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Drama Desk Awards

The 66th Drama Desk Awards were presented at Sardi’s on June 14th

June 15, 2022: The 2022 Drama Desk Awards, announced earlier this month, were presented in an afternoon ceremony at the legendary Sardi’s Restaurant on West 44th Street. Produced by Tony winner Scott Mauro the annual celebration, honoring Broadway and beyond, was not presented for the past two years due to COVID. This year’s show was written by Bruce Vilanch and streamed live on Broadway On Demand free of charge.
Photography: Barry Gordin

Renée Elise Goldsberry (Host)

The 66th Drama Desk Awards were presented at Sardi’s on June 14th

June 15, 2022: The 2022 Drama Desk Awards, announced earlier this month, were presented in an afternoon ceremony at the legendary Sardi’s Restaurant on West 44th Street. Produced by Tony winner Scott Mauro the annual celebration, honoring Broadway and beyond, was not presented for the past two years due to COVID. This year’s show was written by Bruce Vilanch and streamed live on Broadway On Demand free of charge.
Photography: Barry Gordin

Harmony: A New Musical, Eric Peters, Sean Bell, Steven Telsey, Danny Kornfeld, Blake Roman, Zal Owen
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David Barbour, Martha Wade Steketee, Charles Wright
Kristina Wong (Outstanding Solo Performance.Sweatshop Overlord)
Kristina Wong, Heidi Schreck
Matt Doyle (Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Company)
Francis Benhamou (Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Prayer for the French Republic)
Adam Rigg, Lileana Blain-Cruz
Eric Peters, Sean Bell, Danny Kornfeld, Steven Telsey, Blake Roman, Zal Owen
Leslie Kritzer
Kerry Butler
Kerry Butler
Lucy Moss (Outstanding Solo Performance Sweatshop Overload), David Barbour, Charles Wright (Co-Presidents of the Drama Desk)
Leslie Kritzer, Kerry Butler
Tectonic Theater Project and Madison Wells Live
Linda Armstrong
Matt Doyle (Outstanding Actor in a Musical Company)
Adam Rigg
Adam Rigg, Lileana Blain-Cruz
Lileana Blain-Cruz
Lileana Blain-Cruz, Adam Rigg, James Ortiz
James Ortiz (Outstanding Puppet Design: The Skin of Our Teeth, Lincoln Center Theater)
Marilu Henner
Mark William
Richie Ridge
Jamie deRoy, Rob Shuter
Jamie deRoy, Bill Hutton
Darius Harper, Nick Carell, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Jesse Nager, Kevin Scheuring, Anthony Festa
The Broadway Boys
 Jennifer Moeller (Outstanding Costume Design for a Play: Clyde’s, Second Stage Theater
Gabriella Slade (Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical Presented by Production Resource Group:, Six
David Brian Brown (Outstanding Wig and Hair: Mrs. Doubtfire)
Jessica Hecht
Natasha Katz (Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical (tie):  MJ; and Bradley King, Flying Over Sunset, Lincoln Center Theater
David Barbour, Charles Wright Co Presidents of The Drama Desk
Jaquel Spivey, Outstanding Actor in a Musical, A Strange Loop
Brittany Johnson
Talia Suskauer
Brittany Johnson, Talia Suskauer
Dede Ayite (Additional Special Awards: Costume designer (Merry WivesSeven Deadly SinsThe Last of the Love LettersChicken and BiscuitsSlave PlayNollywood DreamsAmerican Buffalo, and How I learned to Drive)
 Benjamin Pearcy (Outstanding Projection Design: 59 Productions, Flying Over Sunset, Lincoln Center Theater)
 Beowulf Boritt (Outstanding Scenic Design for a Musical Presented by Hudson Scenic: Beowulf Boritt, Flying Over Sunset, Lincoln Center Theater)
Adrianna Hicks, Andrea Macasaet, Anna Uzele, Samantha Pauly, Brittney Mack
Marjan Neshat, Sanaz Toossi
Jason Michael Webb, David Holcenberg
Anna Uzele 
Lucy Moss
Anna Uzele, Adrianna Hicks, Andrea Macasaet, Lucy Moss, Toby Marlow, Gabriella Slade, Samantha Pauly, Brittney Mack
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, (Outstanding Actor in a play, Lackawanna Blues)
Condola Rashad
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Condola Rashad
Joaquina Kalukango (Outstanding Access in a Musical, Paradise Square)
Heather Christian
Sean Bell, Steven Telsey, Danny Kornfeld, Bruce Sussman, Eric Peters, Blake Roman, Zal Owen(Harmony)
Bruce Sussman (Outstanding Book of a Musical, Harmony)
Jacelyn Bioh
Liz Callaway
Gelan Lambert, Cloe Davis, Garrett Coleman (Outstanding Choreography, Paradise Square)
Lynne Meadow, Charles Busch
Joshua Harmon
Marilu Henner, Jeffory Lawson, Renee Elise Goldsberg
Cristina Raé
Derek McLane
Khalifa White, Khadija.Sankoh, Cristina Rae, (Little Shop of Horrors)
Samantha Pauly, Isa Goldberg, Nanette Shaw, Brittney Mack
David Sheward, Kristina Wong
Charles Busch