Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Music |
Location | New York City |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Drama Desk |
First awarded | 1968 |
Currently held by | Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally for Shucked (2023) |
Website | dramadesk.org (defunct) |
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in musical theatre (distinct from incidental music in plays) across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. The award was originally entitled Best Composer, before being renamed to its current title in 1969. The award is often referred to as Outstanding Score of a Musical.
Winners and nominees
1960s
Year | Composer | Production |
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1968 | ||
Al Carmines | In Circles | |
Galt MacDermot | Hair | |
1969 | ||
Al Carmines | Peace | |
Burt Bacharach | Promises, Promises |
1970s
1980s
1990s
Year | Composer | Production |
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1990 | ||
Cy Coleman | City of Angels | |
Chet Forrest, Bob Wright & Maury Yeston | Grand Hotel | |
Ástor Piazzolla | Dangerous Games | |
David Shire | Closer Than Ever | |
Andrew Lloyd Webber | Aspects of Love | |
1991 | ||
Cy Coleman | The Will Rogers Follies | |
David Bucknam | The Waves | |
William Finn | Falsettoland | |
Lucy Simon | The Secret Garden | |
Stephen Sondheim | Assassins | |
1992 | ||
Erik Frandsen, Michael Garin, Robert Hipkins & Paul Lockheart | Song of Singapore | |
1993 | ||
Marvin Hamlisch | The Goodbye Girl | |
John Kander | Kiss of the Spider Woman | |
Jeffrey Lunden | Wings | |
1994 | ||
Stephen Sondheim | Passion | |
Michael John LaChiusa | Hello Again | |
Alan Menken | Beauty and the Beast | |
Polly Pen | Christina Alberta's Father | |
Tom Waits | The Black Rider | |
1995 | — | |
1996 | ||
Jonathan Larson | Rent | |
1997 | ||
Cy Coleman | The Life | |
John Kander | Steel Pier | |
Jeanine Tesori | Violet | |
1998 | ||
Stephen Flaherty | Ragtime | |
Paul Simon | The Capeman | |
Stephen Trask | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | |
Frank Wildhorn | The Scarlet Pimpernel | |
1999 | ||
Jason Robert Brown | Parade | |
Cy Coleman | Exactly Like You | |
William Finn | A New Brain | |
Frank Wildhorn | The Civil War |
2000s
2010s
Year | Composer | Production |
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2010 | ||
David Bryan | Memphis | |
Michael Friedman | Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson | |
Joe Iconis | Bloodsong of Love | |
John Kander & Fred Ebb | The Scottsboro Boys | |
Andrew Lippa | The Addams Family | |
Joseph Zellnik | Yank! | |
2011 | ||
Trey Parker, Robert Lopez & Matt Stone | The Book of Mormon | |
Brad Alexander | See Rock City & Other Destinations | |
Alan Menken | Sister Act | |
Marc Shaiman | Catch Me If You Can | |
Mike Stoller & Artie Butler | The People in the Picture | |
David Yazbek | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | |
2012 | ||
Alan Menken | Newsies | |
Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová | Once | |
Michael John LaChiusa | Queen of the Mist | |
Alan Menken | Leap of Faith | |
Frank Wildhorn | Bonnie & Clyde | |
Maury Yeston | Death Takes a Holiday | |
2013 | ||
David Byrne & Fatboy Slim | Here Lies Love | |
Trey Anastasio & Amanda Green | Hands on a Hardbody | |
Michael John LaChiusa | Giant | |
Dave Malloy | Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 | |
Benj Pasek & Justin Paul | A Christmas Story: The Musical | |
David Rossmer & Steve Rosen | The Other Josh Cohen | |
2014 | ||
Jason Robert Brown | The Bridges of Madison County | |
Andrew Lippa | Big Fish | |
Steven Lutvak | A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder | |
Alan Menken | Aladdin | |
Kevin Murphy & Laurence O'Keefe | Heathers: The Musical | |
Jeanine Tesori | Fun Home | |
2015 | ||
Lin-Manuel Miranda | Hamilton | |
Jason Robert Brown | Honeymoon in Vegas | |
Michael Friedman | The Fortress of Solitude | |
John Kander | The Visit | |
Dave Malloy | Ghost Quartet | |
Sting | The Last Ship | |
2016 | ||
Steve Martin & Edie Brickell | Bright Star | |
Sara Bareilles | Waitress | |
Michael John LaChiusa | First Daughter Suite | |
Andrew Lloyd Webber | School of Rock | |
The Lobbyists | SeaWife | |
2017 | ||
David Yazbek | The Band's Visit | |
Stephen Flaherty | Anastasia | |
Dave Malloy | Beardo | |
Richard Oberacker | Bandstand | |
Irene Sankoff & David Hein | Come from Away | |
2018 | ||
David Friedman | Desperate Measures | |
The Bengsons | The Lucky Ones | |
Ben Caplan & Christian Barry | Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story | |
Erin McKeown | Miss You Like Hell | |
Helen Park & Max Vernon | KPOP | |
2019 | ||
David Yazbek | Tootsie | |
Andrew R. Butler | Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future | |
Joe Iconis | Be More Chill | |
Peter Mills | The Hello Girls | |
Mark Sonnenblick | Midnight at the Never Get | |
Shaina Taub | Twelfth Night |
2020s
Year | Composer | Production |
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2020 | ||
Dave Malloy | Octet | |
Ross Golan | The Wrong Man | |
Michael R. Jackson | A Strange Loop | |
Joshua Rosenblum | Einstein's Dreams | |
Duncan Sheik | The Secret Life of Bees | |
Jeanine Tesori | Soft Power | |
2021 | No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City[1] | |
2022 | ||
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss | Six | |
Jason Howland | Paradise Square | |
Matt Ray | The Hang | |
Carrie Rodriguez | ¡Americano! | |
Jeanine Tesori | Kimberly Akimbo | |
2023 | ||
Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally | Shucked | |
Michael R. Jackson | White Girl in Danger | |
Tom Kitt and AnnMarie Milazzo | Almost Famous | |
Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson | Between the Lines | |
The Kilbanes | Weightless |
Multiple wins
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Multiple nominations
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See also
References
- ^ Evans, Greg (2021-05-05). "Broadway To Reopen Sept. 14, Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo; Broadway League "Cautiously Optimistic"". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music
- Al Carmines / Burt Bacharach (1969)
- Stephen Sondheim / Kurt Weill (1970)
- Stephen Sondheim (1971)
- Galt MacDermot (1972)
- Stephen Sondheim (1973)
- Al Carmines (1974)
- Charlie Smalls (1975)
- Marvin Hamlisch (1976)
- Cy Coleman (1977)
- Cy Coleman / Carol Hall (1978)
- Stephen Sondheim (1979)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber (1980)
- Maury Yeston (1982)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber (1983)
- Jerry Herman (1984)
- Larry Grossman (1985)
- Rupert Holmes (1986)
- Noel Gay / Claude-Michel Schönberg (1987)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber (1988)
- Cy Coleman (1990)
- Cy Coleman (1991)
- Erik Frandsen, Michael Garin, Paul Lockheart, and Robert Hipkins (1992)
- Marvin Hamlisch (1993)
- Stephen Sondheim (1994)
- Jonathan Larson (1996)
- Cy Coleman (1997)
- Stephen Flaherty (1998)
- Jason Robert Brown (1999)
- Andrew Lippa (2000)
- David Yazbek (2001)
- Jason Robert Brown (2002)
- Marc Shaiman (2003)
- Jeanine Tesori (2004)
- Adam Guettel (2005)
- Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison (2006)
- Duncan Sheik (2007)
- Stew and Heidi Rodewald (2008)
- Elton John (2009)
- David Bryan (2010)
- Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone (2011)
- Alan Menken (2012)
- David Byrne and Fatboy Slim (2013)
- Jason Robert Brown (2014)
- Lin-Manuel Miranda (2015)
- Steve Martin and Edie Brickell (2016)
- David Yazbek (2017)
- David Friedman (2018)
- David Yazbek (2019)
- Dave Malloy (2020)
- No Award (2021)
- Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss (2022)
- Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally (2023)