Curious Incident and Hamilton win big at Drama Desk Awards

The National Theatre production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was a big winner at last night's Drama Desk Awards in New York.

The play, adapted by Simon Stephens from Mark Haddon's bestselling novel, earned the top prize for Outstanding Play along with five other awards, including Outstanding Actor (Alex Sharp), Director (Marianne Elliott), Lighting Design (Paule Constable), Projection Design (Finn Ross), and Sound Design (Ian Dickinson).

Meanwhile Helen Mirren was on hand to collect the award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for her Broadway reprisal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience.

Elsewhere, the Public Theater production of the Broadway-bound musical Hamilton was named Outstanding Musical, the first time an off-Broadway production has won the category since Little Shop of Horrors in 1983. The show claimed a total of seven awards, including three for its creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, who took home prizes for Book, Music, and Lyrics.

And The Elephant Man starring Bradley Cooper, which is currently playing in the West End, was named Outstanding Revival of a Play, while fellow West End transfer Just Jim Dale won Outstanding Revue. Benjamin Scheuer's The Lion, which originated at the St James Theatre, claimed Outstanding Solo Performance.

Produced by WhatsOnStage's owners TheaterMania, the Drama Desk Awards are the only major New York theatre honours for which productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway compete against each other in the same category.

Full list of winners below. For more on the Drama Desk Awards, visit TheaterMania.com

Outstanding Play
Simon Stephens, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Outstanding Musical
Hamilton

Outstanding Revival of a Play
The Elephant Man

Outstanding Revival of a Musical
The King and I

Outstanding Actor in a Play
Alex Sharp, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Outstanding Actress in a Play
Helen Mirren, The Audience

Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Robert Fairchild, An American in Paris

Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Kristin Chenoweth, On the Twentieth Century

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
K. Todd Freeman, Airline Highway

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Annaleigh Ashford, You Can't Take It With You

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Christian Borle, Something Rotten!

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Renee Elise Goldsberry, Hamilton

Outstanding Director of a Play
Marianne Elliott, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Outstanding Director of a Musical
Thomas Kail, Hamilton

Outstanding Choreography
Christopher Wheeldon, An American in Paris

Outstanding Music
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton

Outstanding Lyrics
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton

Outstanding Book of a Musical
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton

Outstanding Orchestrations
Christopher Austin, An American in Paris

Outstanding Music in a Play
Arthur Solari & Jane Shaw, Tamburlaine the Great

Outstanding Revue
Just Jim Dale

Outstanding Set Design
Bob Crowley, An American in Paris

Outstanding Costume Design
Catherine Zuber, Gigi

Outstanding Lighting Design
Paule Constable, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Outstanding Projection Design
Finn Ross, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical
Nevin Steinberg, Hamilton

Outstanding Sound Design in a Play
Ian Dickinson (for Autograph), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Outstanding Solo Performance
Benjamin Scheuer, The Lion

Unique Theatrical Experience
Queen of the Night