Memphis was the big winner at the 55th annual Drama Desk Awards, presented May 23, 2010 in the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center in New York. Set in the 1950s, the rock 'n' roll musical won four awards, including Outstanding Musical and Outstanding Music.
Each year, the Drama Desk votes special awards to recognize excellence and significant contributions to the theater. ASCAP member Jerry Herman was recognized for enchanting and dazzling audiences with his exuberant music and heartfelt lyrics for more than half a century.
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.
Outstanding Musical:
American Idiot
Everyday Rapture
Memphis *WINNER
The Addams Family
Outstanding Revival of a Musical:
A Little Night Music
Finian's Rainbow
La Cage Aux Folles *WINNER
Promises, Promises
Ragtime
Outstanding Music:
David Bryan, Memphis *WINNER
Michael Friedman, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Joe Iconis, Bloodsong of Love
Andrew Lippa, The Addams Family
Outstanding Lyrics:
Rick Crom, Newsical The Musical
Kevin Del Aguila, Click, Clack, Moo
Andrew Lippa, The Addams Family
Outstanding Book of a Musical:
Joe DiPietro, Memphis
Joe Iconis, Bloodsong of Love
Dick Scanlan & Sherie Rene Scott, Everyday Rapture
Alex Timbers, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson *WINNER
Outstanding Orchestrations:
John Oddo, All About Me
Daryl Waters & David Bryan, Memphis *WINNER
Outstanding Musical Revue:
Million Dollar Quartet
Newsical The Musical
Simon Green: Traveling Light
Sondheim on Sondheim *WINNER
Outstanding Music in a Play:
Adam Cochran, A Play on War
Adam Cork, Red
Gaines, A Lie of the Mind
Philip Glass, The Bacchae
Hem, Twelfth Night
Branford Marsalis, Fences *WINNER
