Drama Desk Awards 2018 On Tv

Spongebob square pants the broadway musical wins 6 awards at the 63 rd annual drama desk awards.

Drama desk awards 2018 on tv.

The drama desk awards are presented annually and were first awarded in 1955 to recognize excellence in new york theatre productions off broadway and off off broadway. As previously announced drama desk award winner michael urie will once again return to host this year s ceremony on sunday june 3 2018 at 8pm at the town hall marking his third consecutive year as host of the prestigious awards. The show based on the nickelodeon cartoon series also scored wins for ethan. Red carpet arrivals at anita s way found theater pizzazz jk clarke on the scene.

The broadway revival of carousel leads the pack this year with a grand total of 12 nominations closely followed by the broadway premieres of spongebob. Spongebob squarepants the family musical based on the popular nickelodeon cartoon series about a friendly sponge and his underwater pals was the big winner at the 63rd annual drama desk awards winning six accolades including outstanding musical and outstanding director of a musical for tina landau the awards presented by the drama desk a group of new york based theater critics editors. The broadway revival of carousel and the new musical spongebob squarepants led the list of nominations for the 2018 drama desk awards with carousel snagging a dozen nods. In celebration of its 65 year legacy the drama desk awards is debuting a new statuette to be formally presented at the annual ceremony on sunday may 31 2020.

Here is part 1 of the 2018 drama desk award winners with photos by jk clarke and video interviews by sandi durell on the way. See photo slideshow below. The drama desk awards took place at the town hall on june 3rd hosted by michael urie. Spongebob squarepants the broadway musical was the big winner at the 2018 drama desk awards taking home six awards including outstanding musical and outstanding director of a musical for tina landau.