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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations

FieldValue
nameDrama Desk Award
for Outstanding Orchestrations
awarded_forOutstanding Orchestrations
presenterDrama Desk
locationNew York City
countryUnited States
year1983
holderAndrew Resnick and Michael Thurber for Just in Time (2025)
website

for Outstanding Orchestrations The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in musical theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. This category was eliminated after the 2011 ceremony, only to be reinstated about a week later due to popular and overwhelming demand from much of the Broadway community.

Winners and nominees

;Key

1980s

YearOrchestrator(s)ProductionRef.1983198419851986198719881989
Michael Gibson*My One and Only*
Hans Spialek*On Your Toes*
Michael Starobin*Sunday in the Park with George*
Jonathan TunickBaby
Jim TylerLa Cage aux Folles
Steven Margoshes and Danny Troob*Big River*
Bill ByersGrind
Michael StarobinThree Guys Naked from the Waist Down
La bohème
Rupert Holmes*The Mystery of Edwin Drood*
Ralph BurnsSweet Charity
James McElwaineGoblin Market
John Cameron*Les Misérables*
Wally HarperBarbara Cook: A Concert for the Theatre
Michael StarobinRags
Chris WalkerMe and My Girl
David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber*The Phantom of the Opera*
Michael GibsonAnything Goes
Michael StarobinBirds of Paradise
Jonathan TunickInto the Woods
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1990s

YearOrchestrator(s)ProductionRef.1990199119921993199419951996199719981999
Billy Byers*City of Angels*
Rodolfo Alchourron and James KowalDangerous Games
David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd WebberAspects of Love
Peter MatzGrand Hotel
William David Brohn*Miss Saigon*
*The Secret Garden*
Billy ByersThe Will Rogers Follies
David KraneAnd the World Goes 'Round
Mboni NgemaTownship Fever
Luther Henderson*Jelly's Last Jam*
John CarliniSong of Singapore
William David BrohnCrazy For You
Jose Libertella and Luis Stazo*Tango Pasion*
Steven MargoshesThe Who's Tommy
Michael StarobinMy Favorite Year
Chris WalkerPutting It Together
Jonathan Tunick*Passion*
Douglas BestermanDamn Yankees
Peter MatzThe Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public
Danny TroobBeauty and the Beast
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Steve Skinner*Rent*
Bruce CoughlinFloyd Collins
Jonathan TunickTitanic
Michael GibsonSteel Pier
Joseph Joubert and Buryl RedViolet
Don Sebesky and Harold WheelerThe Life
William David BrohnRagtime
Lisandro AdroverLuis Bravo's Forever Tango
Bruce CoughlinThe Sound of Music
Robert Elhai, David Metzger and Bruce FowlerThe Lion King
Michael GibsonCabaret
Stanley SilvermanThe Capeman
Don SebeskyParade
Michael StarobinA New Brain
Jonathan TunickCaptains Courageous
Jeff WaxmanWoody Guthrie's American Song

2000s

YearOrchestrator(s)ProductionRef.2000200120022003200420052006200720082009
Don SebeskyKiss Me, Kate
Doug BestermanThe Music Man
Michael GibsonThe Wild Party
Taliep PetersenKat and the Kings
Jonathan TunickSaturday Night
Harold WheelerSwing!
Doug BestermanThe Producers
Bruce CoughlinUrinetown
Michael StarobinThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Jonathan TunickFollies
Harold WheelerThe Full Monty
Doug Besterman and Ralph BurnsThoroughly Modern Millie
Jason Robert BrownThe Last Five Years
Jonathan TunickElaine Stritch: At Liberty
Harold WheelerHairspray
Luther HendersonLittle Ham
Michel LegrandAmour
William David BrohnWicked
Paul BogaevBombay Dreams
Michael StarobinAssassins
Harold WheelerNever Gonna Dance
Bruce Coughlin, Adam Guettel and Ted SperlingThe Light in the Piazza
Steven M. AlperThe Immigrant
Larry HochmanMonty Python's Spamalot
Doug Katsaros and Lynne ShankelAltar Boyz
Kim ScharnbergLittle Women
Harold WheelerDirty Rotten Scoundrels
Sarah TravisSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Larry BlankThe Drowsy Chaperone
Bruce CoughlinGrey Gardens
See What I Wanna See
Daniel Feyer and Peter MillsThe Pursuit of Persephone
Danny Troob and Dick LiebThe Pajama Game
Mary Mitchell Campbell*Company*
Jonathan TunickLoveMusik
William David BrohnCurtains
Alex Lacamoire and Bill ShermanIn the Heights
Duncan SheikSpring Awakening
Jonathan TunickThe Apple Tree
Jason CarrSunday in the Park with George rowspan=6
Doug BestermanYoung Frankenstein
Michael StarobinThe Glorious Ones
Stew and Heidi RodewaldPassing Strange
Jonathan TunickA Catered Affair
Tim Weil10 Million Miles
Martin KochBilly Elliot the Musical
Larry BlankIrving Berlin's White Christmas
Bruce Coughlin, Stephen Oremus and Alex Lacamoire9 to 5
Aaron Johnson and AntibalasFela!
Edward B. KesselA Tale of Two Cities
Danny Troob and John ClancyShrek the Musical

2010s

YearOrchestrator(s)ProductionRef.2010201120122013201420152016201720182019
Daryl Waters and David BryanMemphis
Larry HochmanThe Scottsboro Boys
Tom KittAmerican Idiot
Everyday Rapture
John OddoAll About Me
Larry Hochman and Stephen OremusThe Book of Mormon
Mary-Mitchell CampbellHello Again
Bruce CoughlinThe Burnt Part Boys
Simon Hale, Jim Abbott and David YazbekWomen on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Marc Shaiman and Larry BlankCatch Me If You Can
Lynne ShankelThe Extraordinary Ordinary
Martin LoweOnce
Bill ElliottNice Work If You Can Get It
Larry HochmanDeath Takes a Holiday
John McDanielBonnie & Clyde
Michael StarobinQueen of the Mist
Danny TroobNewsies
Danny TroobRodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
Trey Anastasio and Don HartHands on a Hardbody
Larry BlankA Christmas Story: The Musical
Bruce CoughlinGiant
Larry HochmanChaplin: The Musical
Steve MargoshesSoul Doctor
Jason Robert BrownThe Bridges of Madison County
John ClancyFun Home
Larry HochmanBig Fish
Steve SidwellBeautiful: The Carole King Musical
Michael StarobinIf/Then
Jonathan TunickA Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Christopher Austin*An American in Paris *
Mary-Mitchell CampbellAllegro
Larry HochmanSomething Rotten!
Alex LacamoireHamilton
Rob MathesThe Last Ship
Don Sebesky, Larry Blank, Jason Robert Brown and Charlie RosenHoneymoon in Vegas
Larry HochmanShe Loves Me
August EriksmoenBright Star
Joseph Joubert and Catherine JayesThe Color Purple
Andrew Lloyd WebberSchool of Rock
Michael Starobin and Bruce CoughlinFirst Daughter Suite
Bill Elliott and Greg Anthony Rassen*Bandstand*
Doug BestermanAnastasia
Bruce CoughlinWar Paint
Benjamin CoxSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
August EriksmoenCome from Away
Jamshied SharifiThe Band's Visit
Jonathan TunickCarousel
Tom KittSpongeBob SquarePants
Annmarie Milazzo and Michael StarobinOnce on This Island
Charlie Rosen and Erin McKeownMiss You Like Hell
Jonathan TunickPacific Overtures
Daniel Kluger*Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!*
Larry BlankFiddler on the Roof
Simon HaleGirl from the North Country
Charlie RosenBe More Chill
Daryl WatersThe Cher Show

2020s

YearOrchestrator(s)ProductionRef.202020212022202320242025
Tom Kitt*Jagged Little Pill*
Alex LacamoireThe Wrong Man
Or Matias and Dave MalloyOctet
Danny Troob, John Clancy, and Larry HochmanSoft Power
Jonathan TunickWest Side Story
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Jason Michael Webb and David Holcenberg*MJ*
Tom CurranSix
Greg JarrettAssassins
Mark Hartman and Yasuhiko FukuokaThe Streets of New York
Bryan Carter and Charlie Rosen*Some Like It Hot*
Bruce CoughlinA Man of No Importance
Jason HowlandShucked
Kenny SeymourThe Harder They Come
Daryl Waters and Sam DavisNew York, New York
Marco Paguia*Buena Vista Social Club*
Timo AndresIllinoise
Will Butler and Justin Craig Stereophonic
Andy Evan CohenThe Greatest Hits Down Route 66
Erik Della Penna, Dean Sharenow, and David YazbekDead Outlaw
Michael Starobin, Shaina Taub (vocal arrangements), and Andrea Grody (vocal arrangements)Suffs
Andrew Resnick and Michael ThurberJust in Time
Will AronsonMaybe Happy Ending
Doug BestermanBoop! The Musical
Joseph Joubert and Daryl WatersPirates! The Penzance Musical
Michael StarobinAll the World's a Stage

Statistics

Multiple wins

; 4 wins

  • Jonathan Tunick

; 3 wins

  • William David Brohn

; 2 wins

  • Doug Besterman
  • Larry Hochman
  • Don Sebesky
  • Danny Troob

Multiple nominations

; 15 nominations

  • Jonathan Tunick
  • Michael Starobin

; 9 nominations

  • Larry Hochman

; 7 nominations

  • Doug Besterman
  • Danny Troob

; 6 nominations

  • Harold Wheeler

; 5 nominations

  • William David Brohn
  • Michael Gibson

; 4 nominations

  • Don Sebesky
  • Alex Lacamoire

;3 nominations

  • Steven Margoshes
  • Bill Byers
  • Jason Robert Brown
  • Tom Kitt
  • Joseph Joubert

; 2 nominations

  • David Yazbek
  • Ralph Burns
  • Peter Matz
  • Luther Henderson

References

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