DRAMA DESK AWARD NOMINEES 2026

quizking101 said: "They are apparently in progress of being announced but I can’t seem to find them.

The only thing that tipped me off to it was that CHESS posted they were nominated for Oustanding Revival of a Musical on their socials."

Same except i went back and read the announcement that they are due to be announced at 10am.

Schmigadoon also posted that they were nominated for best musical.

bjh2114 said: "Schmigadoon posted as well. Both shows are managed by TT Partners, so guessing some intern accidentally let the cat out of the bag prematurely lol."

that was my first thought. oops!!

The DD Instagram is posting some nominees. They did a sneak peek of a few of the awards. More at 8:50am on Broadway.com's YT channel.

The early announcements:

https://www.instagram.com/dramadeskawards

Outstanding Musical
Beau the Musical
Mexodus
Schmigadoon!
The Seat of Our Pants
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Outstanding Play
Caroline
Cold War Choir Practice
Meet the Cartozians
Prince Faggot
The Balusters
The Porch on Windy Hill
Well, I’ll Let You Go

Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Amahl and the Night VIsitors
Chess
Ragtime
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
The Baker’s Wife
The Rocky Horror Show

Outstanding Revival of a Play
Becky Shaw
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Death of a Salesman
Los Sole Truncos
Titus Andronicus
You Got Older

Lead Performance in a Musical
Nicholas Christopher (Chess)
Luke Evans (The Rocky Horror Show)
Dule Hill (Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole)
Caissie Levy (Ragtime)
Nygel D. Robinson (Mexodus)
Sam Tutty (Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York))
Micaela Diamond (The Seat of Our Pants)
Joshua Henry (Ragtime)
Amber Iman (Goddess)
Brian Quijada (Mexodus)
Matt Rodin (Beau: The Musical)
Brandon Uranowitz (Ragtime)

Updated On: 4/29/26 at 09:02 AM

Wow, plenty of off-Broadway representation in the nominations this year. Really goes to show how truly weak of a Broadway season it's been.

Couldn't agree more with The Lost Boys snub for Outstanding Musical.

Oedipus is probably up for the Adaptation category which is yet to be announced.

Updated On: 4/29/26 at 09:36 AM

The final list: BEAU and MEXODUS leading with 10 noms each.

https://playbill.com/article/beau-mexodus-lead-2026-drama-desk-award-nominations-read-the-full-list-here

Tried to post the rest of the nominations but the site says I'm spam (to be fair, some of the posters likely think so too). Maybe it will accept this?

Shows with Multiple Nominations
10 - Beau the Musical, Mexodus
9 - The Seat of Our Pants
8 - Ragtime, The Balusters
7 - The Baker's Wife
6 - Death of a Salesman, The Rocky Horror Show
5 - The Lost Boys; Well, I'll Let You Go
4 - Becky Shaw, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Goddess, Lights Out: Nat "King Cole", Oedipus, Schmigadoon!, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Titus Andronicus
3 - Caroline, Cold War Choir Practice, Kenrex, Meet the Cartozians, Prince Faggot, Try/Step/Trip, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
2 - Amahl and the Night Visitors, Amaze, and her Children, Are the Bennett Girls Ok?, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men, Chess, Initiative, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, My Joy is Heavy, Oh Happy Day!, Saturday Church, Tartuffe (NYTW), The Adding Machine, The Brothers Size, The Imaginary Invalid (Moliére in the Park), The Monsters, The Porch on Windy Hill, The Reservoir, Weather Girl

Also worth nothing, Arturo Lyons and Omari Wiles are the second choreographers (after Camille A. Brown) to swing back to back noms this decade AND the first in DD history to get two noms period (back to back or not) for the same show.