Awards Archive

Awards for 1985-1986

Best Actor
Judd Hirsch - I'm Not Rappaport

Best Actress
Lily Tomlin - The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

Best Broadway Musical
The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Best Broadway Play
I'm Not Rappaport

Best Choreography
Bob Fosse - Big Deal / Sweet Charity

Best Costume Design
Lindsay W. Davis - The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Best Debut Performance
Anthony Rapp - Precious Sons
Semina de Laurentis - Nunsense

Best Director
John Tillinger - Loot / The Perfect Party / Corpse!

Best Lighting Design
Paul Gallo - The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Best Off Broadway Book and Music
Dan Goggin - Nunsense

Best Off Broadway Lyrics
David Crane, Seth Friedman, Marta Kaufman - Personals

Best Off Broadway Musical
Nunsense

Best Off Broadway Play
A Lie of the Mind

Best Revival
Loot

Best Set Design
Bob Shaw - The Mystery of Edwin Drood

John Gassner Playwriting Award
Herb Gardner - I'm Not Rappaport

Special Awards
Elisabeth Welch - Time to Start Living / Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood