Drama Desk Award Winners Announced The Drama Desk Awards, which honor achievement in the Broadway, Off Broadw2ay, and Off Off Broadway theatre scenes, were given out last night. In the design categories, Derek McLane won for the scenery of Anything Goes, David Lander won for the lighting of Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo; Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardner won for the costumes of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Brian Ronan won for the sound design of Anything Goes, and acme Sound Partners and Cricket S. Myers won for the sound design of Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. A full list of winners follows: Outstanding Play Nick Stafford, War Horse 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 and Matt Stone, The Book of Mormon Outstanding Lyrics Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone, The Book of Mormon Outstanding Book of a Musical Adam Mathias, See Rock City & Other Destinations Outstanding Orchestrations Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus, The Book of Mormon Outstanding Music in a Play Wayne Barker, Peter and the Starcatcher Outstanding Revue Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles on Broadway Outstanding Set Design Derek McLane, Anything Goes Outstanding Costume Design Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardner, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 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 the Baghdad Zoo Outstanding Solo Performance John Leguizamo, Ghetto Klown Unique Theatrical Experience *Sleep No More *Outstanding Ensemble Performances In Transit The Normal Heart Special Awards • 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 35 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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