1975 Drama Desk Awards
Winners and nominees from the Drama Desk Awards.
1975 Drama Desk Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Joel Grey | Goodtime Charley |
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Where's Charley? | Raul Julia |
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | John Cullum | Shenandoah |
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Tim Curry | The Rocky Horror Show |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Roy Dotrice | Brief Lives |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Anthony Hopkins | Equus |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Peter Firth | Equus |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Richard Monette | Hosanna |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Donald Sinden | London Assurance |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Tony Musante | P. S. Your Cat Is Dead! |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Charles Grodin | Same Time, Next Year |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | John Kani | Sizwe Banzi Is Dead |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | John Kani, Winston Ntshona | The Island |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Alec McCowen | The Misanthrope |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Diana Rigg | The Misanthrope |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Ann Reinking | Goodtime Charley |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Angela Lansbury | Gypsy |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Bernadette Peters | Mack & Mabel |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Stephanie Mills | The Wiz |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Marsha McClain | Where's Charley? |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Liv Ullman | A Doll's House |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Elizabeth Ashley | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Maggie Smith | Private Lives |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Ellen Burstyn | Same Time, Next Year |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Rita Moreno | The Ritz |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Entire Female Cast | Woment Behind Bars |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Tovah Feldshuh | Yentl the Yeshiva Boy |
| Outstanding Choreography | Donald Saddler | Good News |
| Outstanding Choreography | Roger Morgan | Saturday Sunday Monday |
| Outstanding Choreography | Dennis Dennehy | The Lieutenant |
| Outstanding Choreography | George Faison | The Wiz |
| Outstanding Choreography | Margo Sappington | Where's Charley? |
| Outstanding Costume Design | John Napier | Equus |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Willa Kim | Goodtime Charley |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Fred Voelpel | Seascape |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Carl Toms | Sherlock Holmes |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Geoffrey Holder | The Wiz |
| Outstanding Director - Musical | Joel Zwick | Dance With Me |
| Outstanding Director - Musical | Arthur Laurents | Gypsy |
| Outstanding Director - Musical | Sue Lawless | In Gay Company |
| Outstanding Director - Musical | William Martin | The Lieutenant |
| Outstanding Director - Musical | Geoffrey Holder | The Wiz |
| Outstanding Director - Play | John Dexter | Equus |
| Outstanding Director - Play | Peter Hunt | Goodtime Charley |
| Outstanding Director - Play | Gene Saks | Same Time, Next Year |
| Outstanding Director - Play | Frank Dunlop | Sherlock Holmes |
| Outstanding Director - Play | Athol Fugard | Sizwe Banzi Is Dead |
| Outstanding Director - Play | Athol Fugard | The Island |
| Outstanding Director - Play | Ron Link | Women Behind Bars |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Richard Schull | Goodtime Charley |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Pinta DeCola | In Gay Company |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Gilbert Price | The Night That Made America Famous |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Ted Ross | The Wiz |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Hinton Battle | The Wiz |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Jerry Lanning | Where's Charley? |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Larry Blyden | Absurd Person Singular |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Richard Williams | Black Picture Show |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | David Dukes | Love for Love |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Frank Langella | Seascape |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Maureen Anderman | Seascape |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Philip Locke | Sherlock Holmes |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Louis Beachner | The National Health |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | David Dukes | The Rules of the Game |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Bonnie Langford | Gypsy |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Donna Theodore | Shenandoah |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Penelope Milford | Shenandoah |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Kelly Garrett | The Night That Made America Famous |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Boni Enten | The Rocky Horror Show |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Mabel Kingwater | The Wiz |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Carole Shelley | Absurd Peson Singular |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Marie Wallace | Avon Lady |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Polly Adams, Elizabeth Spriggs | London Assurance |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Carolyn Lagerfelt | The Constant Wife |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Frances Sternhagen | Equus |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Julia Trevelyan Oman | Brief Lives |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Andy Phillips | Equus |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Feder | Goodtime Charley |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Neil Peter Jampolis | Sherlock Holmes |
| Outstanding Music & Lyrics | Fred Silver | In Gay Company |
| Outstanding Music & Lyrics | Jerry Herman | Mack & Mabel |
| Outstanding Music & Lyrics | Gene Curty | The Lieutenant |
| Outstanding Music & Lyrics | Charlie Smalls | The Wiz |
| Outstanding Musical | Goodtime Charley | |
| Outstanding Musical | In Gay Company | |
| Outstanding Musical | The Lieutenant | |
| Outstanding Musical | The Wiz | |
| Outstanding New American Play | Naomi Court | Michael Sawyer |
| Outstanding New American Play | Murray Schisgal | All Over Town |
| Outstanding New American Play | Michael Wheller | Kid Champion |
| Outstanding New American Play | James Kirkwood | P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! |
| Outstanding New American Play | Bernard Slade | Same Time, Next Year |
| Outstanding New American Play | Edward Albee | Seascape |
| Outstanding New American Play | Terrence McNally | The Ritz |
| Outstanding New Foreign Play | Alan Ayckbourn | Absurd Person Singular |
| Outstanding New Foreign Play | Peter Shaffer | Equus |
| Outstanding New Foreign Play | Michel Tremblay | Hosanna |
| Outstanding New Foreign Play | Terence Rattigan | In Praise of Love |
| Outstanding New Foreign Play | Athol Fugard | Sizwe Banzi is Dead |
| Outstanding New Foreign Play | Athol Fugard | The Island |
| Outstanding New Foreign Play | Peter Nichols | The National Health |
| Outstanding Set Design | Julia Trevelyan Oman | Brief Lives |
| Outstanding Set Design | John Conklin | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| Outstanding Set Design | Scott Johnson | Dance With Me |
| Outstanding Set Design | John Napier | Equus |
| Outstanding Set Design | William Ritman | God's Favorite |
| Outstanding Set Design | Franco Zeffirelli | Saturday Sunday Monday |
| Outstanding Set Design | Carl Toms | Sherlock Holmes |
| Outstanding Set Design | Tom H. John | The Wiz |
| Special Mention | Donald Sinden | London Assurance |
| Special Mention | Tovah Feldshus | Yentl the Yeshiva Boy |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | A Letter from Queen Victoria | |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Bette Midler's Clams on the Half Shell Revue | |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Flowers | |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | London Assurance | |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Saturday Sunday Monday | |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | The Charles Pierce Show | |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | The Rocky Horror Show | |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Women Behind Bars | |
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