Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations
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Awarded forOutstanding Orchestrations
LocationNew York City
CountryUnited States
Presented byDrama Desk
| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Orchestrations |
| Location | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Drama Desk |
| First award | 1983 |
| Currently held by | Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber for Just in Time (2025) |
| Website | dramadesk.org (defunct) |
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in musical theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. This category was eliminated after the 2011 ceremony, only to be reinstated about a week later due to popular and overwhelming demand from much of the Broadway community.
1980s
- Key
and bold indicates the winner.
| Year | Orchestrator(s) | Production | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | |||
| Michael Gibson | My One and Only | [1] | |
| Hans Spialek | On Your Toes | ||
| 1984 | |||
| Michael Starobin | Sunday in the Park with George | [2] | |
| Jonathan Tunick | Baby | ||
| Jim Tyler | La Cage aux Folles | ||
| 1985 | |||
| Steven Margoshes and Danny Troob | Big River | [3] | |
| Bill Byers | Grind | ||
| Michael Starobin | Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down | ||
| La bohème | |||
| 1986 | |||
| Rupert Holmes | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | [4] | |
| Ralph Burns | Sweet Charity | ||
| James McElwaine | Goblin Market | ||
| 1987 | |||
| John Cameron | Les Misérables | [5] | |
| Wally Harper | Barbara Cook: A Concert for the Theatre | ||
| Michael Starobin | Rags | ||
| Chris Walker | Me and My Girl | ||
| 1988 | |||
| David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber | The Phantom of the Opera | [6][7] | |
| Michael Gibson | Anything Goes | ||
| Michael Starobin | Birds of Paradise | ||
| Jonathan Tunick | Into the Woods | ||
| 1989 | N/a | ||
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
| Year | Orchestrator(s) | Production | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | |||
| Tom Kitt | Jagged Little Pill | [73][74] | |
| Alex Lacamoire | The Wrong Man | ||
| Or Matias and Dave Malloy | Octet | ||
| Danny Troob, John Clancy, and Larry Hochman | Soft Power | ||
| Jonathan Tunick | West Side Story | ||
| 2021 | No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City[75] | ||
| 2022 | |||
| Jason Michael Webb and David Holcenberg | MJ | [76][77] [78] | |
| Tom Curran | Six | ||
| Greg Jarrett | Assassins | ||
| Mark Hartman and Yasuhiko Fukuoka | The Streets of New York | ||
| 2023 | |||
| Bryan Carter and Charlie Rosen | Some Like It Hot | [79][80] | |
| Bruce Coughlin | A Man of No Importance | ||
| Jason Howland | Shucked | ||
| Kenny Seymour | The Harder They Come | ||
| Daryl Waters and Sam Davis | New York, New York | ||
| 2024 | Marco Paguia | Buena Vista Social Club | [81][82] |
| Timo Andres | Illinoise | ||
| Will Butler and Justin Craig | Stereophonic | ||
| Andy Evan Cohen | The Greatest Hits Down Route 66 | ||
| Erik Della Penna, Dean Sharenow, and David Yazbek | Dead Outlaw | ||
| Michael Starobin, Shaina Taub (vocal arrangements), and Andrea Grody (vocal arrangements) | Suffs | ||
| 2025 | |||
| Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber | Just in Time | [83][84] | |
| Will Aronson | Maybe Happy Ending | ||
| Doug Besterman | Boop! The Musical | ||
| Joseph Joubert and Daryl Waters | Pirates! The Penzance Musical | ||
| Michael Starobin | All the World's a Stage | ||
| 2026 | Bryan Carter | The Fear of 13 | [85] |
| Daniel Kluger | The Seat of Our Pants | ||
| David M. Lutken, Morgan Morse, Lisa Helmi Johanson and Sherry Stregack Lutken | The Porch on Windy Hill | ||
| John McDaniel | Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole | ||
| The Bengsons and Or Matias | My Joy is Heavy | ||