Drama Desk Nomination 2003-2004
The Nominations for the 2003 - 2004 Drama Desk Awards were announced by Mary-Louise Parker (Former Drama Desk Winner and current regular on TV's The West WIng) and Tony Roberts (Broadway/Film star), at 8:30AM from the New York Friars Club in New York City on Thursday, April 29th, 2004.
Actors, playwrights, composers, lyricists, librettists, directors, producers, and designers who are/were represented on Broadway, Off Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway in productions opening between late May 2003 and early May 2004 are eligible to receive a nomination for a Drama Desk Award, which recognizes their outstanding artistic contribution during the 2003-2004 season.
The Drama Desk Awards are one of the most coveted and prestigious awards in the world of the American Theatre. Just a Nomination has the ability to propel a creative artist struggling in relative obscurity to prominence.
DRAMA DESK NOMINATIONS 2003-2004* Denotes Winner In Each Category
Outstanding Play:
The Beard of Avon (Amy Freed)
The Distance From Here (Neil LaBute)
Humble Boy (Charlotte Jones)
I Am My Own Wife (Doug Wright) *
Moby Dick (Julian Rad) (Works Productions)
The Tricky Part (Martin Moran)
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 in a Play:
John Michael Higgins (Big Bill)
Kevin Kline (Henry IV) (LCT) *
Frank Langella (Match)
Brian F. O'Byrne (Frozen)
Christopher Plummer (King Lear)
Paul Sparks (Blackbird)
Outstanding Actress in a 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 in a 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 in a 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 in a 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 in a 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 in a Musical:
Joel Blum (Golf: The Musical)
Jeffrey Carlson (Taboo)
Raul Esparza (Taboo) v Mitchel David Federan (The Boy From Oz) *
Marc Kudisch (Assassins)
Raymond Jaramillo McLeod (Wonderful Town)
Outstanding Featured Actress in a 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 of a 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 of a 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 Orchestrations:
Paul Bogaev ( Bombay Dreams)
William David Brohn (Wicked) *
Michael Starobin (Assassins)
Harold Wheeler (Never Gonna Dance)
Outstanding Set Design of a 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 Design of a 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)
Susan Hilferty (Wicked) *
Robert A. Prior and Lisa Leighton (Ramayana 2K3)
Jenny Mannis (Animal Farm)
Mark Thompson ( Bombay Dreams)
Catherine Zuber (Intimate Apparel)
Outstanding Lighting Design:
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer (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 Theater
The Classical Theatre of Harlem
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