| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Orchestrations |
| Location | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Drama Desk |
| First award | 1983 |
| Currently held by | Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber for Just in Time (2025) |
| Website | dramadesk.org (defunct) |
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations 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. This category was eliminated after the 2011 ceremony, only to be reinstated about a week later due to popular and overwhelming demand from much of the Broadway community.
| Year | Orchestrator(s) | Production | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | |||
| Michael Gibson | My One and Only | [1] | |
| Hans Spialek | On Your Toes | ||
| 1984 | |||
| Michael Starobin | Sunday in the Park with George | [2] | |
| Jonathan Tunick | Baby | ||
| Jim Tyler | La Cage aux Folles | ||
| 1985 | |||
| Steven Margoshes and Danny Troob | Big River | [3] | |
| Bill Byers | Grind | ||
| Michael Starobin | Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down | ||
| La bohème | |||
| 1986 | |||
| Rupert Holmes | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | [4] | |
| Ralph Burns | Sweet Charity | ||
| James McElwaine | Goblin Market | ||
| 1987 | |||
| John Cameron | Les Misérables | [5] | |
| Wally Harper | Barbara Cook: A Concert for the Theatre | ||
| Michael Starobin | Rags | ||
| Chris Walker | Me and My Girl | ||
| 1988 | |||
| David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber | The Phantom of the Opera | [6] [7] | |
| Michael Gibson | Anything Goes | ||
| Michael Starobin | Birds of Paradise | ||
| Jonathan Tunick | Into the Woods | ||
| 1989 | — | ||
Multiple wins
| Multiple nominations
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