Awards & Winners

1978 Drama Desk Award

Check winners and nominations of 1978 Drama Desk Award. Check awards winners of 23rd Drama Desk Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

23rd Drama Desk Awards

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play

Barnard Hughes

Honored for : Da

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Nominee Nominated Work
Barnard Hughes Da
Judd Hirsch Chapter Two
Brian Murray Da
Frank Langella Dracula
James Earl Jones Paul Robeson
Hume Cronyn The Gin Game
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical

Nell Carter

Honored for : Ain't Misbehavin'

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Nominee Nominated Work
Nell Carter Ain't Misbehavin'
Phyllis Newman My Mother Was a Fortune-Teller
Charlayne Woodard Ain't Misbehavin'
Judy Kaye On the Twentieth Century
Carlin Glynn The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Angela Lansbury The King And I
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design

Florence Klotz

Honored for : On the Twentieth Century

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Nominee Nominated Work
Florence Klotz On the Twentieth Century
Edward Gorey Dracula
Zack Brown Saint Joan
Zack Brown Tartuffe
Geoffrey Holder Timbuktu!
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play

Melvin Bernhardt

Honored for : Da

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Nominee Nominated Work
Melvin Bernhardt Da
Peter Bennett The Passion Of Dracula
Joseph Chaikin The Dybbuk
Steve Robman Uncommon Women and Others
Garland Wright K
Mike Nichols The Gin Game
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play

Jessica Tandy

Honored for : The Gin Game

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Nominee Nominated Work
Helen Burns Catsplay
Shirley Knight Landscape of the Body
Jessica Tandy The Gin Game
Patricia Elliott Tartuffe
Tammy Grimes Tartuffe
Carol Mayo Jenkins Zinnia
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

Morgan Freeman

Honored for : The Mighty Gents

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Nominee Nominated Work
Morgan Freeman The Mighty Gents
Lester Rawlins Da
Jerome Dempsey Dracula
Vasili Bogazianos P.S. Your Cat Is Dead
Jeffrey DeMunn A Prayer for My Daughter
George Dzundza A Prayer for My Daughter
Michael Higgins Molly
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical

Peter Masterson

Honored for : The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

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Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Masterson The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Tommy Tune The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Stephen Schwartz Working
Elizabeth Swados Runaways
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical

Tommy Tune

Honored for : The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

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Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Masterson The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Tommy Tune The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Stephen Schwartz Working
Elizabeth Swados Runaways
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical

Stephen Schwartz

Honored for : Working

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Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Masterson The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Tommy Tune The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Stephen Schwartz Working
Elizabeth Swados Runaways
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography

Bob Fosse

Honored for : Dancin'

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bob Fosse Dancin'
Arthur Faria Ain't Misbehavin'
Tommy Tune The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Geoffrey Holder Timbuktu!
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

Jules Fisher

Honored for : Dancin'

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Nominee Nominated Work
Roger Morgan Dracula
Ronald Wallace The Gin Game
Gilbert Vaughn Hemsley, Jr. The Mighty Gents
John Arnone K
Garland Wright K
Jules Fisher Dancin'
Marc B. Weiss Deathtrap
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics

Carol Hall

Honored for : The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

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Nominee Nominated Work
Carol Hall The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Elizabeth Swados Runaways
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

Kevin Kline

Honored for : On the Twentieth Century

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lee Wilkof The Present Tense
Kevin Kline On the Twentieth Century
Joel Higgins Angel
Charles Ward Dancin'
Matt Landers Working
Brad Sullivan Working
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical

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Nominee Nominated Work
Joseph Papp Runaways
Stephen R. Friedman Working
Irwin Meyer Working
Joseph P. Harris Working
Emanuel Azenberg Ain't Misbehavin'
Dasha Epstein Ain't Misbehavin'
The Shubert Organization Ain't Misbehavin'
Jane Gaynor Ain't Misbehavin'
Ron Dante Ain't Misbehavin'
Universal Pictures Stage Productions The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Jules Fisher Dancin'
The Shubert Organization Dancin'
Columbia Pictures Dancin'
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music

Cy Coleman

Honored for : On the Twentieth Century

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Nominee Nominated Work
Carol Hall The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Elizabeth Swados Runaways
Cy Coleman On the Twentieth Century
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music

Carol Hall

Honored for : The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

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Nominee Nominated Work
Carol Hall The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Elizabeth Swados Runaways
Cy Coleman On the Twentieth Century
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

Swoosie Kurtz

Honored for : A History of the American Film

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Nominee Nominated Work
Swoosie Kurtz A History of the American Film
Bobo Lewis Working
Pamela Blair The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Lenora Nemetz Working
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

Bobo Lewis

Honored for : Working

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Nominee Nominated Work
Swoosie Kurtz A History of the American Film
Bobo Lewis Working
Pamela Blair The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Lenora Nemetz Working
Drama Desk Special Award

Off-Off Broadway Theater Movement

(For Outstanding Contribution to Theater.)
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design

Robin Wagner

Honored for : On the Twentieth Century

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Mitchell The Gin Game
Edward Gorey Dracula
William Ritman Deathtrap
Robin Wagner On the Twentieth Century
Santo Loquasto The Play's The Thing
Judy A. Juracek P.S. Your Cat Is Dead
Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience

Estelle Parsons

Honored for : Miss Margarida's Way

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Nominee Nominated Work
Estelle Parsons Miss Margarida's Way
Barry Humphries Dame Edna Everage
Dick Shawn The 2nd Greatest Entertainer
Colonnades Theatre Lab Moliere in Spite of Himself
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lester Osterman Da
Marilyn Strauss Da
Marc Howard Da
Hugh Leonard Da
New York Shakespeare Festival Landscape of the Body
John Guare Landscape of the Body
Public Theater Landscape of the Body
The Shubert Organization The Gin Game
Mike Nichols The Gin Game
Hume Cronyn The Gin Game
D.L. Coburn The Gin Game
Joseph Papp The Water Engine","Mr. Happiness
David Mamet The Water Engine","Mr. Happiness
The Shubert Organization The Merchant
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts The Merchant
Roger Berlind The Merchant
Eddie Kulukundis The Merchant
SRO Productions, Ltd The Merchant
Arnold Wesker The Merchant
Circle Repertory Company Fifth of July
Lanford Wilson Fifth of July
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical

Ken Page

Honored for : Ain't Misbehavin'

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ken Page Ain't Misbehavin'
Gary Bayer A History Of The American FIlm
André DeShields Ain't Misbehavin'
Richard Kiley Man of La Mancha
Henderson Forsythe The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

Eileen Atkins

Honored for : The Night of the Tribades

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Nominee Nominated Work
Martha Gaylord The Elusive Angel
Swoosie Kurtz Uncommon Women and Others
Pamela Reed Curse of the Starving Class
Eileen Atkins The Night of the Tribades
Carol Kane The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds