1997-1998 Awards
| Award | Winner(s) | Nominee(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Best Actor – Musical | Alan Cumming Cabaret | Brian Stokes Mitchell Ragtime John Cameron Mitchell Hedwig and the Angry Inch Douglas Sills The Scarlet Pimpernel |
| Best Actor – Play | Anthony 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 – Musical | Natasha Richardson Cabaret | Melissa Errico High Society Rebecca Luker The Sound of Music Marin Mazzie Ragtime |
| Best Actress – Play | Cherry 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 Choreography | Garth Fagan The Lion King | Graciela Daniele Ragtime Rob Marshall Cabaret The Dancers Forever Tango |
| Best Costume Design | Julie Taymor The Lion King | Jane Greenwood The Scarlet Pimpernel William Ivey Long Cabaret Santo Loquasto Ragtime |
| Best Director – Musical | Julie 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 – Musical | Peter Friedman Ragtime | Gregg Edelman 1776 John McMartin High Society Ron Rifkin Cabaret |
| Best Featured Actor – Play | Robert 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 – Musical | Tsidii Le Loka The Lion King | Jan Maxwell The Sound of Music Audra McDonald Ragtime Michele Pawk Cabaret |
| Best Featured Actress – Play | Allison 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 Design | Donald 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 Design | Richard Hudson The Lion King | Heidi Ettinger The Sound of Music Eugene Lee Ragtime Tony Straiges Golden Child |
| Best Solo Performance | John Leguizamo Freak | Sandra Bernhard Sandra Bernhard: I’m Still Here… Damn It! Brian Cox St. Nicholas Tyne Daly Mystery School |
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | Douglas 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 Awards | Alan Alda, Victor Garber, Alfred Molina Art |
