Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical

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Drama Desk Award
for Outstanding Sound Design
Awarded forOutstanding Sound Design in a Musical
LocationNew York City
CountryUnited States
Presented byDrama Desk
First awarded2010
Currently held byNick Lidster for Autograph for Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club , Cody Spencer for The Outsiders , and Walter Trarbach for Water for Elephants (2024)
Websitedramadesk.org (defunct)

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

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The award was established in 1980, with the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design being presented each year to any play or musical production. Starting in 2010, the singular award was replaced by separate play and musical categories.

Winners and nominees

2010s

YearDesignerProduction
2010
Acme Sound Partners Ragtime
Jonathan Deans La Cage aux Folles
Kurt Eric Fischer, Ashley Hanson and Brian Ronan Everyday Rapture
Peter Hylenski The Scottsboro Boys
Scott Lehrer Finian's Rainbow
Brian Ronan Promises, Promises
2011
Brian Ronan Anything Goes
Lindsay JonesThe Burnt Part Boys
Michael Rasbury Hello Again
Brian Ronan The Book of Mormon
Jon WestonIn Transit
2012
Acme Sound Partners Porgy and Bess
Jonathan Deans Carrie
Clive Goodwin Once
Kai Harada Follies
Steve Canyon Kennedy Jesus Christ Superstar
Jon Weston Death Takes a Holiday
2013
Steve Canyon Kennedy Hands on a Hardbody
Scott Lehrer and Drew Levy Chaplin: The Musical
Tony Meola The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Brian Ronan Bring It On: The Musical
Giant
Dan Moses Schreier Passion
2014
Brian Ronan Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Kai Harada Fun Home
Peter Hylenski Bullets Over Broadway
Rocky the Musical
Dan Moses Schreier A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Jon Weston The Bridges of Madison County
2015
Nevin Steinberg Hamilton
Peter Hylenski Side Show
Scott Lehrer The King and I
Scott Lehrer and Drew Levy Honeymoon in Vegas
Brian Ronan The Last Ship
Jon Weston An American in Paris
2016
Dan Moses Schreier American Psycho
Mick Potter School of Rock
Brian Ronan Lazarus
Nevin Steinberg Bright Star
Scott Lehrer Shuffle Along
2017
Nicholas Pope Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Simon Baker946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
Peter Hylenski Anastasia
Scott Lehrer Hello, Dolly!
Mick Potter Cats
Brian Ronan War Paint
Matt Stine Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2018
Kai Harada The Band's Visit
Scott Lehrer Carousel
Will Pickens KPOP
Dan Moses Schreier Pacific Overtures
2019
Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz Hadestown
Simon Baker Girl from the North Country
Drew Levy Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!
Brian Ronan Tootsie
Mikaal Sulaiman Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future

2020s

YearDesignerProduction
2020
Peter Hylenski Moulin Rouge!
Tom Gibbons West Side Story
Kai Harada Soft Power
Hidenori Nakajo Octet
Nevin SteinbergThe 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
Gareth Owen MJ
Ian Dickinson for Autograph Company
Paul Gatehouse Six
Kai Harada Kimberly Akimbo
2023
Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann Into the Woods
Peter Hylenski Almost Famous
John Shivers Shucked
Joanna Lynne StaubWeightless
Jon Weston Parade
2024
Nick Lidster for Autograph Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Cody Spencer The Outsiders
Walter Trarbach Water for Elephants
Jason Crystal Suffs
Kai Harada and Joshua Millican Dead Outlaw

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