Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, Stephen Sondheim's Road Show and Ruined, which won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, were among the list of winners at the 54th Annual Drama Desk Awards, presented May 17, 2009 in the F.H. LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center in New York.
Established in 1955, the Awards recognize shows produced off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, in legitimate not-for-profit theaters, in addition to Broadway productions.
ASCAP congratulates our winners and nominees.
Winners are bolded in red below.
Outstanding Musical:
Liza's at the Palace...
Shrek The Musical
The Story of My Life
Outstanding Revival of a Musical:
Enter Laughing
Hair
Pal Joey
West Side Story
Outstanding Music:
Neil Bartram - The Story of My Life
Zina Goldrich - Dear Edwina
Stephen Sondheim - Road Show
Jeanine Tesori - Shrek The Musical
Outstanding Lyrics:
Neil Bartram - The Story of My Life
Jason Robert Brown - 13
Marcy Heisler - Dear Edwina
David Lindsay-Abaire - Shrek The Musical
Stephen Sondheim - Road Show
Outstanding Orchestrations:
Larry Blank - Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Bruce Coughlin - 9 to 5
Edward B. Kessel - A Tale of Two Cities
Danny Troob - Shrek The Musical
Outstanding Music in a Play:
Mark Bennett - The Cherry Orchard
Mark Bennett - The Winter's Tale
Dominic Kanza - Ruined
Richard Woodbury - Desire Under the Elms