The 2025 Annual Drama Desk Awards will be hosted on Sunday, June 1 at 6:45PM at NYU Skirball Center (556 LaGuardia Place). The Drama Desk Awards are the only major New York City theater awards for which productions on Broadway, Off Broadway, and Off Broadway compete against each other in the same categories. All performance categories are gender-free. The Drama Desk Awards are voted on and bestowed by theater critics, journalists, editors, and publishers covering theater. The Drama Desk Awards honor all aspects of New York’s professional theater.