| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical |
| Location | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Drama Desk |
| First award | 2016 |
| Currently held by | Gregg Barnes for Boop! The Musical (2025) |
| Website | dramadesk.org (defunct) |
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical is an annual award presented by Drama Desk recognize achievements in theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City.
The award was established in 1969, with the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design being presented each year to any play or musical production. Starting in 2016, the singular award was replaced by separate play and musical categories.
| Year | Designer | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | ||
| Ann Roth | Shuffle Along | |
| Jane Greenwood | Bright Star | |
| Katrina Lindsay | American Psycho | |
| Jeff Mahshie | She Loves Me | |
| Alejo Vietti | Allegiance | |
| 2017 | ||
| Catherine Zuber | War Paint | |
| Linda Cho | Anastasia | |
| Toni-Leslie James | Come from Away | |
| Santo Loquasto | Hello, Dolly! | |
| Anita Yavich | The View UpStairs | |
| Paloma Young | Bandstand | |
| 2018 | ||
| Catherine Zuber | My Fair Lady | |
| Dede M. Ayite | Bella: An American Tall Tale | |
| Gregg Barnes | Mean Girls | |
| Clint Ramos | Once on This Island | |
| David Zinn | SpongeBob SquarePants | |
| 2019 | ||
| Bob Mackie | The Cher Show | |
| William Ivey Long | Beetlejuice | |
| Tootsie | ||
| Bobby Frederick Tilley II | Be More Chill | |
| Michael Krass | Hadestown | |
| Paloma Young | Alice by Heart |
| Year | Designer | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Catherine Zuber | Moulin Rouge! | |
| Vanessa Leuck | Emojiland | |
| Jeff Mahshie | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | |
| Mark Thompson | Tina: The Tina Turner Musical | |
| Anita Yavich | Soft Power | |
| 2021 | No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City [1] | |
| 2022 | ||
| Gabriella Slade | Six | |
| Machine Dazzle | The Hang | |
| Susan Hilferty | Funny Girl | |
| Santo Loquasto | The Music Man | |
| Catherine Zuber | Intimate Apparel | |
| 2023 | Gregg Barnes | Some Like It Hot |
| Tilly Grimes | Shucked | |
| Jennifer Moeller | Camelot | |
| Clint Ramos & Sophia Choi | KPOP | |
| Anita Yavich | Only Gold | |
| 2024 [2] | Paul Tazewell | Suffs |
| Dede Ayite | Buena Vista Social Club | |
| Márion Talán de la Rosa | The Connector | |
| Loren Elstein | Once Upon a One More Time | |
| David Israel Reynoso | Water for Elephants | |
| 2025 [3] | ||
| Gregg Barnes | Boop! The Musical | |
| Sarah Cubbage | The Big Gay Jamboree | |
| Toni-Leslie James | Gypsy | |
| Qween Jean | Cats: "The Jellicle Ball" | |
| Paul Tazewell | Death Becomes Her | |
| Catherine Zuber | Just in Time | |