Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design#1970s

{{Infobox award

| name = Drama Desk Award
for Outstanding Set Design

| awarded_for = Outstanding Set Design

| presenter = Drama Desk

| location = New York City

| country = United States

| year = 1969

| year2 = 2015

| website = {{Website defunct|dramadesk.org}}

}}

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.

Winners and nominees

=1960s=

class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"
style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:10%;"\| Year ! style="width:30%;"\| Designer ! style="width:60%;"\| Production
rowspan="3"\| 1969
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Boris Aronson \| *Zorba*
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Ming Cho Lee \| *Billy*

class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"

style="background:#bebebe;"

! style="width:10%;"| Year

! style="width:30%;"| Designer

! style="width:60%;"| Production

rowspan="3"| 1969

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Boris Aronson

| Zorba

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Ming Cho Lee

| Billy

=1970s=

class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"
style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:10%;"\| Year ! style="width:30%;"\| Designer ! style="width:60%;"\| Production
rowspan="4"\| 1970
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Boris Aronson \| *Company*
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Jo Mielziner \| *Child's Play*
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Fred Voelpe \| *The Memory Bank*
rowspan="4"\| 1971
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Boris Aronson \| *Follies*
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Sally Jacobs \| *A Midsummer Night's Dream*
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Robin Wagner \| *Lenny*
rowspan="5"\| 1972
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| rowspan="2"\| Santo Loquasto \| *Sticks and Bones*
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| *That Championship Season*
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Kert Lundell \| *Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death*
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Robert U. Taylor \| *The Beggar's Opera*
rowspan="5"\| 1973
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Victor Garcia and Fabian Puigserver \| *Yerma*
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| David Jenkins \| *The Changing Room*
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| rowspan="2"\| Tony Walton \| *Pippin*
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| *Shelter*
rowspan="5"\| 1974
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Franne Lee and Eugene Lee \| *Candide*
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| David Mitchell \| *Short Eyes*
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| rowspan="2"\| Douglas W. Schmidt \| *Over Here!*
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| *Veronica's Room*
rowspan="9"\| 1975
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| 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 Oman \| Brief Lives
William Ritman \| God's Favorite
Franco Zeffirelli \| Saturday Sunday Monday
rowspan="8"\| 1976
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Boris Aronson \| *Pacific Overtures*
John Lee Beatty \| Knock Knock
rowspan="2"\| Santo Loquasto \| Kennedy's Children
Legend
Robert U. Taylor \| Lamppost Reunion
rowspan="2"\| James Tilton \| A Memory of Two Mondays / 27 Wagons Full of Cotton
They Knew What They Wanted
rowspan="9"\| 1977
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| rowspan="2"\| Santo Loquasto \| *American Buffalo*
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| *The Cherry Orchard*
John Lee Beatty \| The Innocents
Clarke Dunham \| Hagar's Children
George C. Jenkins \| Sly Fox
Robert Randolph \| Porgy and Bess
rowspan="2"\| Douglas W. Schmidt \| The Crazy Locomotive
The Robber Bridegroom
rowspan="7"\| 1978
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| 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
rowspan="6"\| 1979
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| 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

class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"

style="background:#bebebe;"

! style="width:10%;"| Year

! style="width:30%;"| Designer

! style="width:60%;"| Production

rowspan="4"| 1970

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Boris Aronson

| Company

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Jo Mielziner

| Child's Play

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Fred Voelpe

| The Memory Bank

rowspan="4"| 1971

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Boris Aronson

| Follies

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Sally Jacobs

| A Midsummer Night's Dream

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Robin Wagner

| Lenny

rowspan="5"| 1972

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="2"| Santo Loquasto

| Sticks and Bones

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| That Championship Season

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Kert Lundell

| Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Robert U. Taylor

| The Beggar's Opera

rowspan="5"| 1973

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Victor Garcia and Fabian Puigserver

| Yerma

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| David Jenkins

| The Changing Room

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="2"| Tony Walton

| Pippin

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Shelter

rowspan="5"| 1974

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Franne Lee and Eugene Lee

| Candide

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| David Mitchell

| Short Eyes

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="2"| Douglas W. Schmidt

| Over Here!

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Veronica's Room

rowspan="9"| 1975

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| 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 Oman

| Brief Lives

William Ritman

| God's Favorite

Franco Zeffirelli

| Saturday Sunday Monday

rowspan="8"| 1976

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Boris Aronson

| Pacific Overtures

John Lee Beatty

| Knock Knock

rowspan="2"| Santo Loquasto

| Kennedy's Children

Legend

Robert U. Taylor

| Lamppost Reunion

rowspan="2"| James Tilton

| A Memory of Two Mondays / 27 Wagons Full of Cotton

They Knew What They Wanted

rowspan="9"| 1977

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="2"| Santo Loquasto

| American Buffalo

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| The Cherry Orchard

John Lee Beatty

| The Innocents

Clarke Dunham

| Hagar's Children

George C. Jenkins

| Sly Fox

Robert Randolph

| Porgy and Bess

rowspan="2"| Douglas W. Schmidt

| The Crazy Locomotive

The Robber Bridegroom

rowspan="7"| 1978

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| 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

rowspan="6"| 1979

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| 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=

class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"
style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:10%;"\| Year ! style="width:30%;"\| Designer ! style="width:60%;"\| Production
rowspan="7"\| 1980
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| John Lee Beatty \| *Talley's Folly*
rowspan="2"\| David Jenkins \| The Art of Dining
I Ought to Be in Pictures
David Mitchell \| Barnum
William Ritman \| Morning's at Seven
Douglas W. Schmidt \| Sidewalkin'
rowspan="5"\| 1981
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| John Lee Beatty \| *Fifth of July*
John Bury \| Amadeus
Wilford Leach and Bob Shaw \| The Pirates of Penzance
Douglas W. Schmidt \| Frankenstein
rowspan="8"\| 1982
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Robin Wagner \| *Dreamgirls*
David Chapman \| The First
Laurie Dennett \| The Dresser
Eugene Lee \| The Hothouse
rowspan="2"\| Santo Loquasto \| Crossing Niagara
Gardenia
Stuart Wurtzel \| Henry IV
rowspan="10"\| 1983
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Ming Cho Lee \| K2
John Gunter \| All's Well That Ends Well
rowspan="2"\| Andrew Jackness \| Geniuses
Whodunnit
rowspan="3"\| Marjorie Bradley Kellogg \| Extremities
Present Laughter
Steaming
Kert Lundell \| Johnny Got His Gun
Douglas W. Schmidt \| Death of Von Richthofen Witnessed from Earth
rowspan="7"\| 1984
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Tony Straiges \| *Sunday in the Park with George*
Michael Annals \| Noises Off
Peter Larkin \| The Rink
David Potts \| Full Hookup
Bill Stabile \| Spookhouse
Tony Walton \| The Real Thing
rowspan="8"\| 1985
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Heidi Ettinger \| *Big River*
John Lee Beatty \| The Octette Bridge Club
Clarke Dunham \| Grind
James Leonard Joy \| Digby
Marjorie Bradley Kellogg \| Requiem for a Heavyweight
Ralph Koltai \| Much Ado About Nothing
Kevin Rigdon \| Balm in Gilead
rowspan="8"\| 1986
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| rowspan="2"\| Tony Walton \| *Social Security*
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| *The House of Blue Leaves*
William Barclay \| Goblin Market
Ming Cho Lee \| Execution of Justice
Thomas Lynch \| Little Footsteps
rowspan="2"\| Bob Shaw \| Hamlet
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
rowspan="8"\| 1987
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| rowspan="2"\| John Napier \| *Les Misérables*
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| *Starlight Express*
Bob Crowley \| Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Edward Gianfrancesco \| North Shore Fish
John Gunter \| Wild Honey
Martin Johns \| Me and My Girl
Tony Walton \| The Front Page
rowspan="6"\| 1988
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| 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
rowspan="8"\| 1989
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| rowspan="2"\| Santo Loquasto \| *Italian American Reconciliation*
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| *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

class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"

style="background:#bebebe;"

! style="width:10%;"| Year

! style="width:30%;"| Designer

! style="width:60%;"| Production

rowspan="7"| 1980

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| John Lee Beatty

| Talley's Folly

rowspan="2"| David Jenkins

| The Art of Dining

I Ought to Be in Pictures

David Mitchell

| Barnum

William Ritman

| Morning's at Seven

Douglas W. Schmidt

| Sidewalkin'

rowspan="5"| 1981

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| John Lee Beatty

| Fifth of July

John Bury

| Amadeus

Wilford Leach and Bob Shaw

| The Pirates of Penzance

Douglas W. Schmidt

| Frankenstein

rowspan="8"| 1982

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Robin Wagner

| Dreamgirls

David Chapman

| The First

Laurie Dennett

| The Dresser

Eugene Lee

| The Hothouse

rowspan="2"| Santo Loquasto

| Crossing Niagara

Gardenia

Stuart Wurtzel

| Henry IV

rowspan="10"| 1983

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Ming Cho Lee

| K2

John Gunter

| All's Well That Ends Well

rowspan="2"| Andrew Jackness

| Geniuses

Whodunnit

rowspan="3"| Marjorie Bradley Kellogg

| Extremities

Present Laughter

Steaming

Kert Lundell

| Johnny Got His Gun

Douglas W. Schmidt

| Death of Von Richthofen Witnessed from Earth

rowspan="7"| 1984

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Tony Straiges

| Sunday in the Park with George

Michael Annals

| Noises Off

Peter Larkin

| The Rink

David Potts

| Full Hookup

Bill Stabile

| Spookhouse

Tony Walton

| The Real Thing

rowspan="8"| 1985

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Heidi Ettinger

| Big River

John Lee Beatty

| The Octette Bridge Club

Clarke Dunham

| Grind

James Leonard Joy

| Digby

Marjorie Bradley Kellogg

| Requiem for a Heavyweight

Ralph Koltai

| Much Ado About Nothing

Kevin Rigdon

| Balm in Gilead

rowspan="8"| 1986

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="2"| Tony Walton

| Social Security

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| The House of Blue Leaves

William Barclay

| Goblin Market

Ming Cho Lee

| Execution of Justice

Thomas Lynch

| Little Footsteps

rowspan="2"| Bob Shaw

| Hamlet

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

rowspan="8"| 1987

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="2"| John Napier

| Les Misérables

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Starlight Express

Bob Crowley

| Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Edward Gianfrancesco

| North Shore Fish

John Gunter

| Wild Honey

Martin Johns

| Me and My Girl

Tony Walton

| The Front Page

rowspan="6"| 1988

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| 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

rowspan="8"| 1989

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="2"| Santo Loquasto

| Italian American Reconciliation

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| 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=

class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"
style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:10%;"\| Year ! style="width:30%;"\| Designer ! style="width:60%;"\| Production
rowspan="5"\| 1990
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Robin Wagner \| *City of Angels*
Edward Gianfrancesco \| The Widow's Blind Date
Kevin Rigdon \| The Grapes of Wrath
Tony Walton \| Grand Hotel
rowspan="5"\| 1991
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Heidi Ettinger \| *The Secret Garden*
David Gallo \| Machinal
Richard Hudson \| La Bête
Andrew Jackness \| Road to Nirvana
rowspan="6"\| 1992
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Tony Walton \| *Guys and Dolls*
John Conklin \| 'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Joe Vanek \| Dancing at Lughnasa
Robin Wagner \| Crazy for You
James Youmans \| Bella, Belle of Byelorussia
rowspan="6"\| 1993
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| John Arnone and Wendall K. Harrington \| *The Who's Tommy*
Mark Beard \| Brother Truckers
Heidi Ettinger \| One Shoe Off
Guy-Claude Francois \| Les Atrides
Jerome Sirlin \| Kiss of the Spider Woman
rowspan="7"\| 1994
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Ian MacNeil \| *An Inspector Calls*
Bob Crowley \| Carousel
Peter J. Davison \| Medea
Marina Draghici \| The Lights
Adrianne Lobel \| Passion
George Tsypin \| In the Summer House
rowspan="7"\| 1995
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Eugene Lee \| *Show Boat*
Bob Crowley \| Hapgood
Stephen Brimson Lewis \| Indiscretions
Santo Loquasto \| A Month in the Country
Mark Thompson \| Arcadia
James Youmans \| The Petrified Prince

class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"

style="background:#bebebe;"

! style="width:10%;"| Year

! style="width:30%;"| Designer

! style="width:60%;"| Production

rowspan="5"| 1990

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Robin Wagner

| City of Angels

Edward Gianfrancesco

| The Widow's Blind Date

Kevin Rigdon

| The Grapes of Wrath

Tony Walton

| Grand Hotel

rowspan="5"| 1991

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Heidi Ettinger

| The Secret Garden

David Gallo

| Machinal

Richard Hudson

| La Bête

Andrew Jackness

| Road to Nirvana

rowspan="6"| 1992

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Tony Walton

| Guys and Dolls

John Conklin

| 'Tis Pity She's a Whore

Joe Vanek

| Dancing at Lughnasa

Robin Wagner

| Crazy for You

James Youmans

| Bella, Belle of Byelorussia

rowspan="6"| 1993

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| John Arnone and Wendall K. Harrington

| The Who's Tommy

Mark Beard

| Brother Truckers

Heidi Ettinger

| One Shoe Off

Guy-Claude Francois

| Les Atrides

Jerome Sirlin

| Kiss of the Spider Woman

rowspan="7"| 1994

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Ian MacNeil

| An Inspector Calls

Bob Crowley

| Carousel

Peter J. Davison

| Medea

Marina Draghici

| The Lights

Adrianne Lobel

| Passion

George Tsypin

| In the Summer House

rowspan="7"| 1995

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Eugene Lee

| Show Boat

Bob Crowley

| Hapgood

Stephen Brimson Lewis

| Indiscretions

Santo Loquasto

| A Month in the Country

Mark Thompson

| Arcadia

James Youmans

| The Petrified Prince

=2010s=

class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"
style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:10%;"\| Year ! style="width:30%;"\| Designer ! style="width:60%;"\| Production
rowspan="7"\| 2010
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| 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
rowspan="7"\| 2011
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Derek McLane \| *Anything Goes*
Rachel Hauck \| Orange, 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
rowspan="7"\| 2012
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Jon Driscoll, Rob Howell and Paul Kieve \| *Ghost the Musical*
David Gallo \| The Mountaintop
Roger Hanna \| A Little Journey
rowspan="2"\| David Korins \| Assistance
Chinglish
Derek McLane \| Follies
rowspan="7"\| 2013
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Rob Howell \| *Matilda the Musical*
Mimi Lien \| The Whale
Santo Loquasto \| The Assembled Parties
Anna Louizos \| The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Michael Yeargan \| Golden Boy
David Zinn \| The Flick
rowspan="7"\| 2014
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| 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
rowspan="7"\| 2015
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Bob Crowley \| *An American in Paris*
Christine Jones \| Let the Right One In
David Korins \| Hamilton
Mimi Lien \| An Octoroon
Scott Pask \| The Visit
Daniel Zimmerman \| Fashions for Men

class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"

style="background:#bebebe;"

! style="width:10%;"| Year

! style="width:30%;"| Designer

! style="width:60%;"| Production

rowspan="7"| 2010

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Phelim McDermott, Julian Crouch and Basil Twist

| The Addams Family

Sandra Goldmark

| The Boys in the Band

Derek McLane