1974-1975 21st Drama Desk Awards
Beginning this season the Drama Desk began with nominations and a single (or multiple if tied) winner(s)
| Outstanding Actor - Musical |  |
John Cullum (Shenandoah) |
| Tim Curry (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) | ||
| Joel Grey (Goodtime Charlie) | ||
| Raul Julia (Where's Charley) | ||
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Roy Dotrice (Brief Lives) | |
| Peter Firth (Equus) | ||
| Charles Grodin (Same Time, Next Year) | ||
|
Anthony Hopkins (Equus) | |
| John Kani (Sizwe Banzi Is Dead / The Island) | ||
| Alec McCowen (The Misanthrope) | ||
| Richard Monette (Hosanna) | ||
| Tony Musante (P.S. Your Cat is Dead) | ||
| Winston Ntshona (The Island) | ||
| Donald Sinden (London Assurance) | ||
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | |
Angela Lansbury (Gypsy) |
| Marsha McClain (Where's Charley) | ||
| Stephanie Mills (The Wiz) | ||
| Bernadette Peters (Mack and Mabel) | ||
| Ann Reinking (Goodtime Charlie) | ||
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Elizabeth Ashley (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) | |
|
Ellen Burstyn (Same Time, Next Year) | |
| Entire female cast (Women Behind Bars) | ||
| Tovah Feldshuh (Yentl the Yeshiva Boy) | ||
| Rita Moreno (The Ritz) | ||
| Diana Rigg (The Misanthrope) | ||
| Maggie Smith (Private Lives) | ||
| Liv Ullman (A Doll's House) | ||
| Outstanding Choreography | Dennis Denehy (The Lieutenant) | |
|
George Faison (The Wiz) | |
| Roger Morgan (Saturday, Sun, Mon) | ||
| Donald Saddler (Good News) | ||
| Margo Sappington (Where's Charley) | ||
| Outstanding Costume Design | |
Geoffrey Holder (The Wiz) |
| Willa Kim (Goodtime Charlie) | ||
| John Napier (Equus) | ||
| Carl Toms (Sherlock Holmes) | ||
| Fred Voelpel (Seascape) | ||
| Outstanding Director - Musical | Geoffrey Holder (The Wiz) | |
|
Arthur Laurents (Gypsy) | |
| Sue Lawless (In Gay Company) | ||
| William Martin (The Lieutenant) | ||
| Joel Zwick (Dance with Me) | ||
| Outstanding Director - Play | |
John Dexter (Equus) |
| Frank Dunlop (Sherlock Holmes) | ||
| Athol Fugard (The Island / Sizwe Banzi Is Dead) | ||
| Peter Hunt (Goodtime Charlie) | ||
| Ron Link (Women Behind Bars) | ||
| Gene Saks (Same Time, Next Year) | ||
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Hinton Battle (The Wiz) | |
| Pinta DeCola (In Gay Company) | ||
| Jerry Lanning (Where's Charley) | ||
| Gilbert Price (The Night That Made AM Famous) | ||
|
Ted Ross (The Wiz) | |
| Richard Schull (Goodtime Charlie) | ||
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Louis Beachner (SThe National Health) | |
| Larry Blyden (Absurd Person Singular) | ||
| David Dukes (Love for Love / Rules of the Game) | ||
|
Frank Langella (Seascapes) | |
| Philip Locke (Sherlock Holmes) | ||
| Richard Williams (Black Picture Show) | ||
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Boni Enten (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) | |
| Kelly Garrett (The Night That Made AM Famous) | ||
| Mabel Kingwater (The Wiz) | ||
| Bonnie Langford (Gypsy) | ||
| Penny Milford (Shenandoah) | ||
|
Donna Theodore (Shenandoah) | |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Polly Adams (London Assurance) | |
| Maureen Anderman (Seascape) | ||
| Carolyn Lagerfelt (The Constant Wife) | ||
| Carole Shelley (Absurd Person Singular) | ||
| Elizabeth Spriggs (London Assurance) | ||
|
Frances Sternhagen (Equus) | |
| Marie Wallace (Avon Lady) | ||
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Feder (Goodtime Charlie) | |
|
Neil Peter Jampolis (Sherlock Holmes) | |
| Julia Trevelyan Omon (Brief Lives) | ||
| Andy Phillips (Equus) | ||
| Outstanding Music and Lyrics | Gene Curly, Nitra Schharfman, Chuck Strand (The Lieutenant) | |
| Jerry Herman (Macka nd Mabel) | ||
| Fred Silver (In Gay Company) | ||
|
Charlie Smalls (The Wiz) | |
| Outstanding Musical | Goodtime Charlie | |
| In Gay Company | ||
| The Lieutenant | ||
|
The Wiz | |
| Outstanding New American Play | All Over Town (Murray Schisgal) | |
| Kid Campion (Michael Wheller) | ||
| Naomi Court (Michael Sawyer) | ||
| P.S. Your Cat Is Dead (James Kirkwood) | ||
| The Ritz (Terrence McNally) | ||
|
Same Time, Next Year (Bernard Slade) | |
| Seascape (Edward Albee) | ||
| Outstanding New Foreign Play | Absurd Person Singular(Alan Ayckbourne) | |
|
Equus (Peter Shaffer) | |
| Hosanna (Michael Tremblay) | ||
| In Praise of Love (Terrence Rattigan) | ||
| The Island (Athol Fugard) | ||
| The National Health (Peter Nichols) | ||
| Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (Athol Fugard) | ||
| Outstanding Set Design | John Conklin (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) | |
| Tom H. John (The Wiz) | ||
| Scott Johnson (Dance with Me) | ||
| John Napier (Equus) | ||
| Julia Trevelyan Omon (Brief Lives) | ||
| William Ritman (God's Favorite) | ||
|
Carl Toms (Sherlock Holmes) | |
| Franco Zeffirelli (Saturday, Sun, Mon) | ||
| Special Mention | |
Donald Sinden (London Assurance) |
|
Tovah Feldshuh (Yentl the Yeshiva Boy) | |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Clams on the Half Shell | |
| Charles Pierce Show | ||
| Flowers | ||
| A Letter from Queen Victoria | ||
|
London Assurance | |
| The Rocky Horror Picture Show | ||
| Saturday, Sun, Mon | ||
| Women Behind Bars |
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