1971-1972 18th Drama Desk Awards
| Outstanding Performances | Marilyn Chris (Kaddish) |
| Sada Thompson (Twigs) | |
| Eileen Atkins (Vivat! Vivat Regina!) | |
| Raul Julia (Two Gentlemen of Verona) | |
| Julie Bovasso (The Screens) | |
| Ruby Dee (Boesman and Lena) | |
| Richard A. Dysart (That Championship Season) | |
| Robert Morse (Sugar) | |
| Jonelle Allen (Two Gentlemen of Verona) | |
| Paul Sorvino (That Championship Season) | |
| George S. Irving (An Evening with Richard Nixon) | |
| Charles Durning, Walter McGinn, Michael McGuire (That Championship Season) | |
| Kain (The Black Terror) | |
| Rosemary Harris (Old Times) | |
| Ron Faber (And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers) | |
| William Atherton (Suggs) | |
| Linda Hopkins (Inner City) | |
| Micki Grant (Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope) | |
| Brock Peters (Lost in the Stars) | |
| Lester Rawlins (Nightride) | |
| Tom Aldredge (Sticks and Bones) | |
| Outstanding Directors | A.J. Antoon (That Championship Season) |
| Mel Shapiro (Two Gentlemen of Verona / Older People) | |
| Jeff Bleckner (Sticks and Bones) | |
| Andrei Serban (Medea) | |
| Peter Hall (Old Times) | |
| Outstanding Music | Galt MacDermot (Two Gentlemen of Verona) |
| Outstanding Lyrics | John Guare (Two Gentlemen of Verona) |
| Outstanding Book | John Guare, Mel Shapiro (Two Gentlemen of Verona) |
| Outstanding Choreography | Patricia Birch (Grease) |
| Jean Erdman (Two Gentlemen of Verona) | |
| Outstanding Set Design | Santo Loquasto (Sticks and Bones / That Championship Season) |
| Robert U. Taylor (The Beggar's Opera) | |
| Kert Lundell (Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death) | |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Willa Kim (The Screens) |
| Theoni V. Aldredge (Two Gentlemen of Verona) | |
| Most Promising Playwrights | Jason Miller (That Championship Season) |
| Michael Weller (Moonchildren) | |
| David Wiltse (Suggs) | |
| J.E. Franklin (Black Girl) | |
| Richard Wesley (The Black Terror) | |
| Philip Dean Hayes (The Sty of the Blind Pig) | |
| J.E. Gaines (Don't Let It Go to Your Head) | |
| Most Promising Directors | Dan Sullivan (Suggs) |
| Gilbert Moses (Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death) | |
| Most Promising Composers | Andrew Lloyd Webber (Jesus Christ Superstar) |
| Most Promising Lyricist | Micki Grant (Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope) |
| Most Promising Book | Melvin Van Pebbles (Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death) |
| Most Promising Set Design | Video Free America (Kaddish) |
| Most Promising Costume Design | Carrie F. Robbins (Grease / The Beggar's Opera) |
| Vernon Rice Awards | Chelsea Theatre Center |
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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