Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music | |
Awarded For: | Outstanding Music |
Presenter: | Drama Desk |
Location: | New York City |
Country: | United States |
Year: | 1968 |
Holder: | Shaina Taub for Suffs (2024) |
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in musical theatre (distinct from incidental music in plays) across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. The award was originally entitled Best Composer, before being renamed to its current title in 1969. The award is often referred to as Outstanding Score of a Musical.
Year | Composer | Production |
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1968 | ||
Al Carmines | In Circles | |
Galt MacDermot | Hair | |
1969 | ||
Al Carmines | Peace | |
Burt Bacharach | Promises, Promises |
Year | Composer | Production |
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1970 | ||
Stephen Sondheim | Company | |
Kurt Weill | Mahagonny | |
1971 | ||
Stephen Sondheim | Follies | |
1972 | ||
Galt MacDermot | Two Gentlemen of Verona | |
1973 | ||
Stephen Sondheim | A Little Night Music | |
1974 | ||
Al Carmines | The Faggot | |
1975 | ||
Charlie Smalls | The Wiz | |
Gene Curty, Nitra Scharfman & Chuck Strand | The Lieutenant | |
Jerry Herman | Mack and Mabel | |
Fred Silver | In Gay Company | |
1976 | ||
Marvin Hamlisch | A Chorus Line | |
Leonard Bernstein | 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue | |
Bill Heyer & Hank Beebe | Tuscaloosa's Calling Me | |
Stephen Sondheim | Pacific Overtures | |
1977 | ||
Cy Coleman | I Love My Wife | |
Charles Strouse | Annie | |
Elizabeth Swados | Nightclub Cantata | |
Robert Waldman | The Robber Bridegroom | |
1978 | ||
Cy Coleman | On the Twentieth Century | |
Carol Hall | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | |
Elizabeth Swados | Runaways | |
1979 | ||
Stephen Sondheim | ||
Nancy Ford | I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road | |
Marvin Hamlisch & Neil Simon | They're Playing Our Song | |
Jerome Kass | Ballroom | |
Michel Legrand | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg |
Year | Composer | Production |
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1990 | ||
Cy Coleman | City of Angels | |
Chet Forrest, Bob Wright & Maury Yeston | Grand Hotel | |
Ástor Piazzolla | Dangerous Games | |
David Shire | Closer Than Ever | |
Andrew Lloyd Webber | Aspects of Love | |
1991 | ||
Cy Coleman | The Will Rogers Follies | |
David Bucknam | The Waves | |
William Finn | Falsettoland | |
Lucy Simon | The Secret Garden | |
Stephen Sondheim | Assassins | |
1992 | ||
Erik Frandsen, Michael Garin, Robert Hipkins & Paul Lockheart | Song of Singapore | |
1993 | ||
Marvin Hamlisch | The Goodbye Girl | |
John Kander | Kiss of the Spider Woman | |
Jeffrey Lunden | Wings | |
1994 | ||
Stephen Sondheim | Passion | |
Michael John LaChiusa | Hello Again | |
Alan Menken | Beauty and the Beast | |
Polly Pen | Christina Alberta's Father | |
Tom Waits | The Black Rider | |
1995 | colspan="2" | |
1996 | ||
Jonathan Larson | Rent | |
1997 | ||
Cy Coleman | The Life | |
John Kander | Steel Pier | |
Jeanine Tesori | Violet | |
1998 | ||
Stephen Flaherty | Ragtime | |
Paul Simon | The Capeman | |
Stephen Trask | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | |
Frank Wildhorn | The Scarlet Pimpernel | |
1999 | ||
Jason Robert Brown | Parade | |
Cy Coleman | Exactly Like You | |
William Finn | A New Brain | |
Frank Wildhorn | The Civil War |
Year | Composer | Production |
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2020 | ||
Dave Malloy | Octet | |
Ross Golan | The Wrong Man | |
Michael R. Jackson | A Strange Loop | |
Joshua Rosenblum | Einstein's Dreams | |
Duncan Sheik | The Secret Life of Bees | |
Jeanine Tesori | Soft Power | |
2021 | colspan="2" | |
2022 | ||
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss | Six | |
Jason Howland | Paradise Square | |
Matt Ray | The Hang | |
Carrie Rodriguez | ¡Americano! | |
Jeanine Tesori | Kimberly Akimbo | |
2023 | ||
Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally | Shucked | |
Michael R. Jackson | White Girl in Danger | |
Tom Kitt and AnnMarie Milazzo | Almost Famous | |
Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson | Between the Lines | |
The Kilbanes | Weightless | |
2024[1] | ||
Shaina Taub | Suffs | |
Jason Robert Brown | The Connector | |
Justin Huertas | ||
Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) and Justin Levine | The Outsiders | |
David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna | Dead Outlaw | |