Below are the nominations for the 88th annual Drama League Awards, which were announced this morning by Denée Benton and André De Shields. The awards ceremony, open to the public, will be held at the Ziegfeld Ballroom at noon on Friday, May 20, 2022. Don’t know the difference between the awards of the Drama League and the Drama Desk and the New York Drama Critics Circle? Read my 2022 guide and calendar to New York Theater Awards OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY |
| Clyde’s Written by Lynn Nottage Directed by Kate Whoriskey Second Stage Theater Confederates Written by Dominique Morisseau Directed by Stori Ayers Signature Theatre Dana H. Written by Lucas Hnath Adapted from Interviews with Dana Higginbotham; Interviews Conducted by Steve Cosson Directed by Les Waters Lyceum Theatre English Written by Sanaz Toossi Directed by Knud Adams Atlantic Theater Company and Roundabout Theatre Company Hangmen Written by Martin McDonagh Directed by Matthew Dunster John Golden Theatre The Lehman Trilogy Written by Stefano Massini; Adapted by Ben Power Directed by Sam Mendes Nederlander Theatre Merry Wives Written By William Shakespeare; Adapted by Jocelyn Bioh Directed by Saheem Ali The Public Theater The Minutes Written by Tracy Letts Directed by Anna D. Shapiro Studio 54 POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive Written by Selina Fillinger Directed by Susan Stroman Shubert Theatre Prayer For The French Republic Written by Joshua Harmon Directed by David Cromer Manhattan Theatre Club Selling Kabul Written by Sylvia Khoury Directed by Tyne Rafaeli Playwrights Horizons OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY American Buffalo Written by David Mamet Directed by Neil Pepe Circle in the Square Theatre Cyrano de Bergerac Written by Edmond Rostand In a new version by Martin Crimp Directed by Jamie Lloyd Brooklyn Academy of Music for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Written by Ntozake Shange Directed by Camille A. Brown Booth Theatre How I Learned To Drive Written by Paula Vogel Directed by Mark Brokaw Manhattan Theatre Club Long Day’s Journey Into Night Written by Eugene O’Neill Directed by Robert O’Hara Minetta Lane Theatre Skeleton Crew Written by Dominique Morisseau Directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson Manhattan Theatre Club The Skin Of Our Teeth Written by Thornton Wilder, Additional material by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz Lincoln Center Theater Take Me Out Written by Richard Greenberg Directed by Scott Ellis Second Stage Theater Trouble In Mind Written by Alice Childress Directed by Charles Randolph-Wright Roundabout Theatre Company OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL David Byrne’s American Utopia Music by David Byrne Production Consultant: Alex Timbers Choreography and Musical Staging by Annie-B Parson St. James Theatre The Hang Book & Lyrics by Taylor Mac Music by Matt Ray Directed by Niegel Smith HERE Arts Center Kimberly Akimbo Book & Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire Music by Jeanine Tesori Directed by Jessica Stone Atlantic Theater Company MJ The Musical Book by Lynn Nottage Directed by Christopher Wheeldon Neil Simon Theatre Mr. Saturday Night Book by Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel Music by Jason Robert Brown; Lyrics by Amanda Green Directed by John Rando Nederlander Theatre Mrs. Doubtfire Book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell Music by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick; Lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick Directed by Jerry Zaks Stephen Sondheim Theatre Oratorio For Living Things Composed and created by Heather Christian Directed by Lee Sunday Evans Ars Nova SIX Book, Music, Lyrics by Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss Directed by Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage Brooks Atkinson Theatre A Strange Loop Book, Music, Lyrics by Michael R. Jackson Directed by Stephen Brackett Lyceum Theatre SUFFS Book, Music, Lyrics by Shaina Taub Directed by Leigh Silverman The Public Theater OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL Assassins Book by John Weidman Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Directed by John Doyle Classic Stage Company Company Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by George Furth Directed by Marianne Elliott Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre Caroline, Or Change Book & Lyrics by Tony Kushner Music by Jeanine Tesori Directed by Michael Longhurst Roundabout Theatre Company Funny Girl Music by Jule Styne Lyrics by Bob Merrill Book by Isobel Lennart Revised Book by Harvey Fierstein Directed by Michael Mayer August Wilson Theatre The Music Man Book, Music & Lyrics by Meredith Willson Story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey Directed by Jerry Zaks Winter Garden Theatre OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY Knud Adams ENGLISH Atlantic Theater Company and Roundabout Theatre Company Saheem Ali MERRY WIVES The Public Theater / New York Shakespeare Festival Stori Ayers CONFEDERATES Signature Theatre Camille A. Brown for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Booth Theatre Matthew Dunster HANGMEN John Golden Theatre Jamie Lloyd CYRANO DE BERGERAC Brooklyn Academy of Music Sam Mendes THE LEHMAN TRILOGY Nederlander Theatre Tyne Rafaeli SELLING KABUL Playwrights Horizons Taylor Reynolds TAMBO & BONES Playwrights Horizons Les Waters DANA H. Lyceum Theatre Kate Whoriskey CLYDE’S Second Stage Theatre OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL John Doyle ASSASSINS Classic Stage Company Marianne Elliott COMPANY Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre Lee Sunday Evans ORATORIO FOR LIVING THINGS Ars Nova Michael Mayer FUNNY GIRL August Wilson Theatre Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage SIX Brooks Atkinson Theatre Leigh Silverman SUFFS The Public Theater Niegel Smith THE HANG HERE Arts Center Christopher Wheeldon MJ THE MUSICAL Neil Simon Theatre Jerry Zaks THE MUSIC MAN Winter Garden Theatre NOMINEES FOR THE DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE AWARD Uzo Aduba, Clyde’s Simon Russell Beale, The Lehman Trilogy Shoshana Bean, Mr. Saturday Night Gabby Beans, The Skin of Our Teeth Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo Sharon D. Clarke, Caroline, or Change Billy Crystal, Mr. Saturday Night Matt Doyle, Company Rachel Dratch, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive Edie Falco, Morning Sun Tyler Fauntleroy, Tambo & Bones Beanie Feldstein, Funny Girl Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Take Me Out Sutton Foster, The Music Man Myles Frost, MJ: The Musical Adrianna Hicks, SIX Marin Ireland, Morning Sun Nikki M. James, SUFFS Ron Cephas Jones, Clyde’s Joaquina Kalukango, Paradise Square LaChanze, Trouble in Mind L Morgan Lee, A Strange Loop Jane Lynch, Funny Girl Taylor Mac, The Hang Brittney Mack, SIX Ebony Marshall-Oliver, 7 Minutes Elizabeth Marvel, Long Day’s Journey Into Night James McAvoy, Cyrano de Bergerac Rob McClure, Mrs. Doubtfire Kenita R. Miller, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo David Morse, How I Learned to Drive Deirdre O’Connell, Dana H. Sarah Jessica Parker, Plaza Suite Phylicia Rashad, Skeleton Crew Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues Arturo Luis Soria, Ni Mi Madre Jaquel Spivey, A Strange Loop Cecily Strong, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe Will Swenson, Assassins Julie White, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive Jesse Williams, Take Me Out Michelle Wilson, Confederates “The Drama League also wishes to acknowledge the previous recipients of the Distinguished Performance Award who appeared in Broadway or Off-Broadway productions this season. As the Award can only be won once in a performer’s lifetime, they are ineligible to be nominated; however, their exemplary work is recognized and applauded: Hugh Jackman, The Music Man Patti LuPone, Company Mary-Louise Parker, How I Learned To Drive“ |
SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS
Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre – Hugh Jackman
Founders Award for Excellence in Directing – Lileana Blain-Cruz
Contribution to the Theater – Billy Crystal
The Gratitude Award – Willette Murphy Klausner
