Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show is presented by the Drama Desk, a committee of New York City theatre critics, writers, and editors. It honors an individual presenting a solo performance in a Broadway, off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, or legitimate not-for-profit theater production.
It was not until the 30th Annual Drama Desk Awards in 1984 that a specific category for Outstanding One-Person Show was created. The first recipient was Ian McKellen for Acting Shakespeare.[1]
Winners
- 1984: Ian McKellen for Acting Shakespeare
- 1985: Whoopi Goldberg
- 1986: Eric Bogosian for Drinking in America
- 1987: Barbara Cook for A Concert for the Theatre
- 1990: Robert Morse for Tru
- 1991: Eileen Atkins for A Room of One's Own
- 1992: Patrick Stewart for A Christmas Carol
- 1993: Anna Deavere Smith for Fires in the Mirror
- 1994: Anna Deavere Smith for Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
- 1995: James Lecesne for Word of Mouth
- 1996: Mary Louise Wilson for Full Gallop
- 1997: Fiona Shaw for The Waste Land
- 1998: John Leguizamo for Freak
- 1999: David Hare for Via Dolorosa
- 2000: Dame Edna Everage for Dame Edna: The Royal Tour
- 2001: Pamela Gien for The Syringa Tree
- 2002: Elaine Stritch for Elaine Stritch At Liberty
- 2003: Tovah Feldshuh for Golda's Balcony
- 2004: Jefferson Mays for I Am My Own Wife
- 2005: Billy Crystal for 700 Sundays
- 2006: Antony Sher for Primo
- 2007: Vanessa Redgrave for The Year of Magical Thinking
- 2008: Laurence Fishburne for Thurgood
- 2009: Lorenzo Pisoni for Humor Abuse
- 2010: Jim Brochu for Zero Hour
- 2011: John Leguizamo for Ghetto Klown
References
- ^ "1983-1984 30th Drama Desk Awards" dramadesk.com, accessed May 21, 2011