1986 – 2000 Recipients
2000
Outstanding Play: Dinner With Friends
Outstanding Musical: James Joyce’s The Dead
Outstanding Revival: The Torch-Bearers
Outstanding Director: Susan Stroman, Contact
Outstanding Lead Actress: Eileen Heckart, The Waverly Gallery
Outstanding Lead Actor: Boyd Gaines, Contact
Outstanding Scenic Design: David Gallo, The Wild Party
Outstanding Costume Design: Martin Pakledinaz, Waste and The Wild Party
Outstanding Lighting Design: Kenneth Posner, Give Me Your Answer, Do! and The Wild Party
Outstanding Body of Work: Eileen Heckart
Edith Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence: Barry Grove
Playwrights Sidewalk Inductee(s): Charles Busch; Israel Horowitz
Outstanding Lifetime Achievement: Jason Robards
1999
Outstanding Play: Wit
Outstanding Musical: Not Awarded
Outstanding Revival: The Mystery of Irma Vep
Special Award: Brooklyn Academy of Music
Outstanding Director: Derek Anson Jones, Wit
Outstanding Lead Actress: Kathleen Chalfant, Wit
Outstanding Lead Actor: Mark Ruffalo, This is Our Youth
Outstanding Scenic Design: Robert Brill Scott Pask, The Mineola Twins
Outstanding Costume Design: Jess Goldstein, The Mineola Twins and Uneasy Chair
Outstanding Lighting Design (Tie): Kevin Adams, The Mineola Twins; Michael Chybowski, Wit
Outstanding Body of Work: Classic Stage Company
Edith Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence: Jerry Orbach
Playwrights Sidewalk Inductee(s): Tom Jones; Harvey Schmidt
Outstanding Lifetime Achievement: Harold Pinter
1998
Outstanding Play (Tie): Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde; The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Outstanding Musical: Not Awarded
Outstanding Revival: All My Sons
Special Award: Shakespeare’s R&J
Outstanding Director: Garry Hynes, The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Outstanding Lead Actress: Cherry Jones, Pride’s Crossing
Outstanding Lead Actor: Brian Cox, St. Nicholas
Outstanding Scenic Design: Adrianne Lobel, On the Town
Outstanding Costume Design: Paul Tazewell, On the Town
Outstanding Lighting Design: Kenneth Posner, Pride’s Crossing and Side Man
Outstanding Body of Work: Brian Murray
Edith Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence: Eli Wallach
Outstanding Lifetime Achievement: Arthur Miller
1997
Outstanding Play: How I Learned to Drive
Outstanding Musical: Violet
Outstanding Revival: June Moon
Special Award: Rob Fisher, Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert
Outstanding Director: Mark Brokaw, How I Learned to Drive and This Is Our Youth
Outstanding Lead Actress: Mary-Louise Parker, How I Learned to Drive
Outstanding Lead Actor: David Morse, How I Learned to Drive
Outstanding Scenic Design: David Gallo, Bunny Bunny
Outstanding Costume Design: Howard Crabtree, When Pigs Fly
Outstanding Lighting Design: Brian MacDevitt, By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea
Outstanding Body of Work: Gerard Alessandrini
Outstanding Lifetime Achievement: Jane Alexander
1996
Outstanding Play: Molly Sweeney
Outstanding Musical: Floyd Collins
Outstanding Revival: Entertaining Mr. Sloan
Special Award: Cora Cahan
Special Award: Theaterworks USA
Outstanding Director: Scott Elliott, The Monogamist
Outstanding Lead Actress (Play): Uta Hagen, Mrs. Klein
Outstanding Lead Actress (Musical): Melissa Errico, One Touch of Venus
Outstanding Lead Actor (Play): Jim Dale, Travels with My Aunt
Outstanding Lead Actor (Musical): Jason Workman, Bed & Sofa
Outstanding Scenic Design: Tony Walton, A Fair Country
Outstanding Costume Design: Jane Greenwood, Sylvia
Outstanding Lighting Design: Michael Chybowski, The Grey Zone
Outstanding Body of Work: Athol Fugard
Lifetime Dedication to Off-Broadway: Edith Oliver
Outstanding Lifetime Achievement: Gene Feist
1995
Outstanding Play: Camping with Henry & Tom
Outstanding Musical: Jelly Roll!
Outstanding Revival: Merrily We Roll Along
Special Award: Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert
Outstanding Director: Jack O’Brien, Hapgood
Outstanding Lead Actress (Tie): Linda Lavin, Death Defying Acts; Eileen Atkins, Vita & Virginia
Outstanding Lead Actor: Ed Harris, Simpatico
Outstanding Scenic Design: James Leonard Joy, Camping with Henry & Tom
Outstanding Costume Design: Judith Dolan, The Petrified Prince
Outstanding Lighting Design: Phil Monat, Camping with Henry & Tom
Outstanding Body of Work: Horton Foote
Outstanding Body of Work: Signature Theatre Company
Outstanding Lifetime Achievement: Uta Hagen
1994
Outstanding Play: Three Tall Women
Outstanding Musical: Wings
Outstanding Revival: Owners and Traps
Special Award: Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants
Special Award: Art/NY Passport to Off-Broadway
Outstanding Director: Lawrence Sacharow, Three Tall Women
Outstanding Lead Actress: Myra Carter, Three Tall Women
Outstanding Lead Actor: Ron Rifkin, 3 Hotels
Outstanding Body of Work: A.R. Gurney
Outstanding Body of Work: Irene Worth
Outstanding Body of Work: Theatre for a New Audience
1993
Outstanding Play: The Destiny of Me
Outstanding Musical : Forbidden Broadway
Outstanding Revival: Henry V
Special Award: John Willis
Outstanding Director: Christopher Ashley, Fires in the Mirror and Jeffrey
Outstanding Lead Actress: Anna Deavere Smith, Fires in the Mirror
Outstanding Lead Actor: John Leguizamo, Spic-o-rama
Outstanding Body of Work: John Lee Beatty
Outstanding Lifetime Achievement: Wynn Handman
1992
Outstanding Play: Lips Together, Teeth Apart
Outstanding Musical: And the World Goes Round…
Outstanding Revival: Boesman and Lena
Special Award: Blue Man Group/Tubes
Outstanding Director: Daniel Sullivan, The Substance of Fire
Outstanding Lead Actress: Eileen Atkins, A Room of One’s Own
Outstanding Lead Actor: Ron Rifkin, The Substance of Fire
Outstanding Body of Work: Terrence McNally
Outstanding Lifetime Achievement: Ellen Stewart
1991
Outstanding Play: Aristocrats
Outstanding Musical: Falsettoland
Outstanding Revival: Measure for Measure
Outstanding Director: John Tillinger, The Lisbon Traviata
Outstanding Lead Actor: Nathan Lane, The Lisbon Traviata
Outstanding Body of Work: Circle Repertory Company
Outstanding Lifetime Achievement: Rosetta LeNoire
1989
Outstanding Play: The Cocktail Hour
Outstanding Director: John Tillinger, Love Letters
Outstanding Body of Work: Playwrights Horizons
1988
Outstanding Lifetime Achievement: Paul Libin
1987
Outstanding Body of Work: Manhattan Theatre Club
Outstanding Play: The Common Pursuit
1986
Inaugural Award: The Woza Afrika! Festival