1970 Drama Desk Awards

Winners and nominees from the Drama Desk Awards.

1970 Drama Desk Awards

Note: Award winners appear on a red background.

Category	Nominee	Show
Best American Play	Paul Zindel	The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds1969-70 season
Best Musical	George Furth	Company1969-70 season
Best Musical	Stephen Sondheim	Company1969-70 season
Best Play	Frank McMahon	Borstal Boy1969-70 season
Most Promising Playwright	C.C. Courtney, Peter Link	Salvation1969-70 season
Most Promising Playwright	Susan Yankowitz	Terminal1969-70 season
Most Promising Playwright	Paul Zindel	The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds1969-70 season
Most Promising Playwright	Gretchen Cryer, Nancy Ford	The Last Sweet Days of Isaac1969-70 season

Most Promising Playwright	Gary William Friedman, Will Holt	The Me Nobody Knows1969-70 season
Most Promising Playwrights	Stanley Eveling	Dear Janet Rosenbert, Dear Mr. Kooning1969-70 season

Oustanding Choreography	Ron Field	Applause1969-70 season
Oustanding Costume Design	Freddy Wittop	A Patriot for Me1969-70 season
Oustanding Costume Design	Willa Kim	Promenade1969-70 season
Oustanding Lyrics	Bertolt Brecht	The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahogonny1969-70 season
Oustanding Performance	Niall Tobin	Borstal Boy1969-70 season
Oustanding Performance	James Stewart	Harvey1969-70 season


Oustanding Performance	Ron Leibman	Transfers1969-70 season
Outstanding Book	George Furth	Company1969-70 season
Outstanding Costume Design	Willa Kim	Operation Sidewinder1969-70 season
Outstanding Costume Design	Theoni V. Aldredge	Peer Gynt1969-70 season

Outstanding Director	Ron Field	Applause1969-70 season
Outstanding Director	Josephy Hardy	Child's Play1969-70 season
Outstanding Director	Harold Prince	Company1969-70 season
Outstanding Director	Jerzy Grotowski	The Apocalypse1969-70 season

Outstanding Director	Alan Arkin	The White House Murder Case1969-70 season
Outstanding Lyrics	Stephen Sondheim	Company1969-70 season
Outstanding Music	Stephen Sondheim	Company1969-70 season
Outstanding Music	Kurt Weill	The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahogonny1969-70 season
Outstanding Performance	Stephen Elliott	A Whistle in the Dark1969-70 season
Outstanding Performance	Fritz Weaver	Child's Play1969-70 season

Outstanding Performance	Colleen Dewhurst	Hello and Goodbye1969-70 season
Outstanding Performance	Ethel Merman, Ethel Merman	Hello, Dolly!1969-70 season


Outstanding Performance	Stacy Keach	Indians1969-70 season
Outstanding Performance	Christopher Walken	Lemon Sky1969-70 season
Outstanding Performance	Brian Bedford	Private Lives1969-70 season
Outstanding Performance	Melba Moore, Cleavon Little	Purlie1969-70 season
Outstanding Performance	Sandy Duncan	The Boy Friend1969-70 season
Outstanding Performance	Ryszard Cieslak	The Constant Prince1969-70 season
Outstanding Performance	Sada Thompson	The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds1969-70 season
Outstanding Performance	Austin Pendleton	The Last Sweet Days of Isaac1969-70 season


Outstanding Performances	Lauren Bacall	Applause1969-70 season
Outstanding Performances	Frank Grimes	Borstal Boy1969-70 season
Outstanding Performances	Zoe Caldwell	Colette1969-70 season
Outstanding Performances	Lewis J. Stadlen	Minnie's Boys1969-70 season
Outstanding Set Design	Jo Mielziner	Child's Play1969-70 season
Outstanding Set Design	Boris Aronson	Company1969-70 season
Outstanding Set Design	Fred Voelpel	The Memory Bank1969-70 season

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1970 Drama Desk Awards

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