1975-1976 22nd Drama Desk Awards
Beginning this season the Drama Desk began with nominations and a single (or multiple if tied) winner(s)
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Raul Julia (Threepenny Opera) | |
| Jerry Orbach (Chicago) | ||
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Ian Richardson (My Fair Lady) | |
| Nicol Williamson (Rex) | ||
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Peter Evans (Streamers) | |
| Ben Gazzara (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) | ||
| Richard Kiley (The Heiress) | ||
| Frank Quinn (Lampost Reunion) | ||
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John Wood (Travesties) | |
| Louis Zorich (They Knew What They Wanted) | ||
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Kelly Bishop (A Chorus Line) | |
| Penny Fuller (Rex) | ||
| Patti LuPone (The Robber Bridegroom) | ||
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Donna McKechnie (A Chorus Line) | |
| Virginia Seidel (Very Good Eddie) | ||
| Elizabeth Wilson (Threepenny Opera) | ||
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Fran Brill (What Every Woman Knows) | |
| Tovah Feldshuh (Yentl) | ||
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Rosemary Harris (The Royal Family) | |
| Lois Nettleton (They Knew What They Wanted) | ||
| Meryl Streep (27 Wagons / Memory of Two Mondays / Secret Service / Trelawny) | ||
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | |
James Kirkwood, Nicholas Dante (A Chorus Line) |
| Alfred Uhry (The Robber Bridegroom) | ||
| John Wiedman (A Pacific Overtures) | ||
| Outstanding Choreography | |
Michael Bennett (A Chorus Line) |
| Patricia Birch (Pacific Overtures) | ||
| Donald Saddler (The Robber Bridegroom) | ||
| Billy Wilson (Bubbling Brown Sugar) | ||
| Outstanding Costume Design | Theoni V. Aldredge (Trelawny) | |
| Bernard Johnson (Bubbling Brown Sugar) | ||
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Florence Klotz (Pacific Overtures) | |
| Ann Roth (The Royal Family) | ||
| Albert Wolsky (The Phoenix Company) | ||
| Outstanding Director - Musical | Jerry Alder (My Fair Lady) | |
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Michael Bennett (A Chorus Line) | |
| Richard Foreman (Threepenny Opera) | ||
| Gerald Freedman (The Robber Bridegroom) | ||
| Harold Prince (Pacific Overtures) | ||
| Outstanding Director - Play | Edward Albee (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) | |
| Arvin Brown (Dual Bill) | ||
| Mike Nichols (Streamers) | ||
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Stephen Porter (They Knew What They Wanted) | |
| Ellis Rabb (The Royal Family) | ||
| Tom Signorelli (Lamppost Reunion) | ||
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Leonard Cimino (Memory of Two Mondays) | |
| Edward Herrmann (Mrs. Warren's Profession) | ||
| Judd Hirsch (Knock Knock) | ||
| Roy Poole (Memory of Two Mondays) | ||
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Haruki Fujimoto (Pacific Overtures) | |
| James Harder (Very Good Eddie) | ||
| Barry Preston (Bubbling Brown Sugar) | ||
| George Rose (My Fair Lady) | ||
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Travis Hudson (Very Good Eddie) | |
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Vivian Reed (Bubbling Brown Sugar) | |
| Mary Lou Rosato (The Robber Bridegroom) | ||
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Lynn Ann Leveridge (Yentl) | |
| Toni Darnay (The Heiress) | ||
| Alice Drummond (Memory of Two Mondays) | ||
| June Havoc (Habeus Corpus) | ||
| Kaiulani Lee (Kennedy's Children) | ||
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Rachel Roberts (Habeus Corpus) | |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Ian Calderone (Trelawny) | |
| Leon Dileone (Angel Street) | ||
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Jules Fisher (Chicago) | |
| Robert Ornbo (Travesties) | ||
| Thomas Skelton (Legend) | ||
| James Tilton (The Phoenix Company) | ||
| Outstanding Music and Lyrics | Leonard Bernstein (1600 Pacific Avenue) | |
| Bill Heyer, Hank Beebe (Tuscaloosa's Calling Me) | ||
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Edward Kleban, Marvin Hamlisch (A Chorus Line) | |
| Stephen Sondheim (Pacific Overtures) | ||
| Outstanding New Play | Kennedy's Children (Robert Patrick) | |
| Lamppost Reunion (Louis LaRusso II) | ||
| Medal of Honor Rag (Tom Cole) | ||
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Streamers (David Rabe) | |
| Vanities (Jack Heifner) | ||
| Outstanding Revival | Dual Bill / They Knew What They Wanted | |
| My Fair Lady | ||
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The Royal Family | |
| Trelawny of the Wells | ||
| Very Good Eddie | ||
| What Every Woman Knows | ||
| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | ||
| Outstanding Set Design | |
Boris Aronson (Pacific Overtures) |
| John Lee Beatty (Knock Knock) | ||
| Santo Loquasto (Legend / Kennedy's Children) | ||
| Robert U. Taylor (Lamppost Reunion) | ||
| James Tilton (The Phoenix Company) | ||
| Special Awards | |
Hartman Theatre Company |
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Queens Theatre in the Park | |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Julie Harris (The Belle of Amherst) | |
| Linda Hopkins (Me and Bessie) | ||
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The Norman Conquests | |
| The Robber Bridegroom | ||
| Threepenny Opera | ||
| Yentl |
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