Drama Desk Award

The Drama Desk Award is an annual New York theatre award recognizing achievement across Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions.

Drama Desk: A New York organization of theatre critics and journalists that presents the Drama Desk Awards. The organization established the awards and continues to administer them.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play: A Drama Desk Award recognizing an outstanding new play in a season. It exemplifies how the awards distinguish achievement by theatrical discipline.
Tony Award: An annual award honoring achievement in Broadway theatre. Unlike the Drama Desk, the Tonys focus on Broadway productions.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble: A Drama Desk Award recognizing the collective work of an acting ensemble. Ensemble recognition highlights collaboration that individual performance prizes can overlook.
Broadway theatre: The professional theatre district and production system centered in Manhattan. The awards began as a way to recognize productions within New York’s commercial theatre scene.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical: A Drama Desk Award recognizing an outstanding musical in a season. This category brings musical theatre into the awards’ cross-sector competition.
New York Drama Critics' Circle Award: An annual award for theatrical achievement presented by the New York Drama Critics' Circle. This critics’ award offers another New York perspective but has a narrower award structure.
Theatre criticism: The analysis and evaluation of theatrical performance and production. The awards translate critics’ judgments into public recognition across the city’s stages.
Off-Broadway: New York professional theatre produced in venues smaller than Broadway houses, generally outside the Broadway district. Including Off-Broadway distinguishes the awards from honors limited to Broadway.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play: A Drama Desk Award recognizing an outstanding leading performance by an actor in a play. Performance categories show how individual work is judged alongside productions.

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