1970-1971 17th Drama Desk Awards
| Outstanding Performances | Ralph Richardson (Home) |
| John Gielgud (Home) | |
| Cliff Gorman (Lenny) | |
| Claire Bloom (A Doll's House / Hedda Gabler) | |
| Jack MacGowran (The Works of Samuel Beckett) | |
| Ruby Dee (Boesman and Lena) | |
| Alec McCowen (The Philanthropist) | |
| Brian Bedford (The School for Wives) | |
| Siobhan McKenna (Here Are Ladies) | |
| Marian Seldes (Father's Day) | |
| Madeleine Renaud (L'Amante Anglaise) | |
| Alexis Smith (Follies) | |
| Mildred Dunnock (A Place without Doors) | |
| Anthony Quayle (Sleuth) | |
| Helen Gallagher (No, No, Nanette) | |
| Keith Baxter (Sleuth) | |
| James Earl Jones (Les Blancs) | |
| Colleen Dewhurst (All Over) | |
| Maureen Stapleton (The Gingerbread Lady) | |
| Paul Sand (Story Theatre, Metamorphosis) | |
| Roberta Maxwell (Slag) | |
| Outstanding Directors | Peter Brook (A Midsummer Night's Dream) |
| Harold Prince, Michael Bennett (Follies) | |
| Paul Sills (Story Theatre, Metamorphosis) | |
| Robert Wilson (Deafman Glance) | |
| Andre Gregory (Alice in Wonderland) | |
| Tom O'Horgan (Lenny) | |
| Outstanding Music | Stephen Sondheim (Follies) |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Stephen Sondheim (Follies) |
| Outstanding Book | Burt Shevelove (No, No, Nanette) |
| Outstanding Choreography | Michael Bennett (Follies) |
| Donald Saddler (No, No, Nanette) | |
| Outstanding Set Design | Boris Aronson (Follies) |
| Sally Jacobs (A Midsummer Night's Dream) | |
| Robin Wagner (Lenny) | |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Florence Klotz (Follies) |
| Raoul Pene Du Bois (No, No, Nanette) | |
| Most Promising Playwrights | Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Happy Birthday, Wanda June) |
| David Rabe (The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel) | |
| Robert Montgomery (Subject to Fits) | |
| A.R. Gurney Jr. (Scenes from American Life) | |
| Most Promising Directors | Jeff Bleckner (The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel) |
| John-Michael Tebelak (Godspell) | |
| Russel Treyz (Whitsuntide) | |
| Most Promising Composers | Stephen Schwartz (Godspell) |
| Itsuro Shimoda (Golden Bat) | |
| Most Promising Lyricist | Stephen Schwartz (Godspell) |
| Yutaka Higashi (Golden Bat); | |
| Most Promising Set Design | Eugene Lee, Fred Newman (Alice in Wonderland) |
| Most Promising Costume Design | Susan Tsu (Godspell) |
| Vernon Rice Awards | Long Day's Journey Into Night (Arvin Brown, director; cast, Paddy Croft, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Stacy Keach, Robert Ryan and James Naughton) |
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