1997 Drama Desk Awards
Winners and nominees from the Drama Desk Awards.
1997 Drama Desk Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Brent Spiner | 1776 |
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Jim Dale, Jason Danieley | Candide |
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | James Naughton | Chicago |
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Robert Cuccioli | Jekyll and Hyde |
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Daniel McDonald | Steel Pier |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Anthony LaPaglia | A View from the Bridge |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Christopher Plummer | Barrymore |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | David Morse | How I Learned to Drive |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Donal McLann | The Steward of Christendom |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | John Slattery | Three Days of Rain |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Eli Wallach | Visiting Mr. Green |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Linda Eder | Jekyll and Hyde |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Alice Ripley | Side Show |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Karen Ziemba | Steel Pier |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Pamela Isaacs | The Life |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Lauren Ward | Violet |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Janet McTeer | A Doll's House |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Vanessa Redgrave | Antony and Cleopatra |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | J. Smith-Cameron | As Bees in Honey Drown |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Cherry Jones | Pride's Crossing |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Shirley Knight | The Young Man from Atlanta |
| Outstanding Choreography | The Forever Tango Dancers | Luis Bravo's Forever Tango |
| Outstanding Choreography | Susan Stroman | Steel Pier |
| Outstanding Choreography | Dein Perry | Tap Dogs |
| Outstanding Choreography | Garth Fagan | The Lion King |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Catherine Zuber | Ivanov / Triumph of Love |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Julie Taymor, G.W. Mercier, G.W. Mercier, G.W. Mercier | Juan Darient: A Carnival Mass |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Argemira Affonso | Luis Bravo's Forever Tango |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Ann Ruth, Ann Ruth, Martin Pakledinaz | The Life |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Julie Taymor | The Lion King |
| Outstanding Director - Musical | Scott Ellis | 1776 |
| Outstanding Director - Musical | Scott Ellis | Steel Pier |
| Outstanding Director - Musical | Michael Blakemore | The Life |
| Outstanding Director - Musical | Julie Taymor | The Lion King |
| Outstanding Director - Musical | Susan H. Schulman | Violet |
| Outstanding Director - Play | Michael Mayer | A View from the Bridge |
| Outstanding Director - Play | Mark Brokaw | How I Learned to Drive |
| Outstanding Director - Play | James Houghton | The American Clock |
| Outstanding Director - Play | Robert La Page | The Seven Streams of the River Ota |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Gregg Edelman, Gregg Edelman | 1776 |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Andre De Shields | Play On! |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Sam Harris | The Life |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Max Cassella, Geoff Hoyle | The Lion King |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Michael McElroy | Violet |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Ron Liebman | A Dybbuk: Between Two Worlds |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Adam Alexi-Malle | Goose Pimples |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Max Wright | Ivanov |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Edward Herrmann | Psychopatria Sexualis |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Christopher Evan Welch | Scapin |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Harris Yulin | The Diary of Anne Frank |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Brian Murray | The Little Foxes |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Andrea Martin | Candide |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Marcia Lewis | Chicago |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Debra Monk | Steel Pier |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Ruth Williamson | The Green Heart |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Lillias White | The Life |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Tsidii Le Loka | The Lion King |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Betty Buckley | Triumph of Love |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Allison Janne | A View from the Bridg |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Marian Seldes | Ivanov |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Linda Lavin | The Diary of Anne Frank |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Dana Ivey | The Last Night of Ballyhoo |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Celia Weston | The Last Night of Ballyhoo |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Patti LuPone | The Old Neighborhood |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Ballad of Yachiyo | Ballad of Yachiyo |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Ken Billington | Chicago |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Kevin Adams | Henry V |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Doanld Holder | Juan Darient: A Carnival Mass |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Kenneth Posner | Pride's Crossing / A View from the Bridge |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Richard Pilbrow | The Life |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Donald Holder | The Lion King |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Susan Birkenhead | Triumph of Love |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Brian Crawley | Violet |
| Outstanding Music | John Kander | Steel Pier |
| Outstanding Music | Cy Coleman | The Life |
| Outstanding Music | Jeanine Tesori | Violet |
| Outstanding Musical | Luis Bravo's Forever Tango | Luis Bravo's Forever Tango |
| Outstanding Musical | The Lion King | The Lion King |
| Outstanding New Musical | Steel Pier | Steel Pier |
| Outstanding New Musical | The Life | The Life |
| Outstanding New Musical | Violet | Violet |
| Outstanding New Play | Patrick Marber | Dealer's Choice |
| Outstanding New Play | Paula Vogel | How I Learned to Drive |
| Outstanding New Play | Alfred Uhry | The Last Night of Ballyhoo |
| Outstanding One Person Show | Eddie Izzard | |
| Outstanding One Person Show | Roger Guenveur Smith | A Huey P. Newton Story |
| Outstanding One Person Show | Eve Ensher | The Vagina Monologues |
| Outstanding Orchestration | Michael Gibson | Steel Pier |
| Outstanding Orchestration | Harold Wheeler, Dan Sebesky | The Life |
| Outstanding Orchestration | Jonathan Tunick | Titanic |
| Outstanding Orchestration | Joseph Joubert, Buryl Red | Violet |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Douglas Carter Beane | As Bees in Honey Drown |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Lisandro Adrover | Luis Bravo's Forever Tango |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Robert Elhai, Bruce Fowler, David Metzger | The Lion King |
| Outstanding Play | Richard Greenberg | Three Days of Rain |
| Outstanding Puppet Design | Bruce Schwartz | Ballad of Yachiyo |
| Outstanding Puppet Design | The Big Nazo Studio | Jackie: An American Life |
| Outstanding Puppet Design | Michael Curry, Julie Taymor | The Lion King |
| Outstanding Revival - Musical | Candide | Candide |
| Outstanding Revival - Musical | Chicago | Chicago |
| Outstanding Revival - Musical | Juan Darient: A Carnival Mass | Juan Darient: A Carnival Mass |
| Outstanding Revival - Play | A Doll's House | A Doll's House |
| Outstanding Revival - Play | June Moon | June Moon |
| Outstanding Revival - Play | The Gin Game | The Gin Game |
| Outstanding Revival-Musical | 776 | 776 |
| Outstanding Revival-Play | Arthur Miller | A View from the Bridge |
| Outstanding Revival-Play | Arthur Miller | All My Sons |
| Outstanding Revival-Play | Anton Chekhov | Ivanov |
| Outstanding Revival-Play | Arthur Miller | The American Clock |
| Outstanding Revival-Play | Richard Hudson | The Lion King |
| Outstanding Set Design - Musical | Candide | Clarke Dunham |
| Outstanding Set Design - Musical | James Noone | Jekyll & Hyde |
| Outstanding Set Design - Musical | Christina Poddubiuk, Robin Phillips | Jekyll and Hyde |
| Outstanding Set Design - Musical | G.W. Mercier, Julie Taymor | Juan Darient: A Carnival Mass |
| Outstanding Set Design - Musical | Tony Walton, Wendall K. Harrington | Steel Pier |
| Outstanding Set Design - Play | Loy Arcenas | Ballad of Yachiyo |
| Outstanding Set Design - Play | David Gallo, Jan Hartley | Bunny, Bunny |
| Outstanding Set Design - Play | John Lee Beatty | Ivanov |
| Outstanding Set Design - Play | Derek McLane | Misalliance |
| Outstanding Set Design - Play | James Noone | The Gin Game |
| Outstanding Set Design - Play | Chris Barreca | Three Days of Rain |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Marc Anthony Thompson | A Huey P. Newton Story |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Daniel MoSes Schreier | God's Heart |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Tony Meola | The Lion King |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Mark Bennett | The View from the Bridge |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Gina Leishman, Rinde Eckert | Therese Raquin |
| Special Awards | Moscow Theatre Souvremennika | |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Chimere | Chimere |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | The Beckett Plays | The Beckett Plays |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol | The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | You Say What I Mean But You Mean It's Not What I Said | You Say What I Mean But You Mean It's Not What I Said |
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