Drama Desk Nominations Announced, War Horse Gets Special Citation The nominations for the Drama Desk Awards were announced on Friday, The awards, which honor achievement in the Broadway, Off Broadway, and Off Off Broadway theatres, is sponsored by the Drama Desk, the organization of critics, writers, and editors regularly covering the New York theatre. The design nominees are: 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 In addition, the organization announced a special citation 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 awards will be given out on Monday, May 24. The rest of the nominations can be seen at the URL listed below. ![](/std_images/blank.gif)
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