Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience
| Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience | |
|---|---|
| Description | Unique Theatrical Experience |
| Location | United States |
| Presented by | Drama Desk |
| Currently held by | Derren Brown: Secret (2018) |
| Website | DramaDeskAwards.com |
The Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions. Due to their unusual nature, these productions cannot be categorized in the regular musical and play categories.
Winners and nominees
1970s
| Year | Production |
|---|---|
| 1976 | |
| The Norman Conquests | |
| The Belle of Amherst | |
| Me and Bessie | |
| The Robber Bridegroom | |
| The Threepenny Opera | |
| Yentl | |
| 1977 | |
| No Man's Land | |
| The Club | |
| Dylan Thomas Growing Up | |
| For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf | |
| Hold Me! | |
| Mummenschanz | |
| Nightclub Cantata | |
| Side by Side by Sondheim | |
| 1978 | |
| Miss Margarida's Way | |
| The 2nd Greatest Entertainer | |
| Housewife Superstar | |
| Molière in Spite of Himself | |
| 1979 | |
| An Evening with Quentin Crisp | |
| Bleacher Bums | |
| Streetsongs |
1980s
| Year | Production |
|---|---|
| 1980 | — |
| 1981 | |
| Request Concert | |
| Aaah Oui Genty! | |
| The Amazin' Casey Stengel | |
| Blackstone! | |
| Pericles | |
| Texts | |
| 1982 | |
| Whistler | |
| Shiro | |
| 1983 | — |
| 1984 | |
| La Tragedie de Carmen | |
| The Gospel at Colonus | |
| Hey, Ma...Kaye Ballard | |
| Orgasmo Adulto Escapes from the Zoo | |
| Rockaby | |
| Secret Honor | |
| 1985 | |
| The Garden of Earthly Delights | |
| The Golden Land | |
| The Normal Heart | |
| 1986 | |
| The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe | |
| Tango Argentino | |
| 1987–88 | — |
| 1989 | |
| Largely New York | |
| I'll Go On | |
| Saved from Obscurity |
1990s
| Year | Production |
|---|---|
| 1990 | — |
| 1991 | |
| Cirque du Soleil: Nouvelle Expérience | |
| 1992 | |
| Blue Man Group: Tubes | |
| Lypsinka! A Day in the Life | |
| Pageant | |
| 1993 | |
| Fool Moon | |
| Les Atrides | |
| 1994 | |
| Stomp | |
| Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants | |
| 1995–96 | — |
| 1997 | |
| The Waste Land | |
| The Beckett Plays | |
| Chimere | |
| The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol | |
| yousaywhatimeanbutwhatyoumeanisnotwhatisaid | |
| 1998 | |
| Quidam | |
| The Number 14 | |
| Paul McKenna's Hypnotic World | |
| 1999 | |
| Swan Lake | |
| De La Guarda | |
| Ennio | |
| Symphonie Fantastique | |
| The Umbilical Brothers - Thwack! |
2000s
| Year | Production |
|---|---|
| 2000 | |
| Charlie Victor Romeo | |
| Do You Come Here Often? | |
| Shockheaded Peter | |
| 2001 | |
| Mnemonic | |
| And God Created Great Whales | |
| The Laramie Project | |
| 2002 | — |
| 2003 | |
| The Exonerated | |
| The Play What I Wrote | |
| Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway | |
| Varekai | |
| 2004 | |
| Loud Mouth | |
| Carnival Knowledge | |
| Ramayana 2K3 | |
| 2005 | |
| Slava's Snowshow | |
| all wear bowlers | |
| Belle Epoque | |
| The Mysteries | |
| Play Without Words | |
| Typo | |
| 2006 | |
| Christine Jorgensen Reveals | |
| The Frog Bride | |
| Golden Dragon Acrobats | |
| Peer Gynt | |
| Rain | |
| The Stones | |
| 2007 | |
| Edward Scissorhands | |
| Absinthe | |
| Amajuba: Like Doves We Rise | |
| Be | |
| Brundibér/But the Giraffe | |
| Hell House | |
| 2008 | |
| The 39 Steps | |
| Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | |
| Cut to the Chase | |
| Fabrik: The Legend of M. Rabinowitz | |
| Traces | |
| 2009 | |
| Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words | |
| Absinthe | |
| Arias with a Twist | |
| Désir | |
| Soul of Shaolin | |
| Surrender |
2010s
| Year | Production |
|---|---|
| 2010 | |
| Love, Loss, and What I Wore | |
| Fêtes de la Nuit | |
| Hansel and Gretel | |
| John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean | |
| The Provenance of Beauty | |
| Stuffed and Unstrung | |
| 2011 | |
| Sleep No More | |
| Being Harold Pinter | |
| Circus Incognitus | |
| Gatz | |
| Play Dead | |
| Room 17B | |
| 2012 | |
| Gob Squad's Kitchen (You've Never Had It So Good) | |
| The Complete & Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O'Neill, Vol. 1: Early Plays/Lost Plays | |
| Give Me Your Hand | |
| Noctu | |
| The Ryan Case 1873 | |
| White | |
| 2013 | |
| Cirque Du Soleil: Totem | |
| Bello Mania | |
| Chris March's The Butt-Cracker Suite! A Trailer Park Ballet | |
| The Fazzino Ride | |
| The Man Who Laughs | |
| That Play: A Solo Macbeth | |
| 2014 | |
| Cirkopolis | |
| Charlatan | |
| The Complete & Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O'Neill Vol. 2 | |
| Mother Africa | |
| Nothing to Hide | |
| Nutcracker Rouge | |
| 2015 | |
| Queen of the Night | |
| Catch Me! | |
| Everybody Gets Cake | |
| The Human Symphony | |
| Rap Guide to Religion | |
| 2016 | |
| That Physics Show | |
| ADA/AVA | |
| Antigona | |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show | |
| YOUARENOWHERE | |
| 2017 | |
| The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart | |
| CasablancaBox | |
| The Ephemera Trilogy | |
| The Paper Hat Game | |
| 2018 | |
| Derren Brown: Secret | |
| Master | |
| Say Something Bunny! |
See also
References
- "Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience". Internet Broadway Database. 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-21.