Michael Bottari and Ronald Case created original designs for the South African "Hairspray", were nominated for the 2008 Drama Desk,Outer Critics Circle, & American Theatre Wing Awards, and won the 2008 Lucille Lortel Award for Costume design for "Die Mommie Die". In 2006 they were nominated for the Drama Desk Award and won best Set and Costume Design (Dean's List) for the York Theatre's "Fanny Hill". They won the 2003 Lucille Lortel Award, and were nominated for the Drama Desk that year for their costumes for Charles Busch's "Shanghai Moon" and for the critically acclaimed feature film of "Die Mommie Die" that won a Sundance Award and several film awards. Their costumes for Busch are also featured in the documentary "Lady In Question is Charles Busch". They have been a design team for over 40 years, having designed both sets and costumes for Broadway:Rodgers & Hammerstein's much loved "State Fair" (Producer David Merrick's last Broadway show), "Prince Of Central Park", and most recently Marc Shaiman's "Prop 8 The Musical On Broadway". Off-Broadway: "The Road To Qatar", "After The Fair", "Night Of The Hunter" (Stephen Cole), "Little Me", "Carnival", "Richard Cory", "Opal", "Man Who Shot Lincoln", etc. National tours: "I Do I Do!" (Lucie Arnaz, Larry Luckinbill), "Camelot" (Richard Harris), "Man Of La Mancha" (John Raitt, Jack Jones) the World tour of "My Fair Lady" (Noel Harrison), the 25th Anniversary Tour of "The King And I" (Yul Brynner), "Al Jolson, Tonight" (Larry Kert), "A Funny Thing...Forum" (Mickey Rooney), "Showboat" (Shirley Jones) to mention just a few. Other Regional credits include the costume designs for the now legendary Betty Buckley "Gypsy" at the PaperMill Playhouse, the hit revival of "Dames At Sea" which they won numerous critics awards for their sets, costumes, and projections in San Francisco and played the Goodspeed Opera House, "Cabaret" at the Walnut Street Theatre (Barrymore Award Winner for Best Costume Design), and many years at Starlight Musicals in Indianapolis and Burt Reynolds' Theatre (Carbonell Awards). They have designed three national tours of "Fiddler On The Roof" with Theo Bikel, and two premiere ballets for American Ballet Theatre.