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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography

FieldValue
nameDrama Desk Award
for Outstanding Choreography
awarded_forOutstanding Choreography
presenterDrama Desk
locationNew York City
countryUnited States
year1969
holderJerry Mitchell for *Boop! The Musical* (2025)

for Outstanding Choreography The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City.

Kathleen Marshall, Susan Stroman and Tommy Tune have won the most awards in the category, with four wins each, followed closely by Michael Bennett and Bob Fosse, with three wins each. Susan Stroman also holds the record for most nominations in the category, with twelve, followed by Warren Carlyle with eight.

Winners and nominees

;Key

1960s

YearChoreographerProductionRef.1969
**Grover Dale*****Billy* **

1970s

YearChoreographerProductionRef.1970197119721973197419751976197719781979
**Ron Field*****Applause* **
**Michael Bennett*****Follies* **
**Donald Saddler*****No, No, Nanette* **
**Patricia Birch*****Grease* **
**Jean Erdman*****Two Gentlemen of Verona* **
**Bob Fosse*****Pippin* **
**Patricia Birch*****Candide***
**George Faison*****The Wiz* **
Dennis Denehy*The Lieutenant*
Roger Morgan*Saturday, Sun, Moon*
Donald Saddler*Good News*
Margo Sappington*Where's Charley?*
**Michael Bennett*****A Chorus Line* **
Patricia Birch*Pacific Overtures*
Donald Saddler*The Robber Bridegroom*
Billy Wilson*Bubbling Brown Sugar*
**Peter Gennaro*****Annie* **
Patricia Birch*Music Is*
Dan Siretta*Going Up*
**Bob Fosse*****Dancin'* **
Arthur Faria*Ain't Misbehavin'*
Geoffrey Holder*Timbuktu!*
Tommy Tune*The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas*
**Bob Avian and Michael Bennett*****Ballroom* **
Larry Fuller*Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street*
Henry LeTang and Billy Wilson*Eubie!*
Dan Siretta*Tip-Toes*

1980s

YearChoreographerProductionRef.19801981198219831984, 19851986198719881989
**Tommy Tune and Thommie Walsh*****A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine* **
Larry Fuller*Evita*
Mary Kyte*Tintypes*
Joe Layton*Barnum*
**Gower Champion*****[42nd Street](42nd-street-musical)* **
Graciela Daniele*The Pirates of Penzance*
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**Tommy Tune and Thommie Walsh*****My One and Only* **
Peter Martins and Donald Saddler*On Your Toes*
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**Bob Fosse*****Big Deal* **
Gene Kelly and Twyla Tharp*Singin' in the Rain*
Peter Martins*Song and Dance*
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**Michael Smuin*****Anything Goes* **
Grover Dale*Mail*
Gillian Lynne*The Phantom of the Opera*
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1990s

YearChoreographerProductionRef.1990199119921993199419951996199719981999
**Tommy Tune*****Grand Hotel* **
**Tommy Tune*****The Will Rogers Follies* **
Michael Lichtefeld*The Secret Garden*
Dan Siretta*Oh, Kay!*
Susan Stroman*And the World Goes 'Round*
**Susan Stroman*****Crazy for You* **
Hope Clarke, Gregory Hines and Ted L. Levy*Jelly's Last Jam*
Christopher Chadman*Guys and Dolls*
**Wayne Cilento*****The Who's Tommy***
Michael Leeds*Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah!*
Niarupama Nityanandan, Catherine Schaub and Simon Abkarian*Les Atrides*
Luis Stazo*Tango Pasion*
**Jane Elliott and Kenneth MacMillan*****Carousel* **
Jeff Calhoun*Grease*
Graciela Daniele*Hello Again*
Rob Marshall*She Loves Me*
Matt West*Beauty and the Beast*
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**Savion Glover*****Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk* **
Graciela Daniele*Chronicle of a Death Foretold*
Ghettoriginal Productions*Jam on the Groove*
Kathleen Marshall*Swinging on a Star*
Susan Stroman*Big: the musical*
**Ann Reinking*****Chicago* **
Dein Perry*Tap Dogs*
Susan Stroman*Steel Pier*
**Garth Fagan*****The Lion King* **
Graciela Daniele*Ragtime*
The Forever Tango Dancers*Luis Bravo's Forever Tango*
Rob Marshall*Cabaret*
**Matthew Bourne*****Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake* **
Patricia Birch*Parade*
Rob Marshall*Little Me*

2000s

YearChoreographerProductionRef.2000200120022003200420052006200720082009
**Susan Stroman*****Contact* **
Jody Abrahams and Loukmaan Adams*Kat and the Kings*
Mark Dendy*The Wild Party*
Kathleen Marshall*Kiss Me, Kate*
Susan Stroman*The Music Man*
Lynne Taylor-Corbett*Swing!*
**Susan Stroman*****The Producers* **
John Carrafa*Urinetown*
Jerry Mitchell*The Full Monty*
*The Rocky Horror Show*
Randy Skinner*[42nd Street](42nd-street-musical)*
**Susan Stroman*****Oklahoma!* **
Rob Ashford*Thoroughly Modern Millie*
Christopher Wheeldon*Sweet Smell of Success*
**Twyla Tharp*****Movin' Out* **
Jerry Mitchell*Hairspray*
Ken Roberson*Harlem Song*
Tommy Tune*Tommy Tune: White Tie and Tails*
**Kathleen Marshall*****Wonderful Town* **
Stephen Hues*Ramayana 2K3*
Jerry Mitchell*Never Gonna Dance*
Anthony Van Laast and Farah Khan*Bombay Dreams*
**Jerry Mitchell*****La Cage aux Folles* **
Matthew Bourne*Play Without Words*
Christopher Gattelli*Altar Boyz*
Barry McNabb*Sailor's Song*
Jerry Mitchell*Dirty Rotten Scoundrels*
Casey Nicholaw*Monty Python's Spamalot*
**Kathleen Marshall*****The Pajama Game* **
Rob Ashford*The Wedding Singer*
Angela Chang*Golden Dragon Acrobats*
Graciela Daniele*Bernarda Alba*
Casey Nicholaw*The Drowsy Chaperone*
Sergio Trujillo*Jersey Boys*
**Andy Blankenbuehler*****In the Heights* **
Patricia Birch*LoveMusik*
Matthew Bourne*Edward Scissorhands*
Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear*Mary Poppins*
Bill T. Jones*Spring Awakening*
Jerry Mitchell*Legally Blonde*
**Rob Ashford*****Cry-Baby* **
Karole Armitage*Passing Strange*
Shana Carroll and Gypsy Snider*Traces*
Dan Knechtges*Xanadu*
Peter Pucci*Queens Boulevard: The Musical*
Susan Stroman*Young Frankenstein*
**Peter Darling*****Billy Elliot the Musical* **
Karole Armitage*Hair*
Andy Blankenbuehler*[9 to 5](9-to-5-musical)*
Bill T. Jones*Fela!*
Randy Skinner*Irving Berlin's White Christmas*
Lynne Taylor-Corbett and Shonn Wiley*My Vaudeville Man!*

2010s

YearChoreographerProductionRef.2010201120122013201420152016201720182019
**Twyla Tharp*****Come Fly Away* **
Warren Carlyle*Finian's Rainbow*
Marcia Milgrom Dodge*Ragtime*
Lynne Page*La Cage aux Folles*
Susan Stroman*The Scottsboro Boys*
Sergio Trujillo*Memphis*
**Kathleen Marshall*****Anything Goes* **
Rob Ashford*How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying*
Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett*Beautiful Burnout*
Steven Hoggett*Peter and the Starcatchers*
Casey Nicholaw*The Book of Mormon*
Siudy*Between Worlds*
**Christopher Gattelli*****Newsies* **
Rob Ashford*Evita*
Warren Carlyle*Follies*
Breandan de Gallal*Noctu*
Kathleen Marshall*Nice Work If You Can Get It*
Sergio Trujillo*Leap of Faith*
**Chet Walker and Gypsy Snider*****Pippin* **
Andy Blankenbuehler*Bring It On: The Musical*
Warren Carlyle*A Christmas Story: The Musical*
Peter Darling*Matilda the Musical*
Josh Rhodes*Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella*
Sergio Trujillo*Hands on a Hardbody*
**Warren Carlyle*****After Midnight* **
Steven Hoggett and Kelly Devine*Rocky the Musical*
Danny Mefford*Love's Labour's Lost*
Casey Nicholaw*Aladdin*
Susan Stroman*Bullets Over Broadway*
Sonya Tayeh*Kung Fu*
**Christopher Wheeldon*****An American in Paris* **
Joshua Bergasse*On the Town*
Warren Carlyle*On the Twentieth Century*
Steven Hoggett*The Last Ship*
Austin McCormick*Rococo Rouge*
Casey Nicholaw*Something Rotten!*
**Savion Glover*****Shuffle Along* **
Joshua Bergasse*Cagney*
Spencer Liff*Spring Awakening*
Lynne Page*American Psycho*
Randy Skinner*Dames at Sea*
**Andy Blankenbuehler*****Bandstand* **
Warren Carlyle*Hello, Dolly!*
Aletta Collins*The Hairy Ape*
Kelly Devine*Come from Away*
Denis Jones*Holiday Inn*
**Justin Peck*****Carousel***
Camille A. Brown*Once on This Island*
Christopher Gattelli*SpongeBob SquarePants*
Casey Nicholaw*Mean Girls*
Nejla Y. Yatkin*The Boy Who Danced on Air*
**Warren Carlyle*****Kiss Me, Kate* **
Camille A. Brown*Choir Boy*
Denis Jones*Tootsie*
Lorin Latarro*Twelfth Night*
Rick and Jeff Kuperman*Alice by Heart*
David Neumann*Hadestown*

2020s

YearChoreographerProductionRef.202020212022202320242025
**Sonya Tayeh*****Moulin Rouge!***
Camille A. Brown*for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf*
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker*West Side Story*
Keone Madrid and Mari Madrid*Beyond Babel*
Kathleen Marshall*The Unsinkable Molly Brown*
Travis Wall*The Wrong Man*
*No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City*}}
**Bill T. Jones, Garrett Coleman and Jason Oremus, Gelan Lambert and Chloe Davis*****Paradise Square***
Ayodele Casel (tap choreography)*Funny Girl*
Carrie-Anne Ingrouille*Six*
Liam Steel*Company*
Christopher Wheeldon, Michael Balderrama (associate), Rich + Tone Talauega (Michael Jackson movement)*MJ*
**Casey Nicholaw*****Some Like It Hot***
Andy Blankenbuehler*Only Gold*
Tislarm Bouie*the bandaged place*
Edgar Godineaux*The Harder They Come*
Susan Stroman*New York, New York*
Jenifer Weber*KPOP*
**Justin Peck*****Illinoise***
Camille A. BrownHell's Kitchen
Graciela Daniele and Alex SanchezThe Gardens of Anuncia
Jeff Kuperman and Rick KupermanThe Outsiders
Lorin LatarroThe Heart of Rock and Roll
Jesse Robb and Shana CarrollWater for Elephants
**Jerry Mitchell***Boop! The Musical*
Camille A. Brown*Gypsy*
Warren Carlyle*Pirates! The Penzance Musical*
Jacob Karr*Ain't Done Bad*
Arturo Lyons and Omari Wiles*Cats: The Jellicle Ball*
Sergio Trujillo*Real Women Have Curves*

Statistics

Multiple wins

; 4 wins

  • Kathleen Marshall
  • Susan Stroman
  • Tommy Tune

; 3 wins

  • Michael Bennett
  • Bob Fosse

; 2 wins

  • Patricia Birch
  • Andy Blankenbuehler
  • Warren Carlyle
  • Savion Glover
  • Justin Peck
  • Twyla Tharp
  • Thommie Walsh
  • Jerry Mitchell

Multiple nominations

;12 nominations Susan Stroman

;8 nominations

  • Warren Carlyle

;7 nominations

  • Kathleen Marshall
  • Jerry Mitchell
  • Casey Nicholaw

;6 nominations

  • Tommy Tune
  • Patricia Birch
  • Graciela Daniele

;5 nominations

  • Andy Blankenbuehler
  • Rob Ashford
  • Sergio Trujillo
  • Camille A. Brown

;4 nominations

  • Steven Hoggett
  • Donald Saddler
  • Matthew Bourne

;3 nominations

  • Michael Bennett
  • Bob Fosse
  • Twyla Tharp
  • Rob Marshall
  • Christopher Wheeldon
  • Randy Skinner
  • Dan Siretta

;2 nominations

  • Savion Glover
  • Justin Peck
  • Thommie Walsh
  • Peter Darling
  • Lorin Latarro
  • Kelly Devine
  • Sonya Tayeh
  • Karole Armitage
  • Grover Dale
  • Peter Martins
  • Lynne Taylor-Corbett

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