2003-2004 49th Drama Desk Awards



Outstanding Play   The Beard of Avon
    The Distance From Here
    Humble Boy
  I Am My Own Wife
    Moby Dick (Works Productions)
    The Tricky Part
Outstanding Musical   Caroline, or Change
    Johnny Guitar
    The Musical of Musicals: The Musical
    Wicked
Outstanding Revival of a Play   The Colleen Bawn
    The Daughter-in-Law
    Henry IV (LCT)
    A Midsummer Night's Dream (Watermill Theatre production from Propeller/BAM)
    The Normal Heart
    A Raisin in the Sun
Outstanding Revival of a Musical   Assassins
    Big River
    Fiddler on the Roof
    Finian's Rainbow
    First Lady Suite
    Wonderful Town
Outstanding Actor - Play   John Michael Higgins, Big Bill
    Kevin Kline, Henry IV
    Frank Langella, Match
    Brian F. O'Byrne, Frozen
    Christopher Plummer, King Lear
    Paul Sparks, Blackbird
Outstanding Actress - Play   Eileen Atkins, The Retreat from Moscow
    Shannon Cochran, Bug
    Viola Davis, Intimate Apparel
    Lizan Mitchell, Trojan Women
    Phylicia Rashad, A Raisin in the Sun
    J. Smith-Cameron, Sarah, Sarah
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   Kristin Chenoweth, Wicked
    Judy McLane, Johnny Guitar
    Idina Menzel, Wicked
    Donna Murphy, Wonderful Town
    Elaine Paige, Sweeney Todd
    Tonya Pinkins, Caroline, or Change
Outstanding Featured Actor - Play   Ned Beatty, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
    Michael Berry, Moby Dick (Works Productions)
    Andre De Shields, Prymate
    Aidan Gillen, The Caretaker
    John Lithgow, Mrs. Farnsworth
    Corey Stoll, Intimate Apparel
Outstanding Featured Actress - Play   Jayne Houdyshell, Well
    Mikel Sarah Lambert, The Daughter-in-Law
    Margo Martindale, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
    Jan Maxwell, Sixteen Wounded
    Audra McDonald, A Raisin in the Sun
    Mary Louise Wilson, The Beard of Avon
Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical   Joel Blum, Golf: The Musical
    Mitchel David Federan, The Boy From Oz
    Jeffrey Carlson, Taboo
    Raul Esparza, Taboo
    Marc Kudisch, Assassins
    Raymond Jaramillo McLeod, Wonderful Town
Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical   Lovette George, The Musical of Musicals: The Musical
    Isabel Keating, The Boy From Oz
    Alix Korey, Listen to My Heart
    Anika Noni Rose, Caroline, or Change
    Jennifer Simard, The Thing About Men
    Mary Testa, First Lady Suite
Outstanding Director - Play   Hilary Adams, Moby Dick (Works Productions)
    Dexter Bullard, Bug
    Edward Hall, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Watermill Theatre production from Propeller/BAM)
    Moises Kaufman, I Am My Own Wife
    Kenny Leon, A Raisin in the Sun
    Jack O'Brien, Henry IV (LCT)
Outstanding Director - Musical   Jeff Calhoun, Big River
    Pamela Hunt, The Musical of Musicals: The Musical
    Joe Mantello, Assassins
    Joe Mantello, Wicked
    Kathleen Marshall, Wonderful Town
    George C. Wolfe, Caroline, or Change
Outstanding Choreography   Stephen Hues, Ramayana 2K3
    Kathleen Marshall, Wonderful Town
    Jerry Mitchell, Never Gonna Dance
    Anthony van Laast and Farah Khan, Bombay Dreams
Outstanding Music   RaRa Avis and Andrew Yeater, et al; Ramayana 2K3
    Boy George, Taboo
    Eric Rockwell, The Musical of Musicals: The Musical
    Stephen Schwartz, Wicked
    Martin Silvestri and Joel Higgins, Johnny Guitar
    Jeanine Tesori, Caroline, or Change
Outstanding Lyrics   Joanne Bogart, The Musical of Musicals: The Musical
    Boy George, Taboo
    Sean Hartley, Cupid and Psyche
    Joel Higgins, Johnny Guitar
    Stephen Schwartz, Wicked
Outstanding Book of a Musical   Winnie Holzman, Wicked
    Tony Kushner, Caroline, or Change
Outstanding Orhcestrations   Paul Bogaev, Bombay Dreams
    William David Brohn, Wicked
    Michael Starobin, Assassins
    Harold Wheeler, Never Gonna Dance
Outstanding Set Designs - Play   John Lee Beatty, Twentieth Century
    Scott Bradley, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
    Ralph Funicello, Henry IV (LCT)
    David Korins, Blackbird
    Andrew Lieberman, Wintertime
    Derek McLane, I Am My Own Wife
Outstanding Set Designs - Musical   John Lee Beatty, Wonderful Town
    Robert Brill, Assassins
    Eugene Lee, Wicked
    Tom Pye, Fiddler on the Roof
    Mark Thompson, Bombay Dreams
Outstanding Costume Design   Jess Goldstein, Henry IV (LCT) Mark Thompson, Bombay Dreams
    Susan Hilferty, Wicked
    Robert A. Prior and Lisa Leighton, Ramayana 2K3
    Jenny Mannis, Animal Farm
    Catherine Zuber, Intimate Apparel
Outstanding Lighting Design   Jules Fisher and Peggy Eishenhauer, Assassins
    TJ Gerckens, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
    Donald Holder, The Violet Hour
    David Lander, I Am My Own Wife
    Brian MacDevitt, Henry IV
    Kenneth Posner, Wicked
Outstanding Sound Design   Mark Bennett, Henry IV (LCT)
    Scott Jennings, Ramayana 2K3
    Brian Ronan, Bug
    Dan Moses Schreier, Assassins
    David Van Tieghem, The Stendhal Syndrome
Outstanding Solo Performance   Barbara Cook, Barbara Cook's Broadway
    Ben Gazzara, Nobody Don't Like Yogi
    Sarah Jones, Bridge and Tunnel
    Jefferson Mays, I Am My Own Wife
    Martin Moran, The Tricky Part
    Will Power, Flow
Unique Theatrical Experience   Ramayana 2K3
    Todd Robbins' Carnival Knowledge
    Toxic Audio in Loud Mouth
Outstanding Ensemble Performance   The cast of "The Distance From Here"
Special Awards   Dakin Matthews for his adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry IV
    The Flea Theatre
    The Classical Theatre of Harlem

 

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