Drama Desk Award Winners Announced

The winners of the Drama Desk Awards were announced last night at Town Hall in Manhattan. The awards, which cover Broadway, Off Broadway, and Off Off Broadway, are voted on by critics, journalists, and editors who cover the New York theatre.

Taking the award for Outstanding Set Design in a Play was Matt Saunders, who created an elaborate modernist Los Angeles mansion, complete with swimming pool, for "Daddy," produced by The New Group. Winning in the category of Outstanding Set Design in a Musical was David Korins, who came up with various vertiginous views of the afterlife and a constantly changing Connecticut farmhouse interior in Beetlejuicep>.

The award for Outstanding Costume Design in a Play went to Toni-Leslie James, who dressed the characters of the historical comedy Bernhardt/Hamlet in late 19th-century finery. The winner in the category of Outstanding Costumes Design in a Musical was Bob Mackie, recreating some of his greatest hits and charting fashions of several decades in The Cher Show.

The award for Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play went to Amith Chandrashaker, for the moon-haunted landscape of Boesman and Lena, produced by Signature Theatre Company. The winter in the category of Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical was Bradley King, for the protean series of looks that create the world of Hadestown.

The award for Outstanding Sound Design in a Play went to Nick Powell, who effectively conjured the howls of banshees in The Ferryman. In the category of Outstanding Sound Design for a musical, the winners were Nevin Steinbergand Jessica Paz, capturing the distinctive blues/jazz score of Hadestown, while preserving the intelligibility of the musical's lyrics.

Winning the award for Outstanding Projection Design was Peter England, for the wraparound vistas that create the immersive effect of the Broadway musical King Kong. The award for Outstanding Wig and Hair Design went to Charles G. LaPointe, for the parade of outrageous coiffures that help define p><The Cher Show. The other winners include:

Outstanding Play: The Ferryman, by Jez Butterworth

Outstanding Musical: The Prom

Outstanding Revival of a Play: The Waverly Gallery

Outstanding Revival of a Musical: Fiddler on the Roof, National Yiddish Theatre Folkesbiene

Outstanding Actor in a Play: Jay O. Sanders, Uncle Vanya, Hunter Theatre Project

Outstanding Actress in a Play: Elaine May, The Waverly Gallery

Outstanding Actor in a Musical: Santino Fontana, Tootsie

Outstanding Actress in a Musical: Stephanie J. Block, The Cher Show

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play: Tom Glynn-Carney, The Ferryman

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play: Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill a Mockingbird

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: André De Shields, Hadestown

Outstanding Features Actress in a Musical, Ali Stroker, Oklahoma!, Bard College/St. Ann's Warehouse

Outstanding Director of a Play: Sam Mendes, The Ferryman

Outstanding Director of a Musical: Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown

Outstanding Choreography: Warren Carlyle, Kiss Me, Kate, Roundabout Theatre Company

Outstanding Music: David Yazbeck, Tootsie

Outstanding Lyrics: David Yazbeck, Tootsie

Outstanding Book of a Musical: Robert Horn, Tootsie

, Outstanding Orchestrations, Daniel Kluger, Oklahoma!

Outstanding Music in a Play: Jason Michael Webb and Fitz Patton, Choir Boy, Manhattan Theatre Club

Outstanding Solo Performance: Mike Birbiglia, The New One

Unique Theatrical Experience: All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914, Theater Latté Da/The Sheen Center

Outstanding Fight Choreography: Claire Warden, Slave Play, New York Theatre Workshop

Outstanding Puppet Design: Sonny Tilders, King Kong

Special awards were given to the ensemble of Clare Barron's Dance Nation, produced by Playwrights Horizons; costume designer Montana Levi Blanco (the Sam Norkin Award); Mia Katigbak, actress and artistic director of National Asian-American Theatre Company; and Repertorio Espanol.