The 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards Nominations have been announced, and Robert Wilson's Peer Gynt has received 5 nominations. Nominations were announced on April 27 at The New York Friars Club by theater notables Marvin Hamlisch and Donna McKechnie, who revealed the nominees for the 2005/2006 theater season in front of a crowd of theater professionals at a press conference . The annual awards honor excellence in theater for Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway.
6/28/2006 :: Peer Gynt was nominated for the following categories;
Outstanding Director of a Play, Robert Wilson
Outstanding Set Design of a Play, Robert Wilson
Outstanding Costume Design,Jacques Reynaud
Outstanding Lighting Design, Robert Wilson
Unique Theatrical Experience, Peer Gynt
The 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards will be presented on Sunday, May 21, at 9pm, at the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center in New York. For the third consecutive year, Harvey Fierstein will host the ceremony, and for the fourth year in a row, the awards ceremony will be webcast by TheaterMania.com. The Drama Desk Awards will be taped for television and subsequently broadcast nationwide as a two-hour special on PBS stations. In New York, the program will be shown on Thirteen/WNET on Monday, May 29 at 3 pm and on NYC-25 TV on Tuesday May 30 and Thursday, June 1 at 10 pm. A limited number of tickets for the Drama Desk Awards are available to the public by calling (212) 352-3101 or visiting the TheaterMania.com website at http://www.theatermania.com.