A dazzling celebration of the finest achievements in New York theater, The Drama Desk Awards spotlight electrifying performances and groundbreaking productions across Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway stages. This year, the awards ceremony took place on June 10 at NYU Skirball Center and was hosted by Broadway stars Sutton Foster and Aaron Tveit, and it was certainly one to remember!

The ceremony featured a star-studded lineup of presenters including Shoshana Bean, Laura Benanti, and Matthew Broderick. Kelli O'Hara performed a special tribute to Andr Bishop of Lincoln Center Theater, who received the first William Wolf Award. Nathan Lane was honored with the Harold S. Prince Award for lifetime achievement in theatre.

The standout of the evening was the play Stereophonic, which bagged a total of seven awards, including the prestigious Outstanding Play for playwright David Adjmi and Playwrights Horizons. The play, which had its Off-Broadway debut at Playwrights Horizons and then moved to Broadway, garnered the highest number of wins for the night.

Audible Theater's Dead Outlaw claimed the title of Outstanding Musical. Although Water for Elephants had a noteworthy evening with four awards, including Direction of a Musical for Jessica Stone and a three-way tie for Sound Design of a Musical, Dead Outlaw was the most nominated show, leading with 11 nominations.

Here's a breakdown of some of the key winners from the night:

Major Winners

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  Outstanding Play: Stereophonic by David Adjmi

• Outstanding Musical: Dead Outlaw

• Outstanding Revival of a Play: Appropriate

• Outstanding Revival of a Musical: I Can Get It for You Wholesale

• Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play: Jessica Lange in Mother Play and Sarah Paulson in Appropriate

• Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical: Brian d'Arcy James in Days of Wine and Roses and Kelli O'Hara in the same production

Notable Awards

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  Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play: Celia Keenan-Bolger in Mother Play and Kara Young in Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch

• Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical: Kecia Lewis in Hell's Kitchen and Bebe Neuwirth in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club

• Outstanding Direction of a Play: Daniel Aukin for Stereophonic

• Outstanding Direction of a Musical: Jessica Stone for Water for Elephants

• Outstanding Music: Shaina Taub for Suffs

• Outstanding Book of a Musical: Itamar Moses for Dead Outlaw

Special Awards and Honorees

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  Sam Norkin Off-Broadway Award: Cole Escola for Oh, Mary!

• William Wolf Award: Andr Bishop of Lincoln Center Theater

• Lifetime Achievement: Nathan Lane

Complete List of Winners

Outstanding Play

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  Infinite Life by Annie Baker

• Jaja's African Hair Braiding by Jocelyn Bioh

• Mother Play by Paula Vogel

• Winner: Stereophonic by David Adjmi

• Swing State by Rebecca Gilman

• The Ally by Itamar Moses

Outstanding Musical

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  Illinoise

• Lizard Boy

• Teeth

• The Connector

• The Outsiders

• Winner: Dead Outlaw

Outstanding Revival of a Play

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  Doubt: A Parable

• Philadelphia, Here I Come!

• Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch

• Uncle Vanya (Off-Broadway)

• Winner: Appropriate

Outstanding Revival of a Musical

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  Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club

• Gutenberg! The Musical!

• Winner: I Can Get It for You Wholesale

Productions with Multiple Wins:

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  Stereophonic - 7

• Water for Elephants - 4

• Appropriate - 3

• Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club - 3

• Dead Outlaw - 3

• Hell's Kitchen - 3