Drama Desk Nominations

Nominees for the 2015-2016 Drama Desk Awards were announced. These awards honor excellence in Broadway and off-Broadway, and are voted on by theater critics, journalists, editors, and publishers. Winners will be announced at that June 5 ceremony. Herein, the full list of nominees. (Note that, because it was considered last year during its off-Broadway run, Hamilton was not eligible this year.)

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Outstanding Play

• The Christians
• The Humans
• John
• King Charles III
• The Royale

Outstanding Musical

• First Daughter Suite
• Daddy Long Legs
• School of Rock
• Shuffle Along...
• Waitress

Outstanding Revival of a Play    

• Cloud Nine
• Death of a Salesman
• Henry IV
• Long Day's Journey Into Night
• A View from the Bridge
• Women Without Men

Outstanding Revival of a Musical

• The Color Purple
• The Golden Bride
• Fiddler on the Roof
• She Loves Me
• Spring Awakening

Outstanding Actor in a Play

• Andrew Garman, The Christians
• Avi Hoffman, Death of a Salesman
• Frank Langella, The Father
• Tim Pigott-Smith, King Charles III
• Mark Strong, A View from the Bridge

Outstanding Actress in a Play

• Georgia Engel, John
• Mamie Gummer, Ugly Lies the Bone
• Marin Ireland, Ironbound
• Jessica Lange, Long Day's Journey Into Night
• Nicola Walker, A View from the Bridge

Outstanding Actor in a Musical

• Danny Burstein, Fiddler on the Roof
• Robert Creighton, Cagney
• Michael C. Hall, Lazarus
• Zachary Levi, She Loves Me        
• Benjamin Walker, American Psycho

Outstanding Actress in a Musical

• Laura Benanti, She Loves Me
• Carmen Cusack, Bright Star
• Cynthia Erivo, The Color Purple
• Jessie Mueller, Waitress
• Annette O'Toole, Southern Comfort

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

• Bill Camp, The Crucible
• David Furr, Noises Off
• Matt McGrath, The Legend of Georgia McBride
• Richard Thomas, Incident at Vichy
• Michael Shannon, Long Day's Journey Into Night

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

• Brook Bloom, Cloud Nine
• Megan Hilty, Noises Off
• Kellie Overbey, Women Without Men
• Saycon Sengbloh, Eclipsed
• Jeanine Serralles, Gloria

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

• Nicholas Barasch, She Loves Me
• Christopher Fitzgerald, Waitress
• Baylee Littrell, Disaster
• Paul Alexander Nolan, Bright Star
• A.J. Shively, Bright Star

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

• Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
• Alison Fraser, First Daughter Suite
• Rachel Bay Jones, Dear Evan Hansen
• Jane Krakowski, She Loves Me
• Mary Testa, First Daughter Suite

Outstanding Director of a Play

• Rachel Chavkin, The Royale
• Sam Gold, John
• Rupert Goold, King Charles III
• Joe Mantello, The Humans
• Jenn Thompson, Women Without Men
• Ivo van Hove, A View from the Bridge

Outstanding Director of a Musical

• Michael Arden, Spring Awakening
• John Doyle, The Color Purple
• Rupert Goold, American Psycho
• Bartlett Sher, Fiddler on the Roof
• Bryna Wasserman and Motl Didner, The Golden Bride

Outstanding Choreography

• Joshua Bergasse, Cagney
• Spencer Liff, Spring Awakening
• Lynne Page, American Psycho
• Randy Skinner, Dames at Sea
• Savion Glover, Shuffle Along...

Outstanding Music

• Sara Bareilles, Waitress
• Michael John LaChiusa, First Daughter Suite
• Andrew Lloyd Webber, School of Rock
• The Lobbyists, Sea Wife and Naked Angels
• Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Bright Star

Outstanding Lyrics

• Sara Bareilles, Waitress
• Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Dear Evan Hansen
• Glenn Slater, School of Rock
• Michael John LaChiusa, First Daughter Suite                 

Outstanding Orchestrations

• August Eriksmoen, Bright Star
• Larry Hochman, She Loves Me
• Joseph Joubert and Catherine Jayes, The Color Purple
• Andrew Lloyd Webber, School of Rock
• Michael Starobin and Bruce Coughlin, First Daughter Suite

Outstanding Music in a Play        

• Billie Joe Armstrong, These Paper Bullets
• Estelle Bajou, Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
• Shaun Davey, Pericles
• Philip Glass, The Crucible
• Tom Kitt, Cymbeline

Outstanding Set Design for a Play

• Riccardo Hernandez, Red Speedo
• Mimi Lien, John
• G. W. Mercier, Head of Passes
• Christopher Oram, Hughie
• Derek McLane, Fully Committed

Outstanding Set Design for a Musical

• Es Devlin, American Psycho
• Emily Orling, Matt Saunders, and Eric Farber, Futurity
• David Rockwell, She Loves Me

Outstanding Costume Design for a Play

• Jessica Ford, These Paper Bullets
• Martha Hally, Women Without Men
• Constance Hoffman, Pericles
• William Ivey Long, Shows for Days
• Anita Yavich, The Legend of Georgia McBride

Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical

• Jane Greenwood, Bright Star
• Katrina Lindsay, American Psycho
• Jeff Mahshie, She Loves Me
• Alego Vietti, Allegiance
• Ann Roth, Shuffle Along...

Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play

• Neil Austin, Hughie
• Mark Barton, John
• Bradley King, Empanada Loca
• Tyler Micoleau, Antlia Pneumatica
• Justin Townsend, The Humans

Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical

• Jane Cox, The Color Purple
• Jake DeGroot, Sea Wife       
• Ben Stanton, Spring Awakening
• Justin Townsend, American Psycho
• Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, Shuffle Along...

Outstanding Projection Design

• Nicholas Hussong, These Paper Bullets
• Darrel Maloney, Tappin' Thru Life          
• Peter Nigrini, Dear Evan Hansen
• Finn Ross, American Psycho
• Tal Yarden, Lazarus

Outstanding Sound Design of a Play

• Fitz Patton, An Act of God
• Fitz Patton, The Humans
• Miles Polaski, Fulfillment
• Bray Poor, John
• Ryan Rumery, Empanada Loca

Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical  

• Mick Potter, School of Rock
• Brian Ronan, Lazarus
• Nevin Steinberg, Bright Star
• Dan Moses Schreier, American Psycho
• Scott Lehrer, Shuffle Along...

Outstanding Wig and Hair

• David Brian Brown, She Loves Me
• Jason Hayes, The Legend of Georgia McBride
• Robert-Charles Vallance, Women Without Men
• Charles G. LaPointe, The School for Scandal
• Mia M. Neal, Shuffle Along...

Outstanding Solo Performance

• Simon Callow, Tuesdays and Tesco's
• Kathleen Chalfant, Rose
• James Lecesne, The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
• Daphne Rubin-Vega, Empanada Loca
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Fully Committed

Unique Theatrical Experience

• ADA/AVA
• Antigona
• That Physics Show
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar
• YOUARENOWHERE

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