The Broadway and Off-Broadway honors haven't been handed out at the Manhattan venue since the 2020 pandemic.

The awards ceremony has also announced its venue.

The date has been set for the 70th Drama Desk Awards! The 2026 Drama Desk Awards will be held at The Town Hall on May 17, 2026. The Awards have been presented many times at The Town Hall prior to the 2020 theat…

The new Broadway production of Noël Coward’s Fallen Angels announced its complete cast and design team. As previously reported, Tony winner Kelli O’Hara and Golden Globe winner Rose Byrne will star as Jul…

Everybody’s favorite Natalie Walker and I caught up at the Drama Desk Awards!!! See you at the SHO!

The Theatrical division of International Literary Properties, the global company that invests in, acquires, and manages literary estates, has acquired the literary interests of Marsha Norman. Marsha Norman, awa…

BOOP! The Musical will embark on a North American Tour, opening for its 50-week run in Rochester, NY at the West Herr Auditorium Theatre in Fall 2026. Additional tour cities, dates, and casting for the North Am…

Tomorrow, on Friday, October 24, Center Stage Records will release the cast album of acclaimed musical We Live in Cairo, which had an extended run last year at New York Theater Workshop. BroadwayWorld has your …

Jennifer Lopez will compete in the awards category of Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Aurora/Ingrid Luna in the Kiss of the Spider Woman film, which opens next month. Gold Derby was the first to …

Scenic designer John Lee Beatty will be honored with the Ming Cho Lee Award for Lifetime Achievement in Design bestowed by the Henry Hewes Design Awards at the 61st annual ceremony on October 20, at the annual …

The Book of Mormon stars Racquel Williams and Noah Marlowe are taking on Hot Ones by answering burning questions in a new video. The cast members leave no wing untouched as they answer questions like who the mo…

Well, here we are: it’s Labor Day Weekend already.  And every year since I started writing here, I’ve marked this unofficial end of summer—and the real start of the fall theater season—with a tribute t…

The acclaimed Broadway revival of Gypsy, starring six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald as Rose and directed by six-time Tony Award winner George C. Wolfe, will play its final performance on Sunday, August …

BOOP! The Musical, will play its final performance on Broadway on Sunday, July 13. At that time, the show will have played 25 previews and 112 regular performances. BOOP! The Musical won 3 Drama Desk Awards inc…

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Pussycat Dolls star Nicole Scherzinger became a Tony Award winner this year for her performance as Norma Desmond in Jamie Lloyd's production of Sunset Blvd. on Broadway. Days before, she caught up with @bwaySHO…

It's cooky crazy time with Natalie Walker at the Drama Desk Awards celebrating the Big Gay Jamboree. See you at the SHO! Enjoy all of our red carpet SHOnanigans and make sure to hit that subscribe button and…

Back in her Mean Girls era, Erika Henningsen was Too Grool for School. But now that she's a-splishin' and a-splashin' in the Bobby Darin musical Just in Time, she's happily living life on the 'Dee' list.…

Erika Henningsen moves through the audience at Circle in the Square to meet the people who came from all over the world for various Jonathan Groff-related reasons. She also tests their Bobby Darin knowhow and t…

You gotta catch a potential audience’s attention in any way possible these days. From massive social campaigns to wild in-person activations, folks are trying everything. But one performance is trying a diffe…

Photos from the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards June 1, 2024: The 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards held at the NYC Skirball Center on Sunday, June 1 hosted by Tituss Burgess and Debra Messing.

The 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards were held last night at NYU Skirball.Check out part 1 here. Here are the interviews from the press room. Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play: Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dor…

The 78th Annual Tony Awards are this Sunday, June 18, 2025. It's the biggest awards show of the Broadway season and it closes out a long awards season for Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals and plays. Which Bes…

Maybe Happy Ending led the pack with six wins at the Drama Desk Awards Sunday night, which were held at NYU Skirball and hosted by Debra Messing and Tituss Burgess. In addition to Outstanding Musical, the robot…

Maybe Happy Ending won big at the 69th annual Drama Desk Awards on Sunday night, earning a total of six trophies at the only awards show to recognize talent from Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off Broadway prod…

Winners of the 2025 Drama Desk Awards were announced at a ceremony on June 1, hosted by Debra Messing and Tituss Burgess. These awards are unique in that Broadway, off-Broadway, and off-off Broadway compete tog…

Debra Messing and Tituss Burgess hosted the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards at 7:30pm ET at NYU Skirball. See photos of the winners here! In keeping with the Drama Desk’s mission, the nominators considered show…

The winners of the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced in a ceremony at NYU Skirball on June 1. Debra Messing and Tituss Burgess co-hosted the event, which celebrated the 2024-25 season of Broadway, o…

“Maybe Happy Ending,” which leading up to the Tonys this coming Sunday has won best musical in a slew of other New York theater awards (Outer Critics Circle, Drama Critics Circle, Drama League, last night�…

The winners of the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced in a ceremony at NYU Skirball on June 1. Debra Messing and Tituss Burgess co-hosted the event, which celebrated the 2024-25 season of Broadway, o…

The theatrical honors will unveil a new ceremony format in 2027.

Frontmezzjunkies reports: The Winners of the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards The winners of the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced last night, Sunday, June 1st, hosted by Debra Messing and Titus…

Join Jinkx Monsoon and @bwaySHO inside the media room at the 2025 Drama Desk Awards. See you at the SHO! Enjoy all of our red carpet SHOnanigans and make sure to hit that subscribe button and click the bell, …

Dates have been announced for a special 70th annual celebration in 2026 and a new ceremony format in 2027.

Drama Desk Award winner Jak Malone (Operation Mincemeat) with Tom Francis (Sunset Blvd.), Helen J. Shen (Maybe Happy Ending - winner of Best Musical) and Claire-Marie Hall (Operation Mincemeat) at the 2025 Dram…

The Drama Desk Awards just concluded on Broadway. “Maybe Happy Ending” won Best Musical. “Purpose” won Best Play. They will certainly win at the Tony Awards next Sunday. There were ties all through the …

Debra Messing and Tituss Burgess hosted the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards tonight at NYU Skirball.The stars lined the red carpet.   Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway the opened during the 2024-202…

It was an incredible night celebrating the best of the New York theatre season at NYU Skirball at the 2025 Drama Desk Awards. Maybe Happy Ending won big with six awards including Outstanding Musical. Boop!, Str…

“Maybe Happy Ending” won best musical and “Purpose” best play at the 69th annual Drama Desk Awards. “Eureka Day” won best revival of a play and “Gypsy” best revival of a musical. Check out all t…

Purpose and Maybe Happy Ending win Outstanding Play and Outstanding Musical Awards. Maybe Happy Ending leads with 6 total wins across all categories. June 3, 2025: The 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards were prese…

Broadway's BOOP! leads this year's nominees, with winners set to be named tonight at NYU Skirball.

June 1, 2025 — Winners for the 2025 Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced this evening at the Jack H. Skirball Center For The Performing Arts (NYU Skirball at 556 LaGuardia […]

Additional presenters and performances have been announced for the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards, being held this Sunday, June 1 at NYU Skirball. Jeb Brown, Andrew Durand, Cole Escola, Sarah Hyland, Celia Keena…

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 30, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours: But first... This Week's Call Sheet Sunday, June 1 The 2…

Broadway's BOOP! leads this year's nominees, with winners set to be named June 1 at NYU Skirball.

Victoria Clark, Darren Criss, Brandon Victor Dixon, Tom Francis, Jonathan Groff, Joshua Henry, Jeremy Jordan, Norm Lewis, Jinkx Monsoon, Alex Newell, Gracie Lawrence, Adam Pascal, Lily Rabe, Jennifer Simard, Ry…

The 69th annual Drama Desk Awards ceremony is scheduled for June 1.

Broadway's BOOP! leads this year's nominees, with winners set to be named June 1 at NYU Skirball.

Gavin Creel will receive the Harold S. Prince Award for Lifetime Achievement (posthumously) and stage and screen star Brian Stokes Mitchell will receive the William Wolf Award at the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awar…

16-time Grammy Award winner David Foster made a surprise appearance at the curtain call of BOOP! The Musical last night, sharing his excitement about the upcoming Original Cast Recording of BOOP! The Musical. T…

A new genre has been developing over the past few years, one that in tribute to the post-war change in British theater I’ve been calling “angry young women plays.”   These new works more or less follow …

Broadway actors Jordan Fisher and Solea Pfeiffer stopped by Studio 1A to perform “Your Song” from “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” as part of the Citi Concert Series on TODAY. Watch video of their performanc…

“Buena Vista Social Club” has reason to celebrate with its ten Tony nominations announced today.May 1, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler It’s always a thrill for me to read the Tony nomin…

Awards season is here for the 2024-2025 Broadway season. We break down the nominations and other information for each ceremony. Award Ceremonies Outer Critics Circle Awards: Monday, May 12, 2025 Drama League Aw…

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 1, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours: But first... This Week's Call Sheet Thursday, May 1 2025 …

Frontmezzjunkies reports: 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards Have Been Announced Nominations for the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today on Spectrum News NY1 by stage and screen star Norm Lewis, Spect…

Winners will be announced on June 1.

The nominations for the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards, honoring work on Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway, have been announced. The ceremony, hosted by Debra Messing and Tituss Burgess, will take plac…

Nominations for the 69th annual Drama Desk Awards were announced Wednesday by Tony- and Grammy-nominated actor Norm Lewis. Winners will be announced on June 1, at a ceremony taking place at NYU Skirball and hos…

(Wednesday April 30, 2025) – Nominations for the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today on Spectrum News NY1 by stage and screen star Norm Lewis, Spectrum News NY1 “On Stage” host Fran…

Another day, another list of nominations! Earlier this afternoon, nominations were announced for the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards that celebrates the best of Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway during…

Nominations for the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today on Spectrum News NY1 by stage and screen star Norm Lewis, Spectrum News NY1 “On Stage” host Frank DiLella, and anchor Rocco Vertucc…

“Boop” leads with 11 nominations at the 69th annual Drama Desk Awards announcement by Norm Lewis this afternoon, followed by “Just in Time” and “Maybe Happy Ending” with nine each. The awards, which…

The 78th Annual Tony Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday, May 1, by Sarah Paulson and Wendell Pierce. The announcement can be viewed LIVE (9am ET) in their entirety here on BroadwayWorld. Plus, be …

April 30, 2025 — Nominations for the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today on Spectrum News NY1 by Norm Lewis and Spectrum News NY1 hosts. In keeping with the […]

The Drama Desk Awards honor Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway.

Frank DiLella and Rocco Vertuccio will also be part of the nominations event.

Stage and screen star Norm Lewis will announce the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards nominations on April 30 at 12:50 PM on Spectrum News NY1. Norm will make the announcement with Spectrum News NY1 host…

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. Dead Outlaw Lands in the Library of Congress The Broadway musical Dead Outlaw, telling the story of outlaw-turned-corpse-turned-celebrity Elmer McCur…

The annual ceremony honoring shows produced on, Off- and Off-Off-Broadway will take place in June.

Nominations will be announced April 30 with the awards ceremony set for June 1.