Awards

2020 Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize for Drama
A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson
Heroes of the Fourth Turning by Will Arbery
Soft Power by David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori

2020 Outer Critics Circle Awards

In light of these unprecedented times, the OCC has decided to celebrate up to five honorees in each category, rather than selecting one winner from each.

Outstanding New Broadway Play
Grand Horizons
The Height of the Storm
The Inheritance
Linda Vista
The Sound Inside

Outstanding New Broadway Musical
Jagged Little Pill
Moulin Rouge!
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
Cambodian Rock Band
Greater Clements
Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven
Make Believe
Seared

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
Darling Grenadine
Octet
The Secret Life of Bees
Soft Power
A Strange Loop

Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Diablo Cody, Jagged Little Pill
David Henry Hwang, Soft Power
Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop
Lynn Nottage, The Secret Life of Bees
Mark Saltzman, Romeo & Bernadette

Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Duncan Sheik and Susan Birkenhead, The Secret Life of Bees
Ross Golan, The Wrong Man
Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop
Dave Malloy, Octet
Jeanine Tesori and David Henry Hwang, Soft Power

Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Betrayal
Fires in the Mirror
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune
A Soldier's Play

Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Little Shop of Horrors
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
West Side Story

Outstanding Actor in a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Ian Barford, Linda Vista
Edmund Donovan, Greater Clements
Raúl Esparza, Seared
Tom Hiddleston, Betrayal
Will Hochman, The Sound Inside
Jonathan Pryce, The Height of the Storm

Outstanding Actress in a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Eileen Atkins, The Height of the Storm
Judith Ivey, Greater Clements
Joaquina Kalukango, Slave Play
April Matthis, Toni Stone
Mary-Louise Parker, The Sound Inside
Portia, Stew

Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Jonathan Groff, Little Shop of Horrors
Joshua Henry, The Wrong Man
Adam Kantor, Darling Grenadine
Larry Owens, A Strange Loop
Isaac Powell, West Side Story
Aaron Tveit, Moulin Rouge!

Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Beth Malone, The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Janelle McDermoth, We’re Gonna Die
Karen Olivo, Moulin Rouge!
Shereen Pimentel, West Side Story
Elizabeth Stanley, Jagged Little Pill
Adrienne Warren, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
David Alan Grier, A Soldier's Play
John Benjamin Hickey, The Inheritance
Paul Hilton, The Inheritance
Samuel H. Levine, The Inheritance
John-Andrew Morrison, Blues for an Alabama Sky
Chris Perfetti, Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Liza Colón-Zayas, Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven
Montego Glover, All the Natalie Portmans
Marsha Mason, Little Gem
Krysta Rodriguez, Seared
Lois Smith, The Inheritance
Jennifer Van Dyck, The Confession of Lily Dare

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Christian Borle, Little Shop of Horrors
Danny Burstein, Moulin Rouge!
Gus Halper, Sing Street
Jay Armstrong Johnson, Scotland, PA
Francis Jue, Soft Power
Daniel J. Watts, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Eisa Davis, The Secret Life of Bees
Kathryn Gallagher, Jagged Little Pill
LaChanze, The Secret Life of Bees
Judy McLane, Romeo & Bernadette
Lauren Patten, Jagged Little Pill
Saycon Sengbloh, The Secret Life of Bees

Outstanding Solo Performance (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
David Cale, We’re Only Alive For a Short Amount of Time
Laura Linney, My Name is Lucy Barton
Aedin Moloney, Yes! Reflections of Molly Bloom
Deirdre O’Connell, Dana H.
Michael Benjamin Washington, Fires in the Mirror

Outstanding Director of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
David Cromer, The Sound Inside
Stephen Daldry, The Inheritance
Kenny Leon, A Soldier's Play
Jamie Lloyd, Betrayal
John Ortiz, Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven

Outstanding Director of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Stephen Brackett, A Strange Loop
Michael Mayer, Little Shop of Horrors
Diane Paulus, Jagged Little Pill
Alex Timbers, Moulin Rouge!
Ivo van Hove, West Side Story

Outstanding Choreographer
Sidi Larbi Cherakoui, Jagged Little Pill
Raja Feather Kelly, A Strange Loop
Sonya Tayeh, Moulin Rouge!
Anthony Van Laast, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Travis Wall, The Wrong Man

Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical)
Rob Howell, A Christmas Carol Tim Mackabee, Seared
Derek McLane, Moulin Rouge!
Clint Ramos, Grand Horizons
Anthony Ward, The Height of the Storm

Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical)
Vanessa Leuck, Emojiland
Jeff Mahshie, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Mark Thompson, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Rachel Townsend and Jessica Jahn, The Confession of Lily Dare
Catherine Zuber, Moulin Rouge!

Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)
Isabella Byrd, Heroes of the Fourth Turning Heather Gilbert, The Sound Inside
Justin Townsend, Moulin Rouge!
Hugh Vanstone, A Christmas Carol
Hugh Vanstone, The Height of the Storm

Outstanding Projection Design (Play or Musical)
Luke Halls, West Side Story
Brad Peterson, Broadway Bounty Hunter
Lisa Renkel and Possible Productions, Emojiland
Aaron Rhyne, The Sound Inside
Hannah Wasileski, Fires in the Mirror

Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical)
Simon Baker, A Christmas Carol Mikhail Fiksel, Dana H.
Peter Hylenski, Moulin Rouge!
Sanae Yamada, Is This A Room
Daniel Kluger, The Sound Inside

Outstanding Orchestrations
Tom Kitt, Jagged Little Pill
Alex Lacamoire, The Wrong Man
Justin Levine with Matt Stine, Katie Kresek and Charlie Rosen, Moulin Rouge!
Christopher Nightingale, A Christmas Carol Duncan Sheik and John Clancy, The Secret Life of Bees

2020 Theatre World Awards

The Theatre World Awards have been postponed. More information will be available soon.

2020 Drama Desk Awards

Outstanding Play
The Inheritance
Cambodian Rock Band
Greater Clements
Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven
Heroes of the Fourth Turning

Outstanding Musical
A Strange Loop
Octet
The Secret Life of Bees
Soft Power
The Wrong Man

Outstanding Revival of a Play
A Soldier's Play
Fefu and Her Friends
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Mac Beth
Much Ado About Nothing

Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Little Shop of Horrors
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
West Side Story

Outstanding Actor in a Play
Edmund Donovan, Greater Clements
Charles Busch, The Confession of Lily Dare
Raúl Esparza, Seared
Francis Jue, Cambodian Rock Band
Triney Sandoval, 72 Miles to Go...
Kyle Soller, The Inheritance

Outstanding Actress in a Play
Liza Colón-Zayas, Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven
Rose Byrne, Medea
Emily Davis, Is This a Room
April Mathis, Toni Stone
Ruth Negga, Hamlet

Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Larry Owens, A Strange Loop
David Aron Damane, The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Chris Dwan, Enter Laughing
Joshua Henry, The Wrong Man
Francis Jue, Soft Power

Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Adrienne Warren, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Tammy Blanchard, Little Shop of Horrors
Beth Malone, The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Saycon Sengbloh, The Secret Life of Bees
Elizabeth Stanley, Jagged Little Pill

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Paul Hilton, The Inheritance
Victor Almanzar, Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven
Esteban Andres Cruz, Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven
David Alan Grier, A Soldier's Play
Chris Perfetti, Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Lois Smith, The Inheritance
Patrice Johnson, Runboyrun and In Old Age
Kristina Poe, Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven
Belange Rodríguez, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Elizabeth Rodriguez, Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Christian Borle, Little Shop of Horrors
George Abud, Emojiland
Jay Armstrong Johnson, Scotland, PA
Conrad Ricamora, Soft Power
Ryan Vasquez, The Wrong Man

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Lauren Patten, Jagged Little Pill
Yesenia Ayala, West Side Story
Paula Leggett Chase, The Unsinkable Molly Brown
LaChanze, The Secret Life of Bees
Alyse Alan Louis, Soft Power

Outstanding Director of a Play
Stephen Daldry, The Inheritance
Jessica Blank, Coal Country
John Ortiz, Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven
Tina Satter, Is This a Room
Erica Schmidt, Mac Beth

Outstanding Director of a Musical
Stephen Brackett, A Strange Loop
Thomas Kail, The Wrong Man
Kathleen Marshall, The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Leigh Silverman, Soft Power
Annie Tippe, Octet

Outstanding Choreography
Sonya Tayeh, Moulin Rouge!
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, West Side Story
Keone Madrid and Mari Madrid, Beyond Babel
Kathleen Marshall, The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Travis Wall, The Wrong Man

Outstanding Music
Dave Malloy, Octet
Ross Golan, The Wrong Man
Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop
Joshua Rosenblum, Einstein’s Dreams
Duncan Sheik, The Secret Life of Bees
Jeanine Tesori, Soft Power

Outstanding Lyrics
Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop
Susan Birkenhead, The Secret Life of Bees
Adam Gwon, Scotland, PA
Joanne Sydney Lessner and Joshua Rosenblum, Einstein’s Dreams
Dave Malloy, Octe
Mark Saltzman, Romeo & Bernadette

Outstanding Book of a Musical
Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop
David Henry Hwang, Soft Power
Dave Malloy, Octet
Lynn Nottage, The Secret Life of Bees
Mark Saltzman, Romeo & Bernadette
Dick Scanlan, The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Outstanding Orchestrations
Tom Kitt, Jagged Little Pill
Alex Lacamoire, The Wrong Man
Or Matias and Dave Malloy, Octet
Danny Troob, John Clancy, and Larry Hochman, Soft Power
Jonathan Tunick, West Side Story

Outstanding Music in a Play
Martha Redbone, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Steve Earle, Coal Country
Frightened Rabbit, Square Go
Jim Harbourne, Feral
Adam Seidel, Jane Bruce, and Daniel Ocanto, Original Sound

Outstanding Scenic Design for a Play
Clint Ramos, Grand Horizons
Catherine Cornell, Mac Beth
Adam Rigg, Fefu and Her Friends
Paul Steinberg, Judgment Day
B.T. Whitehill, The Confession of Lily Dare

Outstanding Scenic Design for a Musical
Derek McLane, Moulin Rouge!
Julian Crouch, Little Shop of Horrors
Anna Louizos, Scotland, PA
Clint Ramos, Soft Power
Amy Rubin and Brittany Vasta, Octet

Outstanding Costume Design for a Play
Rachel Townsend and Jessica Jahn, The Confession of Lily Dare
Asa Benally, Blues for an Alabama Sky
Montana Levi Blanco, Fefu and Her Friends
Toni-Leslie James, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Antony McDonald, Judgment Day
Kaye Voyce, Coriolanus

Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical
Catherine Zuber, Moulin Rouge!
Vanessa Leuck, Emojiland
Jeff Mahshie, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Mark Thompson, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Anita Yavich, Soft Power

Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play
Heather Gilbert, The Sound Inside
Isabella Byrd, Heroes of the Fourth Turning
Oona Curley, Dr. Ride’s American Beach House
Mimi Jordan Sherin, Judgment Day
Yi Zhao, Greater Clements

Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical
Justin Townsend, Moulin Rouge!
Betsy Adams, The Wrong Man
Jane Cox, The Secret Life of Bees
Herrick Goldman, Einstein’s Dreams
Bruno Poet, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Outstanding Projection Design
Luke Halls, West Side Story
David Bengali, Einstein’s Dreams
Julia Frey, Medea
Lisa Renkel and POSSIBLE, Emojiland
Hannah Wasileski, Fires in the Mirror

Outstanding Sound Design for a Play
Paul Arditti and Christopher Reid, The Inheritance
Justin Ellington, Heroes of the Fourth Turning
Mikhail Fiksel, Dana H.
Palmer Hefferan, Fefu and Her Friends
Lee Kinney and Sanae Yamada, Is This a Room

Outstanding Sound Design for a Musical
Peter Hylenski, Moulin Rouge!
Tom Gibbons, West Side Story
Kai Harada, Soft Power
Hidenori Nakajo, Octet
Nevin Steinberg, The Wrong Man

Outstanding Wig and Hair Design
Campbell Young Associates, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Cookie Jordan, Fefu and Her Friends
Nikiya Mathis, STEW
Tom Watson, The Great Society
Bobbie Zlotnik, Emojiland

Outstanding Solo Performance
Laura Linney, My Name is Lucy Barton
David Cale, We’re Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time
Kate del Castillo, the way she spoke
Jacqueline Novak, Get on Your Knees
Deirdre O’Connell, Dana H.

Unique Theatrical Experience
Is This a Room, Vineyard Theatre
Beyond Babel, Hideaway Circus
Feral, Tortoise in a Nutshell/Cumbernauld Theatre/59E59
Midsummer: A Banquet, Food of Love Productions/Third Rail Projects

Outstanding Fight Choreography
Thomas Schall, A Soldier's Play
Vicki Manderson, Square Go
UnkleDave’s Fight House, Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven

Outstanding Adaptation
A Christmas Carol, by Jack Thorne
Judgment Day, by Christopher Shinn
Mojada, by Luis Alfaro
Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow, by Halley Feiffer

Outstanding Puppet Design
Raphael Mishler, Tumacho
Rockefeller Productions, Paddington Gets in a Jam
Amanda Villalobos, Is This a Room

Ensemble Award
The eight performers in Dave Malloy’s a cappella musical Octet: Adam Bashian, Kim Blanck, Starr Busby, Alex Gibson, Justin Gregory Lopez, J.D. Mollison, Margo Seibert, and Kuhoo Verma

Sam Norkin Award
To performer Mary Bacon, recognized for her work this season in Off-Broadway's Coal Country at the Public Theater and Nothing Gold Can Stay from Partial Comfort Productions

Additional Special Awards
The Actors Fund, Seth Rudetsky, and James Wesley, for connecting the theatre community and lifting spirits during the coronavirus crisis through the ongoing Stars in the House series

The Public Theater’s Mobile Unit, offering free Shakespeare throughout the five boroughs, including prisons, homeless shelters, and community centers

WP Theater and Julia Miles, the company’s founder who died this spring.

Claire Warden, whose work as an intimacy choreographer was featured in such recent projects as Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune and Linda Vista

Two productions — the Broadway transfers of Slave Play and Girl From the North Country — were only deemed eligible for elements considered "new work" to the show. Similarly, the new engagements of Sea Wall/A Life, Derren Brown: Secret, Slava’s Snowshow, and Pip’s Island were not considered as they had been deemed eligible in previous seasons.

2020 Tony Awards

Best Musical
Moulin Rouge!
Jagged Little Pill
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Best Play
The Inheritance by Matthew Lopez
Grand Horizons by Bess Wohl
Sea Wall/A Life by Simon Stephens and Nick Payne
Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris
The Sound Inside by Adam Rapp

Best Revival of a Musical
No nominees for 2020

Best Revival of a Play
A Soldier's Play
Betrayal
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune

Best Book of a Musical
Jagged Little Pill, Diablo Cody
Moulin Rouge!, John Logan
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Katori Hall with Frank Ketelaar and Kees Prins

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
A Christmas Carol, Christopher Nightingale
The Inheritance, Paul Englishby
The Rose Tattoo, Fitz Patton and Jason Michael Webb
Slave Play, Lindsay Jones
The Sound Inside, Daniel Kluger

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Andrew Burnap, The Inheritance
Ian Barford, Linda Vista
Jake Gyllenhaal, Sea Wall/A Life
Tom Hiddleston, Betrayal
Tom Sturridge, Sea Wall/A Life
Blair Underwood, A Soldier's Play

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Mary-Louise Parker, The Sound Inside
Joaquina Kalukango, Slave Play
Laura Linney, My Name is Lucy Barton
Audra McDonald, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune

Best Performance by an Actor in Leading Role in a Musical
Aaron Tveit*, Moulin Rouge!

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Adrienne Warren, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Karen Olivo, Moulin Rouge!
Elizabeth Stanley, Jagged Little Pill

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
David Alan Grier, A Soldier's Play
Ato Blankson-Wood, Slave Play
James Cusati-Moyer, Slave Play
John Benjamin Hickey, The Inheritance
Paul Hilton, The Inheritance

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Lois Smith, The Inheritance
Jane Alexander, Grand Horizons
Chalia La Tour, Slave Play
Annie McNamara, Slave Play
Cora Vander Broek, Linda Vista

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Danny Burstein, Moulin Rouge!
Derek Klena, Jagged Little Pill
Sean Allan Krill, Jagged Little Pill
Sahr Ngaujah, Moulin Rouge!
Daniel J. Watts, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Lauren Patten, Jagged Little Pill
Kathryn Gallagher, Jagged Little Pill
Celia Rose Gooding, Jagged Little Pill
Robyn Hurder, Moulin Rouge!
Myra Lucretia Taylor, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Best Direction of a Play
Stephen Daldry, The Inheritance
David Cromer, The Sound Inside
Kenny Leon, A Soldier's Play
Jamie Lloyd, Betrayal
Robert O’Hara, Slave Play

Best Direction of a Musical
Alex Timbers, Moulin Rouge!
Phyllida Lloyd, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Diane Paulus, Jagged Little Pill

Best Choreography
Sonya Tayeh, Moulin Rouge!
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Jagged Little Pill
Anthony van Laast, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Best Orchestrations
Katie Kresek, Charlie Rosen, Matt Stine, and Justin Levine, Moulin Rouge!
Tom Kitt, Jagged Little Pill
Ethan Popp, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Rob Howell, A Christmas Carol Bob Crowley, The Inheritance
Soutra Gilmour, Betrayal
Derek McLane, A Soldier's Play
Clint Ramos, Slave Play

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Derek McLane, Moulin Rouge!
Riccardo Hernández and Lucy Mackinnon, Jagged Little Pill
Mark Thompson and Jeff Sugg, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Best Costume Design of a Play
Rob Howell, A Christmas Carol Dede Ayite, Slave Play
Dede Ayite, A Soldier's Play
Bob Crowley, The Inheritance
Clint Ramos, The Rose Tattoo

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Catherine Zuber, Moulin Rouge!
Emily Rebholz, Jagged Little Pill
Mark Thompson, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Hugh Vanstone, A Christmas Carol Jiyoun Chang, Slave Play
Jon Clark, The Inheritance
Heather Gilbert, The Sound Inside
Allen Lee Hughes, A Soldier's Play

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Justin Townsend, Moulin Rouge!
Justin Townsend, Jagged Little Pill
Bruno Poet, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Best Sound Design in a Play
Simon Baker, A Christmas Carol Paul Arditti and Christopher Reid, The Inheritance
Lindsay Jones, Slave Play
Daniel Kluger, Sea Wall/A Life
Daniel Kluger, The Sound Inside

Best Sound Design in a Musical
Peter Hylenski, Moulin Rouge!
Jonathan Deans, Jagged Little Pill
Nevin Steinberg, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
Julie Halston

Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Graciela Daniele

Special Tony Awards
The Broadway Advocacy Coalition
David Byrne’s American Utopia
Freestyle Love Supreme

Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre
Fred Gallo
Irene Gandy
Beverly Jenkins
New Federal Theatre, Woodie King Jr., Founder

*In categories with only one nominee listed, such as Leading Actor in a Musical, an affirmative vote of 60 percent of the total ballots cast will grant an award in that category.

2020 Drama League Awards

Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical
Moulin Rouge!
Girl From the North Country
Jagged Little Pill
Octet
The Secret Life of Bees
Sing Street
Six
Soft Power
A Strange Loop
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play
The Inheritance
Cambodian Rock Band
Dana H.
Grand Horizons
The Hot Wing King
The Michaels
Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow
One in Two
Sea Wall/A Life
Seared
Slave Play
Stew

Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical
Little Shop of Horrors
Enter Laughing
Rock of Ages
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
West Side Story

Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play
A Soldier's Play
Betrayal
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Fires in the Mirror
Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune
Judgment Day
Medea
Native Son
The Rose Tattoo
The Woman in Black

Distinguished Performance Award
Danny Burstein, Moulin Rouge!
David Acton, The Woman in Black
Jeffrey Bean, Dublin Carol
Ato Blankson-Wood, The Rolling Stone and Slave Play
Christian Borle, Little Shop of Horrors
Danielle Brooks, Much Ado About Nothing
Rose Byrne, Medea
Len Cariou, Harry Townsend's Last Stand
Patrice Johnson Chevannes, runboyrun & In Old Age
Liza Colón-Zayas, Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven
Kate del Castillo, the way she spoke
Edmund Donovan, Greater Clements
Raúl Esparza, Seared
Francesca Faridany, The Half-Life of Marie Curie
Halley Feiffer, The Pain of My Belligerence
Danyel Fulton, Broadbend, Arkansas
Annie Golden, Broadway Bounty Hunter
Donnetta Lavinia Grays, Where We Stand
David Alan Grier, A Soldier's Play
Jonathan Groff, Little Shop of Horrors
Jake Gyllenhaal, Sea Wall/A Life
Tom Hiddleston, Betrayal
Paul Hilton, The Inheritance
Kathryn Hunter, Timon of Athens
Galen Ryan Kane, Native Son
Brittney Mack, Six
April Matthis, Toni Stone
Susannah Millonzi, The Crucible
Kate Mulgrew, The Half-Life of Marie Curie
Joe Ngo, Cambodian Rock Band
Deirdre O'Connell, Dana H.
Brenock O'Connor, Sing Street
Okwui Okpokwasili, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Karen Olivo, Moulin Rouge!
Larry Owens, A Strange Loop
Lauren Patten, Jagged Little Pill
Chris Perfetti, Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow
Ben Porter, The Woman in Black
Isaac Powell, West Side Story
Jonathan Pryce, The Height of the Storm
Elizabeth Rodriguez, Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven
Michael Shannon, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
Tom Sturridge, Sea Wall/A Life
Marisa Tomei, The Rose Tattoo
Blair Underwood, A Soldier's Play
Michael Urie, Grand Horizons
Adrienne Warren, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Michael Benjamin Washington, Fires in the Mirror
Portia, Stew

The Drama League also acknowledges previous recipients 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 again.

Harvey Fierstein, Bella Bella
Mary-Louise Parker, The Sound Inside
Audra McDonald, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune

Founders Award for Excellence in Directing
Marianne Elliott

Unique Contribution to the Theatre
Terrence McNally