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| 2000 |
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| Outstanding
Play |
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Dinner
With Friends; written by Donald Margulies; produced
by Mark Balsom, Mitchell Maxwell, Victoria Maxwell, Mari Nakachi, Ted
Tulchin |
| Outstanding
Musical |
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James
Joyce’s The Dead; book and lyrics by Richard
Nelson; music and lyrics by Shaun Davey; produced by Playwrights
Horizons |
| Outstanding
Revival |
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The
Torch-Bearers; written by George Kelly; produced by
The Drama Department |
| Outstanding
Director |
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Susan
Stroman, Contact |
| Outstanding
Lead Actress |
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Eileen
Heckart, The Waverly Gallery |
| Outstanding
Lead Actor |
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Boyd
Gaines, Contact |
| Outstanding
Scenic Design |
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David
Gallo, The Wild Party |
| Outstanding
Costume Design |
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Martin
Pakledinaz, Waste and The Wild
Party |
| Outstanding
Lighting Design |
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Kenneth
Posner, Give Me Your Answer, Do! and The
Wild Party |
| Outstanding
Body of Work |
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Eileen
Heckart |
| Edith
Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence |
|
Barry
Grove |
| Playwrights
Sidewalk Inductee(s) |
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Charles
Busch and Israel Horowitz |
| Outstanding
Lifetime Achievement |
|
Jason
Robards |
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| 1999 |
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| Outstanding
Play |
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Wit;
written by
Margaret Edson; produced by Manhattan Class Company, Robert G. Bartner,
Stanley Kaufelt, Daryl Roth, The Long Wharf Theatre, Lorie Cowan Levy
(associate producer) |
| Outstanding
Musical |
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Not
given |
| Outstanding
Revival |
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The
Mystery of Irma Vep;
written Charles Ludlam; Original Music by Peter Golub; produced by
Steve Asher, Steven Baruch, Richard Frankel, Marc Routh, Thomas Viertel |
| Special
Award |
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Brooklyn
Academy of Music |
| Outstanding
Director |
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Derek
Anson Jones, Wit |
| Outstanding
Lead Actress |
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Kathleen
Chalfant, Wit |
| Outstanding
Lead Actor |
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Mark
Ruffalo, This is Our Youth |
| Outstanding
Scenic Design |
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Robert
Brill and Scott Pask, The
Mineola Twins |
| Outstanding
Costume Design |
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Jess
Goldstein, The Mineola Twins and Uneasy
Chair |
| Outstanding
Lighting Design (Tie) |
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Kevin
Adams, The Mineola Twins |
| Outstanding
Lighting Design (Tie) |
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Michael
Chybowski, Wit |
| Outstanding
Body of Work |
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Classic
Stage Company |
| Edith
Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence |
|
Jerry
Orbach |
| Playwrights
Sidewalk Inductee(s) |
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Tom
Jones and Harvey Schmidt |
| Outstanding
Lifetime Achievement |
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Harold
Pinter |
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| 1998 |
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| Outstanding
Play (Tie) |
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Gross
Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde; written
by Moises Kaufman; produced by Chase Mishkin, Leonard Soloway, Tectonic
Theatre Project |
| Outstanding
Play (Tie) |
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The
Beauty Queen of Leenane; written by Martin
McDonough; Original music by Paddy Cunneen; produced by Atlantic
Theatre Company, Druid Theatre Company |
| Outstanding
Musical |
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Not
given |
| Outstanding
Revival |
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All
My Sons; written by Arthur Miller; produced by
Roundabout Theatre Company |
| Special
Award² |
|
Shakespeare’s
R&J |
| Outstanding
Director |
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Garry
Hynes, The Beauty Queen of Leenane |
| Outstanding
Lead Actress |
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Cherry
Jones, Pride’s Crossing |
| Outstanding
Lead Actor |
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Brian
Cox, St. Nicholas |
| Outstanding
Scenic Design |
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Adrianne
Lobel, On the Town |
| Outstanding
Costume Design |
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Paul
Tazewell, On the Town |
| Outstanding
Lighting Design |
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Kenneth
Posner, Pride’s Crossing and Side
Man |
| Outstanding
Body of Work |
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Brian
Murray |
| Edith
Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence1 |
|
Eli
Wallach |
| Outstanding
Lifetime Achievement |
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Arthur
Miller |
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| 1997 |
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| Outstanding
Play |
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How
I Learned to Drive; written by Paula Vogel;
produced by The Vineyard Theatre, Roy Gabay, Daryl Roth |
| Outstanding
Musical |
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Violet;
book by
Brian Crawley, music by Jeanine Tesori; produced by Playwrights
Horizons, Ira Weitzman, Jeanine Tesori (associate producer) |
| Outstanding
Revival |
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June
Moon; written by George S. Kaufman and Ring
Lardner; produced by The Drama Department |
| Special
Award |
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Rob
Fisher, Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert |
| Outstanding
Director |
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Mark
Brokaw, How I Learned to Drive and This
Is Our Youth |
| Outstanding
Lead Actress |
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Mary-Louise
Parker, How I Learned to Drive |
| Outstanding
Lead Actor |
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David
Morse, How I Learned to Drive |
| Outstanding
Scenic Design |
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David
Gallo, Bunny Bunny |
| Outstanding
Costume Design |
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Howard
Crabtree, When Pigs Fly |
| Outstanding
Lighting Design |
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Brian
MacDevitt, By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful
Sea |
| Outstanding
Body of Work |
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Gerard
Alessandrini |
| Outstanding
Lifetime Achievement |
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Jane
Alexander |
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| 1996 |
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| Outstanding
Play |
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Molly
Sweeney; written by Brian Friel; produced by
Roundabout Theatre Company and The Gate Theatre |
| Outstanding
Musical |
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Floyd
Collins; book by Tina Landau, lyrics and music by
Adam Guettel |
| Outstanding
Revival |
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Entertaining
Mr. Sloan; written by Joe Orton; produced by
Classic Stage Company |
| Special
Award |
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Cora
Cahan |
| Special
Award |
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Theaterworks
USA |
| Outstanding
Director |
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Scott
Elliott, The Monogamist |
| Outstanding
Lead Actress (Play) |
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Uta
Hagen, Mrs. Klein |
| Outstanding
Lead Actress (Musical)1,3 |
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Melissa
Errico, One Touch of Venus |
| Outstanding
Lead Actor (Play) |
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Jim
Dale, Travels with My Aunt |
| Outstanding
Lead Actor (Musical)1,3 |
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Jason
Workman, Bed & Sofa |
| Outstanding
Scenic Design |
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Tony
Walton, A Fair Country |
| Outstanding
Costume Design |
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Jane
Greenwood, Sylvia |
| Outstanding
Lighting Design |
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Michael
Chybowski, The Grey Zone |
| Outstanding
Body of Work |
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Athol
Fugard |
| Lifetime
Dedication to Off-Broadway1 |
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Edith
Oliver |
| Outstanding
Lifetime Achievement |
|
Gene
Feist |
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| 1995 |
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| Outstanding
Play |
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Camping
with Henry & Tom; written by Mark St.
Germain; produced by Daryl Roth, Wind Dancer Theatre Inc., Randall
Wreghitt |
| Outstanding
Musical |
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Jelly
Roll!; book by Vernel Bagneris, music and lyrics by
Jelly Roll Morton; produced by Michael Ross, Barbara Ross, Susan Melman |
| Outstanding
Revival |
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Merrily
We Roll Along; book by George Furth, music and
lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; produced by York Theatre Company |
| Special
Award² |
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Encores!
Great American Musicals in Concert |
| Outstanding
Director |
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Jack
O’Brien, Hapgood |
| Outstanding
Lead Actress (Tie) |
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Linda
Lavin, Death Defying Acts |
| Outstanding
Lead Actress (Tie) |
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Eileen
Atkins, Vita & Virginia |
| Outstanding
Lead Actor |
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Ed
Harris, Simpatico |
| Outstanding
Scenic Design1 |
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James
Leonard Joy, Camping with Henry & Tom |
| Outstanding
Costume Design1 |
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Judith
Dolan, The Petrified Prince |
| Outstanding
Lighting Design1 |
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Phil
Monat, Camping with Henry & Tom |
| Outstanding
Body of Work |
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Horton
Foote |
| Outstanding
Body of Work |
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Signature
Theatre Company |
| Outstanding
Lifetime Achievement |
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Uta
Hagen |
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| 1994 |
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| Outstanding
Play |
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Three
Tall Women; written by Edward Albee; produced by
The Vineyard Theatre |
| Outstanding
Musical |
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Wings;
book and lyrics by Arthur Perlman; music by Jeffrey Lunden; produced by
Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival |
| Outstanding
Revival |
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Owners
and Traps; written by Caryl Churchill; produced by
New York Theatre Workshop |
| Special
Award2 |
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Ricky
Jay and His 52 Assistants |
| Special
Award |
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Art/NY
Passport to Off-Broadway |
| Outstanding
Director |
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Lawrence
Sacharow, Three Tall Women |
| Outstanding
Lead Actress |
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Myra
Carter, Three Tall Women |
| Outstanding
Lead Actor |
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Ron
Rifkin, 3 Hotels |
| Outstanding
Body of Work |
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A.R.
Gurney |
| Outstanding
Body of Work |
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Irene
Worth |
| Outstanding
Body of Work |
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Theatre
for a New Audience |
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| 1993 |
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| Outstanding
Play |
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The
Destiny of Me; written by Larry Kramer, original
music by Peter Kater; produced by Circle Repertory Company |
| Outstanding
Musical |
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Forbidden
Broadway; created and written by Gerald
Allessandrini; produced by Jonathan Scharer |
| Outstanding
Revival |
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Henry
V; written by William Shakespeare; produced by
Theatre for a New Audience |
| Special
Award |
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John
Willis |
| Outstanding
Director |
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Christopher
Ashley, Fires in the Mirror and Jeffrey |
| Outstanding
Lead Actress |
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Anna
Deavere Smith, Fires in the Mirror |
| Outstanding
Lead Actor |
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John
Leguizamo, Spic-o-rama |
| Outstanding
Body of Work |
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John
Lee Beatty |
| Outstanding
Lifetime Achievement |
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Wynn
Handman |
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| 1992 |
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| Outstanding
Play |
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Lips
Together, Teeth Apart; written by Terrence McNally;
produced by Manhattan Theatre Club |
| Outstanding
Musical |
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And
the World Goes Round…;
lyrics by Fred Ebb, music by John Kander; produced by R. Tyler Gatchell
Jr., Peter Neufeld, Patrick J. Patek, Gene R. Korf, The McCarter Theatre |
| Outstanding
Revival |
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Boesman
and Lena; written by Athol Fugard; produced by
Manhattan Theatre Club |
| Special
Award² |
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Blue
Man Group/Tubes |
| Outstanding
Director |
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Daniel
Sullivan, The Substance of Fire |
| Outstanding
Lead Actress¹ |
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Eileen
Atkins, A Room of One’s Own |
| Outstanding
Lead Actor |
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Ron
Rifkin, The Substance of Fire |
| Outstanding
Body of Work |
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Terrence
McNally |
| Outstanding
Lifetime Achievement |
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Ellen
Stewart |
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| 1991 |
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| Outstanding
Play |
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Aristocrats;
written by Brian Friel; produced by Manhattan Theater Club |
| Outstanding
Musical |
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Falsettoland;
book by William Finn and James Lapine, music and lyrics by William
Finn; produced by Playwrights Horizons, Maurice Rosenbield, Lois
Rosenfield, Steven Suskin |
| Outstanding
Revival |
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Measure
for Measure; written by William Shakespeare;
produced by Lincoln Center Theater |
| Outstanding
Director |
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John
Tillinger, The Lisbon Traviata |
| Outstanding
Lead Actor1 |
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Nathan
Lane, The Lisbon Traviata |
| Outstanding
Body of Work |
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Circle
Repertory Company |
| Outstanding
Lifetime Achievement |
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Rosetta
LeNoire |
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| 1989 |
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| Outstanding
Play |
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The
Cocktail Hour; written by A.R. Gurney; produced by
Steven Baruch, Richard Frankel, Roger L. Stevens, Thomas Viertel |
| Outstanding
Director1 |
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John
Tillinger, Love Letters |
| Outstanding
Body of Work |
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Playwrights
Horizons |
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| 1988 |
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| Outstanding
Lifetime Achievement1 |
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Paul
Libin |
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| 1987 |
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| Outstanding
Body of Work1 |
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Manhattan
Theatre Club |
| Outstanding
Play1 |
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The
Common Pursuit;
written by Simon Gray; produced by John A. McQuiggan with associate
producers Lois Deutchman, Douglas M. Lawson, James, Peck, Harold Reed,
Sharon Scruggs, The Hart Entertainment Group |
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| 1986 |
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| Inaugural
Award1 |
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The
Woza Afrika! Festival (Lincoln Center Theater) |
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1 denotes first year
award was presented
2 later renamed Unique Theatrical
Experience
3 award only presented once |
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