Sutton Foster, Norbert Leo Butz, The Book of Mormon and Anything Goes Top 2011 Drama Desk Awards
New musical The Book of Mormon and the Broadway revival of Anything Goes topped the 2011 Drama Desk Awards with five trophies each. Other big winners included War Horse, which took home the prize for Outstanding Play, and The Normal Heart, which won two awards (Outstanding Revival of a Play and Outstanding Direction of a Play). Anything Goes star Sutton Foster and Catch Me If You Can’s Norbert Leo Butz came out on top in the musical acting categories, while Good People headliner Frances McDormand and The Motherf**ker With the Hat’s Bobby Cannavale were crowned Outstanding Actress and Actor in a Play. The recipients of the awards were announced on May 23 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in a ceremony hosted by Harvey Fierstein.
Here is a complete list of winners:
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 Gardiner, Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Outstanding Lighting Design
David Lander, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Outstanding Sound Design of 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
Each year, the Drama Desk votes special awards to recognize excellence and significant contributions to the theater. For 2010-2011, these awards are:
—A.R. Gurney for his enduring, keenly observed portraits of American life over a prolific four-decade-long career
—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
—The New Group and Artistic Director Scott Elliott for presenting contemporary new voices, and for uncompromisingly raw and powerful productions.
— The Pearl Theatre Company for notable productions of classic plays and nurturing a stalwart resident company of actors
—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
This year the nominators chose to bestow special ensemble awards for acting to the casts of two shows: In Transit and The Normal Heart. Therefore, individual cast members for these shows were not eligible for acting awards in the competitive categories.
