
Bette Midler in ‘Hello, Dolly!’ (Photo: Julieta Cervantes via The Broadway Blog.)
Winners for the 62nd Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced last night at The Town Hall. In keeping with Drama Desk’s mission, nominators considered shows that opened on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway during the 2016-2017 New York theater season in the same competitive categories.
Sweat, by Lynn Nottage, The Public Theater
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Daniel Craig, Othello, New York Theatre Workshop
John Douglas Thompson, Jitney, Manhattan Theatre Club
Harriet Walter, The Tempest, St. Ann’s Warehouse

Andy Karl in ‘Groundhog Day.’ (Photo: Joan Marcus via The Broadway Blog.)
Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Nick Blaemire, Tick, Tick…BOOM!, Keen Company
Jon Jon Briones, Miss Saigon
Nick Cordero, A Bronx Tale
Patti LuPone, War Paint
Justice Smith, Yen, MCC Theater
Marie Mullen, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, BAM
Kate Walsh, If I Forget, Roundabout Theatre Company

The cast of ‘Come From Away’ (Photo: Matthew Murphy via The Broadway Blog.)
Stephanie J. Block, Falsettos, Lincoln Center Theater
Nora Schell, Spamilton
Richard Nelson, What Did You Expect?/Women of a Certain Age, The Public Theater
Daniel Sullivan, If I Forget, Roundabout Theatre Company
Bill Buckhurst, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Denis Jones, Holiday Inn, Roundabout Theatre Company
Dave Malloy, Beardo, Pipeline Theatre Company
Irene Sankoff and David Hein, Come From Away
Irene Sankoff and David Hein, Come From Away
Outstanding Book of a Musical
Richard Oberacker and Rob Taylor, Bandstand

‘Bandstand’ (Photo: Jeremy Daniel via The Broadway Blog.)
Benjamin Cox, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Outstanding Music in a Play
Marcus Shelby, Notes from the Field, Second Stage
Outstanding Revue
Douglas W. Schmidt, The Front Page

Simon Kenny, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Jason Sherwood, The View UpStairs
Ann Roth, The Front Page
Paloma Young, Bandstand
Justin Townsend, The Little Foxes, Manhattan Theatre Club
Bradley King, Hadestown, New York Theatre Workshop
Malcolm Rippeth, 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, St. Ann’s Warehouse

Christy Altomare in ‘Anastasia.’ (Photo: Matthew Murphy via The Broadway Blog.)
Outstanding Projection Design
Reid Farrington, CasablancaBox, HERE
Elaine McCarthy, Notes from the Field, Second Stage
Jared Mezzocchi, Vietgone, Manhattan Theatre Club
John Narun, Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward Gorey, Life Jacket Theatre Company
*Aaron Rhyne, Anastasia
Jane Shaw, Men on Boats, Playwrights Horizons/Clubbed Thumb
Scott Lehrer, Hello, Dolly!
Outstanding Wig and Hair
Tom Watson, The Little Foxes, Manhattan Theatre Club
Anna Deavere Smith, Notes from the Field, Second Stage
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