AwardsSpongeBob SquarePants Leads 2018 Drama Desk AwardsThe new musical earned six wins at the 63rd annual ceremony.
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Playbill Staff
June 03, 2018
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Joan Marcus
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical was the big winner of the 2018 Drama Desk Awards, earning six wins at the June 3 ceremony including Outstanding Musical and Outstanding Director of a Musical for Tina Landau.
Lindsay Mendez and Jessie Mueller
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The show, based on the Nickelodeon cartoon series, also received wins for two of its performers: title player Ethan Slater and featured actor Gavin Lee. The revival of Carousel rounded out the musical performance categories, with Jessie Mueller and Lindsay Mendez earning Outstanding Actress and Outstanding Featured Actress, respectively.
Carousel ultimately won five awards, as did Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Outstanding Revival of a Play and Revival of a Musical went to Angels in America and My Fair Lady, respectively, with the former also picking up wins for Andrew Garfield (Outstanding Actor) and Nathan Lane (Featured Actor).
Off-Broadway representation for the evening included the new musical Desperate Measures, which won Outstanding Music for David Friedman and Outstanding Lyrics for Peter Kellogg, and Joshua Harmon’s Admissions, which won Outstanding Play from a category of exclusively Off-Broadway productions.
In addition to the presentation of awards, the Michael Urie-hosted ceremony featured performances from a number of this year's nominees, including Ashley Park (nominated for KPOP and Mean Girls), Gizel Jiménez (Miss You Like Hell), and Carousel's Mendez and Alexander Gemignani.
See below for the complete list of winners.
Outstanding Musical SpongeBob SquarePants
Outstanding Play Admissions, by Joshua Harmon
Outstanding Revival of a Musical My Fair Lady
Outstanding Revival of a Play Angels in America
Outstanding Actress in a Play Glenda Jackson, Three Tall Women
Outstanding Costume Design for a Play Jonathan Fensom, Farinelli and the King
Outstanding Solo Performance Billy Crudup, Harry Clarke
The Chase Award for Unique Theatrical Experience Derren Brown: Secret
Outstanding Puppet Design Michael Curry, Frozen
Special Awards Outstanding Ensemble: School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play (Presented to Nabiyah Be, MaameYaa Boafo, Paige Gilbert, Zainab Jah, Nike Kadri, Abena Mensah-Bonsu, Mirirai Sithole, and Myra Lucretia Taylor)
Sam Norkin Award: Juan Castano (Oedipus El Rey, A Parallelogram,Transfers)
Sean Carvajal and Edi Gathegi (Jesus Hopped the A Train)
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Inside the 2018 Drama Desk Awards Hosted By Michael Urie
Inside the 2018 Drama Desk Awards Hosted By Michael Urie
The 63rd annual ceremony took place June 3 at Town Hall.
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Casey Nicholaw and Josh Marquette
Kyle Jarrow and Lauren Worsham
Deidre O’Connell
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David Greenspan and guest
Tina Fey
Shawn Moniger and David Friedman
Sophie Melville
Erin Ortman and Alexander Gemignani
Nejla Yasemin Yatkın
Cast of Desperate Measures
Ben Edelman
Clint Ramos
Teddy Bergman
Helen Park and Max Vernon
Joshua Henry and Cathryn Stringer
John McDaniel
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Saycon Sengbloh
Sean Carvajal and guest
Gregg Mozgala and Sara Buffamanti
Evan Ruggiero and Siena Zoë Allen
Gavin Creel
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Lindsay Mendez and Michael Borth
Jamie Brewer
Nathan Lane
Ethan Slater
Jelani Alladin
Juan Castano and Lucy Thurber
Gavin Lee
Dane Laffrey
Tony Yazbeck and Katie Huff
Michael Urie
Michael Urie and Lesli Margherita
Orfeh and Andy Karl
Ashley Park
Palmer Hefferan
Alan C. Edwards
Tom Gibbons
Tom Kitt and Rita Pietropinto
Beowulf Boritt and Mimi Bilinski
Karen Ziemba
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
LaChanze
Jocelyn Bioh
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Grey Henson
Grey Henson and Barrett Wilbert Weed
Jonathan Levin
Amatus Karim-Ali
Brian Tyree Henry
Tina Landau and Joan Allen
Michael Curry
Joan Allen
Amy Herzog and Carrie Coon
Gizel Jiménez
Joshua Harmon
Justin Peck and guest
UnkleDave's Fight-House
Kenita R. Miller
Andrew Garfield
Denise Gough
Andrew Garfield, Tony Kushner, and Denise Gough
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Glenda Jackson
Cast of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
Annie Parisse and Paul Sparks
The Bengsons
Kate Rockwell
Catherine Zuber
Harry Hadden-Paton and Rebecca Night
Billy Crudup
Joe Mantello and Laurie Metcalf
Jenn Colella and Jason Tam
Jessie Mueller and Andy Truschinski
James McArdle
Jordan Roth
Diana Rigg
Constance Shulman and guest
Tom Hollander
Lorne Michaels
Imogen Heap
Susan Wheeler Duff and David Morse
Daphne Rubin-Vega and Erin McKeown
Dede M. Ayite
Nell Benjamin
Will Pickins
Creative Team for The Mad Ones
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Tina Fey, 2018
Joshua Harmon
André Bishop
Jordan Roth, Tony Kushner, and Tim Levy
Andrew Garfield, 2018
Glenda Jackson, 2018
Ethan Slater and Jessie Mueller
Jessie Mueller, 2018
Ethan Slater, 2018
Lindsay Mendez, 2018
Gavin Lee, 2018
David Friedman and Peter Kellogg
Juan Castano, 2018
Justin Peck
Imogen Heap
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Jonathan Tunick
Cast of School Girls: or the African Mean Girls Play, 2018
