Drama Desk Nominations Announced; Wicked Soars with 11

Nominations for the 2004 Drama Desk Awards were announced at the New York Friars Club on April 29. Just like the Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations, Wicked earned the most nominations with a total of 11. The ceremony for the awards, which honor both Broadway and off-Broadway theater, will be held on May 16 at the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center.

The following are the nominations for Outstanding Lighting Design:
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eishenhauer, Assassins
TJ Gerckens, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
Donald Holder, The Violet Hour
David Lander, I Am My Own Wife
Brian MacDevitt, Henry IV
Kenneth Posner, Wicked

For a complete list of nominees, click here.