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"All the Way," "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" win Drama Desk Awards

The Drama Desk Awards have been handed out to Robert Schenkkan's "All the Way" for outstanding play and to "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder" for outstanding musical.

"Twelfth Night' won for outstanding play revival on Sunday and "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" won for most outstanding revival of a musical.

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Bryan Cranston won best actor in a play, Audra McDonald won best actress in a play, Jessie Mueller won best actress in a musical, and Neil Patrick Harris from "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" and Jefferson Mays from "A Gentleman's Guide" tied for best actor in a musical.

Overall, "A Gentleman's Guide" won a leading seven awards and "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical" won a next-best three awards. Seven other productions shared two awards each.

The full list of winners is below:

Outstanding Play: Robert Schenkkan, "All the Way"

Outstanding Musical: "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"

Outstanding Revival of a Play: "Twelfth Night"

Outstanding Revival of a Musical: "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"

Outstanding Actor in a Play: Bryan Cranston, "All the Way"

Outstanding Actress in a Play: Audra McDonald, "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill"

Outstanding Actor in a Musical: Neil Patrick Harris, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"; Jefferson Mays, "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"

Outstanding Actress in a Musical: Jessie Mueller, "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical"

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play: Reed Birney, "Casa Valentina"

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play: Celia Keenan-Bolger, "The Glass Menagerie"

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: James Monroe Iglehart, "Aladdin"

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical: Anika Larsen, "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical"; Lauren Worsham, "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"

Outstanding Director of a Play: Tim Carroll, "Twelfth Night"

Outstanding Director of a Musical: Darko Tresnjak, "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"

Outstanding Choreography: Warren Carlyle, "After Midnight"

Outstanding Music: Jason Robert Brown, "The Bridges of Madison County"

Outstanding Lyrics: Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak, "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"

Outstanding Book of a Musical: Robert L. Freedman, "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"

Outstanding Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown, "The Bridges of Madison County"

Outstanding Music in a Play: Nico Muhly, "The Glass Menagerie"

Outstanding Revue: "After Midnight"

Outstanding Set Design: Christopher Barreca, "Rocky"

Outstanding Costume Design: William Ivey Long, "Bullets Over Broadway"

Outstanding Lighting Design: Christopher Akerlind, "Rocky"

Outstanding Projection Design: Aaron Rhyne, "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"

Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical: Brian Ronan, "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical"

Outstanding Sound Design in a Play: Matt Tierney, "Machinal"

Outstanding Solo Performance: John Douglas Thompson, "Satchmo at the Waldorf"

Unique Theatrical Experience: "Cirkopolis"

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