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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical

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Drama Desk Award
for Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical
Awarded forOutstanding Featured Performance in a Musical
LocationNew York City
CountryUnited States
Presented byDrama Desk
First awarded2023
Currently held by
Websitedramadesk.org (defunct)

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Performance in 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.

From 1955 to 1974, acting awards were given only for lead performances, without making distinctions between roles in plays and musicals, nor between actors and actresses. From 1975 to 2022, acting awards were presented in eight categories: separate categories by gender; further divided by lead or featured performer; producing four acting awards each for plays and musicals.

In 2023, the Drama Desk organization announced that, starting with that year's awards, the eight acting categories had been retired and replaced with four gender neutral categories with twice the winners and nominees: separate categories by lead or featured performer; producing two acting categories each for plays and musicals.[1] The former awards for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical and Featured Actress in a Musical were merged to create this Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical category.

Nominees

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2020s

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Year Actor Title Character
2023[2]
Kevin Del Aguila Some Like It Hot Osgood Fielding III
Alex Newell Shucked Lulu
Kevin Cahoon Shucked Peanut
Robyn Hurder A Beautiful Noise Marcia Murphey
Mark Jacoby A Beautiful Noise Neil Diamond (Now)
Tarra Conner Jones White Girl in Danger Nell Gibbs
Julia Lester Into the Woods Little Red Riding Hood
Daniel Radcliffe Merrily We Roll Along Charley Kringas
Phillipa Soo Into the Woods Cinderella
Mare Winningham A Man of No Importance Lilly Byrne
2024[3]
Kecia Lewis Hell's Kitchen Miss Liza Jane
Bebe Neuwirth Cabaret Fräulein Schneider
Shoshana Bean Hell's Kitchen Jersey
Natalie Venetia Belcon Buena Vista Social Club Omara Portuondo
Dorian Harewood The Notebook Older Noah Calhoun
Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer Spamalot Lady of the Lake
Steven Pasquale Teeth Pastor Bill O'Keefe
Maryann Plunkett The Notebook Older Allison "Allie" Calhoun
Thom Sesma Dead Outlaw Thomas Noguchi
Emily Skinner Suffs Alva Belmont / Phoebe Burn

References

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  1. ^ Culwell-Block, Logan (April 26, 2023). "Drama Desk Awards Go Gender Neutral". Playbill. Archived from the original on April 27, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  2. ^ Gordon, David (April 27, 2023). "Shucked, Some Like It Hot Lead 2023 Drama Desk Award Nominations". Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  3. ^ "Stereophonic Leads 2024 Drama Desk Awards with 7 Wins Including Outstanding Play - Playbill.com". 2024-06-10. Retrieved 2024-06-13.