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Drama Desk Nominees- What It All Means for the 2016 Tony Awards!
By: BWW Staff Apr. 28, 2016
Drama Desk, Tony®, and Emmy® Award nominee and Theater World Award and NAACP Image Award winner Vanessa Williams (Into The Woods, The Trip to Bountiful, "Ugly Betty") and Drama Desk, Tony®, Emmy, Golden Globe, and Drama League Award Nominee and SAG & TV Land Award winner Matthew Morrison (Finding Neverland, Hairspray, The Light in the Piazza, "Glee") just announced the nominations for the 61st Annual Drama Desk Awards.
Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a chart that illustrates the number of Drama League nominees that were subsequently nominated for Tony Awards. Additionally, we calculated the percentage of eligible nominees that earned Tony Awards in the past nine years (discounting Off-Broadway nominations). Check out the chances that this year's DD nominees have at a Tony nod below!
Click here for a full list of the 2016 nominees.
| Year | Eligible DD Nominees That Earned Tony Nominations |
Percentage |
| 2015 | 48 of 69 | 70% |
| 2014 | 60 of 83 | 72% |
| 2013 | 50 of 75 | 67% |
| 2012 | 46 of 74 | 62% |
| 2011 | 52 of 75 | 69% |
| 2010 | 51 of 85 | 60% |
| 2009 | 52 of 89 | 58% |
| 2008 | 49 of 83 | 59% |
| 2007 | 55 of 86 | 64% |
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