2009-10 Drama Desk Award Nominations Announced!

[Rob]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 10:04am

Click Here to Read 2009-10 Drama Desk Award Nominations Announced!

[WayTooBroadway]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 10:09am

Oooof.

[walkedthroughmany]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 10:12am

Go Ragtime.

Lend Me A Tenor?
Barbara Cook?

[adamgreer]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 10:14am

I'm happy about the Ragtime love, BUT...

Why was Santo Loquasto nominated for costumes? These were the exact same costumes he designed for the original production in 1998.

I'm a little disturbed The Addams Family got 8 nominations and Memphis got 7, while Sondheim on Sondheim got none. Updated On: 5/3/10 at 10:14 AM

[TimesSquareRegular]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 10:16am

Not good news for ENRON or PROMISES! PROMISES! ...

[WayTooBroadway]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 10:16am

I'm really surprised by the LEND ME A TENOR snub. Critical hit, it was. ADDAMS FAMILY, it wasn't.

And I don't get the division of sound design, but a hodgepodge for set, costume and lighting.

Hmmm...

[uncageg]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 10:17am

Nice to see "The Boys in the Band" get nods. I was supposed to be in town this spring and it was one of the top plays I wanted to see. The "staging" looked quite interesting.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 10:19am

Adamgreer, I was thinking the EXACT same thing. Also, I was under the impression that Ragtime used the original orchestrations. Whatever.

I am thrilled for all of the Finian's love. Yay for Circle Mirror and My Wonderful Day. Shocked that Barbara Cook and Denzel weren't nominated. I'm rooting for Bill Heck.

[Blockhead24]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 10:24am

Sondheim on Sondheim got one..

So happy for Bobby Steggert!

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 10:29am

How an earth did AI get overlooked for Lighting and set

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 10:30am

Terri White has now been nominated at both the OCC Awards and the Drama Desk Awards.

Here's hoping she's able to sneak in with a well-deserved Tony nomination tomorrow as well.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 10:37am

I'd be shocked if she didn't get a Tony nomination. Also, yay for Anne Hathaway. Much deserved!

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 10:43am

Bobby Steggert vs. Douglas Hodge.

The battle is ON!

[bryan]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 10:44am

go ragtime and addams family

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 10:53am

How an earth did AI get overlooked for Lighting

Because sometimes, less is more. The lighting in that show is going to give somebody a seizure.

Very happy about some of these, bummed about others. But what else is new? Awards are silly.

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 10:55am

Very glad to see the Ragtime love!

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 11:00am

I liked the Ragtime revival, but why is it nominated for Costumes and Orchestrations? That just doesn't seem fair to me.

We will be seeing a pretty different list of nominations tomorrow.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 11:05am

Orchestrations, yes, costumes, eh. Though I count that production in my top ten, ever.

Updated On: 5/3/10 at 11:05 AM

[adamgreer]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 11:20am

Neither the costumes nor the orchestrations should have been eligible- both were the originals.

Those were the only two nominations the Ragtime revival got that I feel were undeserved.

[mattrob]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 11:20am

Yeah, the costumes and orchestrations for the Ragtime revival are practically the same as the originals, with some very minor alterations. I just don't see how Brohn and Loquasto qualified for nominations this time around, especially considering the fact they were nominated for the original in 1998 (and Brohn actually won!) but I love their work so it doesn't really bother me that they're work is being recognised once more:)

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 11:32am

Yeah, those are two very undeserved nominations from a very deserving show. I'm happy to see it wasn't forgotten! And neither was Finian's Rainbow, which is tied with... Addams Family?!

I'm sad about the Tenor snubs, especially Jan Maxwell, future Tony winner. Huh?

Also, very surprised Denzel Washington is not on this list. I guess they didn't like him as much as everyone else did. Then again, neither did I.

~Steven

[Marianne2]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 11:43am

Glad to see that Finian's Rainbow was not forgotten.

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 11:44am

Once again I'm surprised by Brian d'Arcy James being snubbed. Carolee Carmello was obviously samt for choosing "The Addams Family" over that mess of a musical, "The First Wives Club."

[ACL2006]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 11:50am

YEAH for Ragtime & La Cage!!

[Kad]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 11:55am

So thrilled to see Bobby Steggert with two nominations, and so much love for Ragtime and Yank.