| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Ron Richardson | Big River |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Daniel H. Jenkins | Big River |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Mark Hamill, Harry Groener | Harrigan 'n Hart |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | David Carroll, Gary Morris | La Boheme |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Jonathan Pryce | Accidental Death of an Anarchist |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Jonathan Hogan | As Is |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Derek Jacobi | Cyrano de Bergerac |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Anthony Heald | Digby |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Jim Dale | Joe Egg |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Derek Jacobi | Much Ado About Nothing |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Patrick McGoohan | Pack of Lies |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | John Lithgow | Requiem for a Heavyweight |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Anthony Heald | The Foreigner |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Lynn Redgrave | Aren't We All? |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Roxanne Hart | Digby |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Stockard Channing | Joe Egg |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Rosemary Harris | Pack of Lies |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Elizabeth Wilson | Salonika |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Jerry Colker | Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design | Patricia McGourty | Big River |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design | Anne Roth | Design for Living |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design | Rita Ryack | Digby |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design | Alexander Reid | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design | Robert Morgan | The Loves of Anatol |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design | Carrie Robbins | The Octette Bridge Club |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Marshall W. Mason | As Is |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | John Malkovich | Balm in Gilead |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Gene Saks | Biloxi Blues |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Ron Lagomarsino | Digby |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Claudia Weill | Found a Peanut |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Ensemble Performances | | Balm in Gilead |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Ensemble Performances | | Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Rene Auberjonois | Big River |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | John Goodman, Bob Gunton, John Short | Big River |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Timothy Nolen | Grind |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Howard McGillin | La Boheme |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Ken Kliban | As Is |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Barry Miller | Biloxi Blues |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Bill Sadler | Biloxi Blues |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Charles S. Dutton | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | David Proval | Requiem for a Heavyweight |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Edward Petherbridge | Strange Interlude |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Patti Cohenour | Big River |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Leilani Jones | Grind |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Sharon Murray | Grind |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Charlaine Woodard | Hang on to the Good Times |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Marianne Tatum | The Three Musketeers |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Judith Ivey | Hurlyburly |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Joanna Gleason | Joe Egg |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Sudie Bond | The Foreigner |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Anne Pitoniak, Nancy Marchand | The Octette Bridge Club |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Margaret Tyzack | Tom and Viv |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Kevin Rigdon | Balm in Gilead |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Richard Riddell | Big River |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Ken Billington | Grind |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Ron Wallace | Requiem for a Heavyweight |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Terry Wuthrich | Tracers |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Jennifer Tipton | Whoopi Goldberg |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Roger Miller | Big River |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Ellen Fitzhugh | Grind |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Jerry Colker | Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Roger Miller | Big River |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Larry Grossman | Grind |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Michael Rupert | Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Steven Margoshes, Danny Troob | Big River |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Bill Byers | Grind |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Michael Starobin | La Boheme |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Michael Starobin | Three Naked Guys from the Waist Down |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | William F. Hoffman | As Is |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | Neil Simon | Biloxi Blues |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | Joseph Dougherty | Digby |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | August Wilson | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | | Aren't We All? |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | | Balm in Gilead |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | | Joe Egg |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | | On Approval |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | | Pacific Overtures |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Kevin Rigdon | Balm in Gilead |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Heidi Landesman | Big River |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | James Leonard Joy | Digby |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Clarke Dunham | Grind |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Ralph Koltai | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Marjorie Bradley Kellogg | Requiem for a Heavyweight |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | John Lee Beatty | The Octette Bridge Club |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Solo Performance | Ekkehard Schall | An Evening with Ekkehard Schall |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Solo Performance | Avner Eisenberg | Avner the Eccentric |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Solo Performance | Lori Wilner | Hannah Senesh |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Solo Performance | Alec McCowan | Kipling |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Solo Performance | Spalding Gray | Swimming to Cambodia |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Solo Performance | Whoopi Goldberg | Whoopi Goldberg |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | John Malkovich | Balm in Gilead |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Nigel Hess | Cyrano de Bergerac / Much Ado About Nothing |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | John DiFusco | Tracers |
| Drama Desk Awards | Special Awards | Veterans Ensemble Theatre Company, Claudette Colbert, Rex Harrison | |
| Drama Desk Awards | Special Awards | Gerard Alessandrini | Forbidden Broadway |
| Drama Desk Awards | Special Awards | The Cast and Crew | The Mystery of Irma Vep |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Unique Theatrical Experience | | La Tempesta |
| Drama Desk Awards | Unique Theatrical Experience | | The Garden of Earthly Delights |
| Drama Desk Awards | Unique Theatrical Experience | | The Golden Land |
| Drama Desk Awards | Unique Theatrical Experience | | The Normal Heart |
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| Drama League Awards | Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre | Yul Brynner | |
| Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Sir Derek Jacobi | Cyrano de Bergerac / Much Ado About Nothing |
| Drama League Awards | Unique Contribution to the Theatre | Terry Hands | The Royal Shakespeare Company |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Actor | Anthony Sher | Richard III |
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| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Comedy | Alan Ayckbourn | A Chorus of Disapproval |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Director | Bill Bryden | The Mysteries |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Play | Howard Brenton and David Hare | Pravda |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright | Billy Hamon | Grafters |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress | Vanessa Redgrave | The Seagull |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical | | Are You Lonesome Tonight? |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Helen Hayes Humanitarian Award | Margaret Rockwell Pfanstiehl | |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Laura Crow | Cloud NineArena Stage |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Marjorie Slaiman | Happy EndArena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Anne Hould-Ward | King LearFolger Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Marjorie Slaiman | Man and SupermanArena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | John Carver Sullivan | Much Ado About NothingFolger Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Jared Aswegan | The TempestArena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Gary Pearle | Cloud 9Arena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Douglas C. Wager | Man and SupermanArena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Joy Zinoman | My Sister in This HouseStudio Theatre |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Elinor Renfield | Passion PlayArena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Elizabeth Swados | The Beautiful LadyNew Playwrights' Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Dorothy Neumann | Top GirlsHorizons Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Touring Production | Derek Jacobi | Cyrano de BergeracKennedy Center |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Touring Production | Joe Sears | Greater TunaFord's Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Touring Production | Charles Adler | Torch Song TrilogyWarner Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Touring Production | James Whitmore | Will Rogers, U.S.AFord's Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Touring Production | Percy Mtwa | Woza, Albert!Arena Stage |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Touring Production | Mbongeni Ngema | Woza, Albert!Arena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Kevin Donovan | Cloud 9Arena Stage |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Richard Bauer | Enter a Free ManOlney Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Stanley Anderson | Lydie BreezeNew Playwrights' Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Francois de la Giroday | Man and SupermanArena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Tom Toner | The Gin GameOlney Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Touring Production | Diane Fratantoni | CatsNational Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Touring Production | Sinead Cusack | Cyrano de BergeracKennedy Center |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Touring Production | Kaye Ballard | Hey, Ma ... Kaye BallardKennedy Center |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Touring Production | Lenka Peterson | QuiltersKennedy Center |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Touring Production | Sally Struthers | The Odd CoupleNational Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Halo Wines | Cloud 9Arena Stage |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Marcia Gay Harden | Crimes of the HeartOlney Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Mikel Lambert | Much Ado About NothingFolger Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Sarah Marshall | My Sister in This HouseStudio Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Karen Trott | The Beautiful LadyNew Playwrights' Theatre |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Mary Ellen Nester | Top GirlsHorizons Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Frances Aronson | Happy EndArena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Stuart Duke | King LearFolger Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Nancy Schertler | Lydie BreezeNew Playwrights' Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Daniel MacLean Wagner | My Sister in This HouseStudio Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Allen Lee Hughes | Passion PlayArena Stage |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Frances Aronson | The TempestArena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding New Play | New Playwrights' Theatre | Burial Customs |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding New Play | New Playwrights' Theatre | The Beautiful Lady |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding New Play | Source Theatre | The Shady Side |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Resident Production | New Playwrights' Theatre | Beautiful Lady |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Resident Production | Arena Stage | Cloud 9 |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Resident Production | New Playwrights' Theatre | Lydie Breeze |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Resident Production | Arena Stage | Man and Superman |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Resident Production | Studio Theatre | My Sister in This House |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | John Arnone | Happy EndArena Stage |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Russell Metheny | King LearFolger Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | William Barclay | Much Ado About NothingFolger Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Russell Metheny | My Sister in This HouseStudio Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Loren Sherman | Passion PlayArena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Mark Hammer | Cloud 9Arena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Scott Harlan | Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?Olney Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Floyd King | King LearFolger Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Steven Dawn | Lydie BreezeNew Playwrights' Theatre |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Richard Bauer | Man and SupermanArena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | John Leonard | The TempestArena Stage |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Peggy Cosgrave | Crimes of the HeartOlney Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Brigid Cleary | Enter a Free ManOlney Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Tami Tappan | Lydie BreezeNew Playwrights' Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Barbara Klein | Top GirlsHorizons Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Elizabeth DuVall | Wake of Jamey FosterStudio Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Touring Production | Sal Mistretta | CatsNational Theatre |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Touring Production | Pete Postlethwaite | Cyrano de BergeracKennedy Center |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Touring Production | Clarence Fountain | Gospel at ColonusArena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Touring Production | Frank Oliver | Sugar BabiesWarner Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Touring Production | Estelle Getty | Torch Song TrilogyWarner Theatre |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Touring Production | National Theatre | Cats |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Touring Production | Kennedy Center | Cyrano de Bergerac |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Touring Production | Arena Stage | Foolsfire |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Touring Production | Arena Stage | Gospel at Colonus |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Touring Production | Kennedy Center | Quilters |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Touring Production | Warner Theatre | Torch Song Trilogy |
| Helen Hayes Awards | The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Lewis Folden | Lydie BreezeNew Playwrights' Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | The Thomas J. Lipton Award for Distinguished Volunteer Service to Washington Professional Theatre | Lady Marjorie Wright | |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Costume Design | Patricia McGourty | Big River |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Costume Design | Mel Carpenter | Nosferatu |
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| Henry Hewes Awards | Costume Design | Everett Quinton | The Mystery of Irma Vep |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Lighting Design | Richard Riddell | Big River |
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| Henry Hewes Awards | Lighting Design | Blu | Nosferatu |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Lighting Design | Lawrence Eichler | The Mystery of Irma Vep |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Scenic Design | Heidi Landesman-Ettinger | Big River |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Scenic Design | Angus Moss | Nosferatu |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Scenic Design | Charles Ludlam | The Mystery of Irma Vep |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year | Kenneth Branagh | Henry V |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year | Anthony Hopkins | Pravda |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year | Antony Sher | Richard III |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year | Alun Armstrong | The Crucible and The Winter's Tale |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year | Wendy Morgan | Martine |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year | Joanne Whalley | Saved |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year | Harriet Walter | The Castle |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year | Yvonne Bryceland | The Road To Mecca |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year | Yvonne Bryceland | The Road To Mecca |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy of the Year | Alan Ayckbourn | A Chorus Of Disapproval |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy of the Year | John Godber | Bouncers |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy of the Year | William Shakespeare | Love's Labours Lost |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy of the Year | Howard Brenton, David Hare | Pravda |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy Performance of the Year | Michael Gambon | A Chorus Of Disapproval |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy Performance of the Year | Roger Rees | Love's Labours Lost |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy Performance of the Year | Maggie Smith | The Way Of The World |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy Performance of the Year | Griff Rhys Jones | Trumpets And Raspberries |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | De | Bob Crowley | Love's Labours Lost |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | Bob Crowley | Henry V |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | Alison Chitty | Martine |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | Alison Chitty | She Stoops To Conquer |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | Philip Prowse | The Duchess Of Malfi |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | William Dudley | The Mysteries |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Director of the Year | Barry Kyle | Golden Girls |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Director of the Year | Bill Alexander | Richard III |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Director of the Year | Bill Bryden | The Mysteries |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Director of the Year | Garry Hines | The Playboy Of The Western World |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Cheek By Jowl | Andromache, Pericles and Vanity Fair |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Frances Barber | Camille |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Clive Mantle | Of Mice And Men |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Druid Theatre Company | The Playboy Of The Western World |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Musical of the Year | Alain Boublil, Herbert Tretzmer, Claude-Michel Schanberg | Les Miserables |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Musical of the Year | Noel Gay, L. Arthur Rose, Douglas Furber | Me and My Girl |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Dance Production | Roland Price | Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet's Sleeping Beauty |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Dance Production | Yoko Morishita | the Matsuyama Ballet Company's Giselle |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Dance Production | Stephen Jeffries | The Royal Ballet's The Sons Of Horus |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Dance Production | Bryony Brind | the Royal Ballet's Young Apollo |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Opera Production | Helen Field | The English National Opera's Faust |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Opera Production | Kathleen Battle | The Royal Opera's Ariadne Auf Naxos |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Opera Production | Kathleen Battle | The Royal Opera's Ariadne Auf Naxos |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Opera Production | Marcus Stockhausen | The Royal Opera's Donnerstag Aus Licht |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Opera Production | Kenneth Riegel | The Royal Opera's The Birthday Of The Infanta |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding New Dance Production of the Year | Merce Cunningham | Pictures |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding New Dance Production of the Year | London Festival Ballet | Romeo And Juliet |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding New Dance Production of the Year | The Royal Ballet | The Sons Of Horus |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding New Dance Production of the Year | Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet | The Wand Of Youth |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding New Opera Production of the Year | English National Opera | Akhnaten |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding New Opera Production of the Year | The Royal Opera | Donnerstag Aus Licht |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding New Opera Production of the Year | English National Opera | Faust |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding New Opera Production of the Year | English National Opera | Xerxes |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | Mark McGann | Lennon |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | Alun Armstrong | Les Miserables |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | Colm Wilkinson | Les Miserables, RSC |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | Robert Lindsay | Me And My Girl |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Betsy Brantley | Guys And Dolls |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Elisabeth Welch | Kern Goes To Hollywood |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Carol Sloman | Lennon |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Patti Lupone | The Cradle Will Rock |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Imelda Staunton | A Chorus Of Disapproval at the National |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Zoe Wanamaker | Mother Courage |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Patricia Routledge | Richard III |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Maria Aitken | Waste |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Play of the Year | Tony Harrison | Doomsday |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Play of the Year | Peter Barnes | Red Noses |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Play of the Year | Athol Fugard | The Road To Mecca |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Play of the Year | Harvey Fierstein | Torch Song Trilogy |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | The Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement | The Almeida Theatre, RSC Tour of The Winter's Tale and The Crucible, Royal Court Theatre's Edward Bond Season | |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | The Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement | Anthony Hopkins | Pravda |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | The Society's Special Award | Sir John Gielgud | |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Play | Neil Simon | Biloxi Blues1984-1985 season;
Runner-up |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Play | August Wilson | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom1984-1985 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | Jim Dale | Joe Egg1984-85 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Actress | Rosemary Harris | Pack of Lies1984-85 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Nahma Sandrow | Kuni-Leml1984-85 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Broadway Musical | | Sunday in the Park with George1984-85 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Broadway Play | | Biloxi Blues1984-85 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Debut Performance | Barry Miller | Biloxi Blues1984-85 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Debut Performance | Whoopi Goldberg | Whoopi Goldberg1984-85 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | John Malkovich | Balm in Gilead1984-85 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Lyrics | Richard Engquist | Kuni-Leml1984-85 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Off Broadway Musical | | Kuni-Leml1984-85 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Off Broadway Play | | The Foreigner1984-85 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Revival | | Joe Egg1984-85 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Set Design | Tony Straiges | Diamonds1984-85 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Set Design | Tony Straiges | Sunday in the Park with George1984-85 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | John Gassner Playwriting Award | Larry Shue | The Foreigner1984-85 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Special Awards | Henry Hewes | 1984-85 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Special Awards | | Forbidden Broadway1984-85 season |
| Pulitzer Prize for Drama | The Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Stephen Sondheim | Sunday in the Park With George |
| Pulitzer Prize for Drama | The Pulitzer Prize for Drama | A.R. Gurney Jr. | The Dining Room |
| Pulitzer Prize for Drama | The Pulitzer Prize for Drama | directed by Bob Telson | The Gospel at Colonus |
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Laurie Metcalf | Balm in GileadSeason 1984–1985 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Patti Cohenour | Big RiverSeason 1984–1985 |
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Barry Miller | Biloxi BluesSeason 1984–1985 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | John Turturro | Danny and the Deep Blue SeaSeason 1984–1985 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Leilani Jones | GrindSeason 1984–1985 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Patti Cohenour | La BohemeSeason 1984–1985 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Charles S. Dutton | Ma Rainey's Black BottomSeason 1984–1985 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Nancy Giles | MayorSeason 1984–1985 |
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Kevin Anderson, John Mahoney | OrphansSeason 1984–1985 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Lucille Lortel, Lucille Lortel | Special AwardSeason 1984–1985 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Amelia White | The Accrington PalsSeason 1984–1985 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Richard Chaves | TracersSeason 1984–1985 |
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Whoopi Goldberg | Whoopi GoldbergSeason 1984–1985 |
| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Big River | Big River |
| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Grind | Fay Kanin |
| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Michael Stewart | Harrigan 'n Hart |
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| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Barbara Damashek, Molly Newman | Quiltersproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Patricia McGourty | Big River |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Alexander Reid | Cyrano de Bergeracproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Florence Klotz | Grind |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Alexander Reid | Much Ado about Nothingproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Des McAnuff | Big River |
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Harold Prince | Grind |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Barbara Damashek | Quiltersproducer, production took place the previous year |
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Mitch Leigh | The King and I |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Marshall W. Mason | As Is |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Gene Saks | Biloxi Blues |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Terry Hands | Much Ado About Nothingproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Keith Hack | Strange Interlude |
| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Richard Riddell | Big River |
| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Terry Hands | Cyrano de Bergeracproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Terry Hands | Much Ado About Nothing |
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| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Allen Lee Hughes | Strange Interlude |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Dodger Theatricals, Rocco Landesman | Big River |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Heidi Landesman, M. Anthony Fisher, Rick Steiner | Big River |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Michael Frazier, Kenneth D. Greenblatt, John J. Pomerantz, Harold Prince, Jonathan Farkas | Grind |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Rodger Hess, Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Nelle Nugent, Francine LeFrak, Clive Davis, Richard Kagan, John Hart Associates | Leader of the Pack |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Brockman Seawell, The American National Theatre and Academy, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Denver Center for the Performing Arts | Quiltersproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Roger Miller | Big River |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Ellen Fitzhugh, Larry Grossman | Grind |
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| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Barbara Damashek | Quilters |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Ron Richardson | Big River |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Rene Auberjonois, Daniel H. Jenkins | Big River |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Kurt Knudson | Take Me Along |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | John Herrera | The Mystery of Edwin Droodproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Barry Miller, Barry Miller | Biloxi Blues |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | William Hurt | Hurlyburlyproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Charles S. Dutton | Ma Rainey's Black Bottomproducer, production took place the previous year. |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Edward Petherbridge | Strange Interlude |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Jonathan Hogan | As Is |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Jim Dale | Joe Egg |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Derek Jacobi | Much Ado About Nothingproducer, production took place the previous year. |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | John Lithgow | Requiem for a Heavyweight |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Leilani Jones | Grind |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Evalyn Baron, Lenka Peterson | Quiltersproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Mary Beth Peil | The King and I |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Judith Ivey | Hurlyburly |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Sigourney Weaver | Hurlyburlyproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Joanna Gleason | Joe Egg |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Theresa Merritt | Ma Rainey's Black Bottomproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Stockard Channing | Joe Egg |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Sinead Cusack | Much Ado About Nothingproducer, production took place the previous year |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Rosemary Harris | Pack of Lies |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Glenda Jackson | Strange Interlude |
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | The Shubert Organization, Lucille Lortel | As Is |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | William M. Hoffman | As Is |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | John Glines/Lawrence Lane | As Is |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Neil Simon, Los Angeles | Biloxi Bluesproducer, production took place the 2009 year |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Emanuel Azenberg, The Center Theater Group/Ahmanson Theatre | Biloxi Blues |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Frederick M. Zollo | Hurlyburlyproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Ivan Bloch, David Rabe, ERB Productions | Hurlyburly |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Frederick M. Zollo | Ma Rainey's Black Bottomproducer, production took place the previous year. |
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | August Wilson, Ivan Bloch, Robert Cole | Ma Rainey's Black Bottomproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Revival | James M. Nederlander, Nelle Nugent, Cynthia Wood, Dale Duffy, Allan Carr, Elizabeth Ireland McCann | Cyrano de Bergeracproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Revival | MTM Enterprises, Inc., Ivan Bloch, Roger Berlind, The Shubert Organization, Emanuel Azenberg | Joe Egg |
| Tony Awards | Best Revival | Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Allan Carr, Dale Duffy, Cynthia Wood, Nelle Nugent, James M. Nederlander | Much Ado about Nothingproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Revival | Lionel Becker, Paul Gregg, Robert Michael, Geisler, John Roberdeau, Douglas Urbanski, James M. Nederlander, Duncan C. Weldon, Jerome Minskoff | Strange Interlude |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Heidi Landesman | Big River |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Clarke Dunham | Grind |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Ralph Koltai | Much Ado about Nothing |
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| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Voytek and Michael Levine | Strange Interlude |
| Tony Awards | Special Tony Award | Yul Brynner, New York State Council on the Arts | The King and I |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best New American Play | Maria Irene Fornes | The Conduct of Life |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Costume Design | Judy Dearing | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Direction | John Malkovich | Balm in Gilead |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Direction | Barbara Vann | Bound to Rise |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Direction | Jerry Zaks | The Foreigner |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Direction | Jerry Zaks | The Marriage of Bette and Boo |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Ensemble Performance | | The Marriage of Bette and Boo |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Ensemble Performance | Everett Quinton, Charles Ludlam | The Mystery of Irma Vep |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Lighting Design | Victor En Yu Tan | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Music | Peter Gordon | Otello |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Music | Max Roach | Shepardsets |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Obie Committee | Michael Feingold, Woodie King, Margot Lewitin, Eileen Blumenthal, Robert Massa, Ross Wetzsteon, Erika Munk, Julius Novick | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Obie Grant | Spiderwoman Theatre, The Production Company, The Richard Allen Center, The Split Britches Company, Intar | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Jonathan Hadary | As Is |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Laurie Metcalf | Balm in Gilead |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | John Turturro | Danny and the Deep Blue Sea |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Anthony Heald | Digby |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Anthony Heald | Henry V |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Anthony Heald, Anthony Heald | The Foreigner |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Dennis Boutsikaris | The Nest of the Woodgrouse |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Playwriting | William M. Hoffman | As Is |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Playwriting | Christopher Durang | The Marriage of Bette and Boo |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Playwriting | Rosalyn Drexler | Transients Welcome |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Set Design | Loren Sherman | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Special Citations | Julie Taymor, The Asia Society, Penn and Teller | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Special Citations | The Roy Hart Theater for Pagliacci | An Evening with Ekkard Schall |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Special Citations | Spalding Gray | Swimming to Cambodia |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Sustained Achievement | Meredith Monk | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Sustained Excellence in Performance | Ron Vawter | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Sustained Excellence of Performance | Frances Foster | |
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