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In 1974, the Drama Desk became incorporated as a not-for-profit organization. In 1975, the Drama Desk announcement of winners included the nominees as well. [4] [6] The Drama Desk has more than 100 members, including theatre critics, reporters and editors who cover New York theater and vote on the awards.
In 2023, the Drama Desk organization announced that, starting with that year's awards, the eight acting categories had been retired and replaced with four gender neutral categories with twice the winners and nominees: separate categories by lead or featured performer; producing two acting categories each for plays and musicals. [1]
In 2023, the Drama Desk organization announced that, starting with that year's awards, the eight acting categories had been retired and replaced with four gender neutral categories with twice the winners and nominees: separate categories by lead or featured performer; producing two acting categories each for plays and musicals. [1]
The winners for the 64th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced Sunday night with Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman winning for Outstanding Play and The Prom taking home the trophy for Outstanding ...
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City.
The award was one of eight new acting awards first presented in 1975, when Drama Desk retired an earlier award that had made no distinction between work in plays and musicals, nor between actors and actresses, nor between lead performers and featured performers. After the 2022 ceremony, all eight acting categories introduced in 1975 were retired.
This category is for non-musical plays which have won a Drama Desk Award. For people who have won a Drama Desk Award see Category:Drama Desk Award winners and for musicals that have won a drama desk award see Category:Drama Desk Award–winning musicals.
The award was first presented at the 1998 ceremony, as the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Puppet Design, [1] then suspended from use until the 2017 ceremony. The current name was introduced as of the 2023 ceremony. Unlike some Drama Desk Awards, the award for Outstanding Puppetry combines plays and musicals into a single category.