Theater award season is over and I've summed up almost all the major theater awards. Now it's time for the David Desk Awards, my own personal choices for the best of the Broadway and Off-Broadway season. We had to skip a year due to the COVID shutdown in 2021. Not included are shows with Off-Broadway runs in previous seasons such as The Lehman Trilogy and Girl from the North Country. I've listed my favorites in multiple categories and they are all winners:
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| Will Brill and Kyle Beltran in A Case for the Existence of God Credit: Emilio Madrid |
Play:
A Case for the Existence of God (Samuel D. Hunter)
English (Sanaz Toossi)
On Sugarland (Aleasha Harris)
Pass Over (Antoinette Chinoye Nwandu)
The Minutes (Tracey Letts)
Thoughts of a Colored Man (Keenan Scott II)
Musical:
Harmony
Intimate Apparel
Kimberly Akimbo
Mr. Saturday Night
Mrs. Doubtfire
Suffs
Revival of a Play:
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
How I Learned to Drive
Take Me Out
Trouble in Mind
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| The revival of Company announced a closing date of July 31, despite winning 7 David Desk Awards Credit: Matthew Murphy |
Revival of a Musical:
Assassins
Caroline, or Change
Company
The Music Man
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| Ato Blankson-Wood (top), Bill Camp and Elizabeth Marvel in Long Day's Journey Into Night Credit: Joan Marcus |
Actor (Play):
Keith Beltran, A Case for the Existence of God
Will Brill, A Case for the Existence of God
Bill Camp, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
David Threlfall, Hangmen
Jesse Williams, Take Me Out
Actress (Play):
Betsy Aidem, Prayer for the French Republic
LaChanze, Trouble in Mind
Elizabeth Marvel, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Phylicia Rashad, Skeleton Crew
Julie White, POTUS
Actor (Musical):
Justin Cooley, Kimberly Akimbo
Billy Crystal, Mr. Saturday Night
Holden William Hagelberger, Trevor
Hugh Jackman, The Music Man
Rob McClure, Mrs. Doubtfire
Jacquel Spivey, A Strange Loop
Chip Zien, Harmony
Actress (Musical):
Kearstin Piper Brown, Intimate Apparel
Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo
Sharon D. Clarke, Caroline, or Change
Joaquina Kalukango, Paradise Square
Sutton Foster, The Music Man
Katrina Lenk, Company
Featured Actor (Play):
Bryan Terrell Clark, Thoughts of a Colored Man
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Take Me Out
Forrest McClendon, Thoughts of a Colored Man
Michael Oberholzer, Take Me Out
Austin Pendleton, The Minutes
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| Kiki Layne (center) in On Sugarland Credit: Joan Marcus |
Featured Actress (Play):
Rachel Dratch, POTUS
KiKi Layne, On Sugarland
Kenita R. Miller, for colored girls
Alicia Pilgrim, Cullud Wattah
Keri Safran, Morning’s at Seven
Featured Actor (Musical):
Matt Doyle, Company
Claybourne Elder, Company
Andy Grotelueschen, Assassins
David Paymer, Mr. Saturday Night
Will Swenson, Assassins
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| Nikki M. James in Suffs. Credit: Joan Marcus |
Judy Kuhn, Assassins
Tamika Lawrence, Black No More
Patti LuPone, Company
Grace McLean, Suffs
Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo
Samantha Williams, Caroline, or Change
Director (Play):
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Scott Ellis, Take Me Out
Anna D. Shapiro, The Minutes
Whitney White, On Sugarland
Director (Musical):
John Doyle, Assassins
Marianne Elliott, Company
Leigh Silverman, Suffs
Jessica Stone, Kimberly Akimbo
Jerry Zaks, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Music Man
Choreography:
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Warren Carlyle, The Music Man
Bill T. Jones, Black No More
Bill T. Jones, Alex Sanchez, Garrett Coleman, Jason Oremus, Paradise Square
Christopher Wheeldon, MJ: The Musical
Set Design:
Bunny Christie, Company
Harry Feiner, Morning’s at Seven
Takeshi Kata, Clyde’s
Scott Pask, American Buffalo
Adam Rigg, Culled Wattah, On Sugarland, The Skin of Our Teeth
Costume Design:
Dede Ayite, Merry Wives, Chicken and Biscuits
Gregory Gale, Fairycakes
Machine Dazzle, The Hang
Jennifer Moeller, Clyde’s
Santo Loquasto, The Music Man
Catherine Zuber, Intimate Apparel
Lighting Design:
Amith Chandrashkar, On Sugarland
Natasha Katz, MJ: The Musical
Kate McGee, The Hang
Tyler Micoleau, A Case for the Existence of God
Sound Design:
Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Company
Ben and Max Ringham, Blindness
Mikaal Sulaiman, On Sugarland
Projection/Video Design:
batwin + robin productions, Harmony
Aaron Rhyne, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Jeff Sugg, Mr. Saturday Night
Puppet Design:
James Ortiz, The Skin of Our Teeth
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| James Ortiz's brilliant puppets in The Skin of Our Teeth. Credit: Julieta Cervantes |
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