Awards

2023 Pulitzer Prize

Winners Announced: May 8, 2023.

Pulitzer Prize for Drama
English by Sanaz Toossi
On Sugarland by Aleshea Harris
The Far Country by Lloyd Suh

2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards

Nominations: April 26, 2023
Winners Announced: May 16, 2023
Ceremony: May 25, 2023

Outstanding New Broadway Play
Good Night, Oscar
Leopoldstadt
Life of Pi
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
Summer, 1976

Outstanding New Broadway Musical
& Juliet
A Beautiful Noise
New York, New York
Shucked
Some Like It Hot

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
Becomes a Woman
A Case for the Existence of God
Chester Bailey
Downstate
Letters from Max, a ritual

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
The Bedwetter
Between the Lines
The Harder They Come
Only Gold
Without You

John Gassner Award (presented to a new American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Dark Disabled Stories by Ryan J. Haddad
Epiphany by Brian Watkins
Fat Ham by James Ijames
Wolf Play by Hansol Jung
You Will Get Sick by Noah Diaz

Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Death of a Salesman
Endgame
Ohio State Murders
Topdog/Underdog
Wedding Band

Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
A Man of No Importance
Into the Woods
Merrily We Roll Along
Parade
Sweeney Todd

Outstanding Book of a Musical
Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli, Titanique
Robert Horn, Shucked
Matthew López and Amber Ruffin, Some Like it Hot
Suzan-Lori Parks, The Harder They Come
David West Read, & Juliet

Outstanding New Score
Kate Anderson and Elyssa Samsel, Between the Lines
Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, Shucked
John Kander and Lin-Manuel Miranda, New York, New York
Adam Schlesinger and Sarah Silverman, The Bedwetter
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Some Like It Hot

Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play
Hiran Abeysekera, Life of Pi
Jessica Chastain, A Doll's House
Corey Hawkins, Topdog/Underdog
Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar
Audra McDonald, Ohio State Murders

Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play
Danielle Brooks, The Piano Lesson
Sharon D Clarke, Death of a Salesman
Michael Potts, The Piano Lesson
Brandon Uranowitz, Leopoldstadt
David Zayas, Cost of Living

Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical
Micaela Diamond, Parade
J. Harrison Ghee, Some Like It Hot
Caroline Innerbichler, Shucked
Colton Ryan, New York, New York
Anna Uzele, New York, New York

Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical
Kevin Del Aguila, Some Like It Hot
Julia Lester, Into the Woods
Alex Newell, Shucked
NaTasha Yvette Williams, Some Like It Hot
Betsy Wolfe, & Juliet

Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play
Ephraim Birney, Chester Bailey
Brittany Bradford, Wedding Band
Marylouise Burke, Epiphany
Bill Irwin, Endgame
Emma Pfitzer Price, Becomes a Woman

Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play
Veanne Cox, Wedding Band
Glenn Davis, Downstate
K. Todd Freeman, Downstate
Francis Guinan, Downstate
Susanna Guzman, Downstate

Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical
Nicholas Barasch, The Butcher Boy
Callum Francis, Kinky Boots
Jonathan Groff, Merrily We Roll Along
Natey Jones, The Harder They Come
Marla Mindelle, Titanique

Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical
Vicki Lewis, Between the Lines
Lindsay Mendez, Merrily We Roll Along
Daniel Radcliffe, Merrily We Roll Along
A.J. Shively, A Man of No Importance
Mare Winningham, A Man of No Importance

Outstanding Solo Performance
Mike Birbiglia, The Old Man & the Pool
Jodie Comer, Prima Facie
Jefferson Mays, A Christmas Carol
Sam Morrison, Sugar Daddy
Anthony Rapp, Without You

Outstanding Director of a Play
Kenny Leon, Topdog/Underdog
Pam MacKinnon, Downstate
Patrick Marber, Leopoldstadt
Adam Meggido, Peter Pan Goes Wrong
Max Webster, Life of Pi

Outstanding Director of a Musical
Michael Arden, Parade
Maria Friedman, Merrily We Roll Along
Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot
Jack O'Brien, Shucked
Susan Stroman, New York, New York

Outstanding Choreographer
Andy Blankenbuehler, Only Gold
Edgar Godineaux, The Harder They Come
Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot
Susan Stroman, New York, New York
Jennifer Weber, & Juliet

Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical)
Jason Ardizzone-West, Wedding Band
John Lee Beatty, Epiphany
Beowulf Boritt, New York, New York
Mimi Lien, Sweeney Todd
Simon Scullion, Peter Pan Goes Wrong

Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical)
Dede Ayite, Topdog/Underdog
Gregg Barnes, Some Like it Hot
Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Leopoldstadt
Paloma Young, & Juliet
Donna Zakowska, New York, New York

Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)
Neil Austin, Leopoldstadt
Ken Billington, New York, New York
Ken Elliott and Ben Stanton, A Christmas Carol
Natasha Katz, Sweeney Todd
Tim Lutkin, Life of Pi

Outstanding Video or Projection Design (Play or Musical)
Christopher Ash and Beowulf Boritt, New York, New York
Andrzej Goulding, Life of Pi
Lucy Mackinnon, A Christmas Carol
Isaac Madge, Leopoldstadt
Sven Ortel, Parade

Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical)
John Gromada, Jasper
Kai Harada, New York, New York
Daniel Kluger, Epiphany
André Pluess, Good Night, Oscar
Joshua D. Reid, A Christmas Carol

Outstanding Orchestrations
Bryan Carter and Charlie Rosen, Some Like It Hot
Sam Davis and Daryl Waters, New York, New York
Jason Howland, Shucked
Bill Sherman, & Juliet
Jonathan Tunick, Merrily We Roll Along

Special Achievement Awards
B.H. Barry

2023 Theatre World Awards

Winners Announced: May 1, 2023
Ceremony: June 5, 2023 @ 7 p.m. ET

8th Annual John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Julie Benko

Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Topdog/Underdog
Hiran Abeysekera, Life of Pi
Amir Arison, The Kite Runner
D’Arcy Carden, The Thanksgiving Play
Jodie Comer, Prima Facie
Callum Francis, Kinky Boots
Lucy Freyer, The Wanderers
Caroline Innerbichler, Shucked
Ashley D. Kelley, Shucked
Casey Likes, Almost Famous
Emma Pfitzer Price, Becomes A Woman
John David Washington, The Piano Lesson

Outstanding Swing
Marilyn Caserta, Six

Outstanding Contribution to The Theatre World
Dale Badway

2023 Tony Awards

Nominations: May 2, 2023 @ 8:30 a.m. ET
Ceremony: June 11 @ 7 p.m. ET

Best Musical
& Juliet
Kimberly Akimbo
New York, New York
Shucked
Some Like It Hot

Best Play
Ain't No Mo'
Between Riverside and Crazy
Cost of Living
Fat Ham
Leopoldstadt

Best Revival of a Musical
Into the Woods
Camelot
Parade
Sweeney Todd

Best Revival of a Play
The Piano Lesson
A Doll's House
The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
Topdog/Underdog

Best Book of a Musical
& Juliet
Kimberly Akimbo
New York, New York
Shucked
Some Like It Hot

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Almost Famous
Kimberly Akimbo
KPOP
Shucked
Some Like It Hot

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Topdog/Underdog
Corey Hawkins, Topdog/Underdog
Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar
Stephen McKinley Henderson, Between Riverside and Crazy
Wendell Pierce, Death of a Salesman

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Jessica Chastain, A Doll's House
Jodie Comer, Prima Facie
Jessica Hecht, Summer, 1976
Audra McDonald, Ohio State Murders

Best Performance by an Actor in Leading Role in a Musical
Christian Borle, Some Like It Hot
J. Harrison Ghee, Some Like It Hot
Josh Groban, Sweeney Todd
Brian d'Arcy James, Into the Woods
Ben Platt, Parade
Colton Ryan, New York, New York

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Annaleigh Ashford, Sweeney Todd
Sara Bareilles, Into the Woods
Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo
Lorna Courtney, & Juliet
Micaela Diamond, Parade

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Jordan E. Cooper, Ain't No Mo'
Samuel L. Jackson, The Piano Lesson
Arian Moayed, A Doll's House
Brandon Uranowitz, Leopoldstadt
David Zayas, Cost of Living

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Nikki Crawford, Fat Ham
Crystal Lucas-Perry, Ain't No Mo'
Miriam Silverman, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
Katy Sullivan, Cost of Living
Kara Young, Cost of Living

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Kevin Cahoon, Shucked
Justin Cooley, Kimberly Akimbo
Kevin Del Aguila, Some Like It Hot
Jordan Donica, Camelot
Alex Newell, Shucked

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Julia Lester, Into the Woods
Ruthie Ann Miles, Sweeney Todd
Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo
NaTasha Yvette Williams, Some Like It Hot
Betsy Wolfe, & Juliet

Best Direction of a Play
Saheem Ali, Fat Ham
Jo Bonney, Cost of Living
Jamie Lloyd, A Doll's House
Patrick Marber, Leopoldstadt
Stevie Walker-Webb, Ain't No Mo'
Max Webster, Life of Pi

Best Direction of a Musical
Michael Arden, Parade
Lear deBessonet, Into the Woods
Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot
Jack O'Brien, Shucked
Jessica Stone, Kimberly Akimbo

Best Choreography
Steven Hoggett, Sweeney Todd
Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot
Susan Stroman, New York, New York
Jennifer Weber, & Juliet
Jennifer Weber, KPOP

Best Orchestrations
Bill Sherman and Dominic Fallacaro, & Juliet
John Clancy, Kimberly Akimbo
Jason Howland, Shucked
Charlie Rosen & Bryan Carter, Some Like It Hot
Daryl Waters & Sam Davis, New York, New York

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Miriam Buether, Prima Facie
Tim Hatley & Andrzej Goulding, Life of Pi
Rachel Hauck, Good Night, Oscar
Richard Hudson, Leopoldstadt
Dane Laffrey & Lucy Mackinnon, A Christmas Carol

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt, New York, New York
Mimi Lien, Sweeney Todd
Michael Yeargan & 59 Productions, Camelot
Scott Pask, Shucked
Scott Pask, Some Like It Hot

Best Costume Design of a Play
Tim Hatley, Nick Barnes & Finn Caldwell, Life of Pi
Dominique Fawn Hill, Fat Ham
Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Leopoldstadt
Emilio Sosa, Ain't No Mo'
Emilio Sosa, Good Night, Oscar

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Gregg Barnes, Some Like It Hot
Susan Hilferty, Parade
Jennifer Moeller, Camelot
Clint Ramos & Sophia Choi, KPOP
Paloma Young, & Juliet
Donna Zakowska, New York, New York

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Neil Austin, Leopoldstadt
Natasha Chivers, Prima Facie
Jon Clark, A Doll's House
Bradley King, Fat Ham
Tim Lutkin, Life of Pi
Jen Schriever, Death of a Salesman
Ben Stanton, A Christmas Carol

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Ken Billington, New York, New York
Lap Chi Chu, Camelot
Heather Gilbert, Parade
Howard Hudson, & Juliet
Natasha Katz, Some Like It Hot
Natasha Katz, Sweeney Todd

Best Sound Design in a Play
Jonathan Deans & Taylor Williams, Ain't No Mo'
Carolyn Downing, Life of Pi
Joshua D. Reid, A Christmas Carol
Ben & Max Ringham, A Doll's House
Ben & Max Ringham, Prima Facie

Best Sound Design in a Musical
Kai Harada, New York, New York
John Shivers, Shucked
Scott Lehrer & Alex Neumann, Into the Woods
Gareth Owen, & Juliet
Nevin Steinberg, Sweeney Todd

Regional Theatre Tony Award
Pasadena Playhouse

Excellence In Theatre Education Award
Jason Zembuch Young

Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Joel Grey
John Kander

Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
Jerry Mitchell

Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre
Lisa Dawn Cave
Victoria Bailey
Robert Fried

2023 Drama League Awards

Nominations: April 25, 2023 @ 11:30 a.m. ET
Ceremony: May 19, 2023 @ 12 p.m. ET

Outstanding Production of a Musical
& Juliet
A Beautiful Noise
Dreaming Zenzile
New York, New York
Shucked
Some Like It Hot
Titanique
White Girl In Danger
Wise Children's Wuthering Heights

Outstanding Production of a Play
the bandaged place
Cost of Living
Dark Disabled Stories
Downstate
Elyria
Fat Ham
Good Night, Oscar
Leopoldstadt
Life of Pi
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
Prima Facie
Public Obscenities
Summer, 1976

Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical
Bob Fosse's Dancin'
Camelot
Into the Woods
A Man of No Importance
Parade
1776
Sweeney Todd

Outstanding Revival of a Play
A Doll's House
Ohio State Murders
Hamlet/Oresteia
The Piano Lesson
A Raisin in the Sun
The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
The Thanksgiving Play
Topdog/Underdog
Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in Black and White
Wolf Play

Outstanding Direction of a Play
Jo Bonney, Cost of Living
Shayok Misha Chowdhury, Public Obscenities
Anne Kauffman, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window
Kenny Leon, Topdog/Underdog
Jamie Lloyd, A Doll’s House
David Mendizábal, the bandaged place
Awoye Timpo, Elyria and Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in Black and White
Dustin Wills, Wolf Play

Outstanding Direction of a Musical
Lileana Blain-Cruz, Dreaming Zenzile and White Girl In Danger
Lear DeBessonet, Into The Woods
Thomas Kail, Sweeney Todd
Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot
Jack O’Brien, Shucked
Bartlett Sher, Camelot
Susan Stroman, New York, New York

Distinguished Performance Award
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Topdog/Underdog
Hiran Abeysekera, Life of Pi
Annaleigh Ashford, Sweeney Todd
Sara Bareilles, Into the Woods
Stephanie Berry, the bandaged place
Brittany Bradford, Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story In Black And White
Danielle Brooks, The Piano Lesson
Rachel Brosnahan, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window
Marylouise Burke, Epiphany
D’Arcy Carden, The Thanksgiving Play
Jessica Chastain, A Doll’s House
Sharon D. Clarke, Death of a Salesman
Jodie Comer, Prima Facie
Jordan E. Cooper, Ain’t No Mo’
Lorna Courtney, & Juliet
Micaela Diamond, Parade
Todd Freeman, Downstate
Harrison Ghee, Some Like It Hot
Josh Groban, Sweeney Todd
Ryan J. Haddad, Dark Disabled Stories
Corey Hawkins, Topdog/Underdog
Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar
Stephen McKinley Henderson, Between Riverside and Crazy
Oscar Isaac, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window
Tarra Conner Jones, White Girl in Danger
Esco Jouléy, Wolf Play
Somi Kakoma, Dreaming Zenzile
David Krumholtz, Leopoldstadt
Linda Lavin, You Will Get Sick
Laura Linney, Summer, 1976
Jefferson Mays, A Christmas Carol
Patina Miller, Into the Woods
Marla Mindelle, Titanique
Arian Moayed, A Doll’s House
Gargi Mukherjee, Public Obscenities
Alex Newell, Shucked
Jeremy Pope, The Collaboration
Colton Ryan, New York, New York
Phillipa Soo, Camelot
Marcel Spears, Fat Ham
Katy Sullivan, Cost of Living
Will Swenson, A Beautiful Noise
John Douglas Thompson, Endgame
Anna Uzele, New York, New York
John David Washington, The Piano Lesson
Betsy Wolfe, & Juliet
David Zayas, Cost of Living

Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater
André De Shields

Founders Award for Excellence in Directing
Lear deBessonet

Contribution to the Theater Award
The Drama Book Shop

Gratitude Award
Darin Oduyoye

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, Pictures From Home
Norbert Leo Butz, Cornelia Street
Kathleen Chalfant, The Year of Magical Thinking
Neil Patrick Harris, Peter Pan Goes Wrong
Nathan Lane, Pictures From Home
Audra McDonald, Ohio State Murders
Bebe Neuwirth, The Bedwetter
Ben Platt, Parade

2023 Drama Desk Awards

Nominations: April 26, 2023
Winners: May 31, 2023
Ceremony: June 6, 2023

Outstanding Play
A Case for the Existence of God
Fat Ham
Leopoldstadt
Love
Prima Facie
Wish You Were Here

Outstanding Musical
& Juliet
Between the Lines
F*ck7thGrade
Shucked
Some Like it Hot
White Girl in Danger

Outstanding Revival of a Play
A Raisin in the Sun
Death of a Salesman
Endgame
The Piano Lesson
Ohio State Murders
Wedding Band

Outstanding Revival of a Musical
A Man of No Importance
Into the Woods
Merrily We Roll Along
Parade
Sweeney Todd

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play
Hiran Abeysekera, Life of Pi
Kyle Beltran, A Case for the Existence of God
Will Brill, A Case for the Existence of God
Brittany Bradford, Wedding Band
Jessica Chastain, A Doll's House
Sharon D Clarke, Death of a Salesman
Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar
Denise Manning, Amani
Audra McDonald, Ohio State Murders
Wendell Pierce, Death of a Salesman
John Douglas Thompson, Endgame
Kara Young, Twelfth Night

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical
Annaleigh Ashford, Sweeney Todd
Nicholas Barasch, The Butcher Boy
Sara Bareilles, Into the Woods
Andrew Burnap, Camelot
Micaela Diamond, Parade
Andrew Durand, Shucked
Callum Francis, Kinky Boots
J. Harrison Ghee, Some Like it Hot
Jonathan Groff, Merrily We Roll Along
Somi Kakoma, Dreaming Zenzile
Lindsay Mendez, Merrily We Roll Along
Anna Uzele, New York, New York

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play
Emily Bergl, Good Night, Oscar
Danielle Brooks, The Piano Lesson
Amelda Brown, Love
Ray Fisher, The Piano Lesson
K. Todd Freeman, Downstate
Francis Guinan, Downstate
Nick Holder, Love
Arian Moayed, A Doll's House
Brian Quijada, Wolf Play
Miriam Silverman, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
Brandon Uranowitz, Leopoldstadt
Kara Young, Cost of Living

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical
Kevin Cahoon, Shucked
Kevin Del Aguila, Some Like it Hot
Robyn Hurder, A Beautiful Noise
Mark Jacoby, A Beautiful Noise
Tarra Conner Jones, White Girl in Danger
Julia Lester, Into the Woods
Alex Newell, Shucked
Daniel Radcliffe, Merrily We Roll Along
Phillipa Soo, Into the Woods
Mare Winningham, A Man of No Importance

Outstanding Direction of a Play
Zi Alikhan, On That Day in Amsterdam
Shayok Misha Chowdhury, Public Obscenities
Miranda Cromwell, Death of a Salesman
Adam Meggido, Peter Pan Goes Wrong
Max Webster, Life of Pi
Alexander Zeldin, Love

Outstanding Direction of a Musical
Jeff Calhoun, Between the Lines
John Doyle, A Man of No Importance
Maria Friedman, Merrily We Roll Along
Thomas Kail, Sweeney Todd
Jack O'Brien, Shucked

Outstanding Choreography
Andy Blankenbuehler, Only Gold
Tislarm Bouie, the bandaged place
Edgar Godineaux, The Harder They Come
Casey Nicholaw, Some Like it Hot
Susan Stroman, New York, New York
Jennifer Weber, KPOP

Outstanding Music
Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, Shucked
Michael R. Jackson, White Girl in Danger
Tom Kitt and AnnMarie Milazzo (vocal designer), Almost Famous
Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson, Between the Lines
The Kilbanes, Weightless

Outstanding Lyrics
Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, Shucked
Jonathan Hogue, Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical
Michael R. Jackson, White Girl in Danger
Adam Schlesinger, The Bedwetter
Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman, Some Like it Hot

Outstanding Book of a Musical
Jonathan Hogue, Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical
Robert Horn, Shucked
Matthew López and Amber Ruffin, Some Like it Hot
Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli, and Tye Blue, Titanique
David West Read, & Juliet

Outstanding Orchestrations
Bruce Coughlin, A Man of No Importance
Jason Howland, Shucked
Charlie Rosen and Bryan Carter, Some Like it Hot
Kenny Seymour, The Harder They Come
Daryl Waters and Sam Davis, New York, New York

Outstanding Music in a Play
Ben Edelman, Zane Pais, and Sinan Refik Zafar, Letters from Max, a ritual
Mauricio Escamilla, the bandaged place
Suzan-Lori Parks, Plays for the Plague Year
Ian Ross, Wuthering Heights
Daniel Schlosberg, Montag

Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play
Jason Ardizzone-West, Wedding Band
Beowulf Boritt, Ohio State Murders
dots, Public Obscenities
Tim Hatley, Life of Pi
Natasha Jenkins, Love
John McDermott, Chains

Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt, New York, New York
David Korins, Only Gold
Scott Pask, Shucked
Walt Spangler and Brendan McCann (production props), Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical
Michael Yeargan, Camelot

Outstanding Costume Design of a Play
Kara Branch, According to the Chorus
Enver Chakartash, Public Obscenities
Qween Jean, Wedding Band
Sarah Laux, Wish You Were Here
Emilio Sosa, Ain't No Mo'
Roberto Surace, Peter Pan Goes Wrong

Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical
Gregg Barnes, Some Like it Hot
Tilly Grimes, Shucked
Jennifer Moeller, Camelot
Clint Ramos and Sophia Choi, KPOP
Anita Yavich, Only Gold
Donna Zakowska, New York, New York

Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play
Isabella Byrd, Epiphany
Jiyoun Chang, The Far Country
Natasha Chivers and Willie Williams (video), Prima Facie
Allen Lee Hughes, Ohio State Murders
Cha See, On That Day in Amsterdam
Japhy Weideman, The Piano Lesson

Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical
Ken Billington, New York, New York
Jeff Croiter, Only Gold
Heather Gilbert, Parade
David Grill, Bob Fosse's Dancin'
Natasha Katz, Sweeney Todd

Outstanding Projection and Video Design
Simon Baker, Wuthering Heights & Wise Children,
Andrzej Goulding, Life of Pi
Caite Hevner, Between the Lines
Josh Higgason, White Girl in Danger
Nicholas Hussong, On That Day in Amsterdam
Johnny Moreno, Public Obscenities

Outstanding Sound Design of a Play
Justin Ellington, Ohio State Murders
Tom Gibbons, Hamlet
Josh Anio Grigg, Love
Lee Kinney and Daniel Kluger, You Will Get Sick
Ben & Max Ringham, A Doll's House
Mikaal Sulaiman, Fat Ham

Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical
Peter Hylenski, Almost Famous
Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann, Into the Woods
John Shivers, Shucked
Joanna Lynne Staub, Weightless
Jon Weston, Parade

Outstanding Wig and Hair
Campbell Young Associates, Almost Famous
Cookie Jordan, The Piano Lesson
Mia M. Neal, Ain't No Mo'
Earon Nealey, Twelfth Night
Mitsuteru Okuyama, Chushingura 47 Ronin
Luc Verschueren, A Beautiful Noise

Outstanding Solo Performance
Jodie Comer, Prima Facie
David Greenspan, Four Saints in Three Acts
Jessica Hendy, Walking With Bubbles
Anthony Rapp, Without You
Tracy Thorne, Jack Was Kind

Unique Theatrical Experience
Asi Wind's Inner Circle
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
Plays for the Plague Year
Zephyr

Outstanding Fight Choreography
B.H. Barry, Camelot
Rocio Mendez, Día Y Noche
Rocio Mendez, How to Defend Yourself
Unkledave's Fight-House, soft

Outstanding Adaptation
A Doll's House, by Amy Herzog
Arden of Faversham, by Jeffrey Hatcher and Kathryn Walat
black odyssey, by Marcus Gardley
Oresteia, by Robert Icke
Wuthering Heights, by Emma Rice
Wise Children

Outstanding Puppetry
John Leader, Wuthering Heights & Wise Children
James Ortiz (design), Kennedy Kanagawa (as Milky White), Into the Woods
Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell, Life of Pi
Kirjan Waage, The Immortal Jellyfish Girl, Wakka Wakka and Nordland Visual Theatre

Harold Prince Lifetime Achievement Award
Stephen McKinley Henderson

Ensemble Award
The cast of Soho Rep's Public Obscenities - Tashnuva Anan, Abrar Haque, Golam Sarwar Harun, Gargi Mukherjee, NaFis, Jakeem Dante Powell, and Debashis Roy Chowdhury

Sam Norkin Off-Broadway Award
Ryan J. Haddad

2023 Chita Rivera Awards

Nominations: April 28, 2023
Ceremony: May 22, 2023 @ 7:30 p.m. ET

Outstanding Choreography in a Broadway Show
Steven Hoggett, A Beautiful Noise
Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot
Susan Stroman, New York, New York
Jennifer Weber, & Juliet

Outstanding Dancer in a Broadway Show
Clyde Alves, New York, New York
Peter John Chursin, Bob Fosse’s Dancin’
Dylis Croman, Bob Fosse’s Dancin’
Harrison Ghee, Some Like It Hot
Jacob Guzman, Bob Fosse’s Dancin’
Robyn Hurder, A Beautiful Noise
Kolton Krouse, Bob Fosse’s Dancin’
Jess LeProtto, A Beautiful Noise
Mattie Love, Bob Fosse’s Dancin’
Khori Petinaud, Bob Fosse’s Dancin’

Outstanding Ensemble in a Broadway Show
& Juliet
A Beautiful Noise
Bob Fosse’s Dancin’
New York, New York
Some Like It Hot

Outstanding Dancers in an Off Broadway Show
Gaby Diaz, Only Gold
Ryan Steele, Only Gold

Outstanding Choreography in an Off Broadway Show
Andy Blankenbuehler, Only Gold

Outstanding Choreography for a Theatrical Release
Babylon, Choreographer: Mandy Moore
Magic Mike: Last Dance, Choreographers: Alison Faulk, Luke Broadlick; Contributing Choreographer: Leo Moctezuma
Raold Dahl’s Matilda, the Musical, Choreographer: Ellen Kane
Spirited, Choreographer: Chloe Arnold
13: The Musical, Choreographer: Jamal Sims

Outstanding Direction of a Documentary Release
Broadway Rising, Director: Amy Rice
Everybody Dance, Director: Dan Watt
Moonage Daydream, Director: Brett Morgen

Lifetime Achievement Award
John Kander

Ambassador for the Arts Award
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