Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Lyrics |
Location | New York City |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Drama Desk |
First award | 1969 |
Currently held by | Will Aronson and Hue Park for Maybe Happy Ending (2025) |
Website | dramadesk.org (defunct) |
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in musical theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City.
Stephen Sondheim holds the record for most wins and nominations for the award, with ten wins out of twelve nominations.
Year | Lyricist | Production | Ref. |
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1969 | |||
George Haimsohn & Robin Miller | Dames at Sea | [1] | |
Fred Ebb | Zorba |
Year | Lyricist | Production | Ref. |
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1970 | |||
Stephen Sondheim | Company | [2] | |
Bertolt Brecht | Mahagonny | ||
1971 | |||
Stephen Sondheim | Follies | [3] | |
1972 | |||
John Guare | Two Gentlemen of Verona | [4] | |
1973 | |||
Stephen Sondheim | A Little Night Music | [5] | |
1974 | |||
Al Carmines | The Faggot | [6] | |
1975 | |||
Charlie Smalls | The Wiz | [7] | |
Gene Curty, Nitra Scharfman & Chuck Strand | The Lieutenant | ||
Jerry Herman | Mack and Mabel | ||
Fred Silver | In Gay Company | ||
1976 | |||
Edward Kleban & Marvin Hamlisch | A Chorus Line | [8] | |
Leonard Bernstein | 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue | ||
Bill Heyer & Hank Beebe | Tuscaloosa's Calling Me | ||
Stephen Sondheim | Pacific Overtures | ||
1977 | |||
Martin Charnin | Annie | [9] | |
Alfred Uhry | The Robber Bridegroom | ||
1978 | |||
Carol Hall | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | [10] | |
Elizabeth Swados | Runaways | ||
1979 | |||
Stephen Sondheim | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | [11] [12] | |
Gretchen Cryer | I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road |
Year | Lyricist | Production | Ref. |
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1980 | |||
Tim Rice | Evita | [13] | |
Steve Brown | Strider | ||
1981 | — | ||
1982 | |||
Stephen Sondheim | Merrily We Roll Along | [14] | |
Maury Yeston | Nine | ||
Tom Eyen | Dreamgirls | ||
Jim Wann | Pump Boys and Dinettes | ||
1983 | |||
Howard Ashman | Little Shop of Horrors | [15] | |
Michael Colby | Charlotte Sweet | ||
T.S. Eliot | Cats | ||
Des McAnuff | Death of Von Richthofen | ||
1984 | |||
Stephen Sondheim | Sunday in the Park with George | [16] | |
Jerry Herman | La Cage aux Folles | ||
Richard Maltby Jr. | Baby | ||
Garry Trudeau | Doonesbury | ||
1985 | |||
Roger Miller | Big River | [17] | |
Jerry Colker | 3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down | ||
Ellen Fitzhugh | Grind | ||
1986, 1987 | — | ||
1988 | |||
Stephen Sondheim | Into the Woods | [18] [19] | |
Barry Harman | Romance/Romance | ||
1989 | — |
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