1976-1977 23rd Drama Desk Awards
Beginning this season the Drama Desk began with nominations and a single (or multiple if tied) winner(s)
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Martin Balsam (Cold Storage) | |
| Richard Chamberlain (The Night of the Iguana) | ||
| Tom Courtney (Otherwise Engaged) | ||
| Robert Duvall (American Buffalo) | ||
| Fred Gwynne (A Texas Trilogy) | ||
| John Heard (G.R. Point) | ||
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Al Pacino (Pavlo Hummel) | |
| Jonathan Pryce (The Comedians) | ||
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | |
Lenny Baker (I Love My Wife) |
| Barry Bostwick (She Loves Me / The Robber Bridegroom) | ||
| Yul Brynner (The King and I) | ||
| Robert Guillaume (Guys and Dolls) | ||
| Reid Shelton (Annie) | ||
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Joan Copeland (Pal Joey) | |
| Clamma Dale (Porgy and Bess) | ||
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Catherine Cox (Music Is) | |
| Esther Hinds (Porgy and Bess) | ||
| Julie N. McKenzie (Side by Side by Sondheim) | ||
| Meryl Streep (Happy End) | ||
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Trazana Beverley (For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide) | |
| Blythe Danner (The New York Idea) | ||
| Cara Duff-MacCormick (The Philanderer) | ||
| Diane Ladd (Lu Ann Hampton Laverly) | ||
| Sofia Landon (Peg O' My Heart) | ||
| Dorothy McGuire (The Night of the Iguana) | ||
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Irene Worth (The Cherry Orchard) | |
| Outstanding Book | |
Thomas Meehan (Annie) |
| Outstanding Choreography | Patricia Birch (Music Is) | |
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Peter Gannaro (Annie) | |
| Donald Saddler (The Robber Bridegroom) | ||
| Dan Siretta (Going Up) | ||
| Outstanding Costume Design | |
Theoni V. Aldredge (Annie) |
| John Gunter (The Comedians) | ||
| Carol Oditz (The Crazy Locomotive) | ||
| Nancy Potts (Porgy and Bess) | ||
| Albert Wolsky (Sly Fox) | ||
| Outstanding Director - Musical | |
Martin Charnin (Annie) |
| Gerald Freedman (The Robber Bridegroom) | ||
| Jack O'Brian (Porgy and Bess) | ||
| Gene Saks (I Love My Wife) | ||
| Tommy Tune (The Club) | ||
| Outstanding Director - Play | Frank Dunlop (The New York Idea) | |
| Tony Giordano (G.R. Point) | ||
| Ulu Grosbard (American Buffalo) | ||
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Mike Nichols (The Comedians) | |
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Alan Schneider (A Texas Trilogy) | |
| Oz Scott (For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide) | ||
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Deniel Ben-Zali (Music Is) | |
| Christophre Hewitt (Music Is) | ||
| Larry Marshall (Porgy and Bess) | ||
| George Rose (She Loves Me) | ||
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The Band (I Love My Wife) | |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Anthony Call (The Trip Back Down) | |
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Bob Dishy (Sly Fox) | |
| Hector Elizondo (Sly Fox) | ||
| Michael Lombard (Otherwise Engaged) | ||
| Everett McGill (Lu Ann Hampton Laverly) | ||
| Ralph Roberts (The Oldest Living Graduate) | ||
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Delores Ivory-Davis (Porgy and Bess) | |
| Ernestine Jackson (Guys and Dolls) | ||
| Barbara Lang (The Robber Bridegroom) | ||
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Dorothy Loudon (Annie) | |
| Rita Moreno (She Loves Me) | ||
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | |
Rosemary De Angelis (The Transfiguration of Benno Blimpie) |
| Joyce Ebert (The Shadow Box) | ||
| Rosemary Gregorio (The Shadow Box) | ||
| Cecilia Hart (The Dirty Linen) | ||
| Patricia Roe (The Oldest Living Graduate) | ||
| Meryl Streep (The Cherry Orchard) | ||
| Gretchen Wyler (Sly Fox) | ||
| Outstanding Lighting Design | John Bury (No Man's Land) | |
| Gilbert V. Hemsley Jr. (Porgy and Bess) | ||
| Burl Hash (The Crazy Locomotive) | ||
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Jennifer Tipton (For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / The Cherry Orchard) | |
| Ron Wallace (No The Comedians) | ||
| Outstanding Lyrics | |
Martin Charnin (Annie) |
| Alfred Uhry (The Robber Bridegroom) | ||
| Outstanding Music | |
Cy Coleman (I Love My Wife) |
| Charles Strouse (Annie) | ||
| Elizabeth Swados (Night Cantata) | ||
| Robert Waldman (The Robber Bridegroom) | ||
| Outstanding Musical | |
Annie |
| Happy End | ||
| I Love My Wife | ||
| The King and I | ||
| Porgy and Bess | ||
| The Robber Bridegroom | ||
| Best New American Play | American Buffalo (David Mamet) | |
| G.R. Point (David Berry) | ||
| Gemini (Albert Innaurato) | ||
| The Shadow Box (Michael Cristofer) | ||
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A Texas Trilogy (Preston Jones) | |
| The Transfiguration of Benno Blimpie (Albert Innaurato) | ||
| Best New Foreign Play | |
The Comedians (Trevor Griffins) |
| No Man's Land (Harold Pinter) | ||
| Otherwise Engaged (Simon Gray) | ||
| Outstanding Set Design | John Lee Beatty (The Innocents) | |
| Clarke Dunham (Hagar's Children) | ||
| George Jenkins (Sly Fox) | ||
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Santo Loquasto (American Buffalo / The Cherry Orchard) | |
| Robert Randolph (Porgy and Bess) | ||
| Douglas Schmidt (The Crazy Locomotive / The Robber Bridegroom) | ||
| Unique Theatrical Experience | The Club | |
| Emlyn Williams (Dylan Thomas Growning Up) | ||
| For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide | ||
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John Gielgud (No Man's Land) | |
| Jules Feiffer's Hold Me! | ||
| Mummenschanz | ||
| Nightclub Cantata | ||
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Ralph Richardson (No Man's Land) | |
| Side by Side by Sondheim | ||
| When the Rainbow is Enuf |
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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