The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting 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 1975, for work in either a play or musical production. It was briefly retired, when it was replaced in 2009 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 Key
1970s Year Designer Production 1975 Neil Peter Jampolis Sherlock Holmes |- | Feder | Goodtime Charley |- | Roger Morgan | Saturday Sunday Monday |- | Julia Trevelyan Oman | Brief Lives |- | Andy Phillips | Equus |- ! rowspan="8"| 1976 |- style="background:#DCEEFF" | Jules Fisher| Chicago |- | Ian Calderon | Trelawny of the 'Wells' |- | Leon DiLeone | Angel Street |- | Robert Ornbo | Travesties |- | Thomas R. Skelton | Legend |- | rowspan="2"| James Tilton | A Memory of Two Mondays / 27 Wagons Full of Cotton |- | They Knew What They Wanted |- ! rowspan="7"| 1977 |- style="background:#DCEEFF" | rowspan="2"| Jennifer Tipton| The Cherry Orchard |- style="background:#DCEEFF" | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf John Bury No Man's Land Burl Hash The Crazy Locomotive Gilbert V. Hemsley, Jr. Porgy and Bess Ron Wallace Comedians 1978 Jules Fisher Dancin' John Arnone and Garland Wright K Gilbert V. Hemsley, Jr. The Mighty Gents Roger Morgan Dracula Ronald Wallace The Gin Game Marc B. Weiss Deathtrap 1979 Roger Morgan The Crucifer of Blood Ken Billington Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Beverly Emmons The Elephant Man Tharon Musser Ballroom They're Playing Our Song
1980s Year Designer Production 1980 Dennis Parichy Talley's Folly |- | David Hersey | Evita |- | John McLain | Émigrés |- | Tharon Musser | Children of a Lesser God |- | Richard Nelson | Morning's at Seven |- | Duane Schuler | Teibele and Her Demon |- ! rowspan="7"| 1981 |- style="background:#DCEEFF" | Jules Fisher and Robby Monk| Frankenstein John Bury Amadeus Pat Collins Penguin Touquet Dennis Parichy Fifth of July Thomas R. Skelton Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music Jennifer Tipton Lunch Hour 1982 Marcia Madeira Nine |- style="background:#DCEEFF" | Tharon Musser| Dreamgirls |- | Beverly Emmons | The Dresser |- | Eugene Lee | The Hothouse |- ! rowspan="6"| 1983 |- style="background:#DCEEFF" | David Hersey| Cats |- | Ken Billington | Foxfire |- | Allen Lee Hughes | K2 |- | Richard Nelson | Death of Von Richthofen Witnessed from Earth |- | Mal Sturchio | Johnny Got His Gun |- ! rowspan="7"| 1984 |- style="background:#DCEEFF" | Richard Nelson| Sunday in the Park with George |- | Frances Aronson | Painting Churches |- | Jules Fisher | La Cage aux Folles |- | John Gisondi | Sound and Beauty |- | Tharon Musser | The Real Thing |- | Marc B. Weiss | The Rink |- ! rowspan="7"| 1985 |- style="background:#DCEEFF" | Richard Riddell| Big River |- | Ken Billington | Grind |- | Kevin Rigdon | Balm in Gilead |- | Jennifer Tipton | Whoopi Goldberg |- | Ron Wallace | Requiem for a Heavyweight |- | Terry Wuthrich | Tracers |- ! rowspan="6"| 1986 |- style="background:#DCEEFF" | Pat Collins| Execution of Justice Paul Gallo The Mystery of Edwin Drood Phil Monat Goblin Market Kevin Rigdon The Shawl Jennifer Tipton Hamlet 1987 Chris Parry Les Liaisons Dangereuses |- | Martin Aronstein | Wild Honey |- | David Hersey | Les Misérables |- | Dennis Parichy | Coastal Disturbances |- | Jennifer Tipton | Worstward Ho |- ! rowspan="7"| 1988 |- style="background:#DCEEFF" | Andrew Bridge| The Phantom of the Opera |- | Pat Collins | Woman in Mind |- | rowspan="2"| Paul Gallo | Wenceslas Square |- | Anything Goes |- | David Hersey | Chess |- | Richard Nelson | Into the Woods |- ! rowspan="9"| 1989 |- style="background:#DCEEFF" | rowspan="3"| Jennifer Tipton| Waiting for Godot Jerome Robbins' Broadway |- style="background:#DCEEFF" | Long Day's Journey into Night Mary Jo Dondlinger Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Paul Gallo Miracolo D'Amore Lend Me a Tenor Neil Peter Jampolis and Jane Reisman Black and Blue Kevin Rigdon Our Town
1990s Year Designer Production 1990 Jules Fisher Grand Hotel |- | Andrew Bridge | Aspects of Love |- | Paul Gallo | City of Angels |- | Tharon Musser | Artist Descending a Staircase |- | Kevin Rigdon | The Grapes of Wrath |- ! rowspan="6"| 1991 |- style="background:#DCEEFF" | David Hersey| Miss Saigon |- | Jules Fisher | Hamlet |- | Donald Holder | Caucasian Chalk Circle |- | Tharon Musser | The Secret Garden |- | Kenneth Posner | Machinal |- ! rowspan="6"| 1992 |- style="background:#DCEEFF" | Jules Fisher| Jelly's Last Jam |- style="background:#DCEEFF" | Paul Gallo| Guys and Dolls |- | Christopher Akerlind | Mad Forest |- | Trevor Dawson | Dancing at Lughnasa |- | Mimi Jordan Sherin | 'Tis Pity She's a Whore |- ! rowspan="6"| 1993 |- style="background:#DCEEFF" | Chris Parry| The Who's Tommy |- | Robert Christen | Wings |- | Jules Fisher | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches |- | Brian MacDevitt | Three Hotels |- | Mimi Jordan Sherin | Woyzeck |- ! rowspan="6"| 1994 |- style="background:#DCEEFF" | Rick Fisher| An Inspector Calls |- | Christopher Akerlind | The Lights |- | Beverly Emmons | Passion |- | Paul Pyant | Carousel |- | Mimi Jordan Sherin | All's Well That Ends Well |- ! rowspan="6"| 1995 |- style="background:#DCEEFF" | Richard Pilbrow| Show Boat Beverly Emmons The Heiress Paul Gallo Blade to the Heart Mark Henderson Indiscretions Brian MacDevitt Love! Valour! Compassion! 1996 Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk Beverly Emmons and Jules Fisher Chronicle of a Death Foretold Nigel Levings The King and I Chris Parry A Midsummer Night's Dream 1997 Ken Billington Chicago Kevin Adams Henry VI Donald Holder Juan Darien Jean Kalman The Waste Land Richard Pilbrow The Life 1998 Donald Holder The Lion King Paul Anderson The Chairs Mike Baldassari and Peggy Eisenhauer Cabaret Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher Ragtime Peter Maradudin Ballad of Yachiyo Kenneth Posner Pride's Crossing A View from the Bridge 1999 Chris Parry Not About Nightingales Howell Binkley Parade Michael Chybowski Wit Paul Gallo The Civil War Natasha Katz Twelfth Night Mimi Jordan Sherin Bob
2000s Year Designer Production 2000 Peter Kaczorowski Contact David J. Lander Dirty Blonde Brian MacDevitt An Experiment with an Air Pump Robert Perry The Water Engine Kenneth Posner The Wild Party Scott Zielinski Space 2001 Paul Anderson Mnemonic Howell Binkley The Full Monty Peter Kaczorowski The Producers Brian MacDevitt The Invention of Love Kenneth Posner The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Hugh Vanstone The Unexpected Man 2002 T.J. Gerckens Metamorphoses Frances Aronson Psych David Hersey Oklahoma! Natasha Katz Sweet Smell of Success Peter Mumford Private Lives Kenneth Posner Monster 2003 Nigel Levings La Bohème |- | Kevin Adams | Take Me Out |- | Russell H. Champa | Yellowman |- | rowspan="2"| Donald Holder | Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme |- | Movin' Out |- | Peter Mumford | Vincent in Brixton |- ! rowspan="7"| 2004 |- style="background:#DCEEFF" | Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher| Assassins |- | T.J. Gerckens | The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci |- | Donald Holder | The Violet Hour |- | David J. Lander | I Am My Own Wife |- | Brian MacDevitt | Henry IV |- | Kenneth Posner | Wicked |- ! rowspan="7"| 2005 |- style="background:#DCEEFF" | Christopher Akerlind| The Light in the Piazza |- | Christopher Akerlind | Belle Époque |- | Mark Henderson | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |- | Donald Holder | Gem of the Ocean |- | R. Lee Kennedy | The Audience |- | James Japhy Weideman | Frankenstein |- ! rowspan="7"| 2006 |- style="background:#DCEEFF" | Richard G. Jones| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Christopher Akerlind Awake and Sing! Traci Klainer The Asphalt Kiss Martin Labrecque Rain John McKernon The Trip to Bountiful Robert Wilson Peer Gynt 2007 Brian MacDevitt, Kenneth Posner and Natasha Katz The Coast of Utopia Howell Binkley LoveMusik Paul Gallo Blackbird Mark Jonathan Prometheus Bound James Japhy Weideman Jack Goes Boating 2008 Kevin Adams The 39 Steps Ken Billington Sunday in the Park with George Maruti Evans Slaughterhouse-Five Donald Holder South Pacific Natasha Katz The Little Mermaid Keith Parham Adding Machine 2009 colspan="2"
2010s Year Designer Production 2010 Neil Austin Red Neil Austin Hamlet Christian DeAngelis Lizzie Borden Maruti Evans John Ball's In the Heat of the Night Natasha Katz The Addams Family Dane Laffery The Boys in the Band 2011 David Lander Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo |- | Jean Kalman | John Gabriel Borkman |- | R. Lee Kennedy | See Rock City & Other Destinations |- | Laura Mroczkowksi | Spy Garbo |- | Ben Stanton | The Whipping Man |- | David Weiner | A Small Fire |- ! rowspan="7"| 2012 |- style="background:#DCEEFF" | Brian MacDevitt| Death of a Salesman |- | Kevin Adams | Carrie |- | Neil Austin | Evita |- | David Lander | One Arm |- | Kenneth Posner | Death Takes a Holiday |- | Paul Pyant | Richard III |- ! rowspan="7"| 2013 |- style="background:#DCEEFF" | Justin Townsend| Here Lies Love Daniel Winters The Man Who Laughs Ken Billington Chaplin: The Musical Jane Cox Passion Kenneth Posner Pippin Scott Zielinski A Civil War Christmas 2014 Christopher Akerlind Rocky the Musical |- | Jane Cox | Machinal |- | David Lander | The Civil War |- | Peter Mumford | King Lear |- | Brian Tovar | Tamar of the River |- | Japhy Weideman | Macbeth |- ! rowspan="7"| 2015 |- style="background:#DCEEFF" | Paule Constable| The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Howell Binkley Hamilton Paule Constable and David Plater Wolf Hall Parts One & Two Maruti Evans Deliverance Natasha Katz The Iceman Cometh Ben Stanton Our Lady of Kibeho
See also Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design Tony Award for Best Lighting Design
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