Favorite Designs of the Season?

Every year we talk about our favorite shows and actors around the Tony awards. One thing I have not seen discussed as in depth are the designs and physical aspects of the productions. Which shows this season have had your favorite scenic, lighting, and costume designs, and which were your least favorite. I am a scenic designer myself, so I am ALWAYS interested in the physical production as much as the acting!
I will go first...
FAVORITES
Follies - Thank you Derek McLane. The transformation of the Marquis into an old run down theatre was nothing short of brilliant. The entire design was spot on, and I loved the transition into Loveland. Plus the costumes and lights were awesome.
Nice Work If You Can Get It - Once again, Derek McLane creates a beautiful environment. The whimsical false prosceniums and various locations at the beach house were stunning
Evita - I love the stark, gritty, and realistic design that is highlighted by simple, but effective lighting. In particular, I LOVED the cracked stone floor treatment for the show deck
Spider-Man and GHOST - both use excellent projections and LED panels in addition to physical set pieces to create visually stunning effects and settings
Once - so simple, but so perfect. I love the curved wall that makes it more intimate.
Bonnie and Clyde - Awesome use of multiple levels, panels, projections, and small set pieces to keep the story moving along!
LEAST FAVORITE
Godspell - Not really sure what the creative team was going for with the design aspects of this show...
Leap of Faith - that tent is just ugly and awkward.
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever - ummm yeah.
Porgy and Bess - It works, but they could have done more.

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Love the spiderman physical set elements (fold-down classroom, chrysler building) and Ghost scenic design related to the illusions.

Other Desert Cities. Perfect recreation of mid-20th-century southern California architecture. I grew up in a house in Los Angeles with a stone wall in the den (our wall wasn't curved nor did we have stovepipe fireplace but otherwise it brought back memories of that house).

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I know I'm in the minority here, but I loved the set for Porgy and Bess, mostly because of the way it worked with the lighting. By itself, it is kind of "meh," but combined with the way they used the light to sort of "be the set," I thought it was an excellent choice.

Peter and the Starcatcher deserves lighting and set awards for a play- very inventive and appropriate on both fronts.

Bonnie and Clyde had a great set to fit that fit the time period and didn't look too fancy, which was a necessity for the show. I also liked how they used the strobe lights in the fight scenes to hide actors getting on and off stage.

Nothing really stuck out to me as really horrible, except Godspell, but that whole production was pretty bad.

Musical:

Follies-the transformation of the theater made the audience feel like it was a part of the show.
Once-Again, that audience as part of the show element had me hooked-no, it doesn't have bells and whistles, but it serves the piece brilliantly.
Evita-I liked the set-it was impressive and functional.

Play:

Other Desert Cities-I felt like I was in their living room and the design was very accurate, as has been noted
Death of a Salesman-No, it's not a new design-but, seeing Mielziner's designs coming to life was an incredible experience.
Peter and the Starcatcher-To do so much with so little is really, really incredible! Hats off to them!!! I kind of would like to see them take the award to tell the truth.

Spiderman for me. Sets/costume just incredible.

For a musical I choose Ghost and for a play I choose Peter and the Starcatcher. As an aspiring lighting designer, I would love to learn how to do the LED projections. I wish I could take a class on it. And it's becoming so much more common nowadays.

I loved the lighting in Follies, the "young couples" looked as if they were ghosts due to the lighting and the pastel costumes, in contrast to the "older couples" who were in brighter lights and brighter costumes.