Drama Desk Awards Nominations AnnouncedThe Drama Desk Awards nominations were announced today. The Drama Desk is an organization of critics, journalists, editors, and publishers covering the New York theatre scene. The Drama Desk Awards are the only major New York City theatre awards for which productions on Broadway, Off Broadway, and Off Off Broadway compete against each other in the same categories. David Barbour and Charles Wright are The Drama Desk co-presidents. The design nominees are: Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play Es Devlin, The Hunt, St. Ann's Warehouse and Almeida Theatre dots, Appropriate, Second Stage Theater Derek McLane, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch Scott Pask, Grey House David Zinn, Stereophonic, Playwrights Horizons Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical AMP featuring Tatiana Kahvegian, The Outsiders Paul Tate dePoo III, The Great Gatsby (includes projections) Riccardo Hernández, Suffs Arnulfo Maldonado, Dead Outlaw Grace Smart, Good Vibrations: A Punk Rock Musical, Irish Arts Center Outstanding Costume Design of a Play Alex Berry, Macbeth (an undoing), Theatre for a New Audience, Rose Theatre, and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh Karen Boyer, Warrior Sisters of Wu, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre Enver Chakartash, Stereophonic, Playwrights Horizons Lux Haac, Manahatta, The Public Theater Rodrigo Muñoz, Sally & Tom, The Public Theater Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical Dede Ayite, Buena Vista Social Club, Atlantic Theater Company Márion Talán de la Rosa, The Connector, MCC Theater Loren Elstein, Once Upon a One More Time David Israel Reynoso, Water for Elephants Paul Tazewell, Suffs Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play Jane Cox, Appropriate, Second Stage Theater Stacey Derosier, Uncle Vanya, OHenry Productions Natasha Katz, Grey House Lizzie Powell, Macbeth (an undoing), Theatre for a New Audience, Rose Theatre, and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh Eric Southern, Swing State, Goodman Theatre Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical Lap Chi Chu, Suffs Heather Gilbert, Dead Outlaw Bradley King, Water for Elephants Brian MacDevitt and Hana S. Kim (projections), The Outsiders Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, The Connector, MCC Theater Outstanding Projection and Video Design Eric Dunlap, Our Class, MART Foundation and Arlekin Players Theatre Jared Mezzocchi, Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy, Vineyard Theatre Peter Nigrini, Hell's Kitchen Olivia Sebesky, Melissa Etheridge: My Window Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, The Connector, MCC Theater Outstanding Sound Design of a Play Adam Cork, The Hunt, St. Ann's Warehouse and Almeida Theatre Tom Gibbons, Grey House Palmer Hefferan, The Comeuppance, Signature Theatre Bray Poor and Will Pickens, Appropriate, Second Stage Theater Ryan Rumery, Stereophonic, Playwrights Horizons Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical Jason Crystal, Suffs Kai Harada and Joshua Millican, Dead Outlaw Nick Lidster for Autograph, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Cody Spencer, The Outsiders Walter Trarbach, Water for Elephants Outstanding Wig and Hair J. Jared Janas and Cassie Williams, Sally & Tom, The Public Theater Charles G. LaPointe, Suffs Nikiya Mathis, Jaja's African Hair Braiding, Manhattan Theatre Club Nikiya Mathis, The Harriet Holland Social Club Presents The 84th Annual Star-Burst Cotillion in the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel, New Georges and The Movement Theatre Company Robert Pickens and Katie Gell, Stereophonic, Playwrights Horizons Among this year's special awards, one goes to lighting designer Isabella Byrd, whose credits this season include Primary Trust, Infinite Life, An Enemy of the People, and Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club. Among multiple nominees, the leaders include the Off Broadway musical Dead Outlaw with 11, the Broadway musical The Outsiders with nine, and Stereophonic, Suffs, and The Connector with eight apiece. For the full list of nominees, please click the link below. ![](/std_images/blank.gif)
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