Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical is an annual award presented by Drama Desk recognize achievements in theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City.

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical
Awarded for	Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical
Location	New York City
Country	United States
Presented by	Drama Desk
First award	2016
Currently held by	Gregg Barnes for Boop! The Musical (2025)
Website	dramadesk.org (defunct)

The award was established in 1969, with the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design being presented each year to any play or musical production. Starting in 2016, the singular award was replaced by separate play and musical categories.

Winners and nominees

2010s

Year	Designer	Production
2016
	Ann Roth	Shuffle Along
	Jane Greenwood	Bright Star
	Katrina Lindsay	American Psycho
	Jeff Mahshie	She Loves Me
	Alejo Vietti	Allegiance
2017
	Catherine Zuber	War Paint
	Linda Cho	Anastasia
	Toni-Leslie James	Come from Away
	Santo Loquasto	Hello, Dolly!
	Anita Yavich	The View UpStairs
	Paloma Young	Bandstand
2018
	Catherine Zuber	My Fair Lady
	Dede M. Ayite	Bella: An American Tall Tale
	Gregg Barnes	Mean Girls
	Clint Ramos	Once on This Island
	David Zinn	SpongeBob SquarePants
2019
	Bob Mackie	The Cher Show
	William Ivey Long	Beetlejuice
		Tootsie
	Bobby Frederick Tilley II	Be More Chill
	Michael Krass	Hadestown
	Paloma Young	Alice by Heart

2020s

Year	Designer	Production
2020
	Catherine Zuber	Moulin Rouge!
	Vanessa Leuck	Emojiland
	Jeff Mahshie	Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
	Mark Thompson	Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
	Anita Yavich	Soft Power
2021	No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City[1]
2022
	Gabriella Slade	Six
	Machine Dazzle	The Hang
	Susan Hilferty	Funny Girl
	Santo Loquasto	The Music Man
	Catherine Zuber	Intimate Apparel
2023	Gregg Barnes	Some Like It Hot
	Tilly Grimes	Shucked
	Jennifer Moeller	Camelot
	Clint Ramos & Sophia Choi	KPOP
	Anita Yavich	Only Gold
2024[2]	Paul Tazewell	Suffs
	Dede Ayite	Buena Vista Social Club
	Márion Talán de la Rosa	The Connector
	Loren Elstein	Once Upon a One More Time
	David Israel Reynoso	Water for Elephants
2025[3]
	Gregg Barnes	Boop! The Musical
	Sarah Cubbage	The Big Gay Jamboree
	Toni-Leslie James	Gypsy
	Qween Jean	Cats: "The Jellicle Ball"
	Paul Tazewell	Death Becomes Her
	Catherine Zuber	Just in Time

Multiple wins

3 wins

• Catherine Zuber

2 wins

• Gregg Barnes

Multiple nominations

5 nominations

• Catherine Zuber

3 nominations

• Gregg Barnes

2 nominations

• Clint Ramos
• Toni-Leslie James
• Santo Loquasto
• Paloma Young
• Jeff Mahshie
• Anita Yavich
• Dede Ayite

See also

• Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design of a Play
• Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design
• Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical