Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design

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Drama Desk Award
for Outstanding Set Design
Awarded forOutstanding Set Design
LocationNew York City
CountryUnited States
Presented byDrama Desk
First awarded1969
Last awarded2015
Websitedramadesk.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.

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Winners and nominees

1960s

YearDesignerProduction
1969
Boris Aronson Zorba
Ming Cho Lee Billy

1970s

YearDesignerProduction
1970
Boris Aronson Company
Jo Mielziner Child's Play
Fred VoelpeThe Memory Bank
1971
Boris Aronson Follies
Sally Jacobs A Midsummer Night's Dream
Robin Wagner Lenny
1972
Santo Loquasto Sticks and Bones
That Championship Season
Kert Lundell Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
Robert U. Taylor The Beggar's Opera
1973
Victor Garcia and Fabian Puigserver Yerma
David Jenkins The Changing Room
Tony Walton Pippin
Shelter
1974
Franne Lee and Eugene Lee Candide
David Mitchell Short Eyes
Douglas W. Schmidt Over Here!
Veronica's Room
1975
Carl Toms Sherlock Holmes
John Conklin Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Tom H. John The Wiz
Scott Johnson Dance with Me
John Napier Equus
Julia Trevelyan OmanBrief Lives
William Ritman God's Favorite
Franco Zeffirelli Saturday Sunday Monday
1976
Boris Aronson Pacific Overtures
John Lee Beatty Knock Knock
Santo Loquasto Kennedy's Children
Legend
Robert U. TaylorLamppost Reunion
James Tilton A Memory of Two Mondays / 27 Wagons Full of Cotton
They Knew What They Wanted
1977
Santo Loquasto American Buffalo
The Cherry Orchard
John Lee Beatty The Innocents
Clarke DunhamHagar's Children
George C. Jenkins Sly Fox
Robert Randolph Porgy and Bess
Douglas W. SchmidtThe Crazy Locomotive
The Robber Bridegroom
1978
Robin Wagner On the Twentieth Century
Edward Gorey Dracula
Judie Juracek P.S. Your Cat Is Dead
Santo Loquasto The Play's the Thing
David Mitchell The Gin Game
William Ritman Deathtrap
1979
John Wulp The Crucifer of Blood
Wilford Leach All's Well That Ends Well
Eugene Lee Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Santo Loquasto King of Hearts
Steven Rubin On Golden Pond

1980s

YearDesignerProduction
1980
John Lee Beatty Talley's Folly
David Jenkins The Art of Dining
I Ought to Be in Pictures
David Mitchell Barnum
William Ritman Morning's at Seven
Douglas W. SchmidtSidewalkin'
1981
John Lee Beatty Fifth of July
John Bury Amadeus
Wilford Leach and Bob Shaw The Pirates of Penzance
Douglas W. Schmidt Frankenstein
1982
Robin Wagner Dreamgirls
David Chapman The First
Laurie Dennett The Dresser
Eugene Lee The Hothouse
Santo Loquasto Crossing Niagara
Gardenia
Stuart Wurtzel Henry IV
1983
Ming Cho Lee K2
John Gunter All's Well That Ends Well
Andrew JacknessGeniuses
Whodunnit
Marjorie Bradley Kellogg Extremities
Present Laughter
Steaming
Kert Lundell Johnny Got His Gun
Douglas W. SchmidtDeath of Von Richthofen Witnessed from Earth
1984
Tony Straiges Sunday in the Park with George
Michael Annals Noises Off
Peter Larkin The Rink
David PottsFull Hookup
Bill StabileSpookhouse
Tony Walton The Real Thing
1985
Heidi Ettinger Big River
John Lee Beatty The Octette Bridge Club
Clarke Dunham Grind
James Leonard JoyDigby
Marjorie Bradley Kellogg Requiem for a Heavyweight
Ralph Koltai Much Ado About Nothing
Kevin Rigdon Balm in Gilead
1986
Tony Walton Social Security
The House of Blue Leaves
William Barclay Goblin Market
Ming Cho Lee Execution of Justice
Thomas LynchLittle Footsteps
Bob Shaw Hamlet
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1987
John Napier Les Misérables
Starlight Express
Bob Crowley Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Edward GianfrancescoNorth Shore Fish
John Gunter Wild Honey
Martin Johns Me and My Girl
Tony Walton The Front Page
1988
Maria Björnson The Phantom of the Opera
Scott Bradley Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Eiko Ishioka M. Butterfly
Tony Straiges Into the Woods
Tony Walton Anything Goes
1989
Santo Loquasto Italian American Reconciliation
Café Crown
Loy Arcenas Reckless
John Lee Beatty Aristocrats
Thomas Lynch The Heidi Chronicles
James Morgan Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tony Walton Lend Me a Tenor

1990s

YearDesignerProduction
1990
Robin Wagner City of Angels
Edward GianfrancescoThe 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 JacknessRoad 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 YoumansBella, 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 FrancoisLes Atrides
Jerome Sirlin Kiss of the Spider Woman
1994
Ian MacNeil An Inspector Calls
Bob Crowley Carousel
Peter J. Davison Medea
Marina DraghiciThe Lights
Adrianne Lobel Passion
George Tsypin In the Summer House
1995
Eugene Lee Show Boat
Bob Crowley Hapgood
Stephen Brimson LewisIndiscretions
Santo Loquasto A Month in the Country
Mark Thompson Arcadia
James YoumansThe Petrified Prince

2010s

YearDesignerProduction
2010
Phelim McDermott, Julian Crouch and Basil Twist The Addams Family
Sandra Goldmark The Boys in the Band
Derek McLane Ragtime
Christopher Oram Red
Jay Rohloff Underground
Karen Tennent Hansel and Gretel
2011
Derek McLane Anything Goes
Rachel HauckOrange, Hat & Grace
David Korins and Zachary Borovay Lombardi
Derek McLane Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Tony Straiges Treasure Island
Mark Wendland The Merchant of Venice
2012
Jon Driscoll, Rob Howell and Paul Kieve Ghost the Musical
David Gallo The Mountaintop
Roger HannaA Little Journey
David KorinsAssistance
Chinglish
Derek McLane Follies
2013
Rob Howell Matilda the Musical
Mimi LienThe Whale
Santo Loquasto The Assembled Parties
Anna Louizos The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Michael Yeargan Golden Boy
David ZinnThe Flick
2014
Christopher Barreca Rocky the Musical
Alexander Dodge A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Richard Hoover Small Engine Repair
Santo Loquasto Bullets Over Broadway
Ian MacNeil A Doll's House
Donyale Werle The Explorers Club
2015
Bob Crowley An American in Paris
Christine Jones Let the Right One In
David Korins Hamilton
Mimi LienAn Octoroon
Scott Pask The Visit
Daniel ZimmermanFashions for Men

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