{"id":471,"date":"2009-04-27T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-27T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clients.chrisvanpatten.com\/theatreaficionado.com\/2009\/04\/2008-2009-drama-desk-nominations.html"},"modified":"2009-04-27T11:50:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-27T15:50:00","slug":"2008-2009-drama-desk-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/?p=471","title":{"rendered":"2008-2009 Drama Desk Nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Outstanding Play:
Annie Baker, Body Awareness<\/em>
Gina Gionfriddo, Becky Shaw<\/em>
Neil LaBute, reasons to be pretty<\/em>
Lynn Nottage, Ruined<\/em>
Michael Weller, Fifty Words<\/em>
Craig Wright, Lady<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Musical:
9 to 5
Billy Elliot The Musical
Fela!
Liza’s at the Palace\u2026.
Shrek The Musical
The Story of My Life
<\/em>
Outstanding Revival of a Play:
Blithe Spirit
Exit the King
Mary Stuart
The Cripple of Inishmaan
The Norman Conquests
Waiting for Godot
<\/em>
Outstanding Revival of a Musical:
Enter Laughing The Musical
Hair
Pal Joey
West Side Story
<\/em>
Outstanding Actor in a Play:
Simon Russell Beale, The Winter’s Tale<\/em>
Reed Birney, Blasted<\/em>
Ra\u00fal Esparza, Speed-The-Plow<\/em>
Bill Irwin, Waiting for Godot<\/em>
Daniel Radcliffe, Equus<\/em>
Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King<\/em>
Thomas Sadoski, reasons to be pretty<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Actress in a Play:
Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Ruined<\/em>
Jane Fonda, 33 Variations<\/em>
Marcia Gay Harden, God of Carnage<\/em>
Elizabeth Marvel, Fifty Words <\/em>
Jan Maxwell, Scenes From an Execution<\/em>
Janet McTeer, Mary Stuart<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Actor in a Musical:
James Barbour, A Tale of Two Cities<\/em>
Daniel Breaker, Shrek The Musical<\/em>
Brian d’Arcy James, Shrek The Musical<\/em>
Josh Grisetti, Enter Laughing The Musical<\/em>
Sahr Ngaujah, Fela!<\/em>
Will Swenson, Hair<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Actress in a Musical:
Stephanie J. Block, 9 to 5<\/em>
Stockard Channing, Pal Joey<\/em>
Sutton Foster, Shrek The Musical<\/em>
Megan Hilty, 9 to 5<\/em>
Allison Janney, 9 to 5<\/em>
Karen Murphy, My Vaudeville Man!<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play:
Brian d’Arcy James, Port Authority<\/em>
Jeremy Davidson, Back Back Back<\/em>
Peter Friedman, Body Awareness<\/em>
Ethan Hawke, The Winter’s Tale<\/em>
Pablo Schreiber, reasons to be pretty<\/em> (Off-Broadway)
Jeremy Shamos, Animals Out of Paper<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play:
Rebecca Hall, The Cherry Orchard<\/em>
Zoe Kazan, The Seagull<\/em>
Angela Lansbury, Blithe Spirit<\/em>
Andrea Martin, Exit the King<\/em>
Carey Mulligan, The Seagull<\/em>
Condola Rashad, Ruined<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical:
Hunter Foster, Happiness<\/em>
Demond Green, The Toxic Avenger<\/em>
Gregory Jbara, Billy Elliot The Musical<\/em>
Marc Kudisch, 9 to 5<\/em>
Bryce Ryness, Hair<\/em>
Christopher Sieber, Shrek The Musical <\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical:
Farah Alvin, The Marvelous Wonderettes<\/em>
Christina Bianco, Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab<\/em>
Haydn Gwynne, Billy Elliot The Musical<\/em>
Karen Olivo, West Side Story<\/em>
Nancy Opel, The Toxic Avenger<\/em>
Martha Plimpton, Pal Joey <\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Director of a Play:
Sarah Benson, Blasted<\/em>
Michael Blakemore, Blithe Spirit<\/em>
Garry Hynes, The Cripple of Inishmaan<\/em>
Terry Kinney, reasons to be pretty<\/em>
Matthew Warchus, The Norman Conquests<\/em>
Kate Whoriskey, Ruined<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Director of a Musical:
Walter Bobbie, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas<\/em>
Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot The Musical<\/em>
Joe Mantello, 9 to 5<\/em>
Jason Moore, Shrek The Musical<\/em>
Diane Paulus, Hair<\/em>
Stuart Ross, Enter Laughing The Musical<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Choreography:
Karole Armitage, Hair<\/em>
Andy Blankenbuehler, 9 to 5<\/em>
Peter Darling, Billy Elliot The Musical<\/em>
Bill T. Jones, Fela!<\/em>
Randy Skinner, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas<\/em>
Lynne Taylor-Corbett and Shonn Wiley, My Vaudeville Man!<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Music:
Neil Bartram, The Story of My Life<\/em>
Zina Goldrich, Dear Edwina <\/em>
Elton John, Billy Elliot The Musical<\/em>
Dolly Parton, 9 to 5<\/em>
Stephen Sondheim, Road Show<\/em>
Jeanine Tesori, Shrek The Musical<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Lyrics:
Neil Bartram, The Story of My Life<\/em>
Jason Robert Brown, 13<\/em>
Marcy Heisler, Dear Edwina<\/em>
David Lindsay-Abaire, Shrek The Musical <\/em>
Dolly Parton, 9 to 5<\/em>
Stephen Sondheim, Road Show <\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Book of a Musical:
Steven Cosson and Jim Lewis, This Beautiful City<\/em>
Joe DiPietro, The Toxic Avenger<\/em>
Lee Hall, Billy Elliot The Musical<\/em>
Brian Hill, The Story of My Life<\/em>
David Lindsay-Abaire, Shrek The Musical<\/em>
Patricia Resnick, 9 to 5<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Orchestrations:
Larry Blank, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas <\/em>
Bruce Coughlin, 9 to 5<\/em>
Aaron Johnson and Antibalas, Fela!<\/em>
Edward B. Kessel, A Tale of Two Cities<\/em>
Martin Koch, Billy Elliot The Musical<\/em>
Danny Troob, Shrek The Musical<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Music in a Play:
Mark Bennett, The Cherry Orchard <\/em>
Mark Bennett, The Winter’s Tale<\/em>
Dominic Kanza, Ruined <\/em>
DJ Rekha, Rafta, Rafta\u2026<\/em>
Richard Woodbury, Desire Under the Elms<\/em>
Gary Yershon, The Norman Conquests<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Set Design of a Play:
Dale Ferguson, Exit the King <\/em>
Rob Howell, The Norman Conquests<\/em>
David Korins, Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them<\/em>
Derek McLane, 33 Variations<\/em>
Neil Patel, Fifty Words<\/em>
Walt Spangler, Desire Under the Elms<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Set Design of a Musical:
Tim Hatley, Shrek The Musical<\/em>
Anna Louizos, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas <\/em>
Thomas Lynch, Happiness<\/em>
Scott Pask, 9 to 5<\/em>
Scott Pask, Hair<\/em>
Basil Twist, Arias With a Twist<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Costume Design:
Tim Hatley, Shrek The Musical<\/em>
Rob Howell, The Norman Conquests<\/em>
William Ivey Long, 9 to 5<\/em>
Michael McDonald, Hair<\/em>
Martin Pakledinaz, Blithe Spirit<\/em>
Carrie Robbins, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play:
Marcus Doshi, Hamlet<\/em> (Theatre for a New Audience)
David Hersey, Equus<\/em>
Ben Kato, Washing Machine<\/em>
R. Lee Kennedy, Bury the Dead<\/em>
Paul Pyant, The Winter’s Tale<\/em>
Hugh Vanstone, Mary Stuart<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical:
Kevin Adams, Hair<\/em>
Jules Fisher and Kenneth Posner, 9 to 5<\/em>
Rick Fisher, Billy Elliot The Musical<\/em>
Jason Lyons, Clay<\/em>
Sin\u00e9ad McKenna, Improbable Frequency<\/em>
Richard Pilbrow, A Tale of Two Cities<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Sound Design:
Acme Sound Partners, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas<\/em>
Paul Arditti, Billy Elliot The Musical
<\/em>Gregory Clarke, Equus<\/em>
John Gromada, Shipwrecked! An Entertainment The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself)<\/em>
Andr\u00e9 J. Pluess, 33 Variations<\/em>
John H. Shivers, 9 to 5<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Solo Performance:
Mike Birbiglia, Sleepwalk With Me<\/em>
Frank Blocker, Southern Gothic Novel<\/em>
Michael Laurence, Krapp, 39<\/em>
Lorenzo Pisoni, Humor Abuse<\/em>
Matt Sax, Clay<\/em>
Campbell Scott, The Atheist <\/em><\/p>\n

Unique Theatrical Experience:
Absinthe<\/em> (2008 Edition)
Arias With a Twist
Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words
D\u00e9sir
Soul of Shaolin
Surrender <\/em>
<\/em>
Outstanding Ensemble Performances
The Cripple of Inishmaan<\/em>
The Norman Conquests<\/em>
<\/em>
Special Awards
To Liza Minnelli, a “beloved American musical theater icon, for her enduring career of sustained excellence, and her glorious performance in Liza’s at the Palace<\/em>.
To Forbidden Broadway<\/em> at the end of its nearly three-decade run and “the creators, casts and designers who made it an unparalleled New York institution cherished for its satire and celebration of Broadway.”
To Atlantic Theater Company and artistic director Neil Pepe for “exceptional craftsmanship, dedication to excellence and productions that engage, inspire and enlighten.”
To TADA! Youth Theater for “providing an invaluable contribution to the future of the theater. The company makes outstanding training and experience accessible and affordable to young people and mounts productions remarkable for their quality and professionalism.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Outstanding Play:Annie Baker, Body AwarenessGina Gionfriddo, Becky ShawNeil LaBute, reasons to be prettyLynn Nottage, RuinedMichael Weller, Fifty WordsCraig Wright, Lady Outstanding Musical:9 to 5Billy Elliot The MusicalFela!Liza’s at the Palace\u2026.Shrek The MusicalThe Story of My LifeOutstanding Revival of a Play:Blithe SpiritExit the KingMary StuartThe Cripple of InishmaanThe Norman ConquestsWaiting for GodotOutstanding Revival of a Musical:Enter … Continue reading 2008-2009 Drama Desk Nominations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2148,2156],"class_list":["post-471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-awards-season","tag-drama-desk-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}