Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design
| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Set Design |
| Location | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Drama Desk |
| First award | 1969 |
| Final award | 2015 |
| Website | dramadesk.org (defunct) |
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design was an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. The award was first presented in 1969, for work in either a play or musical production. It was retired after the 1997 ceremony, replaced by separate play and musical categories, but returned as a singular category starting in 2010. It was permanently retired after the 2015 presentation, again replaced by separate play and musical categories.
Boris Aronson and Robin Wagner hold the record for most wins in the category before its retirement, with four wins each, followed closely by Santo Loquasto with three wins. Loquasto also holds the record for most nominations with eleven, followed by Tony Walton with nine.
Winners and nominees
[edit]- Key
1960s
[edit]| Year | Designer | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | ||
| Boris Aronson | Zorba | |
| Ming Cho Lee | Billy |
1970s
[edit]1980s
[edit]1990s
[edit]| Year | Designer | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | ||
| Robin Wagner | City of Angels | |
| Edward Gianfrancesco | The Widow's Blind Date | |
| Kevin Rigdon | The Grapes of Wrath | |
| Tony Walton | Grand Hotel | |
| 1991 | ||
| Heidi Ettinger | The Secret Garden | |
| David Gallo | Machinal | |
| Richard Hudson | La Bête | |
| Andrew Jackness | Road to Nirvana | |
| 1992 | ||
| Tony Walton | Guys and Dolls | |
| John Conklin | 'Tis Pity She's a Whore | |
| Joe Vanek | Dancing at Lughnasa | |
| Robin Wagner | Crazy for You | |
| James Youmans | Bella, Belle of Byelorussia | |
| 1993 | ||
| John Arnone and Wendall K. Harrington | The Who's Tommy | |
| Mark Beard | Brother Truckers | |
| Heidi Ettinger | One Shoe Off | |
| Guy-Claude Francois | Les Atrides | |
| Jerome Sirlin | Kiss of the Spider Woman | |
| 1994 | ||
| Ian MacNeil | An Inspector Calls | |
| Bob Crowley | Carousel | |
| Peter J. Davison | Medea | |
| Marina Draghici | The Lights | |
| Adrianne Lobel | Passion | |
| George Tsypin | In the Summer House | |
| 1995 | ||
| Eugene Lee | Show Boat | |
| Bob Crowley | Hapgood | |
| Stephen Brimson Lewis | Indiscretions | |
| Santo Loquasto | A Month in the Country | |
| Mark Thompson | Arcadia | |
| James Youmans | The Petrified Prince |
2010s
[edit]Multiple wins
[edit]- 4 wins
- 3 wins
- 2 wins
Multiple nominations
[edit]- 11 nominations
- 9 nominations
- 6 nominations
- Douglas W. Schmidt
- John Lee Beatty
- 5 nominations
- 4 nominations
- 3 nominations
- Ming Cho Lee
- David Jenkins
- David Mitchell
- William Ritman
- Bob Shaw
- Andrew Jackness
- Marjorie Bradley Kellogg
- Tony Straiges
- Heidi Ettinger
- 2 nominations
- Kert Lundell
- Robert U. Taylor
- John Conklin
- John Napier
- Clarke Dunham
- Wilford Leach
- John Gunter
- Kevin Rigdon
- Thomas Lynch
- Edward Gianfrancesco
- David Gallo
- James Youmans
- Ian MacNeil
- Rob Howell