1980-1981 27th Drama Desk Awards
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Kevin Kline (The Pirates of Penzance) | |
| George Rose (The Pirates of Penzance) | ||
| Martin Vidnovic (Brigadoon) | ||
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Tim Curry (Amadeus) | |
| John Heard (A Chekhov Sketchbook) | ||
| Derek Jacobi (The Suicide) | ||
| Ian McKellen (Amadeus) | ||
| Milo O'Shea (Mass Appeal) | ||
| Remak Ramsay (The Winslow Boy) | ||
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Lena Horne (Lena Horne, The Lady and Her Music) | |
| Chita Rivera (Bring Back Birdie) | ||
| Ann Miller (Sugar Babies) | ||
| Sigourney Weaver (Das Lasitania Songspiel) | ||
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Joan Copeland (American Clock) | |
| Eva La Gallienne (To Grandmother's House We Go) | ||
| Mary Beth Hurt (Crimes of the Heart) | ||
| Amanda Plummer (A Taste of Honey) | ||
| Elizabeth Taylor (A Taste of Honey) | ||
| Outstanding Choreography | Gower Champion (42nd Street) | |
| Graziela Daniele (The Pirates of Penzance) | ||
| Outstanding Costume Design | Theoni V. Aldredge (42nd Street) | |
| Theoni V. Aldredge (Onward Victoria) | ||
| John Bury (Amadeus) | ||
| Patricia McGourty (The Pirates of Penzance) | ||
| Patricia Zipprodt (Fools) | ||
| Outstanding Director - Musical | Arthur Faria (Lena Horne, The Lady and Her Music) | |
| Wilford Leach (The Pirates of Penzance) | ||
| Outstanding Director - Play | Melvin Berhardt (Crimes of the Heart) | |
| Geraldine Fitzgerald (Mass Appeal) | ||
| Peter Hall (Amadeus) | ||
| Douglas Seale (The Winslow Boy) | ||
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Tony Azito (The Pirates of Penzance) | |
| Gregg Burge (Sophisticated Ladies) | ||
| Michael Davis (Broadway Follies) | ||
| Lee Roy Reams (42nd Street) | ||
| Paxton Whitehead (Camelot) | ||
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Brian Backer (The Floating Lightbulb) | |
| Ralph Clanton (The Winslow Boy) | ||
| Roderick Cook (The Man Who Came to Dinner) | ||
| Jeff Daniels (5th of July) | ||
| Nicholas Kepros (Amadeus) | ||
| John Shea (American Days) | ||
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Marilyn Cooper (Woman of the Year) | |
| Jennifer Yvette Holliday (Your Arms Too Short To Box with God) | ||
| Debbie Shapiro (Perfectly Frank) | ||
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Fran Brill (Knuckle) | |
| Swoosie Kurtz (5th of July) | ||
| Carrie Nye (The Man Who Came to Dinnre) | ||
| Jean Smart (Last Summer of Bluefish Cove) | ||
| Jessica Tandy (Rose) | ||
| Zoe Wanamaker (Piaf) | ||
| Outstanding Lighting Design | John Bury (Amadeus) | |
| Pat Collins (Peguin Touquet) | ||
| Jules Fisher, Brian Ferren (Frankenstein) | ||
| Dennis Parichy (5th of July) | ||
| Thomas Skelton (Lena Horne, The Lady and Her Music) | ||
| Jennifer Tipton (Lunch Hour) | ||
| Outstanding Musical | 42nd Street | |
| Lena Horne, The Lady and Her Music | ||
| The Pirates of Penzance | ||
| Outstanding New Play | Amadeus (Peter Shaffer) | |
| Crimes of the Heart (Beth Henley) | ||
| 5th of July (Lanford Wilson) | ||
| Mass Appeal (Bill C. Davis) | ||
| Outstanding Set Design | John Bury (Amadeus) | |
| John Lee Beatty (5th of July) | ||
| Wilford Leach, Bob Shaw (The Pirates of Penzance) | ||
| Douglas Schmidt (Frankenstein) | ||
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Aaah Oui Genty! | |
| Blackstone | ||
| Joseph Chaikin (Texts) | ||
| Paul Dooley (Amazin' Casey Stengel) | ||
| InterArt Theatre (Request Concert) | ||
| Jean Cocteau Reportory Company (Pericles) |
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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