2006 Drama Desk Awards

The Drama Desk, a group of 150 theater critics and reporters, announced the awards on May 21, 2006.

Outstanding Play	The History Boys
Outstanding Musical	The Drowsy Chaperone
Outstanding Musical Revival	Sweeney Todd
Outstanding Play Revival	Awake and Sing!
Best Actor in a Play	Richard Griffiths, The History Boys
Best Actress in a Play	Lois Smith, The Trip to Bountiful
Best Featured Actor in a Play	Samuel Barnett, The History Boys
Best Featured Actress in a Play	Frances de la Tour, The History Boys
Best Actor in a Musical	John Lloyd Young. Jersey Boys
Best Actress in a Musical	Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens
Best Featured Actor in a Musical	Jim Dale, The Threepenny Opera
Best Featured Actress in a Musical	Beth Leavel, The Drowsy Chaperone
Best Director of a Play	Nicholas Hytner, The History Boys
Best Director of a Musical	John Doyle, Sweeney Todd
Best Choreography	Kathleen Marshall, The Pajama Game
Best Book of a Musical	Bob Martin and Don McKellar, The Drowsy Chaperone
Best Music	Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, The Drowsy Chaperone
Best Lyrics	Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, The Drowsy Chaperone
Outstanding Orchestrations	Sarah Travis, Sweeney Todd
Outstanding Set Design of a Play	Michael Yeargan, Awake and Sing!
Outstanding Set Design of a Musical	David Gallo, The Drowsy Chaperone
Outstanding Costume Design	Gregg Barnes, The Drowsy Chaperone
Outstanding Lighting Design	Richard G. Jones, Sweeney Todd
Outstanding Sound Design	Steve Canyon Kennedy, Jersey Boys
Outstanding Solo Performance	Antony Sher, Primo
Unique Theatrical Experience	Christine Jorgensen Reveals
Outstanding Ensemble Performances	Cast of Stuff Happensand cast of Awake and Sing!
Lifetime Achievement	Horton Foote for his bountiful body of work that sensitively explores the human condition.
Special Awards	BMI—Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop for nurturing, developing and promoting new talent for the musical theater.
	The York Theatre Company for its vital contributions to theater by developing and presenting new musicals.
	Sh-K-Boom and its label Ghostlight Records for dedication to the preservation of musical theater through cast recordings.