2004 Drama Desk Awards

The Drama Desk, a group of 150 theater critics and reporters, announced the awards on May 17, 2004.

Outstanding Play	I Am My Own Wife
Outstanding Musical	Wicked
Outstanding Musical Revival	Assassins
Outstanding Play Revival	Henry IV—LCT
Best Actor in a Play	Kevin Kline , Henry IV—LCT
Best Actress in a Play (tie)	Viola Davis, Intimate Apparel and Phylicia Rashad A Raisin in the Sun
Best Featured Actor in a Play	Ned Beatty, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Best Featured Actress in a Play	Audra McDonald, A Raisin in the Sun
Best Actor in a Musical	Hugh Jackman, The Boy From Oz
Best Actress in a Musical	Donna Murphy, Wonderful Town
Best Featured Actor in a Musical	Raul Esparza, Taboo
Best Featured Actress in a Musical	Isabel Keating, The Boy From Oz
Best Director of a Play	Jack O'Brien, Henry IV—LCT
Best Director of a Musical	Joe Mantello, Wicked
Best Choreography	Kathleen Marshall, Wonderful Town
Best Book of a Musical	Winnie Holzman, Wicked
Best Music	Jeanine Tesori, Caroline, or Change
Best Lyrics	Stephen Schwartz, Wicked
Outstanding Orchestrations	Michael Starobin, Assassins
Outstanding Set Design of a Play	John Lee Beatty, Twentieth Century
Outstanding Set Design of a Musical	Eugene Lee, Wicked
Outstanding Costume Design	Susan Hilferty, Wicked
Outstanding Lighting Design	Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, Assassins
Outstanding Sound Design	Dan Moses Schreier, Assassins
Outstanding Solo Performance	Jefferson Mayes, I Am My Own Wife
Unique Theatrical Experience	Toxic Audio in Loud Mouth
Special Awards	Dakin Matthews for his adaption of William Shakespeare's Henry IV—LCT, The Flea Theater, and The Classical Theatre of Harlem