1997-1998 Awards


AwardWinner(s)Nominee(s)
Best Actor – MusicalAlan Cumming Cabaret
Brian Stokes Mitchell Ragtime
John Cameron Mitchell Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Douglas Sills The Scarlet Pimpernel
Best Actor – PlayAnthony LaPaglia A View from the Bridge
Michael Emerson Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
Sam Trammell Ah, Wilderness!
Eli Wallach Visiting Mr. Green
Best Actress – MusicalNatasha Richardson Cabaret
Melissa Errico High Society
Rebecca Luker The Sound of Music
Marin Mazzie Ragtime
Best Actress – PlayCherry Jones Pride’s Crossing
Anna Manahan The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Marie Mullen The Beauty Queen of Leenane
J. Smith Cameron As Bees in Honey Drown
Best Broadway Musical Ragtime
High Society
The Lion King
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Best ChoreographyGarth Fagan The Lion King
Graciela Daniele Ragtime
Rob Marshall Cabaret
The Dancers Forever Tango
Best Costume DesignJulie Taymor The Lion King
Jane Greenwood The Scarlet Pimpernel
William Ivey Long Cabaret
Santo Loquasto Ragtime
Best Director – MusicalJulie Taymor The Lion King
Scott Ellis 1776
Frank Galati Ragtime
Sam Mendes, Rob Marshall Cabaret
Best Director – Play (The Lucille Lortel Award)Michael Mayer A View from the Bridge / Side Man
Garry Hynes The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Ethan McSweeny Never the Sinner
Matthew Warchus Art
Best Featured Actor – MusicalPeter Friedman Ragtime
Gregg Edelman 1776
John McMartin High Society
Ron Rifkin Cabaret
Best Featured Actor – PlayRobert Hogan Never the Sinner
Adam Alexi-Malle Goose Pimples
Tom Murphy The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Harris Yulin The Diary of Anne Frank
Best Featured Actress – MusicalTsidii Le Loka The Lion King
Jan Maxwell The Sound of Music
Audra McDonald Ragtime
Michele Pawk Cabaret
Best Featured Actress – PlayAllison Janney A View from the Bridge
Patricia Clarkson The Maiden’s Prayer
Linda Lavin The Diary of Anne Frank
Julyana Soelistyo Golden Child
Best Lighting DesignDonald Holder The Lion King
Peggy Eisenhauer, Mike Baldassari Cabaret
Jules Fisher, Peggy Eisenhauer Ragtime
Natasha Katz The Scarlet Pimpernel
Best Off Broadway Musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Dinah Was
The Last Session
The Show Goes On
Best Off Broadway Play Never the Sinner
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
The Cripple of Inishmaan
Side Man
Best Revival – Musical Cabaret
On the Town
1776
The Sound of Music
Best Revival – Play A View from the Bridge
Ah, Wilderness!
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Sunshine Boys
Best Set DesignRichard Hudson The Lion King
Heidi Ettinger The Sound of Music
Eugene Lee Ragtime
Tony Straiges Golden Child
Best Solo PerformanceJohn Leguizamo Freak
Sandra Bernhard Sandra Bernhard: I’m Still Here… Damn It!
Brian Cox St. Nicholas
Tyne Daly Mystery School
John Gassner Playwriting AwardDouglas Carter Beane As Bees in Honey Drown
Warren Leight Side Man
John Logan Never the Sinner
Nicky Silver The Maiden’s Prayer
Outstanding Broadway Play The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Art
Golden Child
Jackie: An American Life
Special AwardsAlan Alda, Victor Garber, Alfred Molina Art