Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical
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| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical |
| Location | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Drama Desk |
| First award | 2009 |
| Currently held by | Jack Knowles for Sunset Blvd. (2025) |
| Website | dramadesk.org (defunct) |
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City.
The award was established in 1975, with the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design being presented each year to any play or musical production. For 2009, the singular award was replaced by separate play and musical categories, but then merged again from 2010 to 2015; the separate play and musical categories have again co-existed since 2016.
Winners and nominees
[edit]- Key
and bold indicates the winner.
2000s
[edit]| Year | Designer | Production | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | |||
| Rick Fisher | Billy Elliot the Musical | [1][2] [3] | |
| Kevin Adams | Hair | ||
| Jules Fisher and Kenneth Posner | 9 to 5 | ||
| Jason Lyons | Clay | ||
| Sinéad McKenna | Improbable Frequency | ||
| Richard Pilbrow | A Tale of Two Cities |
2010s
[edit]| Year | Designer | Production | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-2015 | N/A | ||
| 2016 | Justin Townsend | American Psycho | [4][5] |
| Jane Cox | The Color Purple | ||
| Jake DeGroot | SeaWife | ||
| Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer | Shuffle Along | ||
| Ben Stanton | Spring Awakening | ||
| 2017 | |||
| Bradley King | Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 | [6][7] | |
| Jeff Croiter | Bandstand | ||
| Mark Henderson | Sunset Boulevard | ||
| Bradley King | Hadestown | ||
| Amy Mae | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | ||
| Malcolm Rippeth | 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips | ||
| 2018 | |||
| Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer | Once on This Island | [8][9] | |
| Louisa Adamson and Christian Barry | Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story | ||
| Amith Chandrashaker | The Lucky Ones | ||
| Brian MacDevitt | Carousel | ||
| Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew | KPOP | ||
| 2019 | |||
| Bradley King | Hadestown | [10][11] | |
| Adam Honoré | Carmen Jones | ||
| Jamie Roderick | Midnight at the Never Get | ||
| Barbara Samuels | Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future | ||
| Scott Zielinski | Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! | ||
2020s
[edit]| Year | Designer | Production | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | |||
| Justin Townsend | Moulin Rouge! | [12][13] | |
| Betsy Adams | The Wrong Man | ||
| Jane Cox | The Secret Life of Bees | ||
| Herrick Goldman | Einstein's Dreams | ||
| Bruno Poet | Tina: The Tina Turner Musical | ||
| 2021 | No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City | [14] | |
| 2022 | |||
| Natasha Katz | MJ | [15][16] [17] | |
| Bradley King | Flying Over Sunset | ||
| Natasha Katz | Diana | ||
| Jennifer Tipton | Intimate Apparel | ||
| 2023 | Natasha Katz | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | [18][19] |
| Ken Billington | New York, New York | ||
| Jeff Croiter | Only Gold | ||
| Heather Gilbert | Parade | ||
| David Grill | Bob Fosse's Dancin' | ||
| 2024 | Brian MacDevitt and Hana S. Kim | The Outsiders | [20][21] |
| Lap Chi Chu | Suffs | ||
| Heather Gilbert | Dead Outlaw | ||
| Bradley King | Water for Elephants | ||
| Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew | The Connector | ||
| 2025 | |||
| Jack Knowles | Sunset Blvd. | [22][23] | |
| Kevin Adams | Swept Away | ||
| Adam Honoré | Cats: The Jellicle Ball | ||
| Philip S. Rosenberg | Boop! The Musical | ||
| Scott Zielinski and Ruey Horng Sun | Floyd Collins | ||
Multiple wins
[edit]- 3 wins
- 2 wins
- Justin Townsend
- Natasha Katz
Multiple nominations
[edit]- 5 nominations
- 3 nominations
- 2 nominations
- Kevin Adams
- Justin Townsend
- Jane Cox
- Peggy Eisenhauer
- Jeff Croiter
- Brian MacDevitt
- Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
- Adam Honoré
- Scott Zielinski
- Heather Gilbert
See also
[edit]- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design
- Tony Award for Best Lighting Design
- Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design
- Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lighting Design
References
[edit]- ^ "2009 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
- ^ "Drama Desk Awards Announced". The New York Times. May 17, 2009. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
- ^ Andrew Gans (May 18, 2009). "Ruined and Billy Elliot Win Top Honors at Drama Desk Awards". Playbill. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
- ^ "2016 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
- ^ Gordon Cox (June 5, 2016). "2016 Drama Desk Awards (FULL LIST): 'Shuffle Along,' 'The Humans'". Variety. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
- ^ "2017 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
- ^ Variety Staff (June 5, 2017). "Drama Desk Awards 2017: Full List of Winners". Variety. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
- ^ "2018 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
- ^ Playbill Staff (June 3, 2018). "SpongeBob SquarePants Leads 2018 Drama Desk Awards". Playbill. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
- ^ "2019 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
- ^ Ruthie Fierberg (June 2, 2019). "Tootsie, Hadestown, and The Ferryman Lead 2019 Drama Desk Award Winners". Playbill. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
- ^ "2020 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
- ^ Dan Meyer (June 13, 2020). "A Strange Loop, The Inheritance, Moulin Rouge! Win Big at 2020 Drama Desk Awards". Playbill. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
- ^ Evans, Greg (2021-05-05). "Broadway To Reopen Sept. 14, Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo; Broadway League "Cautiously Optimistic"". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ "2022 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
- ^ Chloe Rabinowitz (June 8, 2022). "COMPANY, SIX & More Win 2022 Drama Desk Awards – See the Full List!". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
- ^ Gillian Russo (June 8, 2022). "2022 Drama Desk Award winners announced". New York Theatre Guide. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
- ^ "2023 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
- ^ Logan Culwell-Block (May 31, 2023). "Some Like It Hot Dominates 2023 Drama Desk Awards; See the Full List of Winners". Playbill. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
- ^ "2024 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
- ^ Logan Culwell-Block (June 10, 2024). "Stereophonic Leads 2024 Drama Desk Awards With 7 Wins Including Outstanding Play". Playbill. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
- ^ "2025 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
- ^ Logan Culwell-Block (June 1, 2025). "Drama Desk Award Winners 2025: The Full List". Playbill. Retrieved September 22, 2025.