1981-1982 28th Drama Desk Awards
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Harvey Fierstein (Torch Song Trilogy) | |
| Bob Gunton (How I Got That Story) | ||
| Zakes Mokae (Master Harold) | ||
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Christopher Plummer (Othello) | |
| Paul Rogers (The Dresser) | ||
| Robert Stattel (King Lear) | ||
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | |
Jennifer Holliday (Dreamgirls) |
| Bernadette Peters (Sally and Marsha) | ||
| Sheryl Lee Ralph (Dreamgirls) | ||
| 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 Costume Design | Theoni V. Aldredge (Dreamgirls) | |
| Robert Fletcher (Othello) | ||
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William Ivey Long (Nine) | |
| Outstanding Director - Musical | Michael Bennett (Dreamgirls) | |
| Tony Tanner (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) | ||
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Tommy Tune (Nine) | |
| Outstanding Director - Play | Athol Fugard (Master Harold) | |
| Jacques Levy (Potsdam Quartet) | ||
| John Tillinger (Entertaining Mr. Sloan) | ||
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Tommy Tune (Cloud 9) | |
| Douglas Turner Ward (A Soldier's Play) | ||
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | |
Cleavant Derricks (Dreamgirls) |
| Mark Hardwick (Pump Boys and Dinettes) | ||
| Ben Harney (Dreamgirls) | ||
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | |
Adolphe Caesar (A Soldier's Play) |
| Zeljko Ivanek (Cloud 9) | ||
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Shelly Burch (Nine) | |
| Lonette McKee (The First) | ||
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Liliane Montevecchi (Nine) | |
| Laurie Beechman (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) | ||
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Anita Morris (Nine) | |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Pauline Flanagan (Medea) | |
| Estelle Getty (Torch Song Trilogy) | ||
| Cheryl Giannini (Grownups) | ||
| E. Katherine Kerr (Cloud 9) | ||
| Aideen O'Kelly (Othello) | ||
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Amanda Plummer (Agnes of God) | |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Beverly Emmons (The Dresser) | |
| Eugene Lee (Hothouse) | ||
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Marcia Madeira (Nine) | |
| Tharon Musser (Dreamgirls) | ||
| Outstanding Lyrics | Tom Eyen (Dreamgirls) | |
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Stephen Sondheim (Merrily We Roll Along) | |
| Jim Wann and cast (Pump Boys and Dinettes) | ||
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Maury Yeston (Nine) | |
| Outstanding Music | Stephen Sondheim (Merrily We Roll Along)Maury | |
| Jim Wann and cast (Pump Boys and Dinettes) | ||
|
Yeston (Nine) | |
| Outstanding Musical | Dreamgirls | |
| Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | ||
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Nine | |
| Pump Boys and Dinettes | ||
| Outstanding New Play | Dance (David Henry Hwang) | |
| The Dining Room (A.R. Gurney) | ||
| Family Devotions (David Henry Hwang) | ||
| Grownups (Jules Feiffer) | ||
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Master Harold (Athol Fugard) | |
| The Railroad (David Henry Hwang) | ||
| A Soldier's Play (Charles Fuller) | ||
| Torch Song Trilogy (Harvey Fierstein) | ||
| Outstanding Revival | The Chalk Garden | |
| Entertaining Mr. Sloan | ||
| Misalliance | ||
| Outstanding Set Design | David Chapman (The First) | |
| Eugene Lee (Hothouse) | ||
| Santo Loquasto (Gardenia / Crossing Niagara) | ||
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Robin Wagner (Dreamgirls) | |
| Stuart Wurtzel (Henry IV) | ||
| Special Awards | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | |
| The Ridiculous Theatrical Company | ||
| Jonathan Tunick | ||
| Unique Theatrical Experience | John Cullum (Whistler Tokyo ) | |
| Kid Brothers (Shiro) |
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