2024 Drama League Awards: Sarah Paulson, Hell’s Kitchen, Stereophonic

Sarah Paulson  won the Distinguished Performance Award for her work in Appropriate;  Hell’s Kitchen won outstanding musical and Stereophonic won outstanding play at the 90th annual Drama League Awards, which were awarded today at a ceremony at the Ziegfeld Ballroom.  

Click here for the list of 2024 Drama League Award nominees, from which the awardees were chosen.

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 New York Theater Awards 2024: Calendar and Guide

Complete list of winners in the seven competitive categories plus the four receiving special recognition:

Outstanding Production of a Play
Stereophonic

Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play
Appropriate

Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical
Hell’s Kitchen

Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical
Merrily We Roll Along

Outstanding Direction of a Play
Daniel Aukin, Stereophonic 

Outstanding Direction of a Musical
Maria Friedman, Merrily We Roll Along

Distinguished Performance Award
Sarah Paulson, Appropriate 

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.
Alfred Molina, Uncle Vanya
Bebe Neuwirth, Cabaret
Liev Schreiber, Doubt: A Parable


SPECIAL RECOGNITION


Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater – Jonathan Groff
Founders Award for Excellence in Directing – Schele Williams
Contribution to the Theater – Jessica Lange
Gratitude Award – Kandi Burruss

Author: New York Theater

Jonathan Mandell is a 3rd generation NYC journalist, who sees shows, reads plays, writes reviews and sometimes talks with people.

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