Awards & Winners

1980 Drama Desk Award

Check winners and nominations of 1980 Drama Desk Award. Check awards winners of 25th Drama Desk Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

25th Drama Desk Awards

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play

John Rubinstein

Honored for : Children of a Lesser God

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Rubinstein Children of a Lesser God
Charles Brown Home
Philip Bosco Major Barbara
Gerald Hiken Strider
Judd Hirsch Talley's Folly
F. Murray Abraham Teibele And Her Demon
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play

Pat Carroll

Honored for : Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein

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Nominee Nominated Work
Pat Carroll Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein
Susan Sarandon A Couple White Chicks Sitting Around Talking
Blythe Danner Betrayal
Phyllis Frelich Children of a Lesser God
Mary Tyler Moore Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical

Patti LuPone

Honored for : Evita

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Nominee Nominated Work
Patti LuPone Evita
Sandy Duncan Peter Pan
Ann Miller Sugar Babies
Sigourney Weaver Das Lusitania Spongspiel
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography

Tommy Tune

Honored for : A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tommy Tune A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine
Joe Layton Barnum
Larry Fuller Evita
Mary Kyte Tintypes
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical

Jim Dale

Honored for : Barnum

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jerry Zaks Tintypes
Giorgio Tozzi The Most Happy Fella
Mickey Rooney Sugar Babies
Mandy Patinkin Evita
Jim Dale Barnum
Christopher Durang Das Lusitania Spongspiel
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play

Vivian Matalon

Honored for : Morning's at Seven

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Nominee Nominated Work
Vivian Matalon Morning's at Seven
Kevin Conway Mecca
Gordon Davidson Children of a Lesser God
Alan Schneider Loose Ends
Lynne Gannaway Strider
Robert Kalfin Strider
Marshall W. Mason Talley's Folly
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

Bob Gunton

Honored for : Evita

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bob Gunton Evita
Don Novello Gilda Radner - Live From New York
Harry Groener Oklahoma!
Martin Vidnovic Oklahoma!
Joe Grifasi The 1940's Radio Hour
Jeff Keller The 1940's Radio Hour
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

David Rounds

Honored for : Morning's at Seven

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Dukes Bent
Michael Gross Bent
Hansford Rowe Nuts
Fritz Weaver The Price
Doug McClure The Roast
David Rounds Morning's at Seven
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design

Pierre Balmain

Honored for : Happy New Year

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Nominee Nominated Work
Pierre Balmain Happy New Year
Tazeena Firth Evita
Timothy O'Brien Evita
Rostislav Doboujinsky Heartaches Of A Pussycat
Linda Fisher Morning's at Seven
William Ivey Long The 1940's Radio Hour
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

Lois de Banzie

Honored for : Morning's at Seven

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lois de Banzie Morning's at Seven
Frances Conroy Othello
Dianne Wiest The Art of Dining
Pamela Brook Goodbye Fidel
Mia Dillon Once a Catholic
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical

Harold Prince

Honored for : Evita

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gary Pearle Tintypes
Walton Jones The 1940's Radio Hour
Joe Layton Barnum
Harold Prince Evita
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

Dennis Parichy

Honored for : Talley's Folly

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Nominee Nominated Work
Duane Schuler Teibele And Her Demon
David Hersey Evita
Richard Nelson Morning's at Seven
Tharon Musser Children of a Lesser God
Dennis Parichy Talley's Folly
John McLain Émigrés
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Honored for : Evita

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Nominee Nominated Work
Andrew Lloyd Webber Evita
Cy Coleman Barnum
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical

Robert Stigwood

Honored for : Evita

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Stigwood Evita
Manhattan Theatre Club Sidewalkin
Judy Gordon Barnum
Cy Coleman Barnum
Maurice Rosenfield Barnum
Lois F. Rosenfield Barnum
Jujamcyn Theaters The 1940's Radio Hour
Joseph P. Harris The 1940's Radio Hour
Ira Bernstein The 1940's Radio Hour
Roger Berlind The 1940's Radio Hour
Richmond Crinkley Tintypes
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play

Emanuel Azenberg, The Shubert Organization, Dasha Epstein, Ron Dante, Mark Medoff

Honored for : Children of a Lesser God

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Nominee Nominated Work
Emanuel Azenberg Children of a Lesser God
The Shubert Organization Children of a Lesser God
Dasha Epstein Children of a Lesser God
Ron Dante Children of a Lesser God
Mark Medoff Children of a Lesser God
Colonnades Theatre Lab The Hebrew Lesson
Wolf Mankowitz The Hebrew Lesson
Elizabeth Ireland McCann Home
Nelle Nugent Home
Gerald S. Krone Home
Ray Larsen Home
Samm-Art Williams Home
James M. Nederlander Night and Day
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Night and Day
Michael Codron Night and Day
Tom Stoppard Night and Day
Nancy Cooperstein Talley's Folly
Porter Van Zandt Talley's Folly
Marc Howard Talley's Folly
Lanford Wilson Talley's Folly
Joseph Kipness Teibele and Her Demon
Jule Styne Teibele and Her Demon
Marvin A. Krauss Teibele and Her Demon
Isaac Bashevis Singer Teibele and Her Demon
Eve Friedman Teibele and Her Demon
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

Debbie Allen

Honored for : West Side Story

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Nominee Nominated Work
Janie Sell God Bless You Mr. Rosewater
Debbie Allen West Side Story
Peggy Hewett A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine
Crissy Wilzak The 1940's Radio Hour
Carolyn Mignini Tintypes
Mary Catherine Wright Tintypes
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design

John Lee Beatty

Honored for : Talley's Folly

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Lee Beatty Talley's Folly
David Jenkins The Art of Dining
Douglas W. Schmidt Sidewalkin'
David Mitchell Barnum
David Jenkins I Ought to Be in Pictures
William Ritman Morning's at Seven
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics

Tim Rice

Honored for : Evita

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tim Rice Evita
Steve Brown Strider
Drama Desk Special Award

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club

(For performances by international companies)
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance

Nancy Marchand

Honored for : Morning's at Seven

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Nominee Nominated Work
Nancy Marchand Morning's at Seven
Maureen O'Sullivan Morning's at Seven
Elizabeth Wilson Morning's at Seven
Teresa Wright Morning's at Seven
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance

Maureen O'Sullivan

Honored for : Morning's at Seven

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Nominee Nominated Work
Nancy Marchand Morning's at Seven
Maureen O'Sullivan Morning's at Seven
Elizabeth Wilson Morning's at Seven
Teresa Wright Morning's at Seven
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance

Elizabeth Wilson

Honored for : Morning's at Seven

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Nominee Nominated Work
Nancy Marchand Morning's at Seven
Maureen O'Sullivan Morning's at Seven
Elizabeth Wilson Morning's at Seven
Teresa Wright Morning's at Seven
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance

Teresa Wright

Honored for : Morning's at Seven

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Nominee Nominated Work
Nancy Marchand Morning's at Seven
Maureen O'Sullivan Morning's at Seven
Elizabeth Wilson Morning's at Seven
Teresa Wright Morning's at Seven
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design

Norman L. Berman

Honored for : Strider

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Nominee Nominated Work
Norman L. Berman Strider
Stanley Silverman Bent
Richard Peaslee Teibele And Her Demon