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1970-1971 17th Drama Desk Awards

Outstanding Performances Ralph Richardson (Home)
John Gielgud (Home)
Cliff Gorman (Lenny)
  Claire Bloom (A Doll's House / Hedda Gabler)
  Jack MacGowran (The Works of Samuel Beckett)
Ruby Dee (Boesman and Lena)
Alec McCowen (The Philanthropist)
Brian Bedford (The School for Wives)
  Siobhan McKenna (Here Are Ladies)
Marian Seldes (Father's Day)
  Madeleine Renaud (L'Amante Anglaise)
  Alexis Smith (Follies)
  Mildred Dunnock (A Place without Doors)
  Anthony Quayle (Sleuth)
  Helen Gallagher (No, No, Nanette)
  Keith Baxter (Sleuth)
  James Earl Jones (Les Blancs)
  Colleen Dewhurst (All Over)
  Maureen Stapleton (The Gingerbread Lady)
  Paul Sand (Story Theatre, Metamorphosis)
  Roberta Maxwell (Slag)
Outstanding Directors Peter Brook (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
  Harold Prince, Michael Bennett (Follies)
  Paul Sills (Story Theatre, Metamorphosis)
  Robert Wilson (Deafman Glance)
  Andre Gregory (Alice in Wonderland)
  Tom O'Horgan (Lenny)
Outstanding Music Stephen Sondheim (Follies)
Outstanding Lyrics Stephen Sondheim (Follies)
Outstanding Book Burt Shevelove (No, No, Nanette)
Outstanding Choreography Michael Bennett (Follies)
  Donald Saddler (No, No, Nanette)
Outstanding Set Design Boris Aronson (Follies)
Sally Jacobs (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Robin Wagner (Lenny)
Outstanding Costume Design Florence Klotz (Follies)
Raoul Pene Du Bois (No, No, Nanette)
Most Promising Playwrights Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Happy Birthday, Wanda June)
  David Rabe (The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel)
Robert Montgomery (Subject to Fits)
A.R. Gurney Jr. (Scenes from American Life)
Most Promising Directors Jeff Bleckner (The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel)
  John-Michael Tebelak (Godspell)
  Russel Treyz (Whitsuntide)
Most Promising Composers Stephen Schwartz (Godspell)
  Itsuro Shimoda (Golden Bat)
Most Promising Lyricist Stephen Schwartz (Godspell)
  Yutaka Higashi (Golden Bat);
Most Promising Set Design Eugene Lee, Fred Newman (Alice in Wonderland)
Most Promising Costume Design Susan Tsu (Godspell)
Vernon Rice Awards Long Day's Journey Into Night (Arvin Brown, director; cast, Paddy Croft, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Stacy Keach, Robert Ryan and James Naughton)
   
 

 


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