The Drama Desk award was founded in 1955 as the Vernon Rice awards to, as one writer on Wikipedia put it, “to recognize shows produced off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, and in legitimate not-for-profit theaters, in addition to Broadway shows.†Therefore the Drama Desk is a celebration of all theater productions in New York and Cirque du Soleil, who has played New York numerous times, has been nominated as such in the following categories:
1991 – “Unique Theatrical Experience†Cirque du Soleil: Nouvelle Expérience 1998 – “Unique Theatrical Experience†Cirque du Soleil: Quidam 2003 – “Outstanding Costume Design†Eiko Ishioka - Cirque du Soleil: Varekai 2003 – “Unique Theatrical Expierence†Cirque du Soleil: Varekai 2003 – “Outstanding Sound Design†Francois Bergeron - Cirque du Soleil: Varekai 2003 – “Outstanding Set Design – Musical†Stephane Roy - Cirque du Soleil: Varekai
Okay, so, how many of these awards has Cirque won over the years?
1991 – “Unique Theatrical Experience†Cirque du Soleil: Nouvelle Expérience 1998 – “Unique Theatrical Experience†Cirque du Soleil: Quidam