1982 Drama Desk Awards
Winners and nominees from the Drama Desk Awards.
1982 Drama Desk Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Zakes Mokae | 'Master Harold'...and the Boys |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Bob Gunton | How I Got That Story |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Robert Stattel | King Lear |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Christopher Plummer | Othello |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Paul Rogers | The Dresser |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Harvey Fierstein | Torch Song Trilogy |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Sheryl Lee Ralph | 4322 |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Jennifer Holliday | Dreamgirls |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Barbara Bryne | Entertaining Mr. Sloane |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Zoe Caldwell | Medea |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Bernadette Peters | Sally and Marsha |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Elizabeth Franz | Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Constance Cummings | The Chalk Garden |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Theoni V. Aldredge | Dreamgirls |
| Outstanding Costume Design | William Ivey Long | Nine |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Robert Fletcher | Othello |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Michael Bennett | Dreamgirls |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Tony Tanner | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Tommy Tune | Nine |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Athol Fugard | 'Master Harold'...and the Boys |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Douglas Turner Ward | A Soldier's Play |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Tommy Tune | Cloud 9 |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | John Tillinger | Entertaining Mr. Sloane |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Jaques Levy | Potsdam Quartet |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Ben Harney | 73637 |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Cleavant Derricks | Dreamgirls |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Mark Hardwick | Pump Boys and Dinettes |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Adolph Caesar | A Soldier's Play |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Larry Riley | A Soldier's Play |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Zeljko Ivanek | Cloud 9 |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Mandy Patinkin | Henry IV |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Bill Moor | Potsdam Quartet |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Matthew Broderick | Torch Song Trilogy |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Laurie Beechman | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Liliane Montevecchi | Nine |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Shelly Burch, Anita Morris | Nine |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Lonette McKee | The First |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Amanda Plummer | Agnes of God |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | E. Katherine Kerr | Cloud 9 |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Cheryl Giannini | Grown Ups |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Pauline Flanagan | Medea |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Aideen O'Kelly | Othello |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Estelle Getty | Torch Song Trilogy |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Tharon Musser | Dreamgirls |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Marcia Madeira | Nine |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Beverly Emmons | The Dresser |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Eugene Lee | The Hothouse |
| Outstanding Music | Tom Eyen | Dreamgirls |
| Outstanding Music | Stephen Sondheim | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Outstanding Music | Maury Yeston | Nine |
| Outstanding Music | Jim Wann & Cast | Pump Boys and Dinettes |
| Outstanding Musical | Dreamgirls | |
| Outstanding Musical | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | |
| Outstanding Musical | Nine | |
| Outstanding Musical | Pump Boys and Dinettes | |
| Outstanding Play | Athol Fugard | 'Master Harold'...and the Boys |
| Outstanding Play | Charles Fuller | A Soldier's Play |
| Outstanding Play | David Henry Hwang | Family Devotions |
| Outstanding Play | Jules Feiffer | Grown Ups |
| Outstanding Play | David Henry Hwang | The Dance and the Railroad |
| Outstanding Play | A.R. Gurney | The Dining Room |
| Outstanding Play | Harvey Fierstein | Torch Song Trilogy |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Entertaining Mr. Sloane | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Misalliance | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | The Chalk Garden | |
| Outstanding Set Design | Santo Loquasto | Crossing Niagara |
| Outstanding Set Design | Robin Wagner | Dreamgirls |
| Outstanding Set Design | Santo Loquasto | Gardenia |
| Outstanding Set Design | Stuart Wurtzel | Henry IV |
| Outstanding Set Design | Laurie Dennett | The Dresser |
| Outstanding Set Design | David Chapman, David Chapman | The First |
| Outstanding Set Design | Eugene Lee | The Hothouse |
| Special Awards | The Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Jonathan Tunick | |
| Special Awards | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Tokyo Kid Brothers | Shiro |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | John Cullum | Whistler |
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