1974 Drama Desk Awards

Winners and nominees from the Drama Desk Awards.

1974 Drama Desk Awards

Note: Award winners appear on a red background.

Category	Nominee	Show
Oustanding Set Designer	Eugene Lee	Candide1973-74 season
Outstanding Book of a Musical	Hugh Wheeler	Candide1973-74 season
Outstanding Choreograph	Patricia Birch	Over Here!1973-74 season
Outstanding Costume Designer	Franne Lee	Candide1973-74 season
Outstanding Costume Designer	Carrie F. Robbins	Over Here!1973-74 season
Outstanding Costume Designer	Carrie F. Robbins	The Iceman Cometh1973-74 season
Outstanding Director	Jose Quintero	A Moon for the Misbegotten1973-74 season
Outstanding Director	Harold Prince	Candide1973-74 season

Outstanding Director	Frank Dunlop	Scapino1973-74 season
Outstanding Director	Marvin Felix Camillo	Short Eyes1973-74 season

Outstanding Director	Harold Prince	The Visit1973-74 season
Outstanding New Playwright	Ray Aranha	My Sister, My Sister1973-74 season
Outstanding New Playwright	Mark Medoff	When You Comin' Back Red Ryder?1973-74 season
Outstanding New Playwrights	David W. Rintels	Clarence Darrow1973-74 season
Outstanding New Playwrights	David E. Freeman	Creeps1973-74 season
Outstanding New Playwrights	Miguel Pinero	Short Eyes1973-74 season


Outstanding New Playwrights	Edward J. Moore	The Sea Horse1973-74 season
Outstanding Performance	Ed Flanders, Jason Robards, Colleen Dewhurst	A Moon for the Misbegotten1973-74 season
Outstanding Performance	Henry Fonda	Clarence Darrow1973-74 season
Outstanding Performance	Michael Moriarty	Find Your Way Home1973-74 season

Outstanding Performance	Joseph Buloff	Hard to Be a Jew1973-74 season
Outstanding Performance	The Wood Demon	Ian McKellen1973-74 season
Outstanding Performance	Madeline Kahn	In the Boom Boom Room1973-74 season
Outstanding Performance	Brian Bedford	Jumpers1973-74 season

Outstanding Performance	Ian McKellen	King Lear1973-74 season
Outstanding Performance	Ruby Lynn Reyner	La Bohemia1973-74 season
Outstanding Performance	George Rose	My Fat Friend1973-74 season
Outstanding Performance	Seret Scott	My Sister, My Sister1973-74 season
Outstanding Performance	Jim Dale	Scapino1973-74 season
Outstanding Performance	Kevin O'Connor	The Contractor1973-74 season

Outstanding Performance	Barbara Barrie	The Killdeer1973-74 season
Outstanding Performance	Conchata Ferrell	The Sea Horse1973-74 season


Outstanding Performance	Veronica Redd	The Sirens1973-74 season
Outstanding Performance	Zero Mostel	Ulysses in Nighttown1973-74 season
Outstanding Performance	Nicol Williamson	Uncle Vanya1973-74 season
Outstanding Performance	Dick A. Williams	What the Wine Sellers Buy1973-74 season
Outstanding Performance	Kevin Conway	When You Comin' Back Red Ryder1973-74 season
Outstanding Performance	Elizabeth Sturges	When You Comin' Back Red Ryder?1973-74 season
Outstanding Score of a Musical	Al Carmines	The Faggot1973-74 season
Outstanding Set Designer	Franne Lee	Candide1973-74 season


Outstanding Set Designer	Douglas W. Schmidt	Over Here!1973-74 season
Outstanding Set Designer	David Mitchell	Short Eyes1973-74 season
Outstanding Set Designer	Douglas W. Schmidt	Veronica's Room1973-74 season

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1974 Drama Desk Awards

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