Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics is an annual award presented by the Drama Desk, a committee of New York City theatre critics, writers, and editors. It honors the lyricists of musicals produced on Broadway, off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, and for legitimate not-for-profit theaters.

Although Tom Jones was honored for his lyrics for The Fantasticks in 1961, it was not until the 15th Annual Drama Desk Awards in 1969 that a specific category for Outstanding Lyrics was created. The first recipient of the award was Fred Ebb for Zorba. The following year there were two winners, Stephen Sondheim for Company and Bertolt Brecht for Mahagonny. In 1973, a single award for music and lyrics was presented to Sondheim for A Little Night Music. The following year, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Score of a Musical was presented to Al Carmines for The Faggot. In 1975, the award was renamed the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics and was presented to Charlie Smalls for The Wiz, and it was presented as such to Edward Kleban and Marvin Hamlisch for A Chorus Line in 1976. In 1977 it was given its present name.

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