Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography

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Drama Desk Award
for Outstanding Choreography
Awarded forOutstanding Choreography
LocationNew York City
CountryUnited States
Presented byDrama Desk
First awarded1969
Currently held by Casey Nicholaw for Some Like It Hot (2023)
Websitedramadesk.org (defunct)

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City.

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Winners and nominees

1960s

YearChoreographerProduction
1969
Grover Dale Billy

1970s

YearChoreographerProduction
1970
Ron Field Applause
1971
Michael Bennett Follies
Donald Saddler No, No, Nanette
1972
Patricia Birch Grease
Jean Erdman Two Gentlemen of Verona
1973
Bob Fosse Pippin
1974
Patricia Birch Candide
1975
George Faison The Wiz
Dennis Denehy The Lieutenant
Roger MorganSaturday, Sun, Moon
Donald Saddler Good News
Margo Sappington Where's Charley?
1976
Michael Bennett A Chorus Line
Patricia Birch Pacific Overtures
Donald Saddler The Robber Bridegroom
Billy Wilson Bubbling Brown Sugar
1977
Peter Gennaro Annie
Patricia Birch Music Is
Dan Siretta Going Up
1978
Bob Fosse Dancin'
Arthur Faria Ain't Misbehavin'
Geoffrey Holder Timbuktu!
Tommy Tune The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1979
Bob Avian and Michael Bennett Ballroom
Larry Fuller Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Henry LeTang and Billy Wilson Eubie!
Dan Siretta Tip-Toes

1980s

YearChoreographerProduction
1980
Tommy Tune and Thommie Walsh A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine
Larry Fuller Evita
Mary Kyte Tintypes
Joe Layton Barnum
1981
Gower Champion 42nd Street
Graciela Daniele The Pirates of Penzance
1982
1983
Tommy Tune and Thommie Walsh My One and Only
Peter Martins and Donald Saddler On Your Toes
1984, 1985
1986
Bob Fosse Big Deal
Gene Kelly and Twyla Tharp Singin' in the Rain
Peter Martins Song and Dance
1987
1988
Michael Smuin Anything Goes
Grover Dale Mail
Gillian Lynne The Phantom of the Opera
1989

1990s

YearChoreographerProduction
1990
Tommy Tune Grand Hotel
1991
Tommy Tune The Will Rogers Follies
Michael Lichtefeld The Secret Garden
Dan Siretta Oh, Kay!
Susan Stroman And the World Goes 'Round
1992
Susan Stroman Crazy for You
Hope Clarke, Gregory Hines and Ted L. Levy Jelly's Last Jam
Christopher Chadman Guys and Dolls
1993
Wayne Cilento The Who's Tommy
Michael Leeds Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah!
Niarupama Nityanandan, Catherine Schaub and Simon Abkarian Les Atrides
Luis StazoTango Pasion
1994
Jane Elliott and Kenneth MacMillan Carousel
Jeff Calhoun Grease
Graciela Daniele Hello Again
Rob Marshall She Loves Me
Matt West Beauty and the Beast
1995
1996
Savion Glover Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk
Graciela Daniele Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Ghettoriginal ProductionsJam on the Groove
Kathleen Marshall Swinging on a Star
Susan Stroman Big: the musical
1997
Ann Reinking Chicago
Dein Perry Tap Dogs
Susan Stroman Steel Pier
1998
Garth Fagan The Lion King
Graciela Daniele Ragtime
The Forever Tango DancersLuis Bravo's Forever Tango
Rob Marshall Cabaret
1999
Matthew Bourne Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake
Patricia Birch Parade
Rob Marshall Little Me

2000s

YearChoreographerProduction
2000
Susan Stroman Contact
Jody Abrahams and Loukmaan Adams Kat and the Kings
Mark Dendy The Wild Party
Kathleen Marshall Kiss Me, Kate
Susan Stroman The Music Man
Lynne Taylor-Corbett Swing!
2001
Susan Stroman The Producers
John Carrafa Urinetown
Jerry Mitchell The Full Monty
The Rocky Horror Show
Randy Skinner 42nd Street
2002
Susan Stroman Oklahoma!
Rob Ashford Thoroughly Modern Millie
Christopher Wheeldon Sweet Smell of Success
2003
Twyla Tharp Movin' Out
Jerry Mitchell Hairspray
Ken Roberson Harlem Song
Tommy Tune Tommy Tune: White Tie and Tails
2004
Kathleen Marshall Wonderful Town
Stephen HuesRamayana 2K3
Jerry Mitchell Never Gonna Dance
Anthony Van Laast and Farah Khan Bombay Dreams
2005
Jerry Mitchell La Cage aux Folles
Matthew Bourne Play Without Words
Christopher Gattelli Altar Boyz
Barry McNabbSailor's Song
Jerry Mitchell Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Casey Nicholaw Monty Python's Spamalot
2006
Kathleen Marshall The Pajama Game
Rob Ashford The Wedding Singer
Angela Chang Golden Dragon Acrobats
Graciela Daniele Bernarda Alba
Casey Nicholaw The Drowsy Chaperone
Sergio Trujillo Jersey Boys
2007
Andy Blankenbuehler In the Heights
Patricia Birch LoveMusik
Matthew Bourne Edward Scissorhands
Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear Mary Poppins
Bill T. Jones Spring Awakening
Jerry Mitchell Legally Blonde
2008
Rob Ashford Cry-Baby
Karole Armitage Passing Strange
Shana Carroll and Gypsy Snider Traces
Dan Knechtges Xanadu
Peter PucciQueens Boulevard: The Musical
Susan Stroman Young Frankenstein
2009
Peter Darling Billy Elliot the Musical
Karole Armitage Hair
Andy Blankenbuehler 9 to 5
Bill T. Jones Fela!
Randy Skinner Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Lynne Taylor-Corbett and Shonn WileyMy Vaudeville Man!

2010s

YearChoreographerProduction
2010
Twyla Tharp Come Fly Away
Warren Carlyle Finian's Rainbow
Marcia Milgrom Dodge Ragtime
Lynne Page La Cage aux Folles
Susan Stroman The Scottsboro Boys
Sergio Trujillo Memphis
2011
Kathleen Marshall Anything Goes
Rob Ashford How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett Beautiful Burnout
Steven Hoggett Peter and the Starcatchers
Casey Nicholaw The Book of Mormon
SiudyBetween Worlds
2012
Christopher Gattelli Newsies
Rob Ashford Evita
Warren Carlyle Follies
Breandan de GallalNoctu
Kathleen Marshall Nice Work If You Can Get It
Sergio Trujillo Leap of Faith
2013
Chet Walker and Gypsy Snider Pippin
Andy Blankenbuehler Bring It On: The Musical
Warren Carlyle A Christmas Story: The Musical
Peter Darling Matilda the Musical
Josh Rhodes Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
Sergio Trujillo Hands on a Hardbody
2014
Warren Carlyle After Midnight
Steven Hoggett and Kelly Devine Rocky the Musical
Danny Mefford Love's Labour's Lost
Casey Nicholaw Aladdin
Susan Stroman Bullets Over Broadway
Sonya Tayeh Kung Fu
2015
Christopher Wheeldon An American in Paris
Joshua Bergasse On the Town
Warren Carlyle On the Twentieth Century
Steven Hoggett The Last Ship
Austin McCormick Rococo Rouge
Casey Nicholaw Something Rotten!
2016
Savion Glover Shuffle Along
Joshua Bergasse Cagney
Spencer Liff Spring Awakening
Lynne Page American Psycho
Randy Skinner Dames at Sea
2017
Andy Blankenbuehler Bandstand
Warren Carlyle Hello, Dolly!
Aletta Collins The Hairy Ape
Kelly Devine Come from Away
Denis Jones Holiday Inn
2018
Justin Peck Carousel
Camille A. Brown Once on This Island
Christopher Gattelli SpongeBob SquarePants
Casey Nicholaw Mean Girls
Nejla Y. Yatkin The Boy Who Danced on Air
2019
Warren Carlyle Kiss Me, Kate
Camille A. Brown Choir Boy
Denis Jones Tootsie
Lorin Latarro Twelfth Night
Rick and Jeff Kuperman Alice by Heart
David Neumann Hadestown

2020s

YearChoreographerProduction
2020
Sonya Tayeh Moulin Rouge!
Camille A. Brown for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker West Side Story
Keone Madrid and Mari MadridBeyond Babel
Kathleen Marshall The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Travis Wall The Wrong Man
2021No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City [1]
2022
Bill T. Jones, Garrett Coleman and Jason Oremus (Irish + Hammerstep), Gelan Lambert and Chloe Davis (associates) Paradise Square
Ayodele Casel (tap choreography) Funny Girl
Carrie-Anne Ingrouille Six
Liam Steel Company
Christopher Wheeldon, Michael Balderrama (associate), Rich + Tone Talauega (Michael Jackson movement) MJ
2023 Casey Nicholaw Some Like It Hot
Andy Blankenbuehler Only Gold
Tislarm Bouiethe bandaged place
Edgar Godineaux The Harder They Come
Susan Stroman New York, New York
Jenifer Weber KPOP


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