Drama Desk Toasts Broadway’s ‘Gentleman’s Guide’ at 2014 Awards

Robert Shenkkan’s “All the Way” scored the laurel for play, with the topliner of that show, Bryan Cranston, snagging the lead actor award. “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” nabbed the crown for musical revival, while that show’s star, Neil Patrick Harris, shared the garland for lead actor in a musical with “Gentleman’s Guide” star Jefferson Mays.
That was one of two tied awards for “Gentleman’s Guide” alongside the featured actress statue for Lauren Worsham, sharing the kudo with fellow winner Anika Larsen of “Beautiful.”
Jessie Mueller, who plays Carole King in “Beautiful,” scored the lead actress in a musical award.
Many of the Drama Desk winners are also in the running for Tonys, Tonys Awards ceremony  set to take place this year at Radio City Music Hall on June 8.
The Drama Desks were held June 1 at midtown Gotham venue Town Hall.
The winners of the 2014 Drama Desk Awards are:
Play
“All the Way”
Musical
“A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder”
Revival of a Play
“Twelfth Night”
Revival of a Musical
“Hedwig and the Angry Inch”
Actor in a Play
Bryan Cranston, “All the Way”
Actress in a Play
Audra McDonald, “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill”
Actor in a Musical (TIE)
Neil Patrick Harris, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”
Jefferson Mays, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder”
Actress in a Musical
Jessie Mueller, “Beautiful”
Director of a Play
“Twelfth Night,” Tim Carroll
Director of a Musical
Darko Tresnjak, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder”