Millie and The Goat top Drama Desk Awards
BY Advocate.com Editors
May 21 2002 12:00 AM ET
The 47th Drama Desk Awards were presented Sunday, with Thoroughly Modern Millie and The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? among the top prizewinners. Variety reports that Millie, the brainchild of out producer Dick Scanlan, took home the most awards--five, including Best New Musical. Gay playwright Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? tied with Metamorphoses as Best New Drama. Other winners include Noël Coward's Private Lives (Best Revival Play) and Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods (Best Revival Musical), and out fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi was honored for his costumes for The Women.
Here is a complete list of the winners of the 47th Drama Desk Awards:
New Musical: Thoroughly Modern Millie
New Drama (tie): The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? and Metamorphoses
Actor in a Play: Alan Bates, Fortune's Fool
Actor in a Musical: John Lithgow, Sweet Smell of Success
Actress in a Play: Lindsay Duncan, Private Lives
Actress in a Musical: Sutton Foster, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Revival Play: Private Lives
Revival Musical: Into the Woods
Featured Actor in a Musical: Shuler Hensley, Oklahoma!
Featured Actor in a Play: Frank Langella, Fortune's Fool
Featured Actress in a Musical: Harriet Harris, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Featured Actress in a Play: Kate Finneran, Noises Off
Choreographer: Susan Stroman, Oklahoma!
Director, Play: Mary Zimmerman, Metamorphoses
Director, Musical: Michael Mayer, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Book of a Musical: John Lahr, Elaine Stritch, Elaine Stritch at Liberty
Music-Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown, The Last Five Years
Orchestration: Doug Besterman, Ralph Burns, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Music: Willy Schwarz: Metamorphoses
Costumes: Isaac Mizrahi, The Women
Scenic Design in a Play: Tim Hatley, Private Lives
Scenic Design in a Musical: Douglas W. Schmidt, Into the Woods
Lighting Design: T.J. Gerckens, Metamorphoses
Sound Design: Dan Moses Schreier, Into the Woods
Solo Performance: Elaine Stritch, Elaine Stritch at Liberty
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