1997 Drama Desk Awards

The Drama Desk, a group of 150 theater critics and reporters, announced the awards on May 18, 1997.

Outstanding Play	How I Learned to Drive
Outstanding Musical	The Life
Outstanding Musical Revival	Chicago
Outstanding Play Revival	A Doll's House
Outstanding One-Person Show	Fiona Shaw, The Waste Land
Outstanding Musical Revue	Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly
Unique Theatrical Experience	The Waste Land
Best Actor in a Play	David Morse, How I Learned to Drive and Christopher Plummer, Barrymore
Best Actress in a Play	Janet McTeer, A Doll's House
Best Featured Actor in a Play	Brian Murray, The Little Foxes
Best Featured Actress in a Play	Dana Ivey, The Last Night of Ballyhoo and Sex and Longing
Best Actor in a Musical	Robert Cuccioli, Jekyll & Hyde
Best Actress in a Musical	Bebe Neuwirth, Chicago
Best Featured Actor in a Musical	Joel Grey, Chicago
Best Featured Actress in a Musical	Lillias White, The Life
Best Director of a Play	Mark Brokaw, How I Learned to Drive
Best Director of a Musical	Walter Bobbie, Chicago
Best Choreography	Ann Reinking, Chicago
Best Music	Cy Coleman, The Life
Best Lyrics	Gerard Alessandrini, Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back