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| Barrett Wilbert Weed, Erika Henningsen, and Grey Henson in Mean Girls Credit: Joan Marcus |
There is some overlap with my accolades and the better-known theater prizes, but some significant differences. Both the Drama Desks and Outer Critics lauded such mediocre musicals as Desperate Measures and SpongeBob SquarePants since The Band's Visit, the big winner at the Tonys, was ineligible because of its Off-Broadway run in 2016-17. The Tonys consider only Broadway shows, while the DDs and OCCs combine on and Off-Broadway, so Band's Visit was part of last season's candidates, winning Outstanding Music and Lyrics and Director of a Musical at the Drama Desks and Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical and Score from the Outer Critics.
As a result of Band's Visit's absence, I only had one new musical in my list for the top--Mean Girls--which I think was unfairly overlooked by many awards. Tina Fey did win the Outstanding Book from the DD and OCC, but I think it should have won score from both groups. The New York Drama Critics Circle voted to give no Outstanding Musical award at all.
I also included many fine performances which were totally snubbed in other circles such as the always sterling Zach Grenier as a complex Communist commander in Describe the Night, Mark-Linn Baker as a hamster-loving mental patient in Good for Otto, and Seth Numrich's athletic Dadaist in Travesties. The compete list of the 2017-18 David Desks follows:
As a result of Band's Visit's absence, I only had one new musical in my list for the top--Mean Girls--which I think was unfairly overlooked by many awards. Tina Fey did win the Outstanding Book from the DD and OCC, but I think it should have won score from both groups. The New York Drama Critics Circle voted to give no Outstanding Musical award at all.
I also included many fine performances which were totally snubbed in other circles such as the always sterling Zach Grenier as a complex Communist commander in Describe the Night, Mark-Linn Baker as a hamster-loving mental patient in Good for Otto, and Seth Numrich's athletic Dadaist in Travesties. The compete list of the 2017-18 David Desks follows:
Play
The Children (Lucy Kirkwood)
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Jack Thorne, based on a story by JK Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany)
The Low Road (Bruce Norris)
Mary Jane (Amy Herzog)
People, Places and Things (Duncan MacMillan)
Play Revival
Angels in America
At Home at the Zoo
Three Tall Women
Travesties
Musical
Mean Girls
Musical Revival
Carousel
My Fair Lady
Once on This Island
Actor (Play)
Andrew Garfield, Angels in America
Tom Hollander, Travesties
Nathan Lane, Angels in America
Mark Rylance, Farinelli and the King
Paul Sparks, At Home at the Zoo
Actress (Play)
Carrie Coon, Mary Jane
Deborah Findlay, The Children
Denise Gough, People, Places and Things
Glenda Jackson, Three Tall Women
Saycon Sengbloh, In the Blood
Actor (Musical)
Harry Hadden-Patten, My Fair Lady
Joshua Henry, Carousel
Actress (Musical)
Lauren Ambrose, My Fair Lady
Erika Henningsen, Mean Girls
Hailey Kilgore, Once on This Island
Taylor Louderman, Mean Girls
Jessie Mueller, Carousel
Featured Actor (play)
Mark-Linn Baker, Good for Otto
Anthony Boyle, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Sam Crane, Farinelli and the King
Zach Grenier, Describe the Night
Seth Numrich, Travesties
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Angels in America
Featured Actress (Play)
Annaleigh Ashford, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Tina Benko, Describe the Night
Jamie Brewer, Amy and the Orphans
Barbara Marten, People, Places, and Things
Mary Testa, The Portuguese Kid
Featured Actor (Musical)
Norbert Leo Butz, My Fair Lady
Grey Henson, Mean Girls
Tony Yazbeck, Prince of Broadway
Featured Actress (Musical)
Tiffany Mann, Jerry Springer—The Opera
Lindsay Mendez, Carousel
Barrett Wilbert Reed, Mean Girls
Kate Rockwell, Mean Girls
Director (Play)
Marianne Elliott, Angels in America
Michel Greif, The Low Road
Jeremy Herrin, People, Places and Things
Anne Kaufman, Mary Jane
John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Director (Musical)
Michael Arden, Once on This Island
Casey Nicholaw, Mean Girls
Jack O’Brien, Carousel
Bartlett Sher, My Fair Lady
Choreography
Camille A. Brown, Once on This Island
Justin Peck, Carousel
Set Design
Miriam Buether, Three Tall Women
Bunny Christie, People, Places and Things
Dan Laffrey, Once on This Island
Chloe Lamford, 1984
Michael Yeargen, My Fair Lady
David Zinn, Spongebob Squarepants
Costume Design
Sarah Laux, Jerry Springer—The Opera
Clint Ramos, Once on This Island
Emily Rebholz, The Low Road
David Zinn, Spongebob Squarepants
Catherine Zuber, My Fair Lady
Lighting Design
Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Howell Binkley, Prince of Broadway
Natasha Chivers, 1984
Paule Constable, Angels in America
James Farncombe, People, Places, and Things
Jules Fisher, Peggy Eisenhauer, Once on This Island
Sound Design
Gareth Fry, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Tom Gibbons, 1984, People, Places and Things
Walter Trarbach, Spongebob Squarepants
Video/Projection Design
Finn Ross, Ash Woodward, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Hannah Wasileski, Pipeline
Music in a Play
Imogen Heap, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Stephen Schwartz, As You Like It
Special Award
Jamie Harrison, Illusions and Magic in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
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