DRAMA DESK NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2010-2011 SEASON

The following awards were voted by the nominating committee and will be presented by the Drama Desk at its awards ceremony:



Outstanding Ensemble Performances



This year the nominators chose to bestow special ensemble awards for acting to the casts of two shows. Therefore, individual cast members for these shows were not eligible for acting awards in the competitive categories.



•In Transit

•The Normal Heart

Special Awards



Each year, the Drama Desk votes special awards to recognize excellence and significant contributions to the theater. For 2010-2011, these awards are:





•To A.R. Gurney for his enduring, keenly observed portraits of American life over a prolific four-decade-long career.

•To Reed Birney for his versatile and finely nuanced performances over the past thirty-five years, and for his exceptional work this season in Tigers Be Still, A Small Fire and The Dream of the Burning Boy.

•To The New Group and Artistic Director Scott Elliott for presenting contemporary new voices, and for uncompromisingly raw and powerful productions.

•To The Pearl Theatre Company for notable productions of classic plays and nurturing a stalwart resident company of actors.

•To the creative team of War Horse for thrilling stagecraft: Paule Constable, Marianne Elliott, 59 Productions, Adrian Kohler with Basil Jones for Handspring Puppet Company, Tom Morris, Rae Smith, Christopher Shutt, Toby Sedgwick, Adrian Sutton and John Tams.

The following are the nominations for the competitive categories. Winners will be selected by the voting membership of the Drama Desk:



Note: Eligibility and award category designations for the productions under consideration this season were determined by the Drama Desk board of directors, with recommendations from the nominating committee. Because of the abundance of great work throughout the season, the board also authorized the increase in the number of nominees allowed in select categories. Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Brief Encounter and The Scottsboro Boys were considered for their productions Off Broadway in the 2009-2010 season. Under Drama Desk rules, only new elements in their transfers to Broadway were eligible this season.



Outstanding Play



•Jon Robin Baitz, Other Desert Cities

•Adam Bock, A Small Fire

•Stephen Adly Guirgis, The Motherf**ker With the Hat

•Samuel D. Hunter, A Bright New Boise

•Rajiv Joseph, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

•David Lindsay-Abaire, Good People

•Nick Stafford, War Horse



Outstanding Musical



•In Transit

•Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical

•See Rock City & 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, The Divine Sister

•Bobby Cannavale, The Motherf**ker With the Hat

•Al Pacino, The Merchant of Venice

•Geoffrey Rush, The Diary of a Madman

•Mark Rylance, Jerusalem

•Michael Shannon, Mistakes Were Made

•Paul Sparks, Dusk Rings a Bell



Outstanding Actress in a Play



•Nina Arianda, Born Yesterday

•Stockard Channing, Other Desert Cities

•Frances McDormand, Good People

•Laurie Metcalf, The Other Place

•Michele Pawk, A Small Fire

•Lily Rabe, The Merchant of Venice



Outstanding Actor in a Musical



•Norbert Leo Butz, Catch Me if You Can

•Colin Donnell, Anything Goes

•Daniel Radcliffe, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

•Andrew Rannells, The Book of Mormon

•Tony Sheldon, Priscilla Queen of the Desert:The Musical

•Christopher Sieber, The Kid



Outstanding Actress in a Musical



•Sutton Foster, Anything Goes

•Beth Leavel, Baby It's You!

•Patina Miller, Sister Act

•Donna Murphy, The People in the Picture

•Sherie Rene Scott, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown



Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play



•Brian Bedford, The Importance of Being Earnest

•Christian Borle, Peter and the Starcatcher

•Boyd Gaines, The Grand Manner

•Logan Marshall-Green, The Hallway Trilogy

•Zachary Quinto, Angels in America

•Tom Riley, Arcadia

•Yul Vazquez, The Motherf**ker With the Hat



Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play



•Lisa Emery, The Collection & A Kind of Alaska

•Edie Falco, The House of Blue Leaves

•Julie Halston, The Divine Sister

•Sarah Nina Hayon, A Bright New Boise

•Celia Keenan-Bolger, Peter and the Starcatcher

•Linda Lavin, Other Desert Cities

•Judith Light, Lombardi



Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical



•Adam Godley, Anything Goes

•John Larroquette, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

•Brian Stokes Mitchell, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

•Rory O'Malley, The Book of Mormon

•Bob Stillman, Hello Again

•Tom Wopat, Catch Me if You Can



Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical



•Laura Benanti, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

•Kerry Butler, Catch Me if You Can

•Victoria Clark, Sister Act

•Jill Eikenberry, The Kid

•Nikki M. James, The Book of Mormon

•Patti LuPone, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

•Laura Osnes, Anything Goes



Outstanding Director of a Play



•Trip Cullman, A Small Fire

•Joel Grey and George C. Wolfe, The Normal Heart

•Moises Kaufman, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

•Davis McCallum, A Bright New Boise

•Daniel Sullivan,The Merchant of Venice

•Kirjan Waage and Gwendolyn Warnock, Baby Universe



Outstanding Director of a Musical



•Rob Ashford, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

•Joe Calarco, In Transit

•Jack Cummings III, Hello Again

•Jack Cummings III, See Rock City & Other Destinations

•Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes

•Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker, The Book of Mormon



Outstanding Choreography



•Rob Ashford, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

•Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett, Beautiful Burnout

•Steven Hoggett, Peter and the Starcatcher

•Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes

•Casey Nicholaw, The Book of Mormon

•Siudy, Between Worlds



Outstanding Music



•Brad Alexander, See Rock City & Other Destinations

•Alan Menken, Sister Act

•Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone, The Book of Mormon

•Marc Shaiman, Catch Me if You Can

•Mike Stoller and Artie Butler, The People in the Picture

•David Yazbek, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown



Outstanding Lyrics



•Rick Crom, Newsical The Musical - Full Spin Ahead

•Jack Lechner, The Kid

•Adam Mathias, See Rock City & Other Destinations

•Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone, The Book of Mormon

•Glenn Slater, Sister Act

•Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman, Catch Me if You Can



Outstanding Book of a Musical



•Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan and Sara Wordsworth, In Transit

•Iris Rainer Dart, The People in the Picture

•Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott, Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical

•Adam Mathias, See Rock City & Other Destinations

•Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone, The Book of Mormon

•Michael Zam, The Kid



Outstanding Orchestrations



•Mary-Mitchell Campbell, Hello Again

•Bruce Coughlin, The Burnt Part Boys

•Simon Hale, Jim Abbott and David Yazbek, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

•Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus, The Book of Mormon

•Marc Shaiman and Larry Blank, Catch Me if You Can

•Lynne Shankel, The Extraordinary Ordinary



Outstanding Music in a Play



•Wayne Barker, Peter and the Starcatcher

•Kathryn Bostic, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

•Lars Petter Hagen, Baby Universe

•Alan John, The Diary of a Madman

•Tom Kitt, The Winter's Tale

•Dan Moses Schreier,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, Orange, Hat & Grace

•David Korins and Zachary Borovay (projection design), Lombardi

•Derek McLane, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

•Derek McLane, Anything Goes

•Tony Straiges, Treasure Island

•Mark Wendland, The Merchant of Venice



Outstanding Costume Design



•Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner, Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical

•Desmond Heeley, The Importance of Being Earnest

•Ann Hould-Ward, A Free Man of Color

•Martin Pakledinaz, Anything Goes

•Ann Roth, The Book of Mormon

•Paloma Young, Peter and the Starcatcher



Outstanding Lighting Design



•Jean Kalman, John Gabriel Borkman

•R. Lee Kennedy, See Rock City & Other Destinations

•David Lander, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

•Laura Mroczkowski, Spy Garbo

•Ben Stanton, The Whipping Man

•David Weiner, A Small Fire



Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical



•Lindsay Jones, The Burnt Part Boys

•Michael Rasbury, Hello Again

•Brian Ronan, Anything Goes

•Brian Ronan, The Book of Mormon

•Jon Weston, In Transit



Outstanding Sound Design in a Play



•Acme Sound Partners, The Merchant of Venice

•Acme Sound Partners and Cricket S. Myers, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

•Ian Dickinson, John Gabriel Borkman

•Brett Jarvis, Baby Universe

•Bray Poor, Wings

•Eric Shimelonis, The Hallway Trilogy



Outstanding Solo Performance



•Daniel Beaty, Through the Night

•Mike Birbiglia, Mike Birbiglia's My Girlfriend's Boyfriend

•Juliette Jeffers, Batman and Robin in the Boogie Down

•John Leguizamo, Ghetto Klown

•Colin Quinn, Colin Quinn Long Story Short

•Joanna Tope, The Promise



Unique Theatrical Experience



•Being Harold Pinter

•Circus Incognitus

•Gatz

•Play Dead

•Room 17B

•Sleep No More



PRODUCTIONS WITH MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS



12 The Book of Mormon

10 Anything Goes

7 The Merchant of Venice

6 Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

6 Catch Me if You Can

6 See Rock City & Other Destinations

6 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

5 Hello Again

5 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

5 Peter and the Starcatcher

5 Sister Act

5 The Kid

4 A Small Fire

4 In Transit

4 Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical

3 A Bright New Boise

3 Baby Universe

3 Other Desert Cities

3 The Importance of Being Earnest

3 The Motherf**ker With the Hat

3 The People in the Picture

2 Born Yesterday

2 Good People

2 John Gabriel Borkman

2 Lombardi

2 Newsical The Musical - Full Spin Ahead

2 The Burnt Part Boys

2 The Diary of a Madman

2 The Divine Sister

2 The Hallway Trilogy

2 The House of Blue Leaves

2 The Normal Heart