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# Drama Desk Awards will have genderless acting categories; nominations date announced
- URL: https://www.broadwaynews.com/drama-desk-awards-will-have-genderless-acting-categories-nominations-date-announced/
- Published: 2023-04-17T21:06:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-31T20:14:32.000Z
- Description: The Drama Desk Awards, honoring artistic excellence on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway, have announced several updates for its 2023 ceremony. For the first time, all performance categories will be gender-free. Nominations in all categories will be announced on April 27.
- Author: Caitlin Hornik
- Tags: Awards, Drama Desk Awards

The Drama Desk Awards, honoring artistic excellence on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway, have announced several updates for its 2023 ceremony. For the first time, all performance categories will be gender-free. Nominations in all categories will be announced on April 27.

The 67th annual Drama Desk Awards will recognize achievements from the 2022-2023 theater season.

The updated gender-free categories are: Outstanding Leading Performer in a Play, Outstanding Leading Performer in a Musical, Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play and Outstanding Featured Performer in a Musical.

Each of these categories will have twice as many nominees as the former gendered categories. The categories will also have two winners each. If there is a tie, there may be more than two winners in a category.

Additional details about this year’s ceremony, including a date and venue, will be announced in the coming weeks.

In addition to the Drama Desks, the [Outer Critics Circle Awards](https://broadwaynews.com/2023/01/24/outer-critics-circle-awards-announces-2023-dates-and-genderless-acting-categories/?ref=broadwaynews.com) have also announced genderless acting categories.