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Sarah Hyland, Brooke Shields, and Sarah Paulson Shine at Drama Desk Awards

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Outstanding Play

Infinite Life, by Annie Baker, Atlantic Theater Company

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, by Jocelyn Bioh, Manhattan Theatre Club

Mother Play, by Paula Vogel, Second Stage Theater

Stereophonic by David Adjmi, Playwrights Horizons – WINNER

Swing State, by Rebecca Gilman, Goodman Theatre

The Ally, by Itamar Moses, The Public Theater

Outstanding Musical 

Dead Outlaw – WINNER

Illinoise, Park Avenue Armory 

Lizard Boy, Prospect Theater 

Company Teeth, Playwrights Horizons 

The Connector, MCC Theater 

The Outsiders 

Outstanding Revival of a Play 

Appropriate, Second Stage Theater – WINNER

Doubt: A Parable, Roundabout Theatre Company 

Philadelphia, Here I Come!, Irish Repertory Theatre 

Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch 

Uncle Vanya, OHenry Productions 

Outstanding Revival of a Musical 

Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club 

Gutenberg! The Musical! 

I Can Get It for You Wholesale, Classic Stage Company – WINNER

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play 

Nicole Cooper, Macbeth (an undoing), Theatre for a New Audience, Rose Theatre, and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh 

William Jackson Harper, Primary Trust, Roundabout Theatre Company 

Jessica Lange, Mother Play, Second Stage Theater – JOINT WINNER

Rachel McAdams, Mary Jane, Manhattan Theatre Club 

Tobias Menzies, The Hunt, St. Ann’s Warehouse and Almeida Theatre 

Leslie Odom, Jr., Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch 

Sarah Paulson, Appropriate, Second Stage Theater – JOINT WINNER

A.J. Shively, Philadelphia, Here I Come!, Irish Repertory Theatre 

Juliet Stevenson, The Doctor, Park Avenue Armory 

Michael Stuhlbarg, Patriots 

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical 

Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw 

Santino Fontana, I Can Get It for You Wholesale, Classic Stage Company 

Brody Grant, The Outsiders 

Brian d’Arcy James, Days of Wine and Roses, Atlantic Theater Company – JOINT WINNER

Maleah Joi Moon, Hell’s Kitchen – JOINT WINNER

Kelli O’Hara, Days of Wine and Roses, Atlantic Theater Company – JOINT WINNER

Liam Pearce, How to Dance in Ohio 

Gayle Rankin, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club 

Ben Levi Ross, The Connector, MCC Theater 

Ricky Ubeda, Illinoise, Park Avenue Armory 

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play 

Brittany Adebumola, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Manhattan Theatre Club 

Marylouise Burke, Infinite Life, Atlantic Theater Company 

Michael Esper, Appropriate, Second Stage Theater 

Marin Ireland, Uncle Vanya, OHenry Productions 

Will Keen, Patriots 

Celia Keenan-Bolger, Mother Play, Second Stage Theater – JOINT WINNER

Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary!

Sheila Tousey, Manahatta, The Public Theater 

Bubba Weiler, Swing State, Goodman Theatre 

Kara Young, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch – JOINT WINNER

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical 

Shoshana Bean, Hell’s Kitchen 

Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club, Atlantic Theater Company 

Dorian Harewood, The Notebook 

Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Monty Python’s Spamalot 

Kecia Lewis, Hell’s Kitchen – JOINT WINNER

Bebe Neuwirth, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club – JOINT WINNER

Steven Pasquale, Teeth, Playwrights Horizons 

Maryann Plunkett, The Notebook 

Thom Sesma, Dead Outlaw 

Emily Skinner, Suffs 

Outstanding Direction of a Play 

Daniel Aukin, Stereophonic, Playwrights Horizons – WINNER

Rupert Goold, The Hunt, St. Ann’s Warehouse and Almeida Theatre 

Kenny Leon, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch 

Lila Neugebauer, Appropriate, Second Stage Theater 

Ciarán O’Reilly, Philadelphia, Here I Come!, Irish Repertory Theatre 

Outstanding Direction of a Musical 

David Cromer, Dead Outlaw 

Rebecca Frecknall, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club 

Daisy Prince, The Connector, MCC Theater 

Jessica Stone, Water for Elephants – WINNER

Danya Taymor, The Outsiders 

Outstanding Choreography 

Camille A. Brown, Hell’s Kitchen 

Graciela Daniele and Alex Sanchez, The Gardens of Anuncia, Lincoln Center Theater 

Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman, The Outsiders (includes fight choreography) 

Lorin Latarro, The Heart of Rock and Roll 

Justin Peck, Illinoise, Park Avenue Armory – WINNER

Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll, Water for Elephants (includes circus choreography) 

Outstanding Music 

Jason Robert Brown, The Connector, MCC Theater 

Justin Huertas, Lizard Boy, Prospect Theater Company 

Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay & Zach Chance) and Justin Levine, The Outsiders 

Shaina Taub, Suffs – WINNER

David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, Dead Outlaw 

Outstanding Lyrics 

Rachel Bloom, Eli Bolin, and Jack Dolgen, Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Show 

Jason Robert Brown, The Connector, MCC Theater 

Michael R. Jackson, Teeth, Playwrights Horizons 

Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay & Zach Chance) and Justin Levine, The Outsiders 

David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, Dead Outlaw – WINNER

Outstanding Book of a Musical 

Justin Huertas, Lizard Boy, Prospect Theater Company 

Michael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacobs, Teeth, Playwrights Horizons 

Michael John LaChiusa, The Gardens of Anuncia, Lincoln Center Theater 

Rebekah Greer Melocik, How to Dance in Ohio 

Itamar Moses, Dead Outlaw

Outstanding Orchestrations 

Timo Andres, Illinoise, Park Avenue Armory 

Will Butler and Justin Craig, Stereophonic, Playwrights Horizons 

Andy Evan Cohen, The Greatest Hits Down Route 66, New Light Theater Project 

Marco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club, Atlantic Theater Company – WINNER

Erik Della Penna, Dean Sharenow, and David Yazbek, Dead Outlaw 

Michael Starobin, Shaina Taub (vocal arrangements), and Andrea Grody (vocal arrangements), Suffs 

Outstanding Music in a Play 

Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante, The Effect, The Shed 

S T A R R Busby and JJJJJerome Ellis, (pray), Ars Nova and National Black Theatre 

Will Butler, Stereophonic, Playwrights Horizons

Dionne McClain-Freeney, The Harriet Holland Social Club Presents The 84th Annual Star Burst Cotillion in the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel, New Georges and The Movement Theatre Company 

Ben Steinfeld, Pericles, Classic Stage Company and Fiasco Theater 

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