Below are the nominations for the 92nd annual Drama League Awards announced this morning. The awards will be held May 15th at the Ziegfeld Ballroom.
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| 2026 DRAMA LEAGUE AWARDS NOMINATIONS OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY THE BALUSTERS CAROLINE COLD WAR CHOIR PRACTICE DOG DAY AFTERNOON GIANT KYOTO LIBERATION MARCEL ON THE TRAIN THE MONSTERS PRINCE FAGGOT RHEOLOGY SPREAD OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY ANNA CHRISTIE BECKY SHAW THE BROTHERS SIZE BUG DEATH OF A SALESMAN EVERY BRILLIANT THING FALLEN ANGELS GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE PROOF TWELFTH NIGHT YOU GOT OLDER OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL BEACHES, A NEW MUSICAL BEAU THE MUSICAL BIGFOOT THE LOST BOYS MEXODUS MY JOY IS HEAVY NIGHT SIDE SONGS SATURDAY CHURCH SCHMIGADOON! THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS TITANÍQUE TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK) OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL CHESS THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS MASQUERADE ORATORIO FOR LIVING THINGS RAGTIME RICHARD O’BRIEN’S THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW THE WILD PARTY OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY Knud Adams COLD WAR CHOIR PRACTICE MCC Theater Debbie Allen JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE Ethel Barrymore Theatre Tatyana-Marie Carlo SPREAD INTAR Theatre Shayok Misha Chowdhury PRINCE FAGGOT Playwrights Horizons/Soho Rep and Studio Seaview David Cromer CAROLINE MCC Theater Trip Cullman BECKY SHAW Second Stage Theater Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin KYOTO Lincoln Center Theater Joe Mantello DEATH OF A SALESMAN Winter Garden Theatre and LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD Booth Theatre Marshall Pailet MARCEL ON THE TRAIN Classic Stage Company OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL Michael Arden THE LOST BOYS Palace Theatre Lili-Anne Brown THE WILD PARTY New York City Center Encores! Rachel Chavkin MY JOY IS HEAVY New York Theatre Workshop Lear deBessonet RAGTIME Lincoln Center Theater Lee Sunday Evans ORATORIO FOR LIVING THINGS Signature Theatre Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL Broadhurst Theatre Danny Mefford THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE New World Stages and BIGFOOT Manhattan Theatre Club/New York City Center David Mendizábal MEXODUS Minetta Lane Theatre/Daryl Roth Theatre Sam Pinkleton RICHARD O’BRIEN’S THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Studio 54 Leigh Silverman THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS The Public Theater Alex Timbers BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL New York City Center Encores! DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE Caroline Aaron, The Reservoir Christopher Abbott, Death of a Salesman Shoshana Bean, The Lost Boys Jon Bernthal, Dog Day Afternoon Ali Louis Bourzgui, The Lost Boys Marylouise Burke, The Balusters Kerry Butler, Bat Boy: The Musical Rose Byrne, Fallen Angels Sara Chase, Schmigadoon! Patrice Johnson Chevannes, The Waterfall Nicholas Christopher, Chess Justin Cooley, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Carrie Coon, Bug André De Shields, Cats: The Jellicle Ball Brandon J. Dirden, Waiting For Godot Ayo Edebiri, Proof Alden Ehrenreich, Becky Shaw Luke Evans, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Tru Susannah Flood, Liberation Ishmael Gonzalez, Spread Sean Hayes, The Unknown Joshua Henry, Ragtime Grey Henson, Bigfoot André Holland, The Brothers Size Stephanie Hsu, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show Alani iLongwe, The Brothers Size Stephen Kunken, Kyoto Caissie Levy, Ragtime Lesley Manville, Oedipus John McCrea, Prince Faggot Laurie Metcalf, Death of a Salesman and Little Bear Ridge Road Lea Michele, Chess Marla Mindelle, Titaníque Lizan Mitchell, Cold War Choir Practice Aigner Mizzelle, The Monsters Chloë Grace Moretz, Caroline Lupita Nyong’o, Twelfth Night Kelli O’Hara, Fallen Angels Christiani Pitts, Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) Brian Quijada, Mexodus Daniel Radcliffe, Every Brilliant Thing Nygel D. Robinson, Mexodus Jasmine Amy Rogers, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and The Wild Party Constantine Rousouli, Titaníque Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone Ethan Slater, Marcel on the Train Ari’el Stachel, Other B Noel Thomas, Saturday Church Taylor Trensch, Bat Boy: The Musical Brandon Uranowitz, Ragtime Jessica Vosk, Beaches, A New Musical Adrienne Warren, The Wild Party Kara Young, Gruesome Playground Injuries and Proof 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. Danny Burstein, Marjorie Prime Neil Patrick Harris, Art Hugh Jackman, Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes Nathan Lane, Death of a Salesman John Lithgow, Giant SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS (previously announced) Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater – Caissie Levy Founders Award for Excellence in Directing – David Cromer Contribution to the Theater – Kamilah Forbes Gratitude Award – Scott Ellis |
