South Pacific Leads Drama Desk Winners

South Pacific led the list of winners at the 53rd Annual Drama Desk Awards, which were presented on May 18, 2008 in the F.H. LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center in New York. The Lincoln Center revival of the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic 1949 musical won five awards, including Outstanding Musical Revival.

Established in 1955, the Awards recognize shows produced off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, in legitimate not-for-profit theaters, in addition to Broadway productions.

ASCAP congratulates our winners and nominees.

The winners are bolded in red below.

OUTSTANDING MUSIC
John Bucchino - A Catered Affair
Stephen Flaherty - The Glorious Ones
Joshua Schmidt - Adding Machine

OUTSTANDING LYRICS
Lynn Ahrens - The Glorious Ones
John Bucchino - A Catered Affair
Joshua Schmidt - Adding Machine

OUTSTANDING ORCHESTRATIONS
Doug Besterman - Young Frankenstein
Jason Carr - Sunday in the Park with George
Michael Starobin - The Glorious Ones
Jonathan Tunick - A Catered Affair

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL
A Catered Affair
Adding Machine
The Glorious Ones
Xanadu

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Black Nativity
Gypsy
South Pacific
Sunday in the Park with George
Take Me Along

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