Drama Desk Award Winners Announced

The winners of this year's Drama Desk Awards were announced last night at New York's Town Hall. The ceremony was hosted by Brian D'arcy James and Brooke Shields.

In the design categories, the winners were Jon Driscoll, Rob Howell, and Paul Geive for the scenic/projection design of Ghost; Gregg Barnes for the costume design of Follies; Brian MacDevitt for lighting Death of a Salesman, and Acme Sound Partners for the sound design of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess.

The rest of the winners include:

Outstanding Musical
Once

Outstanding Play
Tribes

Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Follies

Outstanding Revival of a Play
Death of a Salesman

Outstanding Actor in a Play
James Corden, One Man, Two Guvnors

Outstanding Actress in a Play
Tracie Bennett, End of the Rainbow

Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Danny Burstein, Follies

Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Audra McDonald, Porgy and Bess

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Tom Edden, One Man, Two Guvnors

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Judith Light, Other Desert Cities

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Michael McGrath, Nice Work If You Can Get It

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Judy Kaye, Nice Work If You Can Get It

Outstanding Solo Performance
Cillian Murphy, Misterman

Outstanding Director of a Play
Mike Nichols, Death of a Salesman

Outstanding Director of a Musical
John Tiffany, Once

Outstanding Choreography
Christopher Gattelli, Newsies

Outstanding Music
Alan Menken, Newsies

Outstanding Lyrics
Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová Once

Outstanding Book of a Musical
Joe DiPietro, Nice Work If You Can Get It

Outstanding Music in a Play
Grant Olding, One Man, Two Guvnors

Outstanding Orchestrations
Martin Lowe, Once

Outstanding Revue
The Best is Yet to Come: The Music of Cy Coleman

Unique Theatrical Experience Gob Squad's Kitchen (You've Never Had It So Good)

Multiple winners included Once, with four awards, and Death of a Salesman; Follies; One Man, Two Guvnors; and Nice Work If You Can Get It with three apiece.

The Drama Desk is the organization of critics, editors, and reporters who regularly cover the New York theatre.