2004 DRAMA DESK NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS



PLAY
The Beard of Avon
The Distance From Here
Humble Boy
I Am My Own Wife WINNER
Moby Dick
The Tricky Part

MUSICAL
Caroline, or Change
Johnny Guitar
The Musical of Musicals: The Musical
Wicked WINNER

REVIVAL OF A PLAY
The Colleen Bawn
The Daughter-in-Law
Henry IV WINNER
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Normal Heart
A Raisin in the Sun

REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Assassins WINNER
Big River
Fiddler on the Roof
Finian's Rainbow
First Lady Suite
Wonderful Town

ACTOR, PLAY
John Michael Higgins in Big Bill
Kevin Kline in Henry IV WINNER
Frank Langella in Match
Brian F. O'Byrne in Frozen
Christopher Plummer in King Lear
Paul Sparks in Blackbird

ACTRESS, PLAY
Eileen Atkins in Retreat from Moscow
Shannon Cochran in Bug
Viola Davis in Intimate Apparel WINNER - tie
Lizan Mitchell in Trojan Women
Phylicia Rashad in A Raisin in the Sun WINNER - tie
J. Smith-Cameron in Sarah, Sarah

ACTOR, MUSICAL
Hunter Foster in Little Shop of Horrors
Tyrone Giordano and Michael McElroy in Big River
Hugh Jackman in The Boy From Oz WINNER
Alfred Molina in Fiddler on the Roof
Euan Morton in Taboo

ACTRESS, MUSICAL
Kristin Chenoweth in Wicked
Idina Menzel Wicked
Judy McLane on Johnny Guitar
Donna Murphy in Wonderful Town WINNER
Elaine Paige in Sweeney Todd
Tonya Pinkins in Caroline, or Change

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Ned Beatty in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof WINNER
Michael Berry in Moby Dick
Andre De Shields in Prymate
Aidan Gillen in The Caretaker
John Lithgow in Mrs. Farnsworth
Corey Stoll in Intimate Apparel

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Jayne Houdyshell in Well
Mikel Sarah Lambert in The Daughter-in-Law
Margo Martindale in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Jan Maxwell in Sixteen Wounded
Audra McDonald in A Raisin in the Sun WINNER
Mary Louise Wilson in The Beard of Avon

OUTSTANDINTG FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Joel Blum in Golf: The Musical
Jeffrey Carlson in Taboo
Raul Esparza in Taboo WINNER
Mitchel David Federan in The Boy From Oz
Marc Kudisch in Assassins
Raymond Jaramillo McLeod in Wonderful Town

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Lovette George in The Musical of Musicals: The Musical
Isabel Keating in The Boy From Oz WINNER
Alix Korey in Listen to My Heart
Anika Noni Rose in Caroline, or Change
Jennifer Simard in The Thing About Men
Mary Testain First Lady Suite

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Hilary Adams for Moby Dick
Dexter Bullard for Bug
Edward Hall for A Midsummer Night's Dream
Moises Kaufman for I Am My Own Wife
Kenny Leon for A Raisin in the Sun
Jack O'Brien for Henry IV WINNER

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Jeff Calhoun for Big River
Pamela Hunt for The Musical of Musicals: The Musical
Joe Mantello for Assassins
Joe Mantello for Wicked WINNER
Kathleen Marshall for Wonderful Town
George C. Wolfefor Caroline, or Change

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY
Stephen Hues for Ramayana 2K3
Kathleen Marshall for Wonderful Town WINNER
Jerry Mitchell for Never Gonna Dance
Anthony van Laast and Farah Khan for Bombay Dreams

OUTSTANDING MUSIC
RaRa Avis and Andrew Yeater, et al; for Ramayana 2K3
Boy George for Taboo
Eric Rockwell for The Musical of Musicals: The Musical
Stephen Schwartz for Wicked
Martin Silvestri and Joel Higgins for Johnny Guitar
Jeanine Tesori for Caroline, or Change WINNER

OUTSTANDING LYRICS
Joanne Bogart for The Musical of Musicals: The Musical
Boy George for Taboo
Sean Hartley for Cupid and Psyche
Joel Higgins for Johnny Guitar
Stephen Schwartz for Wicked WINNER

OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Winnie Holzman for Wicked WINNER
Tony Kushner for Caroline, or Change

OUTSTANDING ORCHESTRATIONS
Paul Bogaev for Bombay Dreams
William David Brohn for Wicked
Michael Starobin for AssassinsWINNER
Harold Wheeler for Never Gonna Dance

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN OF A PLAY
John Lee Beatty for Twentieth Century WINNER
Scott Bradley for The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
Ralph Funicello for Henry IV
David Korins for Blackbird
Andrew Lieberman for Wintertime
Derek McLane for I Am My Own Wife

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
John Lee Beatty for Wonderful Town
Robert Brill for Assassins
Eugene Lee for Wicked WINNER
Tom Pye for Fiddler on the Roof
Mark Thompson for Bombay Dreams

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGNER
Jess Goldstein for Henry IV
Susan Hilferty for Wicked WINNER
Robert A. Prior and Lisa Leighton for Ramayana 2K3
Jenny Mannis for Animal Farm
Mark Thompson for Bombay Dreams
Catherine Zuber for Intimate Apparel

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eishenhauer for Assassins WINNER
TJ Gerckens for The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
Donald Holder for The Violet Hour
David Lander for I Am My Own Wife
Brian MacDevitt for Henry IV
Kenneth Posner for Wicked

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN
Mark Bennett for Henry IV
Scott Jennings for Ramayana 2K3
Brian Ronan for Bug
Dan Moses Schreier for Assassins WINNER
David Van Tieghem for The Stendhal Syndrome

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE Barbara Cook in Barbara Cook's Broadway
Ben Gazzara in Nobody Don't Like Yogi
Sarah Jones in Bridge and Tunnel
Jefferson Mays in I Am My Own Wife WINNER
Martin Moran in The Tricky Part
Will Powerin Flow

UNIQUE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE
Ramayana 2K3
Todd Robbins' Carnival Knowledge
Toxic Audio in Loud Mouth WINNER

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
The cast of The Distance From Here

SPECIAL AWARDS
Dakin Matthews for his adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry IV
The Flea Theater
The Classical Theatre of Harlem