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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