Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Music |
Location | United States |
Presented by | Drama Desk |
Currently held by | Dave Malloy for Octet (2020) |
Website | DramaDeskAwards.com |
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions. The award was originally entitled Best Composter, before being renamed to its current title in 1969. The award is often referred to as Outstanding Score of a Musical.
Winners and nominees[]
1960s[]
Year | Composer | Production |
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1968 | ||
Al Carmines | In Circles | |
Galt MacDermot | Hair | |
1969 | ||
Al Carmines | Peace | |
Burt Bacharach | Promises, Promises |
1970s[]
Year | Composer | Production |
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1970 | ||
Stephen Sondheim | Company | |
Kurt Weill | Mahagonny | |
1971 | ||
Stephen Sondheim | Follies | |
1972 | ||
Galt MacDermot | 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 | ||
Marvin Hamlisch | A Chorus Line | |
Leonard Bernstein | 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue | |
Bill Heyer & Hank Beebe | Tuscaloosa's Calling Me | |
Stephen Sondheim | Pacific Overtures | |
1977 | ||
Cy Coleman | I Love My Wife | |
Charles Strouse | Annie | |
Elizabeth Swados | Nightclub Cantata | |
Robert Waldman | The Robber Bridegroom | |
1978 | ||
Cy Coleman | On the Twentieth Century | |
Carol Hall | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | |
Elizabeth Swados | Runaways | |
1979 | ||
Stephen Sondheim | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | |
Nancy Ford | I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road | |
Marvin Hamlisch & Neil Simon | They're Playing Our Song | |
Jerome Kass | Ballroom | |
Michel Legrand | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg |
1980s[]
Year | Composer | Production |
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1980 | ||
Andrew Lloyd Webber | Evita | |
Cy Coleman | Barnum | |
Elizabeth Swados | Runaways | |
1982 | ||
Maury Yeston | Nine | |
Stephen Sondheim | Merrily We Roll Along | |
Jim Wann | Pump Boys and Dinettes | |
1983 | ||
Andrew Lloyd Webber | Cats | |
Larry Grossman | A Doll's Life | |
Gerald Jay Markee | Charlotte Sweet | |
Des McAnuff | Death of Von Richthofen | |
Alan Menken | Little Shop of Horrors | |
1984 | ||
Jerry Herman | La Cage aux Folles | |
Galt MacDermot | The Human Comedy | |
David Shire | Baby | |
Stephen Sondheim | Sunday in the Park with George | |
1985 | ||
Larry Grossman | Grind | |
Roger Miller | Big River | |
Michael Rupert | 3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down | |
1986 | ||
Rupert Holmes | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | |
Polly Pen | Goblin Market | |
Charles Strouse | Mayor | |
Andrew Lloyd Webber | Song and Dance | |
1987 | ||
Noel Gay | Me and My Girl | |
Claude-Michel Schönberg | Les Misérables | |
Nick Bicat | The Knife | |
Charles Strouse | Rags | |
Andrew Lloyd Webber | Starlight Express | |
1988 | ||
Andrew Lloyd Webber | Phantom of the Opera | |
Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus | Chess | |
David Evans | Birds of Paradise | |
Hugh Masekela & Mbongeni Ngema | Sarafina! | |
Stephen Sondheim | Into the Woods |
1990s[]
Year | Composer | Production |
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1990 | ||
Cy Coleman | City of Angels | |
Chet Forrest, Bob Wright & Maury Yeston | Grand Hotel | |
Ástor Piazzolla | Dangerous Games | |
David Shire | Closer Than Ever | |
Andrew Lloyd Webber | Aspects of Love | |
1991 | ||
Cy Coleman | The Will Rogers Follies | |
David Bucknam | The Waves | |
William Finn | Falsettoland | |
Lucy Simon | The Secret Garden | |
Stephen Sondheim | Assassins | |
1992 | ||
Erik Frandsen, Michael Garin, Robert Hipkins & Paul Lockheart | Song of Singapore | |
1993 | ||
Marvin Hamlisch | The Goodbye Girl | |
John Kander | Kiss of the Spider Woman | |
Jeffrey Lunden | Wings | |
1994 | ||
Stephen Sondheim | Passion | |
Michael John LaChiusa | Hello Again | |
Alan Menken | Beauty and the Beast | |
Polly Pen | Christina Alberta's Father | |
Tom Waits | The Black Rider | |
1995 | N/A | |
1996 | ||
Jonathan Larson | Rent | |
1997 | ||
Cy Coleman | The Life | |
John Kander | Steel Pier | |
Jeanine Tesori | Violet | |
1998 | ||
Stephen Flaherty | Ragtime | |
Paul Simon | The Capeman | |
Stephen Trask | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | |
Frank Wildhorn | The Scarlet Pimpernel | |
1999 | ||
Jason Robert Brown | Parade | |
Cy Coleman | Exactly Like You | |
William Finn | A New Brain | |
Frank Wildhorn | The Civil War |
2000s[]
Year | Composer | Production |
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2000 | ||
Andrew Lippa | The Wild Party | |
Shaun Davey | James Joyce's The Dead | |
Stephen Sondheim | Saturday Night | |
2001 | ||
David Yazbek | The Full Monty | |
Kirsten Childs | The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin | |
Stephen Flaherty | Seussical | |
Mark Hollmann | Urinetown | |
Ed Kleban | A Class Act | |
Laurence O'Keefe | Bat Boy: The Musical | |
2002 | ||
Jason Robert Brown | The Last Five Years | |
Marvin Hamlisch | Sweet Smell of Success | |
Jonathan Larson | Tick, Tick... BOOM! | |
Jeanine Tesori | Thoroughly Modern Millie | |
2003 | ||
Marc Shaiman | Hairspray | |
Tim Acito | Zanna, Don't! | |
Stephen Flaherty | A Man of No Importance | |
Michel Legrand | Amour | |
Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx | Avenue Q | |
Anderson Edwards, Keith Glover & Keb' Mo' | Thunder Knocking on the Door | |
2004 | ||
Jeanine Tesori | Caroline, or Change | |
RaRa Avis & Andrew Yeater | Ramayana 2K3 | |
Boy George | Taboo | |
Eric Rockwell | The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) | |
Stephen Schwartz | Wicked | |
Martin Silvestri & Joel Higgins | Johnny Guitar | |
2005 | ||
Adam Guettel | The Light in the Piazza | |
Gary Adler & Michael Patrick Walker | Altar Boyz | |
Terry Davies | Play Without Words | |
William Finn | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | |
Stephen Flaherty | Dessa Rose | |
David Yazbek | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | |
2006 | ||
Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison | The Drowsy Chaperone | |
Stephen Dolginoff | Thrill Me | |
Scott Frankel | Grey Gardens | |
Michael John LaChiusa | See What I Wanna See | |
Peter Mills | The Pursuit of Persephone | |
Matthew Sklar | The Wedding Singer | |
2007 | ||
Duncan Sheik | Spring Awakening | |
John Kander | Curtains | |
Paul Leschen & Gila Sand | Twist: Please, Sir, May I Have Some More? | |
Peter Rodgers Melnick | Adrift in Macao | |
Lin-Manuel Miranda | In the Heights | |
Laurence O'Keefe & Nell Benjamin | Legally Blonde | |
2008 | ||
Heidi Rodewald & Stew | Passing Strange | |
John Bucchino | A Catered Affair | |
Stephen Flaherty | The Glorious Ones | |
Tom Kitt | Next to Normal | |
Mark Mulcahy | The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island | |
Joshua Schmidt | Adding Machine | |
2009 | ||
Elton John | Billy Elliot the Musical | |
Neil Bartram | The Story of My Life | |
Zina Goldrich | Dear Edwina | |
Dolly Parton | 9 to 5 | |
Stephen Sondheim | Road Show | |
Jeanine Tesori | Shrek the Musical |
2010s[]
Year | Composer | Production |
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2010 | ||
David Bryan | Memphis | |
Michael Friedman | Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson | |
Joe Iconis | Bloodsong of Love | |
John Kander & Fred Ebb | The Scottsboro Boys | |
Andrew Lippa | The Addams Family | |
Joseph Zellnik | Yank! | |
2011 | ||
Trey Parker, Robert Lopez & Matt Stone | The Book of Mormon | |
Brad Alexander | See Rock City & Other Destinations | |
Alan Menken | Sister Act | |
Marc Shaiman | Catch Me If You Can | |
Mike Stoller & Artie Butler | The People in the Picture | |
David Yazbek | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | |
2012 | ||
Alan Menken | Newsies | |
Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová | Once | |
Michael John LaChiusa | Queen of the Mist | |
Alan Menken | Leap of Faith | |
Frank Wildhorn | Bonnie & Clyde | |
Maury Yeston | Death Takes a Holiday | |
2013 | ||
David Byrne & Fatboy Slim | Here Lies Love | |
Trey Anastasio & Amanda Green | Hands on a Hardbody | |
Michael John LaChiusa | Giant | |
Dave Malloy | Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 | |
Benj Pasek & Justin Paul | A Christmas Story: The Musical | |
David Rossmer & Steve Rosen | The Other Josh Cohen | |
2014 | ||
Jason Robert Brown | The Bridges of Madison County | |
Andrew Lippa | Big Fish | |
Steven Lutvak | A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder | |
Alan Menken | Aladdin | |
Kevin Murphy & Laurence O'Keefe | Heathers: The Musical | |
Jeanine Tesori | Fun Home | |
2015 | ||
Lin-Manuel Miranda | Hamilton | |
Jason Robert Brown | Honeymoon in Vegas | |
Michael Friedman | The Fortress of Solitude | |
John Kander | The Visit | |
Dave Malloy | Ghost Quartet | |
Sting | The Last Ship | |
2016 | ||
Steve Martin & Edie Brickell | Bright Star | |
Sara Bareilles | Waitress | |
Michael John LaChiusa | First Daughter Suite | |
Andrew Lloyd Webber | School of Rock | |
The Lobbyists | SeaWife | |
2017 | ||
David Yazbek | The Band's Visit | |
Stephen Flaherty | Anastasia | |
Dave Malloy | Beardo | |
Richard Oberacker | Bandstand | |
Irene Sankoff & David Hein | Come from Away | |
2018 | ||
David Friedman | Desperate Measures | |
The Bengsons | The Lucky Ones | |
Ben Caplan & Christian Barry | Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story | |
Erin McKeown | Miss You Like Hell | |
Helen Park & Max Vernon | KPOP | |
2019 | ||
David Yazbek | Tootsie | |
Andrew R. Butler | Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future | |
Joe Iconis | Be More Chill | |
Peter Mills | The Hello Girls | |
Mark Sonnenblick | Midnight at the Never Get | |
Shaina Taub | Twelfth Night |
2020s[]
Year | Composer | Production |
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2020 | ||
Dave Malloy | Octet | |
Ross Golan | The Wrong Man | |
Michael R. Jackson | A Strange Loop | |
Joshua Rosenblum | Einstein’s Dreams | |
Duncan Sheik | The Secret Life of Bees | |
Jeanine Tesori | Soft Power |
Multiple wins[]
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Multiple nominations[]
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See also[]
References[]
- "Drama Desk Award for Music". Internet Broadway Database. 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
External links[]
Categories:
- Drama Desk Awards