1996-1997 Awards
| Award | Winner(s) | Nominee(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Best Actor – Musical | Robert Cuccioli Jekyll & Hyde | Sam Harris The Life Gregory Harrison Steel Pier James Naughton Chicago |
| Best Actor – Play | Christopher Plummer Barrymore | Frank Langella Present Laughter David Morse How I Learned to Drive Anthony Sher Stanley |
| Best Actress – Musical | Bebe Neuwirth Chicago | Linda Eder Jekyll & Hyde Pamela Isaacs The Life Karen Ziemba Steel Pier |
| Best Actress – Play | Janet McTeer A Doll’s House | Dana Ivey The Last Night of Ballyhoo Kate Nelligan An American Daughter Mary-Louise Parker How I Learned to Drive |
| Best Broadway Musical | The Life | Jekyll & Hyde Steel Pier Titanic |
| Best Broadway Play | The Last Night of Ballyhoo | An American Daughter Stanley Taking Sides |
| Best Choreography | Ann Reinking Chicago | Joey McKneely The Life Joey Pizzi Jekyll & Hyde Susan Stroman Steel Pier |
| Best Costume Design | Howard Crabtree Howard Crabtree’s When Pigs Fly | Jane Greenwood The Last Night of Ballyhoo Stewart Laing Titanic Peter Kaczorowski Steel Pier |
| Best Director – Musical | Walter Bobbie Chicago | Michael Blakemore The Life Scott Ellis Steel Pier Richard Jones Titanic Robin Phillips Jekyll & Hyde |
| Best Director – Play (The Lucille Lortel Award) | John Caird Stanley | Ron Lagomarsino The Last Night of Ballyhoo Anthony Page A Doll’s House Daniel Sullivan An American Daughter |
| Best Featured Actor – Musical | Joel Grey Chicago | Chuck Cooper The Life Stanley Bojarski When Pigs Fly Kevin Ramsey The Life |
| Best Featured Actor – Play | Terry Beaver The Last Night of Ballyhoo | Edward Herrmann Psychopathia Sexualis Brian Kerwin The Little Foxes Brian Murray The Little Foxes |
| Best Featured Actress – Musical | Lillias White The Life | Alix Korey No Way to Treat a Lady Marcia Lewis Chicago Debra Monk Steel Pier |
| Best Featured Actress – Play | Deborah Findlay Stanley Allison Janney Present Laughter Celia Weston The Last Night of Ballyhoo | Jan Maxwell A Doll’s House |
| Best Lighting Design | Paul Gallo Titanic Peter Kaczorowski Steel Pier | Ken Billington Chicago Beverly Emmons Jekyll & Hyde |
| Best Off Broadway Musical | Howard Crabtree’s When Pigs Fly | I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change The Green Heart Violet |
| Best Off Broadway Play | How I Learned to Drive | A Question of Mercy Bunny Bunny Stonewall Jackson’s House |
| Best Revival – Musical | Chicago | Candide Juan Darien No Way to Treat A Lady |
| Best Revival – Play | A Doll’s House | Present Laughter The Gin Game The Little Foxes |
| Best Set Design | David Gallo Bunny Bunny Stewart Laing Titanic | John Lee Beatty The Little Foxes Tony Walton Steel Pier |
| Best Solo Performance | Felix A. Pire Men on the Verge of a His-panic Breakdown |
