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Drama Desk Award

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American award theatre award

The Drama Desk Award is a prestigious New York theater honor recognizing outstanding achievements in Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions.

Aliases (11)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American award → theatre award →
awardedFor	Broadway theatre → Off-Broadway theatre → Off-Off-Broadway theatre → outstanding achievements in New York theatre →
country	United States →
field	performing arts →
formerName	Vernon Rice Awards →
frequency	annual →
genre	theatre →
hasCategory	Outstanding Actor in a Musical → Outstanding Actor in a Play → Outstanding Actress in a Musical → Outstanding Actress in a Play → Outstanding Book of a Musical → Outstanding Choreography → Outstanding Costume Design → Outstanding Director of a Musical → Outstanding Director of a Play → Outstanding Ensemble Performance → Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical → Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play → Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical → Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play → Outstanding Lighting Design → Outstanding Lyrics → Outstanding Music → Outstanding Musical → Outstanding Orchestrations → Outstanding Play → Outstanding Revival → Outstanding Revival of a Musical → Outstanding Revival of a Play → Outstanding Set Design → Outstanding Solo Performance → Outstanding Sound Design →
inception	1955 →
language	English →
location	New York City →
namedAfter	Drama Desk organization →
notableFor	considering Broadway and Off-Broadway productions together in the same categories →
organizer	Drama Desk →
presentedBy	Drama Desk →
relatedTo	Obie Awards → Tony Awards →
scope	New York theatre season →
selectionMethod	voted by Drama Desk members →
website	https://www.dramadeskawards.com/ →

Referenced by (40)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alfred Drake → Alfred Molina → Andrew Lloyd Webber → Betty Comden → Christopher Plummer → Claire Bloom → Colman Domingo ("Drama Desk Award nomination") → Frank Langella → Glenn Close → Gregory Hines → Hal Holbrook → Harold Prince → Idina Menzel → Jessica Lange → Jessica Tandy → Kristin Chenoweth → Lisa Kron → Metamorphoses ("Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play") → Mikhail Baryshnikov → Nathan Lane → Richard Griffiths ("Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play") → Rupert Holmes → Sam Shepard → Springsteen on Broadway ("Drama Desk Special Award") → Stephen Schwartz → The Coast of Utopia (Broadway, 2006–2007) ("Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play") → The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Broadway production) → The History Boys (Broadway production) ("Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play") → The Humans ("Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play") → Tyne Daly →	awardReceived
Christine Ebersole → Terrence McNally → Torch Song Trilogy ("Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play") →	notableAward
Kinky Boots ("Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical") →	award
Off-Broadway ("Drama Desk Awards") →	awardAssociatedWith
The Last Five Years ("Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music") →	awarded
Drama Desk Award ("Drama Desk") →	presentedBy
Best Direction of a Musical ("Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical") →	relatedAward
Tony Award →	relatedTo
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ("Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical") →	wonAward