1969-1970 16th Drama Desk Awards
| Outstanding Performances | Zoe Caldwell (Colette) |
| Sada Thompson (The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds) | |
| Fritz Weaver (Child's Play) | |
| Frank Grimes (Borstal Boy) | |
| Lauren Bacall (Applause) | |
| Melba Moore (Purlie) | |
| Ryszard Cieslak (The Constant Prince) | |
| Lewis J. Stadlen (Minnie's Boys) | |
| Stacy Keach (Indians) | |
| Cleavon Little (Purlie) | |
| Colleen Dewhurst (Hello and Goodbye) | |
| Stephen Elliott (A Whistle in the Dark) | |
| Niall Tobin (Borstal Boy) | |
| Ron Leibman (Transfers) | |
| Christopher Walken (Lemon Sky) | |
| Austin Pendleton (The Last Sweet Days of Isaac) | |
| Brian Bedford (Private Lives) | |
| Sandy Duncan (The Boy Friend) | |
| James Stewart (Harvey) | |
| Ethel Merman (Hello, Dolly!) | |
| Outstanding Directors | Harold Prince (Company) |
| Jerzy Grotowski (The Apocalypse) | |
| Alan Arkin (The White House Murder Case) | |
| Joseph Hardy (Child's Play) | |
| Ron Field (Applause) | |
| Outstanding Music | Stephen Sondheim (Company) |
| Kurt Weill (Mahagonny) | |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Stephen Sondheim (Company) |
| Bertolt Brecht (Mahagonny) | |
| Outstanding Book | George Furth (Company) |
| Outstanding Choreography | Ron Field (Applause) |
| Outstanding Set Design | Boris Aronson (Company) |
| Jo Mielziner (Child's Play) | |
| Fred Voelpe (The Memory Bank) | |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Freddy Wittop (A Patriot for Me) |
| Willa Kim (Promenade / Operation Sidewinder) | |
| Theoni V. Aldredge (Peer Gynt) | |
| Most Promising Playwrights | Paul Zindel (The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds) |
| Stanley Eveling (Dear Janet Rosenberg, Dear Mr. Kooning) | |
| Susan Yankowitz (Terminal) | |
| Most Promising Playwrights | C.C. Courtney, Peter Link (Salvation) |
| Nancy Ford, Gretch Cryer (The Last Sweet Days of Isaac) | |
| Gary William Friedman, Will Holt (The Me Nobody Knows) | |
| Best Play | Borstal Boy (Frank MacMahon) |
| Best American Play | he Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (Paul Zindel) |
| Best Musical | Company (George Furth, Stephen Sondheim) |
THE 55TH ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS CEREMONY WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY EVENING, MAY 23rd, 2010
THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE 55TH ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT 9:30AM ON MONDAY, MAY 3rd, 2010
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