2009 Drama Desk Awards
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
The Drama Desk, a group of 150 theater critics and reporters, announced the awards on May 17, 2009.
| Category | Winner |
| Outstanding Play: | Ruined by Lynn Nottage |
| Outstanding Musical: | Billy Elliot The Musical |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play: | The Norman Conquests |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical: | Hair |
| Outstanding Music in a Play: | Dominic Kanza (Ruined) |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play: | Geoffrey Rush (Exit the King) |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play: | Janet McTeer (Mary Stuart) |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical: | Brian d'Arcy James (Shrek The Musical) |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical: | Allison Janney (9 to 5) |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play: | Pablo Schreiber (reasons to be pretty) |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play: | Angela Lansbury (Blithe Spirit) |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: | Gregory Jbara (Billy Elliot The Musical) |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical: | Haydn Gwynne (Billy Elliot The Musical) |
| Outstanding Director of a Play: | Matthew Warchus (The Norman Conquests) |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical: | Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot The Musical) |
| Outstanding Choreography: | Peter Darling (Billy Elliot The Musical) |
| Outstanding Music: | Elton John (Billy Elliot The Musical) |
| Outstanding Lyrics: | Stephen Sondheim (Road Show) |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical: | Lee Hall (Billy Elliot The Musical) |
| Outstanding Orchestrations: | Martin Koch (Billy Elliot The Musical) |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Play: | David Korins (Why Torture Is Wrong and the People Who Love Them) |
| Outstanding Set Design of a Musical: | Tim Hatley (Shrek The Musical) |
| Outstanding Costume Design: | Tim Hatley (Shrek The Musical) |
| Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play: | David Hersey (Equus) |
| Outstanding Sound Design: | Paul Arditti (Billy Elliot The Musical) |
| Outstanding Solo Performance: | Lorenzo Pisoni (Humor Abuse) |
| Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical: | Rick Fisher (Billy Elliot The Musical) |
| Unique Theatrical Experience: | Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words |
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