윌 아론슨과 박천휴(Hue Park)의 한국산 브로드웨이 뮤지컬 '메이비 해피 엔딩(Maybe Happy Ending)'이 제 89회드라마데스크상 최우수 뮤지컬을 수상했다.

 

'메이비 해피 엔딩'은 뉴욕의 연극비평가들의 모임인 드라마데스크비평가협회(New York Drama Critics’ Circle) 회원 23명 중 과반수가 넘는 15명의 지지로 무난하게 최우수 뮤지컬상을 수상했다. 하지만, 최우수 연극상 부문에선 '퍼포즈(Purpose)'가 9표로 최다 작품으로 4차 투표까지 간 끝에 선정됐다. 

 

지금 한창 브로드웨이와 오프브로드웨이는 시상 시즌 카운트다운에 들어갔다. 오프 브로드웨이 공연을 대상으로 하는 루실로텔상은 5월 4일 발표됐으며, 드라마데스크상 시상식은 6월 1일, 드라마리그상 시상식은 5월 16일, 치타리베라상 시상식은 5월 15일에 열린다. 그리고, 브로드웨이 뮤지컬과 연극을 대상으로 하는 토니상 시상식은 6월 8일 라디오시티뮤직홀에서 펼쳐진다. 

 

 

2025 Drama Desk Award 

 

The New York Drama Critics’ Circle met at the New York offices of Time Out Media on Monday, May 5, 2025 to determine the winners of its 89th annual awards. In addition to Best Play and Best Musical, the Circle voted on two new awards: Best Individual Performance and Best Ensemble Performance. The results were as follows:

 

Best Play: Purpose (Branden Jacobs-Jenkins)

Best Musical: Maybe Happy Ending (Will Aronson and Hue Park)

Best Individual Performance: Andrew Scott, Vanya

Best Ensemble Performance: The cast of Liberation

Special Citations: Cole Escola for Oh, Mary!; Cats: The Jellicle Ball; David Greenspan for lifetime achievement

 

On the first ballot for Best Play, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s Purpose placed first with 9 votes, short of a majority of the 23 active members. A second vote was then taken to determine whether an award would be given at all. Having agreed that one should, the Circle moved to third and fourth ballots. In the end, Purpose won with 34 points, edging out The Hills of California (31 points), John Proctor is the Villain (27 points) and Liberation (22 points).

 

Maybe Happy Ending handily won a majority on the first ballot for Best Musical, with 15 votes.  

 

On the first ballot for Best Individual Performance, a new category, Vanya’s Andrew Scott and Gypsy’s Audra McDonald tied for first with five votes a piece but no candidate won a majority. Hotly contested third, fourth and fifth ballots ensued, with fewer candidates each time. When the smoke cleared, Scott had won with 29 points, followed by Cole Escola and Sarah Snook (26 points) and Jasmine Amy Rogers (21 points).

 

On the first ballot for the other new category, Best Ensemble Performance, the Circle moved to a weighted third ballot. Liberation won on the fourth ballot with 29 points, followed by The Hills of California (27 points) and Cats: The Jellicle Ball (26 points) and Purpose (20 points).

 

The Circle also voted to award three Special Citations: to Cole Escola for Oh, Mary!; Cats: The Jellicle Ball; David Greenspan for lifetime achievement.

 

The awards will be presented in a private ceremony on Thursday, May 15, 2025.

 

Best Play, first ballot:

David Barbour: Liberation

David Cote (proxy): John Proctor Is the Villain

Joe Dziemianowicz: Purpose

Greg Evans (proxy): Here There Are Blueberries

Adam Feldman: Purpose

Rhoda Feng: John Proctor is the Villain

David Finkle: The Hills of California 

Elysa Gardner: Purpose

Robert Hofler: Liberation

Sara Holdren (proxy): Liberation

Charles Isherwood: Here There Are Blueberries

Chris Jones: The Hills of California

Soraya Nadia McDonald (proxy): Purpose

Jackson McHenry: Liberation

Johnny Oleksinski: Purpose

Brittani Samuel: Purpose

Frank Scheck: Purpose

Helen Shaw: Liberation

David Sheward: Purpose

Zachary Stewart: Purpose

Tim Teeman: Liberation

Elisabeth Vincentelli: The Hills of California

Matt Windman: John Proctor is the Villain

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