spring Awakening *John Doyle, The Color Purple Rupert Goold, American Psycho *Bartlett Sher, Fiddler on the Roof Bryna Wasserman, Motl Didner, The Golden Bride Outstanding Choreography Joshua Bergasse, Cagney Spencer Liff, Spring Awakening Lynne Page, American Psycho Randy Skinner, Dames at Sea *Savion Glover, Shuffle Along
Congrats to @TheSavionGlover for winning #Outstanding Choreography for @shufflealongbwy! @DramaDeskAwards pic.twitter.com/1HzIe4uFiW
— Broadway Black (@BroadwayBlack) June 6, 2016
Outstanding Book of a Musical
*John Caird, Daddy Long Legs
Michael John LaChiusa, First Daughter Suite
Jessie Nelson, Waitress
Outstanding Music
Sara Bareilles, Waitress
Michael John LaChiusa, First Daughter Suite
Andrew Lloyd Webber, School of Rock
The Lobbyists, SeaWife, Naked Angels
*Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Bright Star
Outstanding Lyrics
Sara Bareilles, Waitress
*Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Dear Evan Hansen
Glenn Slater, School of Rock
Michael John LaChiusa, First Daughter Suite
Outstanding Orchestrations
August Eriksmoen, Bright Star
*Larry Hochman, She Loves Me, Roundabout Theatre Company
Joseph Joubert and Catherine Jayes, The Color Purple
Andrew Lloyd Webber, School of Rock
Michael Starobin and Bruce Coughlin, First Daughter Suite
Outstanding Music in a Play
Billie Joe Armstrong, These Paper Bullets!, Atlantic Theatre Company
Estelle Bajou, Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally, One Year Lease Theater Company
Shaun Davey, Pericles, Theatre for a New Audience
*Philip Glass, The Crucible
Tom Kitt, Cymbeline, Public Theater
Outstanding Set Design for a Play
Riccardo Hernandez, Red Speedo, New York Theatre Workshop
Mimi Lien, John
G.W. Mercier, Head of Passes, Public Theater
*Christopher Oram, Hughie
Derek McLane, Fully Committed
Outstanding Set Design for a Musical
Es Devlin, American Psycho
Emily Orling, Matt Saunders, Eric Farber, Futurity, Soho Rep/Ars Nova
*David Rockwell, She Loves Me
Outstanding Costume Design for a Play
Jessica Ford, These Paper Bullets!
Martha Hally, Women Without Men
Constance Hoffman, Pericles
William Ivey Long, Shows for Days, Lincoln Center Theater
*Anita Yavich, The Legend of Georgia McBride
Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical
Jane Greenwood, Bright Star
Katrina Lindsay, American Psycho
Jeff Mahshie, She Loves Me
Alejo Vietti, Allegiance
*Ann Roth, Shuffle Along
The winner of the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical is Ann Roth for Shuffle Along. #DramaDeskAwards
— Drama Desk Awards (@DramaDeskAwards) June 6, 2016
Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play
Neil Austin, Hughie
Mark Barton, John
Bradley King, Empanada Loca, Labyrinth Theater Company
Tyler Micoleau, Antlia Pneumatica, Playwrights Horizons
*Justin Townsend, The Humans
Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical
Jane Cox, The Color Purple
Jake DeGroot, SeaWife
Ben Stanton, Spring Awakening
*Justin Townsend, American Psycho
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, Shuffle Along
Outstanding Projection Design
Nicholas Hussong, These Paper Bullets!
Darrel Maloney, Tappin’ Thru Life
Peter Nigrini, Dear Evan Hansen
*Finn Ross, American Psycho
Tal Yarden, Lazarus
Outstanding Sound Design in a Play
Fitz Patton, An Act of God
*Fitz Patton, The Humans
Mikhail Fiksel and Miles Polaski,, Fulfillment, The Flea Theatre
Bray Poor, John
Ryan Rumery, Empanada Loca
Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical
Mick Potter, School of Rock
Brian Ronan, Lazarus
Nevin Steinberg, Bright Star
*Dan Moses Schreier, American Psycho
Scott Lehrer, Shuffle Along
Outstanding Wig and Hair
David Brian Brown, She Loves Me
Jason Hayes, The Legend of Georgia McBride
Robert-Charles Vallance, Women Without Men
Charles G. LaPointe, The School for Scandal, Red Bull Theater
*Mia M. Neal, Shuffle Along
The winner of the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Wig and Hair Design is: Mia M. Neal, for Shuffle Along #DramaDeskAwards
— Drama Desk Awards (@DramaDeskAwards) June 6, 2016
Outstanding Solo Performance
Simon Callow, Tuesdays at Tesco’s, 59E59
Kathleen Chalfant, Rose, Nora’s Playhouse
James Lecesne, The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
Daphne Rubin-Vega, Empanada Loca
*Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Fully Committed
Unique Theatrical Experience
ADA/AVA, Manual Cinema/3LD/The Tank
Antigona – Soledad Barrio/Noche Flamenca
*That Physics Show
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show
YOUARENOWHERE – 3LD/The Tank
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Collecting Our Things: Black Excellence Dominates the 2017 Oscars

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February 27, 2017
If you weren’t lucky enough to get snuck in through the side door at the 89th Academy Awards Ceremony, I’ll give you the Broadway Black rundown. With Moonlight taking the big Oscar of the night, it seems The Academy heard us loud and clear when we demanded they give us our things, and I’m glad.
Watch highlight videos below! #TourBusGary, Viola, Mahershala, & Moonlights acceptances speeches, and more!
Although I do have some complaints I’d like to file regarding Ms. Taraji P. Henson and Mr. Denzel Washington, but that’s for another time.
The night began with Mahershala Ali winning Best Supporting Actor for his role as Juan in Moonlight. Mahershala celebrated many firsts on Oscar night: his first nomination and his first win. While many laud Ali for being the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar, his acceptance speech focused on his mentors, education, and his new baby girl.
“I want to thank my teachers, my professors. I had so many wonderful teachers, and one of the things they told me was…it’s not about you, it’s about these characters. You’re in service to these stories and these characters.”
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Moonlight celebrated Mahershala’s win and later took home Best Picture (after a perplexing mix-up with La La Land – see blow) and Best Adapted Screenplay. The creators and cast of Moonlight echoed Mahershala’s message of representation. In their acceptance speech for Best Adapted Screenplay, Tarell Alvin McCraney and Barry Jenkins pledged to defend those who don’t fit the mold:
“All you people out there, who feel like there’s no mirror for you or your life is not reflected. We have your back and for the next four years, we will not leave you alone. We will not forget you.”
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Jenkins’ words echoed the community and perseverance that Moonlight celebrates. His victory for his second feature film alone is a testament to the spirit of perseverance. His first feature film, the highly acclaimed Medicine for Melancholy, premiered in 2008. Jenkins speaks openly of the discouragement he felt in this eight-year gap, where, at times, he thought his career was at an end. But just like Jenkins couldn’t dodge that Best Picture Oscar, he couldn’t dodge his calling, and I couldn’t be more pleased.
Another highlight in that same speech came from McCraney, who is the playwright of In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue of which the film is based. He said:
“This goes out to all those black and brown boys and girls and non-gender-conforming who don’t see themselves, we’re trying to show you you and us. Thank you, thank you. This is for you.”
Further celebrating a night of untold stories, NASA’s Katherine Johnson joined the Hidden Figures cast on stage. With the grace of a thousand Dianas, Viola Davis accepted the award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Rose in Fences. Her performance, which earned her a Tony for Best Actress in 2010, resonated with women and defined resilience to men.
We know Viola from Broadway and How to Get Away With Murder, but tonight she made history as the first Black actor to take home an Emmy, Tony, and Oscar for acting. Her role in Fences gives glory to the ordinary, and her speech showed her pride in that fact.
Now, about that Best Picture Oscar. Still can’t believe this actually happened. There are no words to describe what the conflicting feelings of confusion & joy bottled and shaken up, on the brink of explosion, actually feels like but here it is in video form:
As I cheered along, I thought of the power of ordinariness in Black communities. The legacy of Blackness exudes strength and resilience, but we should remember that excellence isn’t isolated to any tax bracket.
Audiences found power in Viola Davis’ Rose because August Wilson did not see powerful and ordinary as mutually exclusive. It is vital, especially today, that the Fences and Hidden Figures and Moonlights empower us.
These films tell the story of those perceived as ordinary, simply because the people looking had a singular point of view. So, yes, tonight was for Viola and her staple in history, for Mahershala and Moonlight collecting their things, and even for Denzel and Ruth Negga, no matter what The Academy says.
But even more, tonight was for the ordinary people who are, in fact, excellent and Broadway Black.
View the full list of winners at Oscar.
& the funniest moment of the night that we just can’t seem to get over. Watch #TourBusGary become a meme right in front of your eyes:
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