1996-1997 43rd Drama Desk Awards
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll and Hyde) | |
| Jim Dale (Candide) | ||
| Jason Danieley (Candide) | ||
| Daniel McDonald (Steel Pier) | ||
| James Naughton (Chicago) | ||
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Michael Gambon (Skylight) | |
| Frank Langella (Present Laughter) | ||
| Donal McLann (The Steward of Christendom) | ||
| Daniel Massey (Taking Sides) | ||
| David Morse (How I Learned to Drive) | ||
| Christopher Plummer (Barrymore) | ||
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Linda Eder (Jekyll and Hyde) | |
| Pamela Isaacs (The Life) | ||
| Bebe Neuwirth (Chicago) | ||
| Lauren Ward (Violet) | ||
| Karen Ziemba (Steel Pier) | ||
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Jayne Atkinson (The Skriker) | |
| Frances Conroy (The Rehearsal) | ||
| Shirley Knight (The Young Man from Atlanta) | ||
| Janet McTeer (A Doll's House) | ||
| Vanessa Redgrave (Antony and Cleopatra) | ||
| Lia Williams (Skylight) | ||
| Outstanding Choreography | Dean Perry (Tap Dogs) | |
| Anne Reinking(Chicago) | ||
| Susan Stroman(Steel Pier) | ||
| Outstanding Costume Design | Howard Crabtree (Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly) | |
| Marina Druhici (The Skriker) | ||
| Michael Krass (HowThe Rehearsal) | ||
| G.W. Mercier, Julie Taymor (Juan Darient: A Carnival Mass) | ||
| Martin Pakledinaz (The Life) | ||
| Ann Ruth (Present Laughter) | ||
| Outstanding Director - Musical | Michael Blakemore (The Life) | |
| Walter Bobbie (Chicago) | ||
| Scott Ellis (Steel Pier) | ||
| Susan H. Schulman (Violet) | ||
| Mark Waldrop (Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly) | ||
| Outstanding Director - Play | Mark Brokaw (How I Learned to Drive) | |
| Robert La Page (The Seven Streams of the River Ota) | ||
| Lynne Meadow (Nine Armenians) | ||
| Deborah Warner (The Waste Land) | ||
| Mark Wing-Davey (The Skriker) | ||
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Stanley Bojarski (Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly) | |
| Andre De Shields (Play On!) | ||
| Joel Grey (Chicago) | ||
| Sam Harris (The Life) | ||
| Michael McElroy (Violet) | ||
| Jay Rogers (Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly) | ||
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Kirk Acevedo (Tooth of Crime) | |
| Billy Crudup (The Three Sisters) | ||
| David Greenspan (The Boys in the Band) | ||
| Edward Herrmann (Psychopatria Sexualis) | ||
| Brian Murray (The Little Foxes) | ||
| Christopher Evan Welch (Scapin) | ||
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Marcia Lewis (Chicago) | |
| Andrea Martin (Candide) | ||
| Debra Monk (Steel Pier) | ||
| Jennifer Simard (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change) | ||
| Lillias White (The Life) | ||
| Ruth Williamson (The Green Heart) | ||
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Kathleen Chalfont (Nine Armenians) | |
| Linda Edmond (Nine Armenians) | ||
| Melissa Errico (The Importance of Being Earnest) | ||
| Dana Ivey (The Last Night of Ballyhoo) | ||
| Dana Ivey (Sex and Longing) | ||
| Allison Janney (Present Laughter) | ||
| Celia Weston (The Last Night of Ballyhoo) | ||
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Kevin Adams (Henry VI) | |
| Ken Billington (Chicago) | ||
| Doanld Holder (Juan Darient: A Carnival Mass) | ||
| Jean Kalman (The Waste Land) | ||
| Richard Pilbrow (The Life) | ||
| Outstanding Lyrics | Gerard Alessandrini (Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back) | |
| Brian Crawley (Violet) | ||
| Mark Waldrop (Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly) | ||
| Outstanding Music | Cy Coleman (The Life) | |
| John Kander (Steel Pier) | ||
| Jeanine Tesori (Violet) | ||
| Outstanding Musical Revue | Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back | |
| Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly | ||
| I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change | ||
| Outstanding New Musical | The Life | |
| Steel Pier | ||
| Violet | ||
| Outstanding New Play | Dealer's Choice (Patrick Marber) | |
| How I Learned to Drive (Paula Vogel) | ||
| The Last Night of Ballyhoo (Alfred Uhry) | ||
| The Skriker (Caryl Churchill) | ||
| This Is Our Youth (Kenneth Lonergan) | ||
| Outstanding One Person Show | Eve Ensher (The Vagina Monologues) | |
| Roger Guenveur Smith (A Huey P. Newton Story) | ||
| Eddie Izzard | ||
| Fiona Shaw (The Waste Land) | ||
| Julia Sweeney (Julia Sweeney's God Said Ha!) | ||
| Outstanding Orchestration | Michael Gibson (Steel Pier) | |
| Joseph Joubert (Violet) | ||
| Buryl Red (Violet) | ||
| Dan Sebesky, Harold Wheeler (The Life) | ||
| Jonathan Tunick (Titanic) | ||
| Outstanding Revival - Musical | Candide | |
| Chicago | ||
| Juan Darient: A Carnival Mass | ||
| Outstanding Revival - Play | A Doll's House | |
| The Gin Game | ||
| June Moon | ||
| Present Laughter | ||
| Outstanding Set Design - Musical | Clarke Dunham (Candide) | |
| Wendall K. Harrington (Steel Pier) | ||
| James Morgan (No Way to Treat a Lady) | ||
| G.W. Mercier, Julie Taymor (Juan Darient: A Carnival Mass) | ||
| Christina Poddubiuk, James Noone, Robin Phillips (Jekyll and Hyde) | ||
| Tony Walton (Steel Pier) | ||
| Outstanding Set Design - Play | Robert Brill (The Rehearsal) | |
| Marina Draghizi (The Skriker) | ||
| David Gallo, Jan Hartley (Bunny, Bunny) | ||
| Derek McLane (Present Laughter) | ||
| James Noone (The Gin Game) | ||
| Outstanding Sound Design | John Gromada (The Skriker) | |
| Daniel Modes Schreier (God's Heart) | ||
| Marc Anthony Thompson (A Huey P. Newton Story) | ||
| Special Awards | Moscow Theatre Souvremennika | |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | The Beckett Plays | |
| Chimere | ||
| The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol | ||
| The Waste Land | ||
| You Say What I Mean But You Mean It's Not What I Said |
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