Drama Desk Award Nominations

While the beleaguered musical “Spider Man: Turn Off the Dark” has garnered numerous headlines over the past few months due to its various incidents and poor reviews but there are many other productions that are worthy of some note. The Drama Desk Awards pay tribute to the actors and productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway that debuted in the 2010-2011 New York theater season. The fifty-sixth annual Drama Desk Awards will be held on May 23 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. The awards presentation will consist of a sit down dinner gala, musical numbers from the nominated productions, and the awards ceremony. Harvey Fierstein will host the event. The awards show will air on Ovation in June.

“In Transit” and “The Normal Heart” were awarded special awards to the entire show cast.

Special Awards:
A.R. Gurney
Reed Birney
The New Group and Scott Elliott – Artistic Director
The Pearl Theatre Company
War Horse creative team

Outstanding Play:
”Other Desert Cities”
”A Small Fire”
”The Motherf****r with the Hat”
”A Bright New Boise”
”Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo”
”Good People”
”War Horse”

Outstanding Musical:
”In Transit”
”Priscilla Queen of the Desert”
”See Rock City and Other Destinations”
”Sister Act”
”The Book of Mormon”
”The Kid”

Outstanding Revival of a Play:
”Born Yesterday”
”The House of Blue Leaves”
”The Importance of Being Earnest”

“The Merchant of Venice”
”The Normal Heart”
”Three Sisters”

Outstanding Revival of a Musical:
”Anything Goes”
”Hello Again”
”How to Succeed in business Without Really Trying”

Outstanding Actor in a Play:
Charles Busch in “The Divine Sister”
Bobby Cannavale in ”The Motherf****r with the Hat”
Al Pacino in “The Merchant of Venice”
Geoffrey Rush in “The Diary of a Madman”
Mark Rylance in “Jerusalem”
Michael Shannon in “Mistakes Were Made”
Paul Sparks in “Dusk Rings a Bell”

Outstanding Actress in a Play:
Nina Arianda in “Born Yesterday”
Stockard Channing in “Other Desert Cities”
Frances McDormand in “Good People”
Laurie Metcalf in “The Other Place”

Michele Pawk in “A Small Fire”
Lily Rabe in “The Merchant of Venice”

Outstanding Actor in a Musical:
Norbert Leo Butz in “Catch Me if You Can”
Colin Donnell in “Anything Goes”
Daniel Radcliffe in ”How to Succeed in business Without Really Trying”
Andrew Rannells in “The Book of Mormon”
Tony Sheldon in “Priscilla Queen of the Desert”
Christopher Sieber in “The Kid”

Outstanding Actress in a Musical:
Sutton Foster in “Anything Goes”
Beth Leavel in “Baby it’s You!”
Patina Miller in “Sister Act”
Donna Murphy in “The People in the Picture”
Sherie Rene scott in “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown”

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play:
Brian Bedford in “The Importance of Being Earnest”
Christian Borle in “Peter and the Starcatcher”
Boyd Gaines in “The Grand Manner”
Logan Marshall-Green in “The Hallway Trilogy”
Zachary Quinto in “Angel in America”
Tom Riley in “Arcadia”
Yul Vazquez in ”The Motherf****r with the Hat”

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play:
Lisa Emery in “The Collection and a Kind of Alaska”
Edie Falco in “The House of Blue Leaves”
Julie Halston in “The Divine Sister”
Sarah Nina Hayon in “A Bright New Boise”
Celia Keenan-Bolger in “Peter and the Starcatcher”
Linda Lavin in “Other Desert Cities”
Judith Light in “Lombardi”

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical:
Adam Godley in “Anything Goes”
John Larroquette in “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”
Brian Stokes Mitchell in “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown”
Rory O’Malley in “The Book of Mormon”
Bob Stillman in “Hello Again”
Tom Wopat in “Catch Me if You Can”

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical:
Laura Benanti in “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown”
Kerry Butler in “Catch Me if You Can”
Victoria Clark in “Sister Act”
Nikki M. James in “The Book of Mormon”
Patti LuPone in “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown”
Laura Osnes in “Anything Goes”

Outstanding Director of a Play:
Trip Cullman for “A Small Fire”
Joel Grey and George C. Wolfe for “The Normal Heart”
Moises Kaufman for the “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo”
Davis McCallum for “A Bright New Boise”
Kirjan Waage and Gwendolyn Warnock for “Baby Universe

Outstanding Director of a Musical:
Rob Ashford for “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”
Joe Calarco for “In Transit”
Jack Cummings III for “Hello Again”
Kathleen Marshall for “Anything Goes”
Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker for “The Book of Mormon”

Outstanding Choreography:
Rob Ashford for “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”
Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett for “Beautiful Burnout”
Steven Hoggett for “Peter and the Starcatcher”
Kathleen Marshall for “Anything Goes”
Casey Nicholaw for “The Book of Mormon”
Siudy for “Between Worlds”

Outstanding Music:
Brad Alexander for “See Rock City and Other Destinations”
Alan Menken for “Sister Act”
Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone for “The Book of Mormon”
Marc Shaiman for “Catch Me if You Can”
Mike Stoller and Artie Butler for “The People in the Picture”
David Yazbek for “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown”

Outstanding Lyrics:
Rick Crom for “Newisical the Musical – Full Spin Ahead”
Jack Lechner for “The Kid”
Adam Mathias for “See Rock City and Other Destinations”
Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone for “The Book of Mormon”
Glenn Slater for “Sister Act”
Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman for “Catch Me if You Can”

Outstanding Book of a Musical:
Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan and Sara Wordsworth for “In Transit”
Iris Rainer Dart for “The People in the Picture”
Stephan Elliot and Allen Scott for “Priscilla Queen of the Desert”
Adam Mathias for “See Rock City and Other Destinations”
Trey parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone for “The Book of Mormon”
Michael Zam for “The Kid”

Outstanding Ochestrations:
Mary-Mitchell Campbell for “Hello Again”
Bruce Coughlin for “The burnt Part Boys”
Simon Hale, Jim Abbott, and David Yazbek for “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown”

Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus for “The Book of Mormon”
Marc Shaiman and Larry Blank for “Catch Me if You Can”
Lynne Shankel for “The Extraordinary Ordinary”

Outstanding Music in a Play:
Wayne Barker for Peter and the Starcatcher”
Kathryn Bostic for the “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo”
Lars Petter Hagen for “Baby Universe”
Alan John for “The Diary of a Madman”
Tom Kitt for “The Winter’s Tale”
Dan Moses Schreier for “The Merchant of Venice”

Outstanding Revue:
”Fyvush Finkel Live!”
”Newsical the Musical – Full Spin Ahead”
”Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles on Broadway”

Outstanding Set Design:
Rachel Hauck for “Orange, Hat and Grace”
David Korins and Zachary Borovay for “Lombardi”
Derek McLane for the “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo”
Derek McLane for “Anything Goes”
tony Straiges for “Trasure Island”
Mark Wendland for “The Merchant of Venice”

Outstanding Costume Design:
Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner for “Priscilla Queen of the Desert”
Desmond Heeley for “The Importance of Being Earnest”
Ann Hould-Ward for “A Free Man of Color”
Martin Pakledinaz for “Anything Goes”
Paloma Young for “Peter and the Starcatcher”

Outstanding Lighting Design:
Jean Kalman for “John Gabriel Borkman”
R. Lee Kennedy for “See Rock City and Other Destinations”
Laura Mroczkowski for “Spy Garbo”
Ben Stanton for “The Whipping Man”
David Weiner for “A Small Fire”

Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical:
Lindsay Jones for “The Burnt Part Boys”
Michael Rasbury for “Hello Again”
Brian Ronan for “Anything Goes”
Brian Ronan for “The Book of Mormon”
John Weston for “In Transit”

Outstanding Sound Design in a Play:
Acme Sound Partners for “The Merchant ofVenice”
Acme Sound Partners and Cricket S. Myers for the “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo”
Ian Dickinson for “John Gabriel Borkman”
Brett Jarvis for “Baby Universe”
Bray Poor for “Wings”
Eric Shimelonis for “The Hallway Trilogy”

Outstanding Solo Performance:

Daniel Beaty in “Through the Night”
Mike Birbiglia in “Mike Birbiglia’s My Girlfiend’s Boyfriend”
John Leguizamo in “Ghetto Klown”
Colin quinn in “Colin Quinn Long Story Short”
Joanna tope in “The Promise”

Unique Theatrical Experience:
”Being Harold Pinter”
”Circus Incognitus”
”Gatz”

“Play Dead”

“Room 17B”
”Sleep No More”