1999-2000 46th Drama Desk Awards



Outstanding New Play   Contact (Frank Gilroy)
  Copenhagen (Michael Frayn)
    Dinner with Friends (Donald Margulies)
    Dirty Blonde (Claudia Shear)
    Jitney (August Wilson)
    The Tale of the Allergist's Wife (Charles Busch)
Outstanding New Musical Contact
  The Dead
  Saturday Night
  Swing!
  The Wild Party(Manhattan Theatre Club)
Outstanding Revival - Play   A Moon for the Misbegotten (Eugene O'Neill)
  The Price (Arthur Miller)
  The Real Thing (Tom Stoppard)
  True West (Sam Shephard)
  Uncle Vanya (Anton Chekhov)
  Waste (Harley Granville Barker)
Outstanding Revival - Musical   Kiss Me, Kate
  The Music Man
Outstanding Actor - Play   Gabriel Byrne - A Moon for the Misbegotten
  Kevin Chamberlin - Dirty Blonde
  Stephen Dillane - The Real Thing
  Philip Seymour Hoffman - True West
  Derek Jacobi - Uncle Vanya
  Paul Sparks - Coyote on a Fence
Outstanding Actress - Play   Sinead Cusack - Our Lady of Sligo
  Eileen Heckart - The Waverly Gallery
  Linda Lavin - The Tale of the Allergist's Wife
  Claudia Shear - Dirty Blonde
  Lynn Thigpen - Jar the Floor
  Charlyne Woodard - In the Blood
Outstanding Actor - Musical   Hunter Foster, Little Shop of Horrors
  Tyrone Giordano, Big River
  Hugh Jackman, The Boy From Oz
  Michael McElroy, Big River
  Alfred Molina, Fiddler on the Roof
  Euan Morton, Taboo
Outstanding Actress - Musical   Toni Collette - The Wild Party (New York Shakespeare Festival)
  Heather Headley - Aida
  Rebecca Luker - The Music Man
  Marin Mazzie - Kiss Me, Kate
  Audra McDonald - Marie Christine
  Julia Murney - The Wild Party (Manhattan Theatre Club)
Outstanding Featured Actor - Play   Matthew Arkin - Dinner with Friends
  Roy Dotrice - A Moon for the Misbegotten
  Joel Grey - Give Me Your Answer, Do!
  Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Author's Voice / Imagining Brad
  Brian Murray - Uncle Vanya
  Harris Yulin - The Price
Outstanding Featured Actress - Play   Jillian Armenante - The Cider House Rules, Part One: Here in St. Cloud
  Marylouise Burke - Fuddy Meers
  Seana Kofoed - An Experiment with an Air Pump
  Phyllis Newman - The Moment When
  Cigdem Onat - The Time of the Cuckoo
  Amy Sedaris - The Country Club
Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical   Jason Antoon - Contact
  Christopher Fitzgerald - Saturday Night
  Alistair Izobell - Kat and the Kings
  Michael Mulheren - Kiss Me, Kate
  Stephen Spinella - The Dead
  Lee Wilkof - Kiss Me, Kate
Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical   Nancy Anderson - Jolson and Co.
  Sally Ann Howes - The Dead
  Eartha Kitt - The Wild Party (New York Shakespeare Festival)
  Alix Korey - The Wild Party (Manhattan Theatre Club)
  Indina Menzel - The Wild Party (Manhattan Theatre Club)
  Karen Ziemba - Contact
Outstanding Director - Play   Michael Blakemore - Copenhagen
    Thomas Hulce, Jane Jones - The Cider House Rules, Part One: Here in St. Cloud
  James Lapine - Dirty Blonde
  Michael Mayer - Uncle Vanya
  Marion McClinton - Jitney
  Daniel Sullivan - Dinner with Friends
Outstanding Director - Musical   Gabriel Barre - The Wild Party (Manhattan Theatre Club)
  Michael Blakemore - Kiss Me, Kate
  Susan Stroman - Contact Susan Stroman - The Music Man
Outstanding Choreography   Contact - Susan Stroman
  Kat and the Kings - Jody Abrahams, Loukmaan Adams
  Kiss Me, Kate - Kathleen Marshall
  The Music Man - Susan Stroman
  Swing! - Lynne Taylor-Corbett
  The Wild Party (Manhattan Theatre Club) - Mark Dendy
Outstanding Music   The Dead - Sean Davey
  Saturday Night - Stephen Sondheim
  The Wild Party (Manhattan Theatre Club) - Andrew Lippa
Outstanding Lyrics   The Big Bang - Boyd Graham
  The Bomb-itty of Errors - Jordan Allen-Dutton, Jason Catalano, Gregory Qaiyum
  Saturday Night - Stephen Sondheim
  The Wild Party (Manhattan Theatre Club) - Andrew Lippa
Outstanding Orchestrations   Kat and the Kings - Taliep Peterson
  Kiss Me, Kate - Don Sebesky
  The Music Man - Doug Besterman
  Saturday Night - Jonathan Tunick
  Swing! - Harold Wheeler
  The Wild Party ( Manhattan Theatre Club) - Michael Gibson
Outstanding Set Design - Play   Dinner with Friends - Neil Patel
  East is East - Derek McLane
  An Empty Plate at the Cafe du Grand Boeuf - Rob Odorisio
  Jitney - David Gallo
  The Time of the Cuckoo - James Noone
  Uncle Vanya - Tony Walton
Outstanding Set Design - Musical   Contact - Thomas Lynch
  Kiss Me, Kate - Robin Wagner
  The Music Man - Thomas Lynch
  Shockheaded Peter - Julian Crouch, Graeme Gilmour
  The Wild Party (Manhattan Theatre Club) - David Gallo
Outstanding Costume Design   The Big Bang - Boyd Graham
  The Country Club - Jonathan Bixby, Gregory Gale
  Kiss Me, Kate - Martin Pakledinaz
  The Music Man - William Ivey Long
  Shockheaded Peter - Kevin Pollard
  The Wild Party (Manhattan Theatre Club) - Martin Pakledinaz
Outstanding Lighting Design   Contact - Peter Kaczorowski
  Dirty Blonde - David Lander
  An Experiment with an Air Pump - Brian MacDevitt
  Space - Scott Zielinski
  The Water Engine - Robert Perry
  The Wild Party (Manhattan Theatre Club) - Kenneth Posner
Outstanding Sound Design   Charlie Victor Romeo - Jamie Mereness
  Chesapeake - Darron L. West
  Coyote on a Fence - Marc Gwinn
  Space - Rob Milburn, Michael Bodeen
  Y2K - Darron L. West
Outstanding Solo Performance   Olympia Dukakis - Rose Marc
  Spalding Gray - Morning, Noon and Night
  Barry Humphries - Dame Edna: The Royal Tour
  Mark Linn-Baker - Chesapeake
  Mark Setlock - Fully Committed
  Wolf - Another American: Asking and Telling
Outstanding Unique Theatrical Experience   Charlie Victor Romeo
  Do You Come Here Often?
  Shockheaded Peter
Special Awards   Alexander H. Cohen (posthumous)
Outstanding Ensemble Performance   Cast of "Jitney"
Lifetime Achievement Award   Barnard Hughes
  Helen Stenborg

 

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