Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical
American theatre award
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The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound 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.
| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical |
| Location | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Drama Desk |
| First award | 2010 |
| Currently held by | Mikhail Fiksel, Mexodus (2026) |
| Website | dramadesk.org (defunct) |
The award was established in 1980, with the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design being presented each year to any play or musical production. Starting in 2010, the singular award was replaced by separate play and musical categories.
Acme Sound Partners, Brian Ronan, Scott Lehrer and Nevin Steinberg hold the record for the most wins in the category, with two each. Ronan also holds the record for most nominations, with ten, followed by Lehrer with nine and Kai Harada with six.
Winners and nominees
- Key
2010s
2020s
| Year | Designer | Production | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | |||
| Peter Hylenski | Moulin Rouge! | [23][24] | |
| Tom Gibbons | West Side Story | ||
| Kai Harada | Soft Power | ||
| Hidenori Nakajo | Octet | ||
| Nevin Steinberg | The Wrong Man | ||
| 2021 | No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City | [25] | |
| 2022 | |||
| Gareth Owen | MJ | [26][27] [28] | |
| Ian Dickinson for Autograph | Company | ||
| Paul Gatehouse | Six | ||
| Kai Harada | Kimberly Akimbo | ||
| 2023 | |||
| Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann | Into the Woods | [29][30] | |
| Peter Hylenski | Almost Famous | ||
| John Shivers | Shucked | ||
| Joanna Lynne Staub | Weightless | ||
| Jon Weston | Parade | ||
| 2024 | |||
| Nick Lidster for Autograph | Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club | [31][32] | |
| Cody Spencer | The Outsiders | ||
| Walter Trarbach | Water for Elephants | ||
| Jason Crystal | Suffs | ||
| Kai Harada and Joshua Millican | Dead Outlaw | ||
| 2025 | |||
| Peter Hylenski | Just in Time | [33][34] | |
| Adam Fisher | Sunset Blvd. | ||
| Scott Lehrer | Gypsy | ||
| Mick Potter | Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends | ||
| Dan Moses Schreier | Floyd Collins | ||
| 2026 | |||
| Mikhail Fiksel | Mexodus | [35][36] | |
| Jordana Abrenica | Beau the Musical | ||
| Jason Crystal | The Baker's Wife | ||
| Kai Harada | Ragtime | ||
| Alex Hawthorn and Drew Levy | Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole | ||
Multiple wins
Multiple nominations
- 10 nominations
- 9 nominations
- 7 nominations
- 5 nominations
- Jon Weston
- Dan Moses Schreier
- 4 nominations
- 3 nominations
- Drew Levy
- Mick Potter
- 2 nominations
- Acme Sound Partners
- Jonathan Deans
- Steve Canyon Kennedy
- Simon Baker
See also
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Sound Design
- Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design
- Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Sound Design