Movie stars may appear to be making some inroads with this yr’s New York Drama League Awards nominations – George Clooney, Robert Downey Jr., Paul Mescal, Mia Farrow and Jake Gyllenhaal, amongst others, are all accounted for – however stage stalwarts like Amber Grey, David Greenspan, André De Shields, Beth Leavel, and Idina Menzel are definitely properly represented.
Sarah Hyland (The Nice Gatsby) and Orville Peck (Cabaret) introduced the 2025 Drama League Award nominees this morning at an occasion held at Lincoln Middle’s New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The Drama League awards cowl each Broadway and Off Broadway. The awards can be introduced on the 91st Annual Drama League Awards Friday, Could 16, on the Ziegfeld Ballroom.
The Drama League beforehand introduced the 2025 Particular Recognition Award Recipients: Tony and Olivier Award winner Lea Salonga will obtain the Award for Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater; Director Whitney White (and a number of 2025 Drama League Award Nominee) can be honored with the Founders Award for Excellence in Directing; Kate Navin and Audible Theater will obtain the Contribution to the Theater Award; and The Gratitude Award can be introduced to acclaimed producers Robert Greenblatt and Neil Meron, whose groundbreaking work throughout tv, movie, and theatre has garnered quite a few accolades, together with Tonys, Emmys, Golden Globes, and a Greatest Image Oscar. This season they’re the lead producers of the brand new musical Smash.
The Steering Committee is led by co-chairs Bonnie Comley and Darin Oduyoye and members Trish Chambers, Irene Gandy, Sarah Hutton, Mary Jain, Paula Kaminsky Davis, Fred Siegel, and Kumiko Yoshii. The Awards Honorary Committee, nonetheless in formation, contains Annaleigh Ashford, Danny Burstein, Sutton Foster, Richard Form, Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, Lance Roberts, and Will Swenson.
First awarded in 1922 and formalized in 1935, The Drama League Awards are the oldest theatrical honors in America. They’re the one main theater awards chosen by a cross-section of the theater neighborhood — the business professionals, producers, artists, audiences, and critics who’re Drama League members nationwide.
See the entire checklist of nominees beneath.
2025 DRAMA LEAGUE AWARDS NOMINATIONS
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
THE ANTIQUITIES
Playwrights Horizons
Written by Jordan Harrison
Directed by David Cromer and Caitlin Sullivan
Assistant Director: Kayla Amani
Produced by Playwrights Horizons (Adam Greenfield, Inventive Director; Casey York, Managing Director; Noah Silva, Common Supervisor), Winery Theatre (Sarah Stern, Inventive Director; Douglas Aibel, Inventive Director), and Goodman Theatre (Susan V. Sales space, Inventive Director; John Collins, Govt Director)
BECOMING EVE
Abrons Arts Middle
Written by Emil Weinstein
Based mostly on the memoir by Abby Chava Stein
Directed by Tyne Rafaeli
Affiliate Director: Ash Ehrenberg
Produced by New York Theatre Workshop (Patricia McGregor, Inventive DIrector; Maya Choldin, Managing Director)
ENGLISH
Todd Haimes Theatre
Written by Sanaz Toossi
Directed by Knud Adams
Assistant Director: Arya Shahi
Produced by Roundabout Theatre Firm (Todd Haimes: President/CEO [in memoriam]; Scott Ellis: Interim Inventive Director; Sydney Beers: Govt Producer; Christopher Nave, CFRE: Chief Development Officer; Steven Showalter: Chief Administrative Officer); Presenting the manufacturing by Atlantic Theater Firm and Roundabout Theatre Firm
GOOD BONES
The Public Theater
Written by James Ijames
Directed by Saheem Ali
Produced by The Public Theater (Oskar Eustis, Inventive Director; Patrick Willingham, Govt Director)
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK
Winter Backyard Theatre
Written by George Clooney and Grant Heslov; Based mostly on the movie by 2929 Leisure and Participant; Based mostly on the movie distributed by Warner Bros.
Directed by David Cromer
Affiliate Director: Neal Gupta
Produced by Seaview, Sue Wagner, John Johnson, Smokehouse, Jean Doumanian, Robert Fox, 2929 Leisure, Participant, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, The Shubert Group, James L. Nederlander, John Gore Group, Sonia Friedman Productions, Jillian Robbins, Patty Baker, Kate Cannova, Inventive Companions Productions, Stella La Rue, Stage Ahead, Madison Wells Stay, Oren Michels, Reade St. Productions, Runyonland, TodayTix Group, Dennis Trunfio, Tom Tuft, Cohen-Gutterman Productions, FineWomen Productions, Gallarus Productions, Harris Rubin Productions, OHenry Productions, Douglas Denoff, Eric & Marsi Gardiner, Pamela Hurst-Della Pietra & Stephen Della Pietra, deRoy & Los Angeles Media Fund, Klausner & Zell, Nelson & Tao, SunnySpot & Valentine, Waxman & Willman, Winkler & Smalberg, and Woldenberg & Crooked Letter
HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES
New York Theatre Workshop
Written by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich
Conceived and Directed by Moisés Kaufman
Affiliate Director: Amy Marie Seidel
Produced by New York Theatre Workshop (Patricia McGregor, Inventive Director; Maya Choldin, Managing Director) and Tectonic Theater Mission (Moisés Kaufman, Founder and Inventive Director; Matt Joslyn, Govt Director)
JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN
Sales space Theatre
Written by Kimberly Belflower
Directed by Danya Taymor
Affiliate Director: Autumn Angelettie
Produced by Sue Wagner, John Johnson, John Mara, Jr., Runyonland, Eric Falkenstein, Jillian Robbins, Jen Hoguet, Steve Dow, Corets Gough Kench Cohen, The Shubert Group, James L. Nederlander, John Gore Group, Patty Baker, Cue to Cue Productions, Echo Lake Leisure, Harris Rubin Productions, Klausner & Zell, Jennifer Kroman, LD Leisure, Mahnster Productions, Nathan Winoto, The Cohn Sisters & Stifelman-Burkhardt, Astro Lab Productions, Inventive Companions Productions, Sarah Daniels, Joan Rechnitz, Melissa Chamberlain & Michael McCartney, Pam Hurst-Della Pietra & Stephen Della Pietra, Newport & Smerigan, Jamie deRoy, Jaime Gleicher, Wes Grantom, Meena Harris & Jessica Foung, Los Angeles Media Fund, Corey Steinfast, Turchin Clements, Louis Hobson, and Annaleise Loxton
LIBERATION
Laura Pels Theatre
Written by Beth Wohl
Directed by Whitney White
Assistant Director: Annabel Heacock
Produced by Roundabout Theatre Firm (Todd Haimes: President/CEO [in memoriam]; Scott Ellis: Interim Inventive Director; Sydney Beers: Govt Producer; Christopher Nave, CFRE: Chief Development Officer; Steven Showalter: Chief Administrative Officer)
OH, MARY!
Lyceum Theatre
Written by Cole Escola
Directed by Sam Pinkleton
Affiliate Director: Sunny Min-Sook Hitt
Lead Producer: Kevin McCollum & Lucas McMahon and Mike Lavoie & Carlee Briglia; Co-Produced by Bob Boyett, The Council, Jean Doumanian Productions, Nicole Eisenberg, Jay Marcus & George Strus, Irony Level, Richard Batchelder / Bradley Reynolds, Tyler Mount / Tommy Doyle, Nelson & Tao, Palomares & Rosenberg, and ShowTown Productions
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
Music Field Theatre
New Adaptation Written by Kip Williams; Based mostly on the novel by Oscar Wilde
Directed by Kip Williams
Affiliate Director: Ian Michael and Tait de Lorenzo; Resident Director: Raz Golden
Lead Producer: Michael Cassel, Adam Kenwright, Daryl Roth and Amanda Lipitz & Henry Tisch; Co-Produced by Len Blavatnik & Danny Cohen, Tom Werner, Ronald Frankel, Ken Schur, Bob Boyett, Caiola Productions, Grove Leisure, No Ensures Productions, and Lizzie Tisch; Presenting the manufacturing by Sydney Theatre Firm; Affiliate Producer: Liam Mangan
PURPOSE
Hayes Theatre
Written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by Phylicia Rashad
Assistant Director: Jereme Kyle Lewis
Produced by David Stone, Debra Martin Chase, Marc Platt, LaChanze, Rashad V. Chambers, Aaron Glick, Common Theatrical Group, Japanese Commonplace Time, Trate Productions, Nancy Nagel Gibbs, James L. Nederlander, John Gore, ATG Leisure, The Shubert Group, and Steppenwolf Theatre Firm; Presenting the manufacturing by Steppenwolf Theatre Firm
STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW
Marquis Theatre
Written by Kate Trefry; Authentic story by The Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne and Kate Trefry; Based mostly on the Sequence by Netflix; Based mostly on the Netflix Sequence, ‘Stranger Issues’, created by The Duffer Brothers
Directed by Stephen Daldry; Co-Directed by Justin Martin
Affiliate Director: Tavia Jefferson
Produced by Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions; Affiliate Producer: 21 Laps Leisure, Shawn Levy, and Dan Cohen
WALDEN
Second Stage Theater
Written by Amy Berryman
Directed by Whitney White
Produced by Second Stage Theater (Evan Cabnet, Inventive Director; Adam Siegel, Govt Director; Bennett Leak, Interim Inventive Director)
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
THE CHERRY ORCHARD
St. Ann’s Warehouse
Written by Anton Chekhov
A brand new model Written & Directed by Benedict Andrews
Assistant Director: Neetu Singh
The Donmar Warehouse manufacturing (Tim Sheader, Inventive Director; Henny Finch, Govt Director) introduced by St. Ann’s Warehouse (Susan Feldman, Inventive Director; Erik Wallin, Common Supervisor; Lianna Portnoy, Managing Director)
EUREKA DAY
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Written by Jonathan Spector
Directed by Anna D. Shapiro
Assistant Director: Zoë Adams
Produced by Manhattan Theatre Membership (Lynne Meadow, Inventive Director; Chris Jennings, Govt Director); By particular association with Sonia Friedman Productions, Wagner Johnson Productions, and Seaview Productions
GHOSTS
Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre
By Henrik Ibsen
A New Model by Mark O’Rowe
Directed byJack O’Brien
Assistant Director: Jeremiah Maestras
Produced by Lincoln Middle Theater (André Bishop, Producing Inventive Director; Adam Siegel, Managing Director; Naomi Grabel, Govt Director of Growth and Planning)
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
Palace Theatre
Written by David Mamet
Directed by Patrick Marber
Affiliate Director: Rory McGregor
Produced by Jeffrey Richards, Rebecca Gold, Caiola Productions, Roy Furman, Patrick Myles, Jonathan Reinis, Stephanie P. McClelland, Stewart F. Lane / Bonnie Comley / Leah Lane, Oliver King, forty second.membership, Richard Batchelder, Marlene & Gary Cohen, Cue to Cue Productions, Roger & Carin Ehrenberg, GFour Productions, Jay & Cindy Gutterman, John Gore Group, Willette & Manny Klausner, James L. Nederlander, No Ensures Productions, Secret Hideout, Randy Jones Toll & Steven Toll, Craig Balsam / Ken Levitan, Bunny Rabbit Productions / Cyrena Esposito, Lynne & Marvin Garelick / Howard Hoffen, Ken & Rande Greiner / Ruth & Steve Hendel, Levine Padgett Productions / Alan Shorr, Ted & Richard Liebowitz / Alexander “Sandy” Marshall, Irene Gandy, Lloyd Tichio Productions / Michael T. Cohen & Robin Reinach, Eric Passmore / Brad Blume & Adam Zell, Susan Rose / Frederick Zollo, Patrick W. Jones, Maia Kayla Glasman, Brandon J. Schwartz, and The Shubert Group
HOME
Todd Haimes Theatre
Written by Samm-Artwork Williams
Directed by Kenny Leon
Assistant Director: Autumn Angelettie
Produced by Roundabout Theatre Firm (Todd Haimes: President/CEO [in memoriam]; Scott Ellis: Interim Inventive Director; Sydney Beers: Govt Producer; Christopher Nave, CFRE: Chief Development Officer; Steven Showalter: Chief Administrative Officer). Initially produced Off-Broadway in 1979 by The Negro Ensemble Firm
OTHELLO
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Kenny Leon
Affiliate Director: Ioana Alfonso
Lead Producer: Brian Anthony Moreland; Co-Produced by Kandi Burruss & Todd Tucker, Rating 3 Companions, Ken Davenport, Richard Batchelder, Lloyd Tichio Productions, Dominick LaRuffa, Jr., Lassen D’Arrigo, Adam Zotovich, Lamar Richardson, Lu-Shawn M. Thompson, Cohen Willman Productions, 11:11 Expertise, forty second.membership, The Araca Group, Craig Balsam, Devale & Khadeen Ellis, Goehring Turchin Alperson, Branden Grimmett, Marguerite Steed Hoffman, John Gore Group, Kierstead Laurence Smigel Rutter, Willette & Manny Klausner, Scott H. Mauro, Stephanie P. McClelland, Carl Moellenberg, Slater Bernon Butterfield, Cynthia Stroum, Ricardo Marques / Lana Williams Woods, Daryl Roth / Tom Tuft, Chimney City / Timothy Laczynski, Christen James, Renard McGill Productions, Dan Stone, Brian DeVito, and The Shubert Group
ROMEO + JULIET
Circle within the Sq. Theatre
Written by William Shakespeare; Music by Jack Antonoff
Directed by Sam Gold; Motion Route and Choreography by Sonya Tayeh
Affiliate Director: Raz Golden
Produced by Seaview, Harbor Leisure, Kevin Ryan, Eric & Marsi Gardiner, Roth-Manella Productions, Kate Cannova, J + J Productions, Julie Boardman, Alexander-Taylor Deignan, Atekwana Hutton, Bensmihen Mann Productions, Patrick Catullo, Chutzpah Productions, Corets Gough Willman Productions, Dave Johnson Productions, DJD Productions, Hornos Moellenberg, Pam Hurst-Della Pietra & Stephen Della Pietra, Mark Gordon Footage, Oren Michels, No Ensures Productions, Nothing Ventured Productions, Strus Lynch, Sundown Cruz Productions, Dennis Trunfio, Stephen C. Byrd, Fourth Wall Theatricals, Stage Ahead, Soto Productions, and WMKlausner
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Written by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Rebecca Frecknall
Affiliate Director: Claire O’Reilly
The Almeida Theatre (Rupert Goold, Inventive Director; Denise Wooden, Govt Director) manufacturing introduced by Brooklyn Academy of Music (Amy Cassello, Inventive Director; Gina Duncan, President)
VANYA
Lucille Lortel Theatre
After Anton Chekhov
Adaptor and Co-Creator: Simon Stephens
Adaptor and Co-Creator: Sam Yates
Produced by Wessex Grove, Gavin Kalin Productions, Kater Gordon, Aleri Leisure, Eilene Davidson Productions, Nicole Eisenberg, Grace Avenue Inventive, Jim Kierstead, Lucille Lortel Theatre, Tilted, Tulchin, Bartner Productions, Winkler & Smalberg; Govt Producers: Sue Wagner, John Johnson, and Jillian Robbins
WINE IN THE WILDERNESS
Written by Alice Childress
Directed by LaChanze
Assistant Director: Des’ree Brown
Produced by Traditional Stage Firm (Jill Rafson, Producing Inventive Director; Kathryn McCumber, Common Supervisor)
YELLOW FACE
Todd Haimes Theatre
Written by David Henry Hwang
Directed by Leigh Silverman
Assistant Director: Susana Jaramillo
Produced by Roundabout Theatre Firm (Todd Haimes: President/CEO [in memoriam]; Scott Ellis: Interim Inventive Director; Sydney Beers: Govt Producer; Christopher Nave, CFRE: Chief Development Officer; Steven Showalter: Chief Administrative Officer)
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
BOOP! THE MUSICAL
Broadhurst Theatre
Guide by Bob Martin; Music by David Foster; Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead; Based mostly on characters created by Max Fleischer
Directed by Jerry Mitchell
Affiliate Director: DB Bonds; Assistant Director: Ricky Schroeder
Produced by Ostar, Marc Johnston, Taitan Captial, Inc., Western Costume Co., The Shubert Group, Melody Place, Nederlander Displays, Inc., Tony Fernandes, Bob Boyett, Larry & Martha Day, Mary Gerdts & Douglas McKinney, Teresa J. Huber, John Paul DeJoria, Peermusic, Rick Perez / Rafael Herrera, Karen LeFrak / Iris Smith, Ann Magee / Joan P. Waechter, Michael Ravenhill, Gerardo Braggiotti / Paolo Zannoni, Brianna Leigh Bell, Sweet Spelling, Danielle Del, Arielle Tepper, Steve Tisch, Jon Avnet, Werner Leisure, John Gore Group, Alexander Robertson / Concord Harris, and Peg McGetrick
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Guide by Marco Ramirez
Music by Buena Vista Social Membership
Directed by Saheem Ali
Affiliate Director: Moses Garcia; Assistant Director: Miguel Bregante
Lead Producer: Orin Wolf, John Kinds, Jr., and Barbara Broccoli; Co-Produced by Atlantic Theater Firm (Neil Pepe, Inventive Director; Jeffory Lawson, Govt Director), Viajes Miranda, LaChanze, David Yazbek, John Leguizamo, David F. Schwartz, Zak Kilberg, J. Todd Harris, Cabo Productions, Roy Furman, Hannah Rosenthal, Jamie deRoy / Marvin Rosen, Grove • REG & Frank Marshall, F.Ok.R.J. Productions, Patrick Milling-Smith / Brian Carmody, DJ Stage Productions, Palitz Wiesenfeld Productions, Richard & Roberta Shaker, Entrance Row Productions, Cathy Dantchik, Brooke & Brian Devine, Gilad Rogowsky, MacPac Leisure, No Ensures Productions, Rhythm & Rain Productions, Hadley Schnuck, James Francis Trezza, Yonge Avenue Theatricals, Patrick Daly, Olympus Theatricals / Firemused Productions, Ioana Alfonso / Eric Stine, William Berlind / W.M. Klausner, Inventive Endeavor Workplace / Untitled Theatricals, Ruth Hendel / The Kaplans, Pam Hurst-Della Pietra / Philip van Dijk, Debbie Ohanian / Stone Arch Theatricals, Composite Capital Companions, Larry Levien, Matt Murphy, Marc Platt, Sandy Robertson, Iris Smith, Brad Blume / The Klaes, Thomas Steven Perakos / Douglas A. Fellman, Ankit Agrawal / Constance Cincotta, Unbiased Presenters Community, Nick & Nicky Gold, HoriPro, Inc., Playful Productions UK, The Shubert Group, Frederick Zollo, John Gore Group, Nederlander Displays Inc., and Marco Ramirez
DEAD OUTLAW
Longacre Theatre
Guide by Itamar Moses
Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna
Directed by David Cromer
Affiliate Administrators: Ani Taj and Seth Sikes
Produced by Lia Vollack Productions, Sonia Friedman Productions, Roy Furman, Ken & Janet Schur, Cue to Cue Productions, James Bolosh / Hillary Wyatt, Carl Moellenberg / Ricardo Hornos, Carl & Jennifer Pasbjerg / H2H Harmony Theatricals, Masquerade Companions, Douglas Denoff, John Gore Group, GFour Productions, Brian Hedden, KFRJ Productions, Lang Leisure Group, James L. Nederlander, Marvin Rosen, Stanley S. Shuman, James L. Walker, Jr., Winkler & Smalberg, forty second.membership / Aligned Theatricals, Craig Balsam / Richard Batchelder, Jane Bergère / Willette and Manny Klausner, The Broadway Investor’s Membership / Japanese Commonplace Time, Barbara Chiodo / Adam Cohen, Merrie L. Davis / Tony Spinosa, Noah Eisenberg / Sue Drew, Robin Gorman Newman / Laurence Padgett Productions, LLPR Productions / Patinogal, Mary Maggio / Janet Rosen, Thomas Swayne, Lawryn Lacroix, and Audible
DEATH BECOMES HER
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Guide by Marco Pennette
Music and Lyrics by Julia Mattison and Noel Carey
Directed by Christopher Gattelli
Affiliate Director: Bethany Pettigrew; Resident Director and Choreographer: Mark Myars
Lead Producer: Common Theatrical Group; Co-Produced by James L. Nederlander, Steven Spielberg & Kate Capshaw, Jason Blum & James Wan, Debra Martin Chase, John Gore Group, and Marc Platt
DRAG: THE MUSICAL
New World Levels
Guide, Music and Lyrics by Justin Andrew Honard (Alaska Thunderfuck), Tomas Costanza, and Ashley Gordon
Directed by Spencer Liff
Affiliate Director: Jason Michael Snow
Govt Produced by Tomas Costanza, Scott Prisand, Matthew Weaver, Nicholas Kaiser, and produced by Paolo & Jodie Coppola, Aron & Gabe Alves-Tomko, Nicholas Kaiser, Willette & Manny Klausner, Tristan Schukraft, Janet Billig Wealthy, Hillary Weaver, Producer Leisure Group, Jackie Huba, 1145 Ventures, Peter Crawford/Pieter Van Meeuwen, Bruce Robert Harris/Jack W. Batman, Drama Membership, Harmony Theatricals, Rob Kolson, Sarina Neer, Liesl Wilke, Daitch/Busch, and Liza Minnelli
JUST IN TIME
Circle within the Sq. Theatre
Guide by Warren Leight and Isaac Oliver; Based mostly on an authentic idea by Ted Chapin
Music and Lyrics by Varied Artists
Developed and directed by Alex Timbers
Affiliate Director: Susanna Wolk; Assistant Director: Renée Albulario
Produced by Tom Kirdahy, Robert Ahrens, John Frost, Thomas M. Neff, Evamere Leisure, Cynthia J. Tong, Mary Maggio, Mickey Liddell & Pete Shilaimon, Crossroads Stay Group, Richard Batchelder, Peter Could, Merrie L. Davis, Lang Leisure Group, Silva Theatrical Group, Wild Oak Media, Alchemation, Aleri Leisure, Craig Balsam, Inventive Companions Productions, Drew & Dane Productions, Frankly Spoken Productions, Good Soup Leisure, Marguerite Steed Hoffman, Barry and Brooke Josephson, Willette and Manny Klausner, James L. Nederlander, No Ensures Productions, Olivia C. Middleton, Ira Pittelman, Energy Arts, Janet and Marvin Rosen, Shake & Stir Productions, Signature Theatre, The Shubert Group, Tom Tuft, 2 on the Aisle, Agrawal Turchin, Moellenberg Garman, Sirens BB, Amy Abrams, Brian Schwartz, and Ted Chapin; Affiliate Producer: Evan Schild, and Riza Takahashi
MACBETH IN STRIDE
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Written and Carried out by Whitney White
Directed by Tyler Dobrowsky and Taibi Magar
Affiliate Director: Whitney White; Assistant Director To Ms. White: Rosalind Bevan
Produced by Brooklyn Academy of Music (Amy Cassello, Inventive Director; Gina Duncan, President) in affiliation with Philadelphia Theatre Firm (Tyler Dobrowsky and Taibi Magar, Co-Inventive Administrators; Margo Moskowitz, Managing Director), Shakespeare Theatre Firm (Simon Godwin, Inventive Director; Angela Lee Gieras, Managing Director), and Yale Repertory Theatre (James Bundy, Inventive Director; Florie Seery, Managing Director)
MAYBE HAPPY ENDING
Belasco Theatre
Guide by Will Aronson and Hue Park
Music by Will Aronson, Lyrics by Hue Park
Directed by Michael Arden
Affiliate Director: Emilio Ramos; Assistant Director: Caroline Fairweather
Lead Producer: Jeffrey Richards and Hunter Arnold; Co-Produced by Darren Criss, Dr. Pam Hurst-Della Pietra & Stephen Della Pietra, NHN Hyperlink Company, Greg & Lisa Love, Kayla Greenspan, Jayne Baron Sherman, Louise Gund, Spencer Ross, Yonge Avenue Theatricals, Ruth Hendel, Kaplan-Gopal-MMC, Adam Zotovich, At Rise Inventive, Broadway Strategic Return Fund, Curt Cronin, Fahs Productions, Greg Discipline, Paul Gavriani / Michael Patrick, Rebecca Gold, Grace Avenue Inventive Group, John Gore Group, Willette & Manny Klausner, Kent Knudsen, James L. Nederlander, Salmira Productions, The Shubert Group, Jacob Stuckelman & John Albert Harris, Wooran Basis, You Ought to Smile Extra Productions, Mark and David Golub Productions, Diego Kolankowsky, Takonkiet Viravan, Brad Blume, Hugo Six, Clarissa Cueva, Ali Daylami, Maia Kayla Glasman, Patrick W. Jones, and Brandon J. Schwartz; Affiliate Producer: Glass Half Full
OPERATION MINCEMEAT
John Golden Theatre
Guide, Music and Lyrics by David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts
Directed by Robert Hastie
Resident Director & Choreographer: Tara Younger; U.Ok. Affiliate Director: Georgie Staight
Lead Producer: Avalon; Produced in affiliation with SplitLip; Produced by Jon Thoday and Richard Allen-Turner; Co-Produced by Bryan McCaffrey, Walport Productions, Left No Ring Productions, Barbara Chiodo, Feuille Dooley North Productions, The Shubert Group, Ken Davenport, Steve & Paula Reynolds, Harmony Theatricals, Byron Grote & Susan Miller, John Gore Group, M. Kilburg Reedy, Sony Music Leisure, You Ought to Smile Extra Productions, Tom Smedes & Peter Stern, Judith Ann Abrams Productions / The Broadway Investor’s Membership, Lang Leisure Group, Alli Folks / Evelyn Hoffman & Gregory Stern, Nick Flatto / Evan & Claudia Caplan Reynolds, Larry Hirschhorn & Ricardo Hornos / Carl & Jennifer Pasbjerg, Unbiased Presenters Community / Lloyd Tichio Productions, Kendall Kellaway III / Megan Minutillo, Blume Johnson Rubin & Silver, Russell Citron, The Council, Jamie deRoy & Brian Rooney / Corey Brunish & Matthew P. Hui, Dodge Corridor Productions, forty second.membership, IJB Productions, Mickey Liddell & Pete Shilaimon, Stephanie P. McClelland, James L. Simon, Mark Weinstein, Adam Cohen / Nick Padgett, Vibecke Dahle Dellapolla / Lynnette Barkley, Willette & Manny Klausner / Elizabeth Faulkner Salem, Michael Web page / Burnt Umber Productions, Wallace-Phoebe / Laurie Oki & Alexander Oki, and Margot Astrachan / TT Companions; Affiliate Producer: Julien Matthews
REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES
James Earl Jones Theatre
Guide by Lisa Loomer; Guide with Nell Benjamin; Based mostly on the play by Josefina López; Based mostly on the screenplay by Josefina López and George LaVoo
Music and Lyrics by Pleasure Huerta and Benjamin Velez
Directed by Sergio Trujillo
Affiliate Director: Emilia Lirman
Produced by Barry and Fran Weissler, Jack Noseworthy, Peggy Koenig, Stan Ponte, Las Mujeres Garza, HGH Productions, Weller / Harney, Erin & Ramesh Narasimhan, John Gore Group, HarbourView, Ira Pittelman, Stacie & Steven Weisbrot, Michael Valdes, Michael P. Kruke, Nederlander Displays, Inc., Armstrong / Manocherian, Danielle Del, Emerald Drive, Unbiased Presenters Community, Only for Laughs, Gerry & Jared King, Scott & Debbie Klein, Yael & Ira Kleinman, Peter Could, Bob & Alison Murchison, Kari Nettles, Próspero Teatro / La Gran Audiencia, Philip & James DeCarlo-Schnepper, Lilli & Jonathan Roth, Catherine & Michael T. Sheehan, Jayne Baron Sherman, Jeffrey A. Sine, Spoke Media, Gina Vernaci, Amy Wen / Denoff, Alicia Menendez, Angélica Vale, and The Shubert Group; Presenting the manufacturing by The American Repertory Theatre (Diane Paulus, Terrie and Bradley Bloom Inventive Director; Kelvin Dinkins, Jr., Govt Director); Affiliate Producer: Brett England
SMASH
Imperial Theatre
Guide by Bob Martin and Rick Elice; Based mostly on the collection created by Theresa Rebeck; Based mostly on the collection produced by Common Tv
Music by Marc Shaiman
Lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman
Directed by Susan Stroman
Affiliate Director: Leah Hofmann; Assistant Director: Naomi Kakuk
Produced by Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron, Steven Spielberg, Phil Kenny & Wendy Federman, Roy Furman, Ken Davenport, Mary Maggio, Boardman Cannova Productions, John Gore Group, Stephanie P. McClelland, Lamar Richardson, No Ensures Productions, Nick Padgett, Marc David Levine, Willette & Manny Klausner, Rothrockin’ Productions, Adam Zell, Scott H. Mauro, Scott Abrams, Paul Gavriani, Michael Patrick, Paris Keena, Jeffrey Grove, Koenigsberg Riley, WitzEnd Productions, forty second.membership, Richard Batchelder, Jamie deRoy, Dean Moravis, DMQR Productions, Fakler Stone, Gilad-Rogowsky, Invisible Wall Productions, Fern Kershon, Jim Kierstead, Lake Cohen Productions, Amanda Lee, Robin Gorman Newman, Andrew Paradis, Arlene Scanlan, Iris Smith, Matt & Susan Clean, The Broadway Investor’s Membership, Jonathan & Rae Corr, Michael B. Cox, Cue to Cue Productions, Griffin Dohr, Jeffrey Finn, Unbiased Presenters Community, Hunter Johnson, Invoice & Sally Martin, Could Shuman, Sandy Robertson, Janet & Marvin Rosen, Ilona Rozwadowska-Cantor, Michael Saperstein, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Jennifer Hudson, Nederlander Displays, and The Shubert Group
STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S OLD FRIENDS
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Devised by Cameron Waterproof coat
Directed by Matthew Bourne
Affiliate Director: Nikki Woollaston
Produced by Manhattan Theatre Membership (Lynne Meadow, Inventive Director; Chris Jennings, Govt Director); Produced in affiliation with CMI and Daryl Roth; Presenting the manufacturing by Cameron Waterproof coat
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL
Perelman Performing Arts Middle
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics by T.S. Eliot; Further lyrics by Trevor Nunn and Richard Stilgoe
Directed by Zhailon Levingston and Invoice Rauch
Affiliate Administrators: Cooper Howell and N’yomi Stewart
A PACNYC Manufacturing (Invoice Rauch, Inventive Director; Khady Kamara Nunez, Govt Director)
FLOYD COLLINS
Guide by Tina Landau
Music and Lyrics by Adam Guettel; Further lyrics by Tina Landau
Directed by Tina Landau
Affiliate Director: Kenneth Ferrone; Assistant Director: Ben Viertel
Produced by Lincoln Middle Theater (André Bishop: Producing Inventive Director; Adam Siegel: Managing Director; Naomi Grabel, Govt Director of Growth and Planning); Produced in affiliation with Inventive Companions Productions and Mark Cortale & Charles D. Urstadt
GYPSY
Majestic Theatre
Guide by Arthur Laurents
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by George C. Wolfe
Affiliate Director: Carson Crow
Lead Producer: Tom Kirdahy and Mara Isaacs; Produced by Kevin Ryan and Diane Scott Carter; Co-Produced by Wendy Federman & Heni Koenigsberg, Roy Furman, Viajes Miranda, Kerry Washington, Peter Could, Thomas M. Neff, Cynthia J. Tong, Adam Hyndman, A Excellent Workforce Productions, Cue to Cue Productions, Da Silva Stone, DMQR Productions, Grant Spark Productions, Marguerite Steed Hoffman, KarmaHendelMcCabe, James L. Nederlander, Janet and Marvin Rosen, Archer Leisure, Dale Franzen, forty second.membership, Rob Acton, All That JJAS, Mike Audet, Patty Baker, Cohen Soto, Harmony Theatricals, Inventive Companions Productions, Crumhale Taylor Productions, Ken Davenport, DJD Productions, Flipswitch Leisure, Frankly Spoken Productions, Roy Gabay, Pleased Recap Productions, Sandra and Howard Hoffen, John Gore Group, Johnson Maggio Productions, Willette and Manny Klausner, Kors Le Pere Theatricals, LaCroix Eisenberg, David Lai, Little Lamb Productions, Invoice and Sally Martin, Mohari Media, No Ensures Productions, Pam Hurst-Della Pietra and Stephen Della Pietra, Regian Davison, Lamar Richardson, Patti and Michael Roberts, RTK Rose, Rating 3 Companions, Silva Theatrical Group, Some Individuals, Stone Arch Theatricals, Storyboard Leisure LE, Mary and Jay Sullivan, The Adams Hendel Group, The Array VI, The Broadway Investor’s Membership, Theatre Producers of Colour, Tom Tuft, TreAmici Gooding, Ready within the Wings Productions, Whitney Williams, Sara Beth Zivitz, Jamila Ponton Bragg, and The Business Commonplace Group
THE LAST FIVE YEARS
Hudson Theatre
Guide, Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Directed by Whitney White
Affiliate Director: Ryan Dobrin
Produced by Seaview, ATG Productions, The Season, Aleff Productions, Elizabeth Armstrong, Batchelder.Federman.Gold, Be Ahead Productions, Bellwether Productions, Burkhardt Turchin, Cohen.Gillon.Hetterly, Pam Hurst-Della Pietra & Stephen Della Pietra, DJD Productions, Japanese Commonplace Time, FineWomen Productions, Haizlip Lynch, Hicks Glassman, Picture 32 Productions, Imaginespace, Unbiased Presenters Community, Jenen Rubin, The John Gore Group, Mikayla Kibel, KKNS Productions, Koenigsberg.Laurence.Padgett, Lefon Productions, Mano Horn Productions, Mott Value Productions, Napoleon Theatricals, Nederlander Displays Inc., No Ensures Productions, Albert Nocciolino, P3 Productions, Gabrielle Palitz, Rewired Expertise Administration, Brian Rooney , Roth-Manella Productions, Erica Lynn Schwartz, Cynthia Stroum, Freddy Wexler, WOWOW Inc., Z.A.M.Ok. Productions, ZK and Associates, Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson, and Bee Carrozzini
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
Hudson Theatre
Guide by Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer, and Dean Fuller
Tailored by Amy Sherman-Palladino
Music by Mary Rodgers
Lyrics by Marshall Barer
Directed by Lear deBessonet
Affiliate Director: Martavius Parrish; Assistant Director: Karima Karkori
Produced by Seaview, Inventive Companions Productions, Jenny Gersten & Half Zip Productions and Hugo Six; Co-Produced by Cohen-Gutterman Productions, Bob Boyett, Stephen Byrd, Kate Cannova, Pam Hurst-Della Pietra & Stephen Della Pietra, Nicole Eisenberg, LD Leisure, John Paterakis, Jay & Mary Sullivan, Richard Batchelder & Brady Brim-DeForest, We Eat Desires, Judith Ann Abrams, Amy & PJ Lampi, Starting of a Stunning Friendship, Adam Cohen, Sally Jacobs & Warren Baker, Kors Le Pere Theatricals, Pamela Lloyd, Steve Peters, Suzanne Schoch Rehl & Scott Rehl, Trafalgar Leisure, Dennis Trunfio, Viva Diva USA Inc, Mark Weinstein, Michael Wolk, Acton Carter Deignan Willman Productions, Crumhale Taylor Productions, Davis & Tatooles, Jamie deRoy, Howard Overby Fink & Rubin Productions, Mark Parkman Fairview Productions, TNT Schmookler, Beneath the Mattress, Chema Verduzco & Rebelle Media, Richard Winkler & Daybreak Smalberg, and New York Metropolis Middle; This manufacturing was developed and initially premiered in January 2024 at New York Metropolis Middle Encores! (Lear deBessonet: Inventive Director; Mary-Mitchell Campbell: Music Director; Clint Ramos: Producing Inventive Director; Jenny Gersten: VP & Producer of Musical Theater; Michael S. Rosenberg: President & CEO)
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
Music and libretto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conceived by and starring Anthony Roth Costanzo
Director: Dustin Wills
Produced by Little Island (Zack Winokur, Producing Inventive Director; Laura Clement, Govt Director)
PIRATES! THE PENZANCE MUSICAL
Todd Haimes Theatre
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Libretto by W. S. Gilbert; Tailored by Rupert Holmes
Conceived by Scott Ellis, Rupert Holmes, Warren Carlyle, and Joseph Joubert
Directed by Scott Ellis
Assistant Administrators: Devin E. Haqq and Saki Kawamura
Produced by Roundabout Theatre Firm (Todd Haimes: President/CEO [in memoriam]; Scott Ellis: Interim Inventive Director; Sydney Beers: Govt Producer; Christopher Nave, CFRE: Chief Development Officer; Steven Showalter: Chief Administrative Officer); Produced in affiliation with James L. Nederlander and Fran and Paul Turner
SUNSET BLVD.
St. James Theatre
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Guide and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton
Directed by Jamie Lloyd
U.S. Affiliate Director: Benita de Wit; U.Ok. Affiliate Director: Rupert Fingers
Produced by The Jamie Lloyd Firm, ATG Productions, Michael Harrison for Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals, and Gavin Kalin Productions; Co-Produced by Wessex Grove, Christopher Ketner, Aleri Leisure, Sonia Friedman, Roth-Manella Productions, Winkler Smalberg, Caitlin Clements, forty second.membership, Abrams Johnson, Aron on Broadway, The Array V, At Rise Inventive, Unhealthy Robotic Stay, Craig Balsam, Greg Berlanti, Boardman Cannova Productions, Bob Boyett, Burnt Umber Productions, Patrick Catullo, Crane McGill Trunfio, Core 4 Productions, Nicole Eisenberg, The Issue Gavin Partnership, Federman Jenen Koenigsberg, Forshaw Turchin, John Gore, Jake Hine, LAMF Secret Hideout, Jack Lane, Lang Leisure Group, Lelli Armstrong, Alex Levy, Luftig Reade St. Kawana, Mary Maggio, Jay Marcus, Stephanie P. McClelland, James L. Nederlander, No Ensures Productions, P3 Productions, Thomas Steven Perakos, Pam Hurst-Della Pietra, Shari Redstone, Regian Davison Buckman, Sand & Snow Leisure, SBK Productions, The Shubert Group, Smedes Stern Productions, Tilted, Willowrow Leisure, and WMKlausner; Produced by association with The Actually Helpful Group Ltd
URINETOWN
New York Metropolis Middle
Music and Lyrics by Mark Hollmann
Guide and Lyrics by Greg Kotis
Directed by Teddy Bergman
Assistant Director: Nathaniel P. Claridad
Produced by New York Metropolis Middle Encores! (Lear deBessonet: Inventive Director; Mary-Mitchell Campbell: Music Director; Clint Ramos: Producing Inventive Director; Jenny Gersten: VP & Producer of Musical Theater; Michael S. Rosenberg: President & CEO)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Knud Adams
English, Roundabout Theatre Firm/Todd Haimes Theatre
Saheem Ali
Good Bones, The Public Theater
David Cromer
Good Evening, And Good Luck, Winter Backyard Theatre
Sam Pinkleton
Oh, Mary!, Lyceum Theatre
Tyne Rafaeli
Changing into Eve, New York Theatre Workshop
Anna D. Shapiro
Eureka Day, Manhattan Theatre Membership/Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Danya Taymor
John Proctor is The Villain, Sales space Theatre
Whitney White
Liberation, Roundabout Theatre Firm/Laura Pels Theatre
Kip Williams
The Image of Dorian Grey, Music Field Theatre
Sam Yates
Vanya, Lucille Lortel Theatre
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Michael Arden
Possibly Pleased Ending, Belasco Theatre
Saheem Ali
Buena Vista Social Membership, Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Christopher Gattelli
Loss of life Turns into Her, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Robert Hastie
Operation Mincemeat, John Golden Theatre
Zhailon Levingston andInvoice Rauch
Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Perelman Arts Middle
Jamie Lloyd
Sundown Blvd., St. James Theatre
Jerry Mitchell
Boop! The Musical, Shubert Theatre
Susan Stroman
Smash, Imperial Theatre
Alex Timbers
Simply In Time, Circle In The Sq. Theatre
Annie Tippe
Three Homes, Signature Theatre Firm
Sergio Trujillo
Actual Girls Have Curves, James Earl Jones Theatre
George C. Wolfe
Gypsy, Majestic Theatre
DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE
Tala Ashe, English
Brooks Ashmanskas, Smash
Stori Ayers, Dwelling
Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Membership
George Clooney, Good Evening, and Good Luck
Equipment Connor, Romeo+Juliet
Tatianna Córdoba, Actual Girls Have Curves
Darren Criss, Possibly Pleased Ending
Kieran Culkin, Glengarry Glen Ross
André De Shields, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Tommy Dorfman, Changing into Eve
Robert Downey, Jr., McNeal
Adam Driver, Maintain On To Me Darling
Andrew Durand, Useless Outlaw
Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!
Mia Farrow, The Roommate
Tom Francis, Sundown Blvd.
Amber Grey, Eureka Day
David Greenspan, I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan
Jonathan Groff, Simply In Time
Jake Gyllenhaal, Othello
Ryan J. Haddad, Maintain Me In The Water
Megan Hilty, Loss of life Turns into Her
Robyn Hurder, Smash
LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Function
Nick Jonas, The Final 5 Years
Ramin Karimloo, Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Gracie Lawrence, Simply In Time
Beth Leavel, Stephen Sondheim’s Previous Associates
Justina Machado, Actual Girls Have Curves
Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat
Louis McCartney, Stranger Issues: The First Shadow
Idina Menzel, Redwood
Paul Mescal, A Streetcar Named Need
Jinkx Monsoon, Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Marjan Neshat, English
Sandra Oh, The Welkin
Lily Rabe, Ghosts
Jasmine Amy Rogers, Boop! The Musical
Lea Salonga, Stephen Sondheim’s Previous Associates
Nicole Scherzinger, Sundown Blvd.
Andrew Scott, Vanya
Helen J. Shen, Possibly Pleased Ending
Jennifer Simard, Loss of life Turns into Her
Sarah Snook, The Image of Dorian Grey
Ephraim Sykes, Our City
Alaska Thunderfuck, Drag: The Musical
Adrienne Warren, The Final 5 Years
Denzel Washington, Othello
Pleasure Woods, Gypsy
Kara Younger, Function and Desk 17
The Drama League additionally needs to acknowledge the earlier recipients of the Distinguished Efficiency Award who appeared in Broadway or Off-Broadway productions this season. Because the Award can solely be received as soon as in a performer’s lifetime, they’re ineligible to be nominated; nevertheless, their exemplary work is acknowledged and applauded.
Annaleigh Ashford, All In
Danny Burstein, Gypsy
Norbert Leo Butz, Vladimir
Sutton Foster, As soon as Upon A Mattress
Neil Patrick Harris, Shit. Meet. Fan.
Patti LuPone, The Roommate
Audra McDonald, Gypsy
Lin-Manuel Miranda, All In
Bernadette Peters, Stephen Sondheim: Previous Associates
SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS (beforehand introduced)
Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater – Lea Salonga
Founders Award for Excellence in Directing – Whitney White
Contribution to the Theater – Kate Navin and Audible Theater
Gratitude Award – Bob Greenblatt and Neil Meron
