The Book of Mormon and Anything Goes each won five Drama Desk Awards to lead the parade of winners, followed by The Normal Heart and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo which won two awards each. Cast members of The Normal Heart also took home special non-competitive Outstanding Ensemble Awards which were bestowed earlier by the Drama Desk nominating committee. No other production won more than one award.
War Horse by Nick Stafford and The Book of Norman with music and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone were voted Outstanding Play and Outstanding Musical, respectively, and The Normal Heart and Anything Goes won as Outstanding Play and Musical Revivals. The team of Parker, Lopez and Stone also won the Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Music and Outstanding Lyrics for their collaboration on The Book of Mormon
.
Bobby Cannavale (The Motherf**ker With the Hat) and Frances McDormand (Good People) were chosen as Outstanding Lead Actor and Actress in a Play, and Norbert Leo Butz (Catch Me If You Can) and Sutton Foster (Anything Goes) won as Outstanding Lead Actor and Actress in a Musical. The Outstanding Featured Actor and Featured Actress in a Play awards went to Brian Bedford (The Importance of Being Earnest) and Edie Falco (The House of Blue Leaves), and the Outstanding Featured Actor and Actress in a Musical awards were won by John Larroquette (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying) and Laura Benanti (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown).
The Outstanding Direction winners were Joel Grey and George C. Wolfe (The Normal Heart) and Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker (The Book of Mormon); and the Outstanding Choreography award was given to Kathleen Marshall (Anything Goes). Adam Mathias (See Rock City & Other Business) won for Outstanding Book of a Musical. Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus (The Book of Mormon) won for Outstanding Orchestrations and Wayne Barker (Peter and the Starcatcher) won for Outstanding Music in a Play.
The Drama Desk for Outstanding Revue was given to Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles on Broadway. John Leguizamo won the Drama Desk for his Outstanding Solo Performance (Ghetto Klown). The Unique Theatrical Experience award was presented to Sleep No More.
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo won two Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design (David Lander) and Outstanding Sound Design (Acme Sound Partners and Cricket S. Myers). Derek McLane (Anything Goes) won for Outstanding Set Design and Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner (Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical) won the Outstanding Costume Design award.
Each year the Drama Desk votes special awards to recognize excellence and significant contributions to the theater:
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
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 56th Annual Drama Desk Awards highlights special will premiere on Ovation, the only network dedicated to arts culture, Saturday, June 4 at 9:00 pm ET/7:30 pm PT. In addition to the June 4 premiere, Ovation will broadcast encore presentations on Sunday, June 12 at 12:30 pm ET/9:30 am PT and 2:00 pm ET/5:00 pm PT.
Full List
2010/2011 DRAMA DESK AWARD WINNERS
| Outstanding Play: | War Horse by Nick Stafford |
| Outstanding Musical: | The Book of Mormon |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play: | The Normal Heart |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical: | Anything Goes |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Bobby Cannavale (The Motherf**ker With the Hat) |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play: | Frances McDormand (Good People) |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical: | Norbert Leo Butz (Catch Me If You Can) |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical: | Sutton Foster (Anything Goes) |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play: | Brian Bedford (The Importance of Being Earnest) |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play: | Edie Falco (The House of Blue Leaves) |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: | John Larroquette (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying) |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical: | Laura Benanti (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) |
| Outstanding Director of a Play: | Joel Grey and George C. Wolfe (The Normal Heart) |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical: | Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker (The Book of Mormon) |
| Outstanding Choreography: | Kathleen Marshall (Anything Goes) |
| Outstanding Music: | Trey Parker, Robert Lopez & Matt Stone (The Book of Mormon) |
| Outstanding Lyrics: | Trey Parker, Robert Lopez & Matt Stone (The Book of Mormon) |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Adam Mathias (See Rock City & Other Destinations) |
| Outstanding Orchestrations: | Larry Hochman & Stephen Oremus (The Book of Mormon) |
| Outstanding Musical Revue: | Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles on Broadway |
| Outstanding Music in a Play: | Wayne Barker (Peter and the Starcatcher) |
| Outstanding Set Design: | Derek McLane (Anything Goes) |
| Outstanding Costume Design: | Tim Chappel & Lizzy Gardiner (Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical) |
| Outstanding Lighting Design: | David Lander (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo) |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical: | Brian Ronan (Anything Goes) |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Play: | Acme Sound Partners and Cricket S. Myers (Bengal Tiger at Baghdad Zoo) |
| Outstanding Solo Performance: | John Leguizamo (Ghetto Klown) |
| Unique Theatrical Experience: | Sleep No More |
Non-Competetive Awards
Outstanding Ensemble PerformancesThis 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
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.
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