“Moulin Rouge!” won a total of five awards in the categories of choreography, scenic design, costume design, lighting design and sound design. “Little Shop of Horrors” received the award for “Outstanding Revival of a Musical” while “A Soldier’s Play” earned a nod for “Outstanding Revival of a Play”. And for “The Inheritance” to be recognized among all the plays that have opened this season is very humbling and very gratifying.”
Lopez continued, ‘It was a very short season this year but it was a vibrant season. The audiences really took the play and the characters to their hearts and in doing so, they became part of the storytelling process themselves.” I have never had a play of mine received as warmly and lovingly as “The Inheritance” has.
Playwright Matthew Lopez said, “The best part about putting “The Inheritance” together was sharing it with audiences. “The Inheritance” explores 21 st century gay culture and legacy of the AIDS epidemic. “Being nominated for a Drama Desk Award for “A Strange Loop” means getting to celebrate a show that I put so much hard work and love into, with collaborators who I love and to get to celebrate other practitioners of a form that I love more than anything else,” said Jackson in a pre-recorded acceptance speech. Jackson’s experiences as a young, black, queer artist struggling to make it in the theater world. The semi-autobiographical musical “A Strange Loop” was inspired by writer and lyricist Michael R. The evening’s biggest prizes went to “A Strange Loop” and “ The Inheritance”, which won “Outstanding Musical” and “Outstanding Play” respectively. “While those conversations continue, tonight we take a moment to celebrate the outstanding work of a diverse group of nominees, who through their contributions to this memorable season, often grappled with big questions and expanded our consciousness on meaningful issues.” “The Drama Desk organization and NY1 chose to delay airing the original broadcast to allow viewers to engage with these events and hear the voices connected to them, which have spurred crucial conversations on race,” DiLella said. DiLella, who filmed his segments in front of the shuttered Town Hall Theater in New York, where the ceremony originally was to be held, explained the decision behind the postponement. Set to air on May 31, the awards were rescheduled amidst the Black Lives Matters protests taking place in New York and around the world. As a result of the truncated theater season, only shows that opened prior to the shutdown were eligible. Hosted by Frank DiLella, the pre-recorded awards show aired June 13 during a special presentation of NY1’s “On Stage” and was livestreamed on NY1.com and.
For the first time in the history of the awards, the ceremony was held remotely. Though the lights of New York’s theater community have been dimmed since March 12th due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, this year’s telecast of the 65 th Drama Desk Awards, which celebrates the best of Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off Broadway, proved that the show must go on – albeit virtually.
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