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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Drama Desk Award |
| for Outstanding Sound Design | |
| awarded_for | Outstanding Sound Design |
| presenter | Drama Desk |
| location | New York City |
| country | United States |
| year | 1980 |
| year2 | 2009 |
| website |
for Outstanding Sound Design The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound 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 1980, for work in either a play or musical production. It was retired after the 2009 ceremony, replaced by separate play and musical categories (Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical and Outstanding Sound Design in a Play).
Paul Arditti and Dan Moses Schreier hold the record for most wins in the category before its retirement, with three wins each, followed by Steven Canyon Kennedy with two wins. Mark Bennett leads the nominees with the most nominations, netting eight.
Winners and nominees
;Key
1980s
| Year | Designer | Production | Ref. | 1980 | 1981-1984 | 1985 | 1986 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Norman L. Berman** | ***Strider*** | ||||||
| Richard Peaslee | *Teibele and Her Demon* | ||||||
| Stanley Silverman | *Bent* | ||||||
| colspan="3" | |||||||
| **John DiFusco** | ***Tracers*** | ||||||
| **Nigel Hess** | ***Cyrano de Bergerac*** | ||||||
| ***Much Ado About Nothing*** | |||||||
| John Malkovich | *Balm in Gilead* | ||||||
| **Otts Munderloh** | ***The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe*** | ||||||
| Tom Morse | *Execution of Justice* | ||||||
| The Red Clay Ramblers | *A Lie of the Mind* |
1990s
| Year | Designer | Production | Ref. | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | **1995** | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Aural Fixation** | ***Red Scare on Sunset*** | |||||||||||
| Olu Dara | *Let Me Live* | |||||||||||
| John Gromada | *Machinal* | |||||||||||
| Janet Kalas | *The Good Times Are Killing Me* | |||||||||||
| **Paul Arditti** | ***Four Baboons Adoring the Sun*** | |||||||||||
| Mark Bennett and Jim van Bergen | *Lypsinka! A Day in the Life* | |||||||||||
| Stewart Werner | *Lips Together, Teeth Apart* | |||||||||||
| **Steve Canyon Kennedy** | ***The Who's Tommy*** | |||||||||||
| Rodrigo Bachler-Klein | *Les Atrides* | |||||||||||
| Dan Moses Schreier | *Spic-O-Rama* | |||||||||||
| Richard Woodbury | *Wings* | |||||||||||
| **John A. Leonard** | ***Medea*** | |||||||||||
| Mark Bennett | *The Lights* | |||||||||||
| T. Richard Fitzgerald | *Beauty and the Beast* | |||||||||||
| John Gromada | *Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992* | |||||||||||
| colspan="3" | ||||||||||||
| **Dan Moses Schreier** | ***Floyd Collins*** | |||||||||||
| David Van Tieghem | *The Grey Zone* | |||||||||||
| **John Gromada** | ***The Skriker*** | |||||||||||
| Dan Moses Schreier | *God's Heart* | |||||||||||
| Marc Anthony Thompson | *A Huey P. Newton Story* | |||||||||||
| **Tony Meola** | ***The Lion King*** | |||||||||||
| Paul Arditti | *The Chairs* | |||||||||||
| Mark Bennett | *A View from the Bridge* | |||||||||||
| Thomas Cabaniss | *Mamba's Daughters* | |||||||||||
| Rinde Eckert and Gina Leishman | *Thérèse Raquin* | |||||||||||
| David Van Tieghem | *Scotland Road* | |||||||||||
| **Christopher Shutt** | ***Not About Nightingales*** | |||||||||||
| John Collins and James Johnson | *House/Lights* | |||||||||||
| Jonathan Deans | *Parade* | |||||||||||
| Fergus O'Hare | *Electra* | |||||||||||
| David Van Tieghem | *Stop Kiss* | |||||||||||
| Darron L. West | *Bob* |
2000s
| Year | Designer | Production | Ref. | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Jamie Mereness** | ***Charlie Victor Romeo*** | ||||||||||||
| Marc Gwinn | *Coyote on a Fence* | ||||||||||||
| Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen | *Space* | ||||||||||||
| Darron L. West | *Chesapeake* | ||||||||||||
| *Y2K* | |||||||||||||
| **Christopher Shutt** | ***Mnemonic*** | ||||||||||||
| Mark Bennett and Michael Creason | *Dogeaters* | ||||||||||||
| Bruce Ellman | *Comic Potential* | ||||||||||||
| Gregory Kostroff | *Lypsinka the Boxed Set* | ||||||||||||
| Mic Pool and David Bullard | *The Unexpected Man* | ||||||||||||
| Jerry Vager | *Up Against the Wind* | ||||||||||||
| **Dan Moses Schreier** | ***Into the Woods*** | ||||||||||||
| John Collins, Geoff Abbas and Jim Dawson | *To You, the Birdie!* | ||||||||||||
| Mark Huang | *Cressida Among the Greeks* | ||||||||||||
| Scott Lehrer | *Franny's Way* | ||||||||||||
| Matthew Spiro | *36 Views* | ||||||||||||
| David Van Tieghem | *The Glory of Living* | ||||||||||||
| **Acme Sound Partners** | ***La Bohème*** | ||||||||||||
| Mark Bennett | *Julius Caesar* | ||||||||||||
| *Golda's Balcony* | |||||||||||||
| Francois Bergeron | *Cirque du Soleil: Varekai* | ||||||||||||
| Janet Kalas | *Take Me Out* | ||||||||||||
| Mel Mercier and David Meschter | *Medea* | ||||||||||||
| **Dan Moses Schreier** | ***Assassins*** | ||||||||||||
| Mark Bennett | *Henry IV* | ||||||||||||
| Scott Jennings | *Ramayana 2K3* | ||||||||||||
| Brian Ronan | *Bug* | ||||||||||||
| David Van Tieghem | *The Stendhal Syndrome* | ||||||||||||
| **Paul Arditti** | ***The Pillowman*** | ||||||||||||
| Acme Sound Partners | *The Light in the Piazza* | ||||||||||||
| Jill DuBoff | *Miss Julie* | ||||||||||||
| *Spatter Pattern* | |||||||||||||
| Jeff Lorenz | *Frankenstein* | ||||||||||||
| Darron L. West | *Hot 'n' Throbbing* | ||||||||||||
| **Steve Canyon Kennedy** | ***Jersey Boys*** | ||||||||||||
| Acme Sound Partners | *See What I Wanna See* | ||||||||||||
| *The Drowsy Chaperone* | |||||||||||||
| Brian Ronan | *Grey Gardens* | ||||||||||||
| *The Pajama Game* | |||||||||||||
| Dan Moses Schreier | *Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street* | ||||||||||||
| **Gregory Clarke** | ***Journey's End*** | ||||||||||||
| Acme Sound Partners | *In the Heights* | ||||||||||||
| Mark Bennett | *The Coast of Utopia* | ||||||||||||
| Duncan Edwards | *LoveMusik* | ||||||||||||
| Frank Gaeta | *Dai (enough)* | ||||||||||||
| Richard Woodbury | *Talk Radio* | ||||||||||||
| **Scott Lehrer** | ***South Pacific*** | ||||||||||||
| Adam Cork | *Macbeth* | ||||||||||||
| Jorge Cousineau | *Opus* | ||||||||||||
| Joseph Fosco | *The Conversation* | ||||||||||||
| Mic Pool | *The 39 Steps* | ||||||||||||
| Tony Smolenski, IV | *Adding Machine* | ||||||||||||
| **Paul Arditti** | ***Billy Elliot the Musical*** | ||||||||||||
| Acme Sound Partners | *Irving Berlin's White Christmas* | ||||||||||||
| Gregory Clarke | *Equus* | ||||||||||||
| John Gromada | *Shipwrecked! An Entertainment, The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont* | ||||||||||||
| André J. Pluess | *[33 Variations](33-variations)* | ||||||||||||
| John Shivers | *[9 to 5](9-to-5-musical)* |
Multiple wins
; 3 wins
- Paul Arditti
- Dan Moses Schreier
;2 wins
- Steve Canyon Kennedy
Multiple nominations
;8 nominations
- Mark Bennett
;6 nominations
- Dan Moses Schreier
- Acme Sound Partners
;5 nominations
- David Van Tieghem
;4 nominations
- John Gromada
- Paul Arditti
- Darron L. West
;3 nominations
- Brian Ronan
;2 nominations
- Janet Kalas
- Richard Woodbury
- Steve Canyon Kennedy
- John Collins
- Mic Pool
- Scott Lehrer
- Jill DuBoff
- Gregory Clarke
References
References
- "1980 Awards – Nominees and Recipients".
- "1985 Awards – Nominees and Recipients".
- "1986 Awards – Nominees and Recipients".
- "1991 Awards – Nominees and Recipients".
- (13 May 1991). "'Will Rogers' and 'Yonkers' Win Drama Desk Awards". The New York Times.
- "1992 Awards – Nominees and Recipients".
- "1993 Awards – Nominees and Recipients".
- (May 18, 1993). "Drama Desk Honors Kiss and Angels". The New York Times.
- "1994 Awards – Nominees and Recipients".
- "1996 Awards – Nominees and Recipients".
- Robert Viagas. (May 20, 1996). "Drama Desk Awards to Rent, Master Class".
- "1997 Awards – Nominees and Recipients".
- (May 13, 1997). "Drama Desk Picks Performers, Presenters & Venue, May 18".
- (May 1997). "Chicago Tops Drama Desks". Variety.
- "1998 Awards – Nominees and Recipients".
- (May 17, 1998). "Ragtime, Beauty Queen Win Drama Desk Awards".
- "1999 Awards – Nominees and Recipients".
- (May 9, 1999). "List of 1999 Drama Desk Winners".
- (May 9, 1999). "1999 Drama Desk Winners: Not About Nightingales Design Trio".
- "2000 Awards – Nominees and Recipients".
- Kenneth Jones. (May 14, 2000). "2000 Drama Desk Winners Are Real Thing, Kate, Copenhagen & Contact".
- "2001 Awards – Nominees and Recipients".
- Kenneth Jones, Robert Simonson. (May 20, 2001). "2001 Drama Desk Winners Include Producers, Proof and Mnemonic".
- "2002 Awards – Nominees and Recipients".
- Robert Simonson. (May 20, 2002). "Drama Desk Awards Announced; Goat, Metamorphoses Tie for Best Play, Millie Scores".
- "2003 Awards – Nominees and Recipients".
- Robert Simonson. (May 1, 2003). "Hairspray Leads 2003 Drama Desk Award Nominations".
- (May 19, 2003). "Hairspray Wins 10 Drama Desk Awards". The New York Times.
- "2004 Awards – Nominees and Recipients".
- (April 29, 2004). "Wicked Leads Drama Desk Nominations". The New York Times.
- Andrew Gans, Robert Simonson. (May 16, 2004). "Wicked, Assassins, Henry IV, Wife Win Drama Desk Awards".
- "2005 Awards – Nominees and Recipients".
- (May 23, 2005). "2005 Drama Desk Award winners announced".
- "2006 Awards – Nominees and Recipients".
- Andrew Gans. (May 22, 2006). "Drowsy Chaperone and History Boys Big Winners at the 2006 Drama Desk Awards".
- "2007 Awards – Nominees and Recipients".
- New York Theatre Guide Staff. (May 20, 2007). "Drama Desk Awards 2006–2007 Winners Announced".
- Andrew Gans. (May 20, 2007). "52nd Annual Drama Desk Awards Presented May 20".
- "2008 Awards – Nominees and Recipients".
- (May 19, 2008). "Arts: Drama Desk’s Awards". The New York Times.
- New York Theatre Guide Staff. (October 19, 2017). "Drama Desk Awards 2008 Winners Announced".
- "2009 Awards – Nominees and Recipients".
- (May 17, 2009). "Drama Desk Awards Announced". The New York Times.
- Andrew Gans. (May 18, 2009). "Ruined and Billy Elliot Win Top Honors at Drama Desk Awards".
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