1996 Drama Desk Awards
Winners and nominees from the Drama Desk Awards.
1996 Drama Desk Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Honorary Awards | Signature Theatre Company, Theatreworks USA, George C. Scott | |
| Honorary Awards | Repertorio Espanol | Repertorio Espanol |
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Nathan Lane | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Daniel Jenkins | Big |
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Savion Glover | Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk |
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | David Garrison | I Do! I Do! |
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Adam Pascal | Rent |
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Lou Diamond Phillips | The King and I |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | George Grizzard | A Delicate Balance |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Frank Langella | Present Laughter |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Michael Gambon | Skylight |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Daniel Massey | Taking Sides |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Frank Langella | The Father |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Terri Klausner | Bed and Sofa |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Crista Moore | Big |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Bebe Neuwirth | Chicago |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Karen Ziemba | I Do! I Do! |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Daphne Rubin-Vega | Rent |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Donna Murphy | The King and I |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Rosemary Harris | A Delicate Balance |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Lia Williams | Skylight |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Frances Conroy | The Rehearsal |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Jayne Atkinson | The Skriker |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Laurnce Klavan | Bed and Sofa |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | John Weidman | Big |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Jonathan Larson | Rent |
| Outstanding Choreography | Susan Stroman | Big |
| Outstanding Choreography | Savion Glover | Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk |
| Outstanding Choreography | Ann Reinking | Chicago |
| Outstanding Costume Design | William Ivey Long | A Christmas Carol |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Howard Crabtree, Howard Crabtree | Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Angela Wendt | Rent |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Florence Klotz | Showboat |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Constance Hoffman | The Green Bird |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Roger Kirk | The King and I |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Sylvia, Jane Greenwood | The Petrified Prince |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Michael Krass | The Rehearsal |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Marina Druhici | The Skriker |
| Outstanding Director - Musical | Walter Bobbie | Chicago |
| Outstanding Director - Musical | Christopher Ashley | Das Barbecu |
| Outstanding Director - Musical | Mark Waldrop | Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly |
| Outstanding Director - Musical | Harold Prince | Showboat |
| Outstanding Director - Musical | Trevor Nunn | Sunset Boulevard |
| Outstanding Director - Play | Declan Donnellan | As You Like It |
| Outstanding Director - Play | Lynne Meadow | Nine Armenians |
| Outstanding Director - Play | Mark Wing-Davey | The Skriker |
| Outstanding Director - Play | Deborah Warner | The Waste Land |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Joel Grey | Chicago |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Stanley Bojarski | Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Jay Rogers | Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Simon Coates | As You Like It |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | David Greenspan | The Boys in the Band |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Kevin Kilner | The Glass Menagerie |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Billy Crudup | The Three Sisters |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Kirk Acevedo | Tooth of Crime |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Jennifer Simard | I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Kathleen Chalfont, Linda Edmond | Nine Armenians |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Allison Janney | Present Laughter |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Dana Ivey | Sex and Longing |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Hallie Foote | The Horton Foote Plays |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Melissa Errico | The Importance of Being Earnest |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Paul Gallo | Blade to the Heart |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Richard Pilbrow | Showboat |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Jean Kalman | The Waste Land |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Gerard Alessandrini | Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Mark Waldrop | Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly |
| Outstanding Musical | A Christmas Carol | A Christmas Carol |
| Outstanding Musical | How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying | How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying |
| Outstanding Musical | Merrily We Roll Along | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Outstanding Musical | Showboat | Showboat |
| Outstanding Musical | Sunset Boulevard | Sunset Boulevard |
| Outstanding Musical Revue | Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back | Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back |
| Outstanding Musical Revue | Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly | Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly |
| Outstanding Musical Revue | I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change | I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change |
| Outstanding New Play | Caryl Churchill | The Skriker |
| Outstanding New Play | Kenneth Lonergan | This Is Our Youth |
| Outstanding One Person Show | Lisa Kron | 101 Humiliating Stories |
| Outstanding One Person Show | Julia Sweeney | Julia Sweeney's God Said Ha! |
| Outstanding One Person Show | Danny Hoch | Some People |
| Outstanding One Person Show | Fiona Shaw | The Waste Land |
| Outstanding One Person Show | Avi Hoffman | Too Jewish? |
| Outstanding Play | Eric Bogosian | SubUrbia |
| Outstanding Revival - Play | Present Laughter | Present Laughter |
| Outstanding Revival - Reinterpetation | Henry V | |
| Outstanding Revival - Reinterpetation | Cheek by Jowl | As You Like It |
| Outstanding Set Design | Bob Crowley | Hapgood |
| Outstanding Set Design | Eugene Lee | Showboat |
| Outstanding Set Design | James Youmans | The Petrified Prince |
| Outstanding Set Design - Musical | James Morgan | No Way to Treat a Lady |
| Outstanding Set Design - Play | Derek McLane | Present Laughter |
| Outstanding Set Design - Play | Robert Brill | The Rehearsal |
| Outstanding Set Design - Play | Marina Draghici | The Skriker |
| Outstanding Sound Design | John Gromada | The Skriker |
| Special Awards | The Barrow Group | |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | The Waste Land | The Waste Land |
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