Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Lyrics |
Location | New York City |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Drama Desk |
First awarded | 1969 |
Currently held by | David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna for Dead Outlaw (2024) |
Website | dramadesk.org (defunct) |
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in musical theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City.
Stephen Sondheim holds the record for most wins and nominations for the award, with ten wins out of twelve nominations.
Winners and nominees
1960s
Year | Lyricist | Production |
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1969 | ||
George Haimsohn & Robin Miller | Dames at Sea | |
Fred Ebb | Zorba |
1970s
Year | Lyricist | Production |
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1970 | ||
Stephen Sondheim | Company | |
Bertolt Brecht | Mahagonny | |
1971 | ||
Stephen Sondheim | Follies | |
1972 | ||
John Guare | Two Gentlemen of Verona | |
1973 | ||
Stephen Sondheim | A Little Night Music | |
1974 | ||
Al Carmines | The Faggot | |
1975 | ||
Charlie Smalls | The Wiz | |
Gene Curty, Nitra Scharfman & Chuck Strand | The Lieutenant | |
Jerry Herman | Mack and Mabel | |
Fred Silver | In Gay Company | |
1976 | ||
Edward Kleban & Marvin Hamlisch | A Chorus Line | |
Leonard Bernstein | 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue | |
Bill Heyer & Hank Beebe | Tuscaloosa's Calling Me | |
Stephen Sondheim | Pacific Overtures | |
1977 | ||
Martin Charnin | Annie | |
Alfred Uhry | The Robber Bridegroom | |
1978 | ||
Carol Hall | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | |
Elizabeth Swados | Runaways | |
1979 | ||
Stephen Sondheim | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | |
Gretchen Cryer | I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road |
1980s
Year | Lyricist | Production |
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1980 | ||
Tim Rice | Evita | |
Steve Brown | Strider | |
1981 | — | |
1982 | ||
Stephen Sondheim | Merrily We Roll Along | |
Maury Yeston | Nine | |
Tom Eyen | Dreamgirls | |
Jim Wann | Pump Boys and Dinettes | |
1983 | ||
Howard Ashman | Little Shop of Horrors | |
Michael Colby | Charlotte Sweet | |
T.S. Eliot | Cats | |
Des McAnuff | Death of Von Richthofen | |
1984 | ||
Stephen Sondheim | Sunday in the Park with George | |
Jerry Herman | La Cage aux Folles | |
Richard Maltby Jr. | Baby | |
Garry Trudeau | Doonesbury | |
1985 | ||
Roger Miller | Big River | |
Jerry Colker | 3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down | |
Ellen Fitzhugh | Grind | |
1986, 1987 | — | |
1988 | ||
Stephen Sondheim | Into the Woods | |
Barry Harman | Romance/Romance | |
1989 | — |
1990s
Year | Lyricist | Production |
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1990 | ||
David Zippel | City of Angels | |
Richard Maltby Jr. | Closer Than Ever | |
Chet Forrest, Bob Wright & Maury Yeston | Grand Hotel | |
1991 | ||
William Finn | Falsettoland | |
Marsha Norman | The Secret Garden | |
Stephen Sondheim | Assassins | |
1992 | ||
Susan Birkenhead | Jelly's Last Jam | |
Erik Frandsen, Michael Garin, Robert Hipkins & Paul Lockheart | Song of Singapore | |
1993 | ||
Joel Paley | Ruthless! | |
Douglas Bernstein & Denis Markell | A Backer's Audition | |
Arthur Perlman | Wings | |
David Zippel | The Goodbye Girl | |
1994 | ||
Stephen Sondheim | Passion | |
Howard Ashman & Tim Rice | Beauty and the Beast | |
Michael John LaChiusa | Hello Again | |
1995 | — | |
1996 | ||
Jonathan Larson | Rent | |
1997 | ||
Gerard Alessandrini | Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back | |
Brian Crawley | Violet | |
Mark Waldrop | When Pigs Fly | |
1998 | ||
Lynn Ahrens | Ragtime | |
Stephen Trask | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | |
Susan Birkenhead | Triumph of Love | |
1999 | ||
Gerard Alessandrini | Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act | |
Jason Robert Brown | Parade | |
William Finn | A New Brain |
2000s
2010s
2020s
Year | Lyricist | Production |
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2020 | ||
Michael R. Jackson | A Strange Loop | |
Susan Birkenhead | The Secret Life of Bees | |
Adam Gwon | Scotland, PA | |
Joanne Sydney Lessner & Joshua Rosenblum | Einstein's Dreams | |
Dave Malloy | Octet | |
Mark Saltzman | Romeo & Bernadette | |
2021 | No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City[1] | |
2022 | ||
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss | Six | |
Amanda Green | Mr. Saturday Night | |
Taylor Mac | The Hang | |
David Lindsay-Abaire | Kimberly Akimbo | |
Lynn Nottage | Intimate Apparel | |
Shaina Taub | Suffs | |
2023 | ||
Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman | Some Like It Hot | |
Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally | Shucked | |
Jonathan Hogue | Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical | |
Michael R. Jackson | White Girl in Danger | |
Adam Schlesinger and Sarah Silverman | The Bedwetter | |
2024[2] | ||
David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna | Dead Outlaw | |
Rachel Bloom, Eli Bolin, and Jack Dolgen | Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Show | |
Jason Robert Brown | The Connector | |
Michael R. Jackson | Teeth | |
Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) and Justin Levine | The Outsiders |
Multiple wins
- 10 wins
- 2 wins
Multiple nominations
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See also
References
- ^ Evans, Greg (2021-05-05). "Broadway To Reopen Sept. 14, Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo; Broadway League "Cautiously Optimistic"". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ "Stereophonic Leads 2024 Drama Desk Awards with 7 Wins Including Outstanding Play - Playbill.com". 2024-06-10. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
- Fred Ebb (1969)
- Stephen Sondheim / Bertolt Brecht (1970)
- Stephen Sondheim (1971)
- John Guare (1972)
- Stephen Sondheim (1973)
- Al Carmines (1974)
- Charlie Smalls (1975)
- Edward Kleban (1976)
- Martin Charnin (1977)
- Carol Hall (1978)
- Stephen Sondheim (1979)
- Tim Rice (1980)
- Stephen Sondheim / Maury Yeston (1982)
- Howard Ashman (1983)
- Stephen Sondheim (1984)
- Roger Miller (1985)
- Stephen Sondheim (1988)
- David Zippel (1990)
- William Finn (1991)
- Susan Birkenhead (1992)
- Denis Markell and Douglas Bernstein (1993)
- Stephen Sondheim (1994)
- Jonathan Larson (1996)
- Gerard Alessandrini (1997)
- Lynn Ahrens (1998)
- Gerard Alessandrini (1999)
- Stephen Sondheim (2000)
- Mel Brooks (2001)
- Jason Robert Brown (2002)
- Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman (2003)
- Stephen Schwartz (2004)
- Eric Idle (2005)
- Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison (2006)
- Steven Sater (2007)
- Stew (2008)
- Stephen Sondheim (2009)
- John Kander and Fred Ebb (2010)
- Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone (2011)
- Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová (2012)
- Tim Minchin (2013)
- Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak (2014)
- Lin-Manuel Miranda (2015)
- Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (2016)
- David Yazbek (2017)
- Peter Kellogg (2018)
- David Yazbek (2019)
- Michael R. Jackson (2020)
- No Award (2021)
- Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss (2022)
- Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman (2023)
- David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna (2024)