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)

 

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