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Honorees

Kamilah Forbes

Contribution to the Theater Award

Kamilah Forbes is an award-winning director and producer for theater and television who currently serves as the Executive Producer at the world famous Apollo Theater. Kamilah’s directing credits include “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark,” written by Pulitzer prize-winning writer Lynn Nottage, “Blood Quilt” written by Katori Hall, and “Sunset Baby” by MacArthur genius Dominique Morrisseau. She has also worked as associate director for Tony award-winning “A Raisin in the Sun,” and Emmy award-winning “The Wiz Live for NBC.” Additional Broadway credits include “Mountaintop,” and “Stick Fly”.

Kamilah has produced several works for television, most notably the seventh season of the Tony Award and Peabody Award-winning series “Russell Simmons presents Def Poetry on HBO.” She was also a co-executive producer on the “Brave New Voices” documentary series on HBO, in addition to executive producing the PBS special “The Women’s List.”

As a graduate of Howard University, Kamilah’s recent projects include directing the sold-out world premiere, tour, and theatrical adaption of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ New York Times best-selling novel “Between the World and Me.” In addition to her work at the Apollo Theater, Kamilah is set to direct the Broadway premiere of “Soul Train” alongside Questlove, Dominique Morrisseau and Camille A. Brown.

Kamilah Forbes is a powerful leader, widely known for her ability and commitment to continue to highlight the ideas, complexities and work of artists in the hip-hop community and beyond.

Photo Credit: Nicole Mondestin

Caissie Levy

Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater

Caissie Levy is an Olivier and Grammy-nominated veteran of nine Broadway productions, three West End shows, and seven original cast albums. She is currently starring on Broadway in Lincoln Center Theater’s acclaimed revival of Ragtime, directed by Lear deBessonet. She earned an Olivier nomination for Best Actress in a Musical for starring in the UK premiere of Next to Normal in London’s West End and at The Donmar Warehouse, which subsequently aired on PBS and is currently available on BroadwayHD. Caissie created the iconic role of ‘Elsa’ in Disney’s Frozen on Broadway, starred in the Tony Award winning Broadway production of Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt, and as ‘Rose’ in the Tony nominated Broadway revival of Caroline, or Change, for which she was nominated for a Grammy Award. She is known to Broadway and West End audiences for originating the roles of ‘Sheila’ in the Tony Award winning revival of Hair, and ‘Molly’ in Ghost. Other Broadway credits include ‘Fantine’ in Les Miserables; ‘Elphaba’ in Wicked (also LA); ‘Penny’ in Hairspray (Broadway debut, also 1st national tour & Toronto); ‘Maureen’ in Rent (national tour). Off -Broadway credits include Sarah Silverman’s The Bedwetter (Atlantic); First Daughter Suite (The Public); and Murder Ballad (MTC). Caissie has been featured on many singer/songwriter’s records, and her solo EP, With You, is available wherever you buy or stream your music. In concert, she backed up Sir Rod Stewart in his Las Vegas residency, headlined Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops twice, and has played solo across the US, UK and Canada. @caissielevy

Photo Credit: Yellowbelly

David Cromer

 Founders Award for Excellence in Directing

David Cromer is a director and actor originally from Chicago, currently based in New York. As a director, his New York credits include Bug (Broadway); Meet the Cartozians (Second Stage); Caroline (MCC); Dead Outlaw (Audible Theater and Broadway); Good Night, and Good Luck (Broadway); The Antiquities and The Treasurer (Playwrights Horizons); I’m Almost There (Audible Theater); The Counter (Roundabout); Prayer for the French Republic (MTC and Broadway); A Case for the Existence of God (Signature); The Sound Inside (Broadway); The Band’s Visit (Atlantic Theater Company, Broadway, and National Tour); the Broadway revivals of Brighton Beach Memoirs and The House of Blue Leaves; Man from Nebraska (Second Stage Theater); The Effect, Orson’s Shadow, and Tribes (Barrow Street Theatre); Women or Nothing (Atlantic Theater Company); Really Really (MCC Theater); When the Rain Stops Falling and Nikolai and the Others (Lincoln Center Theater); and Adding Machine (Minetta Lane Theatre). Other directing credits include Bug (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Next to Normal (Writers Theatre); Come Back, Little Sheba (Huntington Theatre Company); The Sound Inside (Williamstown Theatre Festival); and Our Town in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, Kansas City, and London. For his work he has received a Tony Award, a Drama Desk, three Obies and three Lortels, and in 2010 he was named a MacArthur Foundation fellow.

Scott Ellis

Gratitude Award

Scott Ellis has enjoyed an extraordinarily successful career, earning nine Tony Award nominations for his work in both commercial and non-profit theater. Some of Scott’s Tony Award-nominated productions include Curtains, Steel Pier, You Can’t Take It with You, The Elephant Man, and Tootsie. He also directed the Tony Award-winning revival of Take Me Out. 

 

Scott is currently the Interim Artistic Director of Roundabout Theatre Company, where he has been a key artistic leader for more than two decades. He made his Roundabout debut in 1993 with the acclaimed revival of She Loves Me, the company’s first-ever musical, which later transferred to London’s West End and earned an Olivier Award. Ellis became Roundabout’s Associate Artistic Director in 1998, and the 2024–2025 season marked his first full year leading the institution as Interim Artistic Director. Recent Roundabout productions include the Broadway revivals of Doubt, Pirates! The Penzance Musical, and the upcoming revival of Noel Coward’s Fallen Angels, starring Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara.

 

Other Broadway credits include Kiss Me, Kate; On the Twentieth Century; Harvey; The Little Dog Laughed; Twelve Angry Men; A Month in the Country; Company; The Man Who Had All the Luck; and The Rainmaker. This past fall, he directed a new revival of Art starring Bobby Cannavale, James Corden, and Neil Patrick Harris.

 

Off-Broadway, Ellis has directed Amy and the Orphans, The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin, Dada Woof Papa Hot, Gruesome Playground Injuries, Streamers, Good Boys and True, Entertaining Mr. Sloane, Flora the Red Menace (Drama Desk nomination), And the World Goes ’Round (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards), and The Waverly Gallery.

 

For television, Ellis served as executive producer on Weeds and has directed episodes of 30 Rock (Emmy Award nomination for Best Director), Modern Family, The Closer, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Étoile.

For 25 years, Scott has been a mentor with the Wendy Wasserstein Project through the Theatrical Development Fund, working with over 250 students.

NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCEMENT

Tune in to our 92nd Annual Drama League Awards Nominations Announcement on Monday, April 20, 2026 at 11am on BroadwayWorld.com!

Co-Hosted By

Natalie
Venetia Belcon
Corbin Bleu

Natalie Venetia Belcon is currently starring in BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB on Broadway for which she won the 2025 Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.  Credits include national tour: Wicked (Madame Morrible). Broadway: Matilda (Mrs. Phelps), Avenue Q (original cast as Gary Coleman), Rent (Joanne), Off-Broadway: Ahrens and Flaherty’s, The Glorious Ones at Lincoln Center, Regional: Ahrens and Flaherty’s new musical, Knoxville (adapted by Frank Galati) at Asolo Repertory Theatre, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Recurring and guest starring roles on a number of TV shows and featured roles in a few films.  PBS Great Performances: Play On!

Corbin Bleu comes from an extensive background in theatre, television, film, and music, having established himself as a versatile actor, singer/songwriter, dancer, voiceover/recording artist, host/television personality, and producer. He recently made his West End debut as ‘Nick Carraway’ in The Great Gatsby at the London Coliseum. His Broadway credits include the Tony-nominated revival of Kiss Me, Kate (Lucentio/Bill Calhoun, Drama Desk Nomination), Tony-nominated Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn (Ted Hanover, Chita Rivera Award), Godspell (Jesus), and the Tony Award-winning In the Heights (Usnavi). Other stage highlights include the Off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors, in which he became the production’s first black actor to play ‘Seymour Krelborn’, Hairspray (Seaweed) and Mamma Mia! (Sky) both at The Hollywood Bowl, The Muny’s productions of Singin’ in the Rain (Don Lockwood, St. Louis Theater Circle Award) & Mary Poppins (Bert), Arena Stage’s Anything Goes (Billy Crocker, Helen Hayes Award), and the world premiere of Summer Stock at the Goodspeed Opera House (Joe Ross, Connecticut Critics Circle Award). TV credit highlights include: Disney’s Emmy Award-winning High School Musical franchise and Jump In!, the Hallmark Channel’s Love, For Real and Campfire Christmas, Lifetime’s A Christmas Dance Reunion, “Dynasty”, “Supergirl”, “Chicago Med”, “The Middle”, “The Fosters”, “Castle”, “Psych”, “Franklin & Bash”, “Blue Bloods”, “Dancing with the Stars” (runner-up), and “The Real Dirty Dancing” (first-place). Film credits include: To Write Love on Her Arms, Nurse 3-D, Galaxy Quest, and The Monkey’s Paw to name a few. Corbin is also the Chair of the National Advisory Board of the Looking Ahead Program, a division of The Entertainment Community Fund focused on helping professional young performers and their families thrive amid the unique challenges of working in the entertainment industry. He dedicates himself to giving back through programs such as St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, Starlight Children’s Foundation, & the Make-a-Wish Foundation. A Brooklyn native, Corbin resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Sasha Clements. @corbinbleu

Photo Credit: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

Photo Credit: Allan Amato

Congratulations to all of this year’s nominees!​

Thank you to our Nominations Announcement

Co-Hosts Natalie Venetia Belcon & Corbin Bleu.

Miss the announcement? Watch the reading of the nominees HERE! 

 Photo Credit: Catalin Media

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NOMINEES

THE BALUSTERS

Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

Written by David Lindsay-Abaire

Directed by Kenny Leon

Associate Director: Ioana Alfonso

Produced by Manhattan Theatre Club (Nicki Hunter, Artistic Director; Chris Jennings, Executive Director). The Balusters was commissioned by MTC through the Bank of America New Play Program and is a recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award. Production support is provided by The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, the Laurents/Hatcher Foundation, the Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater, and Jayne Baron Sherman and MTC Young Producing Partners.

 

CAROLINE

MCC Theater

Written by Preston Max Allen

Directed by David Cromer

Associate Director: ZoÍ Adams 

Produced by MCC Theater (Bernie Telsey and Will Cantler, Artistic Directors; Blake West, Executive Director), by special arrangement with Tom Kirdahy Productions and Brian and Dayna Lee.

 

COLD WAR CHOIR PRACTICE 

MCC Theater

Written by Ro Reddick

Directed by Knud Adams

Assistant Director: Olivia Songer

Produced by MCC Theater (Bernie Telsey and Will Cantler, Artistic Directors; Blake West, Executive Director), Clubbed Thumb (Maria Striar, Artistic Director/Founder; Michael Bulger, Producing Director), and Page 73 (Michael Walkup, Artistic Director; Renee Blinkwolt, Interim Executive Director)

 

DOG DAY AFTERNOON

August Wilson Theatre

Written by Stephen Adly Guirgis; based on the article “The Boys in the Bank,” published by LIFE Magazine, written by P.F. Kluge and Thomas Moore, and the film “Dog Day Afternoon” by Warner Bros.

Directed by Rupert Goold

Associate Director: Rory McGregor

Produced by Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures under the direction of Mark Kaufman, Sue Wagner, John Johnson, Patrick Catullo, Jillian Robbins, ZL Productions, John Gore Organization, James L. Nederlander, The Shubert Organization, Bruce Robert Harris, Kyle Valentine, The Cohn Sisters, IMAGINESPACE, Willette Klausner, Mickey Liddell & Pete Shilaimon, Stephanie P. McClelland, Albert Nocciolino, No Guarantees Productions, Palitz Wiesenfeld Productions, Joan Rechnitz, Winkler & Smalberg, Craig Balsam, Susan Rose, The Araca Group, Melissa Chamberlain & Michael McCartney, Matthew & Joseph Deitch, Jonathan Demar, Gulfstream Pictures, Hot Asphalt Productions, Jim Kierstead, Art Koski, Stella La Rue, Ken Levitan, Lloyd Tichio Productions, Jon B. Platt, Linda B. Rubin, Bellanca Smigel Rutter, Scott & Grace Shickler, Randy Jones Toll & Steven Toll, John Voege, J. Bergère & S. Mauro, Cohen-Gutterman Productions, and deRoy & Trezza

 

GIANT

Music Box Theatre

Written by Mark Rosenblatt

Directed by Nicholas Hytner

Produced by Brian & Dayna Lee, Stephanie Kramer & Nicole Kramer, Josh Fiedler & Robyn Goodman, Royal Court Theatre, Tilted, Federman Koenigsberg TS Perakos, Scott M Delman & Timothy C. Headington, Stephanie P. McClelland, Jessica R. Jenen & Linda B. Rubin, Tom Smedes & Peter Stern, Mark Rubinstein LTD, Pam Hurst-Della Pietra & Stephen Della Pietra, Ruth Hendel, Daryl Roth, Tom Tuft, Four Front Productions, A Golden Ticket Production, Willette Klausner & Tom D’Angora, Kuhnsabi Furman Furie, Alex Levy & Shari Redstone, Oddly Specific Productions, Rialto Productions, Winkler & Smalberg, The Shubert Organization, James L. Nederlander, and John Gore Organization

 

KYOTO 

Lincoln Center Theater

Written by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson

Directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin

Associate Director: Ed Burnside

Produced by Lincoln Center Theater (Lear deBessonet, Kewsong Lee Artistic Director; Mike Schleifer, Managing Director) by arrangement with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Good Chance Theatre, Rachel Styne, and Jessica Foung

 

LIBERATION

James Earl Jones Theatre

Written by Bess Wohl

Directed by Whitney White

Associate Director: Annabel Heacock

Produced by Daryl Roth, Eva Price, Rachel Sussman and Jenny Gersten; Co-Produced by Betsy Dollinger, FineWomen Productions, Craig Balsam / Broadway Women’s Fund, Jessica Goldman Foung / Rachel Styne, Michelle Noh / Todd B. Rubin, Gold Sky Productions, MHSSP Productions, Creative Partners Productions, Sheri Henriksen, Hopkins Haffner Wright, Pam Hurst-Della Pietra, Ellie Hurwitz, Willette Klausner, Hilary Ley Jager, Los Angeles Media Fund, Jonathan Littman, Isabelle Mann, Practical Mayhem, Jenna Segal, Tracy Chutorian Semler, Marcy Syms and The Weisbrots; Presenting the production by the Roundabout Theatre Company (Scott Ellis, Interim Artistic Director; Sydney Beers, Executive Producer; Christopher Nave CFRE, Chief Advancement Director)

 

MARCEL ON THE TRAIN

Classic Stage Company

Co-written by Marshall Pailet and Ethan Slater

Directed by Marshall Pailet

Assistant Director: JuJu Jaworski

Presented by Classic Stage Company (Jill Rafson, Producing Artistic Director; Preston Whiteway, Interim Managing Director) presented through special arrangement with Mix and Match Productions (Maxwell Beer and Mitch Marois)

 

THE MONSTERS

Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center

Written and Directed by Ngozi Anyanwu

Associate Director: Leandra Torres Santiago

Produced by Manhattan Theatre Club (Nicki Hunter, Artistic Director; Chris Jennings, Executive Director) and Two River Theater (Justin Waldman, Artistic Director; Nora DeVeau-Rosen, Managing Director)

 

PRINCE FAGGOT

Playwrights Horizons/Soho Rep, Studio Seaview

Written by Jordan Tannahill

Directed by Shayok Misha Chowdhury

Associate Director: Jack Serio

Produced by Playwrights Horizons (Adam Greenfield, Artistic Director; Casey York, Managing Director; Noah Silva, General Manager) and Soho Rep (Cynthia Flowers, Caleb Hammons, Eric Ting, Directors); Studio Seaview transfer produced by bb², Seaview, LD Entertainment, Playwrights Horizons, and Soho Rep

 

RHEOLOGY 

Playwrights Horizons, The Bushwick Starr

Written and directed by Shayok Misha Chowdhury

in collaboration with Bulbul Chakraborty

Directing Consultant: Caitlin Ryan O’Connell 

Associate Director: Kedian Keohan

Associate Direction/Additional Dramaturgy: Lindsay Tanner

Produced by Playwrights Horizons (Adam Greenfield, Artistic Director; Casey York, Managing Director; Noah Silva, General Manager), The Bushwick Starr (Noel Allain, Artistic Director; Sue Kessler, Creative Director; Lucy Jackson, Producing Director); Originally produced by The Bushwick Starr, HERE Arts Center (Jesse Cameron Alick, Annalisa Dias, Lanxing Fu, Co-Directors), and Ma-Yi Theater Company (Ralph B. PeĂąa, Producing Artistic Director; Jakob Carter, Executive Producer)

 

SPREAD

Written by JesĂşs I. Valles

Directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo

Assistant Director: Angela Reynoso

Produced by INTAR Theatre (Nidia Medina, Artistic Director) and Radio Drama Network, in association with the Royal Exchange Theatre

BEACHES, A NEW MUSICAL

Majestic Theatre

Book by Iris Rainer Dart and Thom Thomas; Music by Mike Stoller; Lyrics by Iris Rainer Dart

Co-Directed by Lonny Price and Matt Cowart

Associate Director: Neil Robinson

Produced by Jennifer Maloney-Prezioso, Ryan Bogner & Tracey McFarland for Broadway & Beyond Theatricals / Alison Spiriti & Justin Sudds for Right Angle Entertainment, Jeffrey Simno / Molly Mahoney, Douglas McJannet for Arden Entertainment, Craig Senyk, Next Table Entertainment, Stephen Mitchell Brown, Joyce & Wally Senney

Tamara Tunie / Maxine Lapiduss, Patty Baker, Jean Taylor / David Stillman, Leisa Creo / Candace Matthews, Wes Hall / Didi Wong, D’Angora Padgett Productions / Willette Klausner-Awesome Daughters, Crossroads Live, The John Gore Organization, Michelle Soutier/ Noah Lands, Marcy Syms/ Jennifer Spiegel Berman, Theatre Calgary

 

BEAU THE MUSICAL

St. Luke’s Theatre

Concept, Book, Lyrics, and Music by Douglas Lyons; Music by Ethan D. Pakchar

Directed by Josh Rhodes

Associate Director: Lee Wilkins

Produced by Bryan McCaffrey, Leah Michalos, and Joey Parnes in association with Out of the Box Theatrics (Elizabeth Flemming, Producing Artistic Director) and The Storyline Project; Co-Produced by Lindsay Gates, City Cowboy Productions, Noah Eisenberg, Jessica Sporn, Kyle Rogers & Lauren Weinberger, peer music & Steve and Cindy Chao, Leachman Feigelson Productions, Alex Robertson, Let’s Make Magic Inc, and Norm Lewis.

 

BIGFOOT

New York City Center

Written by Amber Ruffin, David A. Schmoll and Kevin Sciretta

Directed by Danny Mefford

Associate Director: ZoĂŤ Adams

Produced by Benson Drive Productions (George Strus, CEO), David Carter, Frankly Spoken Productions, The Shubert Organization, Robin Thede, Carson Gleberman, Sean Nyberg, Adam Riemer, Stark Sands in association with Manhattan Theatre Club (Nicki Hunter, Artistic Director; Chris Jennings, Executive Director)

 

THE LOST BOYS

Palace Theatre

Book by David Hornsby and Chris Hoch; Music by The Rescues; Lyrics by The Rescues; Based on the film “The Lost Boys,” distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, story by James Jeremias and Janice Roberta Fischer

Directed by Michael Arden

Associate Director: Henry Gottfried

Assistant Director: Caroline Fairweather

Produced by James Carpinello, Marcus Chait, and Patrick Wilson, James L. Nederlander, At Rise Creative, Ayesha & Stephen Curry, Lauren Shuler Donner, Neil Patrick Harris, Douglas Sills, Slash, Kiefer Sutherland, Steve Young, Amy & Grady Burnett, Allison Bloom & Gabriel Mann, Hunter Arnold, Eastern Standard Time, DJD Productions/ZK Productions, Jay Marcus/Carl Moellenberg, Stark Sands, Jordan Silver/Kerri Mandelbaum, James Bolosh & Hillary Wyatt, Creative Partners Productions, Decca Broadway/Federal Films, Independent Presenters Network, The John Gore Organization, Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley/Leah Lane, McAdoo Entertainment, Murray Entertainment Inc., Oddly Specific Productions, The Shubert Organization, Toho Inc., We R Broadway Artists Alliance, Stage Entertainment, Carrie & Joe Staley, W Thompson Family, Drew Elhamalawy/David & Kirsten Abdo, Brandon Blaser/Davis-Carroll, Crossroads Live/Marla McNally Phillips, Anthony & Maria Diaco/D’Angora Padgett Productions, Nancy Glass/Handler-Pawliuk Family, Grove Entertainment/K Live Entertainment, Howard-DePhillips/Jamie Stone O’Brien, Pamela Hurst-Della Pietra/Polly & Ed Han, Willette Klausner/Waikit Lau, Knudsen-Weissberger Productions/April Dovey Productions, Nabatoff-Caise/Sean Nyberg, Andy Raab/Ratelle-Eliason, Orfeh/Braedon Young, David & Megan Scacco/Jason & Sarah Sobel, Jason Taylor/Michael Graf and Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures. Executive Producer: Devin Keudell

 

MEXODUS

Minetta Lane Theatre, Daryl Roth Theatre

Written and performed by Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson

Directed by David MendizĂĄbal

Associate Director: Irvin Mason Jr.

Produced by Audible Theater (Kate Navin, Artistic Producer) and P3 Productions (Ben Holtzman, Sammy Lopez, and Fiona Howe Rudin) in association with Gabrielle Palitz, Gina Maria Leonetti, Todd B. Rubin, Willette and Manny Klausner, Adam Zell & Co, MTTM Theatrics, Thompson Creative Group/Balsam Levitan, QM Productions / The Movement Theatre Company, Bright & Shiny Productions/DKIM Caldwell, Barzach Productions/Brian Guy, Erica Berger/Studebaker Theater, Drama Club/Rick Feldman.

 

MY JOY IS HEAVY

New York Theatre Workshop

Created and performed by The Bengsons

Directed by Rachel Chavkin

Associate Director: Abbey Joan Burgess

Produced by New York Theatre Workshop (Patricia McGregor, Artistic Director; Maya Choldin, Managing Director)

 

NIGHT SIDE SONGS

Claire Tow Theater

Words and Music by The Lazours

Developed with and Directed byTaibi Magar

Produced by Lincoln Center Theater/ LCT3 (Lear deBessonet, Kewsong Lee Artistic Director; Mike Schleifer, Managing Director)

 

SATURDAY CHURCH

New York Theatre Workshop

Book and additional lyrics by Damon Cardasis and James Ijames; Music and Lyrics by Sia; Additional music by Honey Dijon

Directed by Whitney White

Associate Director: Jerrica White

Produced by New York Theatre Workshop (Patricia McGregor, Artistic Director; Maya Choldin, Managing Director) by special arrangement with Tim Levy and Cindy Tolan

 

SCHMIGADOON!

Nederlander Theatre

Book, Music and Lyrics by Cinco Paul

Directed by Christopher Gattelli

Associate Director: Bethany Samuelson Pettigrew

Produced by Lorne Michaels, Micah Frank, and Caroline Maroney on behalf of Broadway Video and Christine Schwarzman and Megan O’Keefe on behalf of No Guarantees Productions, Marylee Fairbanks, James L. Nederlander, Charles D. Urstadt, Charles D. Urstadt, Bradford & Melissa Coolidge, Jeffrey Finn, John Gore Organization, Sams Entertainment, Cinco Paul, Andrew Singer, Leah Bergoffen/Andrew Paradis, Wendy Bingham Cox / Jodi Oh, Jamie deRoy / TT Partners, Willette Klausner / Kolson-Prisand, Marc David Levine / Jack Sullivan, Broadway Video, Apple TV, Universal Theatrical Group. Associate Producer: Hannah Rowen and Taylor Tranfaglia

 

THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS

The Public Theater

Adaptation, Music, and Lyrics by Ethan Lipton; Based upon the play The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder

Directed by Leigh Silverman

Associate Director: Hawley Gould

Produced by The Public Theater (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director; Patrick Willingham, Executive Director)

 

TITANÍQUE

St. James Theatre

Powered by the music of CÊline Dion; Co-Created by Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle, and Constantine Rousouli 

Directed by Tye Blue

Associate Director: Billie Aken-Tyers

Produced by Eva Price, Diamond Dog Entertainment, Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli, Tye Blue, OD Company / OD Universe & Co., MEP, James L. Nederlander, Tristan Schukraft, Joey Fatone & Joe Mulvihill, Matt Rogers, Bowen Yang, Deborah Cox & Melissa Haizlip, Patty Baker, James Berwind, Broadway MDs, Crossroads Live, Ken Davenport, Hungryman Entertainment, John Gore Organization, Perakos-Fellman Adventures, Rogers & Spiro, Monica Saunders-Weinberg, ShowTown Productions & Matthew Sycle, Tom Tuft, JC Chasez / Boucher & Grant, IPN / NSST Entertainment, Jelmoni & Lazar / Lauren Kennedy Brady, D’Angora Padgett Productions / Willette Klausner, Scott & Mark Hoying / Manhead Merch, Griffin Schultz / Donald Smith, and FGSW Productions / Iris Smith

 

TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK)

Longacre Theatre

Book by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan; Music by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan; Lyrics by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan; Music orchestrated by Lux Pyramid; Musical Director: Ted Arthur

Directed by Tim Jackson

Associate Director: Asmeret Ghebremichael

Lead Producer: Kevin McCollum, Tim Johanson, Glass Half Full Productions, and Jamie Wilson Productions; Co-Produced by Evan McGill, Dennis Trunfio, Abrams Corr Riemer Productions, Marc David Levine & Stephen S. Miller, Laura Lonergan, James L. Nederlander, Michael Patrick & Paul Gavrani, Merrie L. Davis / Tony Spinosa & Barbara Gallay, Walport Productions, Agrawal & PBT / JKDNV Productions, Aleff & Nothing Ventured / Flatto Turchin, Pam & Stephen Della Pietra, Nicole Eisenberg / Willette & Manny Klausner, Liddell Shilaimon / John Voege, Cecilia Lin / Wanyue Jie, Kevin Shen / We Believe, The Transatlantic Alliance / IPN, Oki Wallace-Phoebe / Laurie Tisch & Greg Field, Clemmie Forfar, Oliver Mackwood, Victoria Weinberg, and Lucas McMahon; Presenting the production by the Kiln Theatre; Associate Producers: Jack Eidson, Jonny Godbold, Amy Hetherington, Harrison Rose, and Evan Shalat

ANNA CHRISTIE

St. Ann’s Warehouse

Written by Eugene O’Neill

Directed by Thomas Kail

Associate Director: Dianna Weiner

Produced by St. Ann’s Warehouse (Susan Feldman, Artistic Director; Erik Wallin, Executive Producer; Lianna Portnoy, Managing Director)

BECKY SHAW

Hayes Theater

Written by Gina Gionfriddo

Directed by Trip Cullman

Associate Director: Ryan Dobrin

Produced by Second Stage Theater (Evan Cabnet, Artistic Director; Adam Siegel, Executive Director), in association with Creative Partners Productions

 

THE BROTHERS SIZE

The Shed

Written by Tarell Alvin McCraney

Co-Directed by Tarell Alvin McCraney and Bijan Sheibani

Associate Director: Kemar Jewel

Co-produced by The Shed (Alex Poots, Artistic Director; Meredith “Max” Hodges, CEO) and Geffen Playhouse (Tarell Alvin McCraney, Artistic Director; Gil Cates, Jr., Executive Director/CEO)

 

BUG
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

Written by Tracy Letts

Directed by David Cromer

Associate Director: ZoĂŤ Adams

Produced by Manhattan Theatre Club (Nicki Hunter, Artistic Director; Chris Jennings, Executive Director) in association with Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Glenn Davis and Audrey Francis, Artistic Directors; Brooke Flanagan, Executive Director) 

 

DEATH OF A SALESMAN

Winter Garden Theatre

Written by Arthur Miller

Directed by Joe Mantello

Associate Director: Lily Dyble

Produced by Scott Rudin, Barry Diller, Roy Furman, Composite Capital Partners, Cue to Cue Productions, Thomas Tuft, John Gore Organization, Peter May, The Shubert Organization, Jane Bergère, Corey Brunish & Spencer Dress, Lynee & Marvin Garelick, Bruce Robert Harris & Sean Nyberg, Alex Levy & Shari Redstone, Lloyd Tichio Productions, William C. Martin, Scott H. Mauro, Jeffrey Schoenberg, Emerald Drive, Al Nocciolino

 

EVERY BRILLIANT THING

Hudson Theatre

Written by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe

Directed by Jeremy Herrin and Duncan Macmillan

Associate Director: Laura Dupper and David Hull

Produced by Second Half Productions, Seaview, Gavin Kalin Productions, Pam Hurst-Della Pietra & Stephen Della Pietra; Co-produced by Rodeo Productions and Tilted, Winkler & Smalberg, ZL Productions, Tom Tuft, Larry Lelli, Grace Street Creative, Salem Productions, Barbara Chiodo, Cohen-Gutterman Productions, The Array IX, Julie Boardman, Kate Cannova, Creative Partners Productions, JMB Collective, Mickey Liddell & Pete Shilaimon, Oren Michels, Carl Moellenberg, Origin Story Productions, Roth-Manella Productions, Echo Lake Entertainment, P3 Productions, Jamie deRoy, and FineWomen Productions; Presented in association with Paines Plough and Lucie Lovatt

 

FALLEN ANGELS

Todd Haimes Theatre

Written by NoĂŤl Coward

Directed by Scott Ellis

Assistant Director: Bibiana Torres

Produced by Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, President/CEO in memoriam; Scott Ellis, Interim Artistic Director; Sydney Beers, Executive Producer; Christopher Nave CFRE, Chief Advancement Director; Rebecca Habel, Managing Director)

 

GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES

Lucille Lortel Theatre

Written by Rajiv Joseph

Directed by Neil Pepe

Associate Director: Francesca Sabel

Produced by Seaview, Sue Wagner, John Johnson, Jillian Robbins, Adam Zell, Stella La Rue, Willette Klausner, Joan Rechnitz, Kyle Valentine, Bergère Cohen Productions, Steinfast & Moellenberg, Imaginspace, No Guarantees, Melissa Chamberlain & Michael McCartney, and deRoy & Trezza, by special arrangement with the Lucille Lortel Theatre

 

JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE

Ethel Barrymore Theatre

Written by August Wilson

Directed by Debbie Allen

Associate Director: David Blackwell

Produced by Brian Anthony Moreland, Tyler Perry, Kandi Burruss, The Apollo, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, Shamea Morton Mwangi, RR Fund 2, Charles D. Urstadt, Score 3 Partners, Timothy J. Adams & Sheila R. Tillerson Adams, Creative Partners Productions, Draper Moore Productions, John Gore Organization, Je’Caryous Johnson, Michael Katz, Willette Klausner, David Kobrin, Ubuntu, Dr. Yolanda Ragland, Lu-Shawn M. Thompson, The Shubert Organization, Gayle Jennings-O’Byrne, Christopher A. Reid/Shannon Nash, Jackson Chery/Chandler Young,  Lloyd Tichio Productions / Javon Ford, Sean Nyberg / Jacquelyn Bell Kearney, Prof. Pat Parks / James L. Walker, Jr., Valencia Yearwood/Suzan Johnson Cook, Melonie Carnegie/Theatre Nerd Productions, Phyllis Newhouse/Michelle Falconer, Mona Scott-Young/ Dr. Jatali Bellanton, Michael & Jacqueline Lopez, Gabriel Szajnert, and Constanza Romero-Wilson

 

PROOF

Booth Theatre

Written by David Auburn

Directed by Thomas Kail

Associate Director: Tiffany Nichole Greene

Produced by Mike Bosner, Thomas Kail, Higher Ground, Jeffrey A. Sine, AEG Presents / Jay Marciano, Miranda Gohh, Origin Story Productions, Viajes Miranda, Pam Hurst-Della Pietra and Stephen Della Pietra, John Gore Organization, Lehman Oki Productions, LRBC Productions, LAMF Nyberg, No Guarantees Productions, Nothing Ventured Productions, Riccardo Schmid, The Council, The Shubert Organization, TPOC Strus, and Andy Jones

 

TWELFTH NIGHT

Delacorte Theatre

Written by William Shakespeare

Directed by Saheem Ali

Associate Director: Jess Slaght

Produced by The Public Theater (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director; Patrick Willingham, Executive Director)

 

YOU GOT OLDER

Cherry Lane Theatre

Written by Clare Barron

Directed by Anne Kauffman

Associate Director: Francesca Sabel

Produced by Cherry Lane Theatre (Noah Gillard, Head of A24 Live; Dani Raitand, Head of Programming) and Matt Ross; Co-Producers: Crooked Letter, Joe Hetterly, Eric Kuhn and Adam Rodner, Concord Theatricals, Amplify Pictures/Gregory Hosono, Michael Ngo/Salem Productions, and David Thomas Tao/Rosemary and Kenneth Willman

THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE

New World Stages

Music and Lyrics by William Finn; Book by Rachel Sheinkin; Conceived by Rebecca Feldman; Additional Material by Jay Reiss

Directed by Danny Mefford

Associate Director: NJ Agwuna

Produced by Barbara Whitman, Aaron Glick, and Timothy Bloom, with co-producers James L. Nederlander, Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Debra Martin Chase, Rachel Sussman, Patrick Catullo, and Ryan Solomon; presented by special arrangement with David Stone

 

BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL

New York City Center

Story and Book by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming; Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe

Directed by Alex Timbers

Associate Director: Mary Cynthia McGowan

Produced by New York City Center (Michael S. Rosenberg, President/CEO; Jenny Gersten, Vice President and Artistic Director, Musical Theater)

 

CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL

Broadhurst Theatre
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Based on “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” by T.S. Eliot; Lyrics by T.S. Eliot; Additional lyrics for “Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats” by Trevor Nunn and Richard Stilgoe; “Memory” lyric, based on poems by T.S. Eliot, written by Trevor Nunn

Directed by Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch

Associate Director: Cooper Howell and N’yomi Allure Stewart

Produced by Michael Harrison for Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals and Mike Bosner by arrangement with LW Entertainment, Cynthia Erivo, John Legend and Mike Jackson’s Get Lifted Film Co., LaChanze, Jeremy Pope, Law Roach, Lena Waithe, Origin Story Productions, Miranda Gohh, George Strus, William Berlind, Timothy Bloom / Martinez Grimmett Productions / Drama Club Productions, Adam Kantor & Charly Jaffe, Alex Levy & Shari Redstone, Kevin Cahoon, AEG Presents / Jay Marciano, D’Angora Padgett Productions / Open Horizon, Gavin Kalin Productions, Jake Hine, Nederlander Presentations, Scott Mauro Entertainment / Leachman Feigelson Productions, Lindsay Holmes, Sean Nyberg, MeoWZ Productions, Nelson & Tao, TFLO Theatricals, artEquity Acton, Bob Boyett, Chimney Town, Cloth Fair Productions, Crooked Letter, DJD Productions, DudaMarcus, EK Productions, Lian Bloch Gill, Grace Street Creative, Lisa Hane, Harris LaneDo Productions, Hill Steinfast, John Gore Organization, Key to the City Productions, Willette Klausner, Klive Entertainment, L + E + N + Z Entertainment, LBH Productions, Christina Liceaga, LTJOF Productions, Lucky Tea Productions, Gates McCaffrey, Mount Caperton Productions, Mumby Foung, Mark Musico, Debbie Ohanian, Ryan R. Ratelle, Adam Riemer, Second Set, The Shubert Organization, The Brians, The Theater Offensive, Theatre Producers of Color, and Andy Jones; Presenting the production by The Perelman Performing Arts Center / PAC NYC; Produced by arrangement with LW Entertainment Limited

 

CHESS

Imperial Theatre

New book by Danny Strong; Music by Benny Andersson, Tim Rice and BjĂśrn Ulvaeus; Lyrics by Benny Andersson, Tim Rice and BjĂśrn Ulvaeus; Based on an idea by Tim Rice

Directed by Michael Mayer

Associate Director: Johanna McKeon; Assistant Director: Fernando Parra BortĂ­

Produced by Tom Hulce, Robert Ahrens, The Shubert Organization, Creative Partners Productions, Mary Maggio, Nederlander Presentations, Inc., Stephen & Nancy Gabriel, Carl Moellenberg, Danny Strong, Benny Andersson, Tim Rice, BjĂśrn Ulvaeus, Ludvig Andersson, Robert Fox, Lea Michele, Scott Abrams, 2 On The Aisle, The Broadway Investor’s Club, Ruth Hendel, John Gore Organization, Michael Mayer & Stark Sands, Judith Ann Abrams & Peter May, James Bolosh & Hillary Wyatt, Ira Pittelman, Kate Cannova, Jamie deRoy, Chema’s Checkmates, Bradford & Melissa Coolidge, Jonathan Farkas, Jeffrey Finn, Willette & Manny Klausner, Kors Le Pere Theatricals, Lang Entertainment Group , Maestro Invest, Stephanie P. McClelland, No Guarantees Productions, Ostar, Adam Riemer, Vivek J. Tiwary, Tom Tuft, Lee / Schild, Bijoux / Glass, Byrnes Lamon, DaVault Braun, Dickinson / Federman, Kolson / Prisand, Mo Maxi, Nabatoff / Kamler, Trichter Fink, Burkhardt Stern, and O’Connor / YSSM; Produced by arrangement with Three Knights, The Shubert Organization, and Robert Fox Ltd.

 

THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS

Conceived and adapted by Lee Breuer; Music composed by Bob Telson; Original Lyrics by Lee Breuer; Adapted Lyrics by Bob Telson and Lee Breuer

Directed by Shayok Misha Chowdhury

Associate Director: Sam Morreale

Produced by Little Island (Zack Winokur, Producing Artistic Director; Laura Clement, Executive Director)

 

HEATHERS THE MUSICAL

Book, music and lyrics by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe

Based on the film written by Daniel Waters

Directed by Andy Fickman

Associate Director: Taylor Haven Holt

Produced by Bill Kenwright Ltd., Paul Taylor-Mills, Jerry Goehring, Madison Mohn, Phil Kenny, Scott Prisand/Rob Kolson, Broadway Investor’s Club, John Gore Organization, No Guarantees Productions, Willette and Manny Klausner, Aron Tomko and Gabe Alves, Carl Moellenberg, The Shubert Organization, Inc., Nick Padgett/Vasi Laurence, Andrew Patino/Chris Devlin, Richard Batchelder, David Alperson, Carlos Candal and Paul Mansfield, 42nd.club/SunnySpot Productions, Annjen Productions/David Treatman Creative, Andrew Paradis/Kelly Lamor Wilson, Charlie Hitchcock/Ben Feldman, Michael Cohen/Robin Reinach, Jesse and Kathy McKendry, Alexander Robertson and Oliver Ives Indictor, Backstreets Productions, Louis Santor, Adam Cohen, Nicholas Kaiser

Executive Producer: Tim Smith, Pemberley Productions

 

MASQUERADE 

Book by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber; Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Charles Hart

Directed by Diane Paulus

Associate Director: Hunter Bird and Marc Kimelman

Produced by Randy Weiner by Special Arrangement with LW Entertainment

 

ORATORIO FOR LIVING THINGS

Written by Heather Christian

Directed by Lee Sunday Evans

Associate Director: Liza Couser

Produced by Signature Theatre (Emily Shooltz, Artistic Director; Timothy J. McClimon, Executive Director)

 

RAGTIME

Vivian Beaumont Theater

Book by Terrence McNally; Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow

Directed by Lear deBessonet

Associate Director: Victoria Davidjohn

Assistant Director: Nathaniel P. Claridad

Produced by Lincoln Center Theater (Lear deBessonet, Kewsong Lee Artistic Director; Mike Schleifer, Managing Director); Produced in association with Tom Kirdahy, Kevin Ryan, Robert Greenblatt, Lamar Richardson, Thomas M. Neff, Roy and Jill Furman, Stephanie P. McClelland, Michael Page, Acton Rothschild Productions / Willette and Manny Klausner, Alexander-Taylor Deignan / Jay and Mary Sullivan, D’Angora Padgett Productions / Janet and Marvin Rosen, Maggio Lane / Rubin Bolosh, and Peter May / Coluzzi Cohen

 

RICHARD O’BRIEN’S THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW

Studio 54

Book by Richard O’Brien; Music by Richard O’Brien; Lyrics by Richard O’Brien

Directed by Sam Pinkleton

Associate Director: Kedian Keohan

Produced by Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, President/CEO (in memoriam); Scott Ellis, Interim Artistic Director; Sydney Beers, Executive Producer; Christopher Nave, Chief Advancement Director; Rebecca Habel, Incoming Managing Director) in association with Trafalgar Entertainment and the Dodgers

 

THE WILD PARTY

New York City Center

Music and Lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa; Book by Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe  

Directed by Lili-Anne Brown

Associate Director: Irvin Mason Jr.

Produced by New York City Center (Michael S. Rosenberg, President/CEO; Jenny Gersten, Vice President and Artistic Director, Musical Theater)

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

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 MendizĂĄbal

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!

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

AndrĂŠ 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

AndrĂŠ 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, TitanĂ­que

Lizan Mitchell, Cold War Choir Practice

Aigner Mizzelle, The Monsters

ChloĂŤ 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, TitanĂ­que

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

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Keeping in the tradition of honoring the outstanding accomplishments of the theatrical community, as they have since 1935, The Drama League Awards will be bestowed in the following competitive categories:

  • Distinguished Performance Award
  • Outstanding Direction of a Play
  • Outstanding Direction of a Musical
  • Outstanding Production of a Play
  • Outstanding Production of a Musical
  • Outstanding Revival of a Play
  • Outstanding Revival of a Musical

Broadway and Off-Broadway (non-virtual only) productions eligible for the 2026 Drama League Awards must be in preview performances between April 21, 2025, and April 18, 2026 (inclusive of evening performances).

HONORARY COMMITTEE

The following members of our Honorary Committee will be hosting our

Pre-Luncheon Cocktail Reception at 10AM.

Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston is an Academy Award nominee, and an Emmy, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, Tony, and Olivier Award winner.

 

He is currently starring in Ivo Van Hove’s West End stage production of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, alongside Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Paapa Essiedu. Cranston recently starred in Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s THE STUDIO for Apple TV+. THE STUDIO season 2 will go into production this spring. He is reprising his role as “Hal” in MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE: LIFE’S STILL UNFAIR airing on Disney+ in April 2026. In 2025 Cranston re-teamed with Wes Anderson on film for THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME, and starred in Lionsgate’s EVERYTHING’S GOING TO BE GREAT opposite Allison Janney. 

 

On television, Cranston is best known for his portrayals of Walter White on AMC’s BREAKING BAD and as Hal in Fox’s MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE. He starred and executive produced Showtime’s hit drama series, YOUR HONOR.

   

In 2014 Cranston made his Broadway debut as President Lyndon B. Johnson in ALL THE WAY. The play was developed into a feature film by the same name, which he produced under his company, Moonshot Entertainment.  Additionally, Cranston starred in the Broadway run of NETWORK directed by Ivo Van Hove based on the iconic film by Paddy Chayefsky, which transferred to Broadway from London’s National Theatre.

 

And as an author, Cranston is a New York Times bestselling author of A LIFE IN PARTS. In the book, he revisits the many parts he’s played on and off camera and uncovers the transformative power of hard work.

 

In 2019, Cranston and his Breaking Bad co-star, Aaron Paul, released an artisanal Mezcal, “Dos Hombres,” which has grown to become the 5th bestselling mezcal in the United States.

Nathan Lane

Nathan Lane is a three-time Tony winner and an eight time Emmy nominee, winning for his role as Teddy Dimas in Only Murders in the Building. He returns to Broadway this spring in the revival of Death of a Salesman directed by Joe Mantello and co-stars in the new film Cut Off with Jonah Hill and Kristen Wiig. 

 

He has appeared in 25 Broadway plays since 1982 including Present Laughter, Guys and Dolls, Forum, The Producers, Waiting For Godot, and Angels in America. Film and TV credits include: The Birdcage, The Lion King, Beau Is Afraid, Mid-Century Modern, The Good Wife, Modern Family, The People vs. OJ, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, and The Gilded Age. Amongst many accolades he has received two Golden Globe nominations, two Daytime Emmys, the SAG Award, seven Drama Desk Awards including the Hal Prince Lifetime Achievement Award, the Drama League Distinguished Performance Award, the Olivier Award, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and in 2008 was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.

Photo Credit: Luke Fontana

John Lithgow

John Lithgow has long been regarded as one of America’s most distinguished performers. He has made an indelible impression on audiences with his work in film, television and the theater, receiving two Tonys, six Emmys, two Golden Globes, four SAG Awards and two Oscar nominations. Lithgow has appeared in a long list of critically acclaimed films, as far back as The World According to Garp and as recent as Conclave. He most recently starred in The Rule of Jenny Pen with Geoffrey Rush, and in the title role of JIMPA with Olivia Colman, which debuted at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.

 

Lithgow has starred in the hit TV shows “3rd Rock from the Sun,” “Dexter,” “The Crown,” and the recent “The Old Man” on FX. On stage, he has appeared on Broadway twenty-five times, including award-winning appearances in “The Changing Room,” “M. Butterfly,” “Requiem for a Heavyweight,” and the musicals “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” and “The Sweet Smell of Success.” Upcoming, Lithgow will be seen as ‘Dumbledore’ in the “Harry Potter” series for HBO.

 

In November, Lithgow concluded a sold-out run of “Giant” at London’s Royal Court Theatre, where he starred as Roald Dahl. The production then transferred to the Harold Pinter Theatre on the West End for a limited run in Spring 2025. Lithgow won an Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance, with “Giant” also earning the award for Best New Play.

 

For children, Lithgow has written several best-selling children’s picture books for Simon & Schuster. His recordings for kids have landed him four Grammy nominations , and he has appeared with a dozen major American orchestras in children’s concerts that feature many of his own songs. He wrote the narration for the New York City Ballet’s “Carnival of the Animals” in 2003 and danced the role of The Elephant.

 

In 2011, a warm reception greeted Lithgow’s memoir “Drama: An Actor’s Education,” published by Harper Collins. Since 2019, he has written and illustrated the “Dumpty Trilogy,” three books of political satire from Chronicle Prism which achieved the remarkable feat of landing Lithgow on the New York Times non-fiction bestseller list for three consecutive years.

 

Mr. Lithgow recently completed his term as co-chair of the Commission on the Arts of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, producing authoritative reports on America’s creative workforce and arts in education. The Commission’s deliberations also spawned Art Happens Here, a PBS documentary which highlights the importance of all the arts in the lives of young people.

Photo Credit: Kim Lang

Bebe Neuwirth

Bebe Neuwirth is a dancer/singer/actor from New Jersey. She’s enjoying a long successful career in Theatre, Television and Film. In 1980, she made her Broadway debut in A Chorus Line. She then appeared in Little Me, Dancin’, Sweet Charity – for which she won her first Tony Award, followed by Damn Yankees, Fosse, The Addams Family. Bebe won her second Tony, as well as the Drama Desk, Astaire, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama League Distinguished Performance of the Year Awards for her portrayal of Velma in Chicago. A few years later she returned as Roxie, and a few years after that as Mama Morton, making her the only triple-threat to have played all three leading ladies’ roles in Chicago on Broadway. Bebe’s Velma is recorded on the Grammy-winning cast album of Chicago. Most recently her performance as Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret won her a Drama Desk Award, and a Tony Award nomination. Her many diverse roles in Regional theatre and off-Broadway include Anita in West Side Story, Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Titania/Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Classic Stage Company, and The Bedwetter by Sarah Silverman at the Atlantic Theatre Company, among many others. In London’s West End, Bebe followed Chita Rivera into the role of Aurora in Kiss of the Spiderwoman. In 2005 she appeared in the critically acclaimed Here Lies Jenny, a music theatre piece comprised of music by Kurt Weill, at the Zipper Theatre. It was devised and directed by Roger Rees, and choreographed by Ann Reinking.

 

Bebe is well known for her work in film and television. She won two Emmy Awards for her role of Lilith Sternin Crane on Cheers, and gained Emmy nominations for her work on Frasier, and for her portrayal of Dorothy Parker in the TV movie Dash and Lilly. She’s been a guest on many tv shows including The Good Fight and Blue Bloods, and recently played Julia Child’s best friend Avis Devoto in HBOMax’s Julia. She has appeared in numerous films, including Say Anything, Green Card, Bugsy, Jumanji, Summer of Sam, Liberty Heights, The Faculty, and Tadpole. 

 

Animation voice is also in Bebe’s repertoire. Characters in films and tv shows include All Dogs go to Heaven, Aladdin (tv series), Duckman, Ultra City Smiths, etc. 

 

Ms. Neuwirth toured a symphony show, ‘Bebe Sings Weill and Kander & Ebb’, and a cabaret show, ‘Stories with Piano’. Her two CDs are a studio album called ‘Porcelain’, and a live performance recording from 54 Below called ‘Stories. . . in NYC’.

 

In November of 2023, Ms. Neuwirth was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame. Her awards include the CTFD Rolex Dance Award, the Dance Magazine Award, and the Sarah Siddons Society Award, among many others. As a vice-chair of The Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund), she founded The Dancers’ Resource – a program aimed at addressing the particular emotional and physical challenges faced by professional dancers. She has an Honorary Doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music, is an Honorary member of IATSE Local 1 (Stage Hands Union), and is an Honorary Zeigfeld Girl. 

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Dubbed “The Last Leading Man” by The New York Times, Brian Stokes Mitchell has built a distinguished, multifaceted career spanning over four decades. A Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award winner, he has starred in iconic Broadway productions including Kiss Me, Kate, Ragtime, Man of La Mancha, Shuffle Along, and King Hedley II. His Broadway debut in Mail earned him the Theatre World Award, and in 1998, he received the Drama League’s Distinguished Performance Award for Ragtime.

 

Stokes’s recent screen work includes the Netflix biopic Shirley opposite Regina King and Hulu’s Up Here. His TV credits range from his breakout role on Trapper John, M.D. to appearances in Glee, The Good Fight, Billions, Mr. Robot, Madam Secretary, and more. He has also appeared in films like tick, tick…BOOM!, Mapplethorpe, and Jumping the Broom.

 

A versatile performer and creator, Mitchell is also a voice-over artist, author, arranger, conductor, and record producer. He has headlined major concert halls and starred in acclaimed City Center Encores! productions including Love Life, Do Re Mi, Kismet, and Carnival.

In 2016, he received the Tony Awards’ Isabelle Stevenson Award for his humanitarian work. With his commanding stage presence and vocal brilliance, Brian Stokes Mitchell continues to be a singular force in American theater and beyond.

STEERING COMMITTEE

Bonnie Comley, Awards Co-Chair

Darin Oduyoye, Awards Co-Chair

  • Trish Chambers
  • Irene Gandy
  • Sarah Hutton
  • Jennifer Johnson-Blalock
  • Paula Kaminsky Davis
  • Fred Siegel
  • Kumiko Yoshii

*In Formation

The Drama League Board of Directors with 2026 Drama League Awards Nominations Announcement Co-Hosts Natalie Venetia Belcon and Corbin Bleu

 

Bonnie Comley, Awards Co-Chair

Darin Oduyoye, Awards Co-Chair

  • Trish Chambers
  • Irene Gandy
  • Sarah Hutton
  • Jennifer Johnson-Blalock
  • Paula Kaminsky Davis
  • Fred Siegel
  • Kumiko Yoshii

 

*In Formation

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J.P. Morgan

BroadwayHD

Darin Oduyoye

Creative Artists Agency

Jolene McCaw Family Foundation

Lisa Alexander-Taylor

Bob Boyett

Una Jackman / TALU Productions

John Gore Organization

Paula Kaminsky Davis

Lincoln Center Theater

The Lost Boys

Michelle Xing Martello

Nederlander Organization

Roundabout Theatre Company

Second Stage Theater

The Shubert Organization

Frederic J. and Barby K. Siegel

Mr. Ted Snowdon

Womens Independent
Producer Network

Audible

BRAN CASTLE

Creative Partners Productions

The Public Theater

WJP / Seaview

City National Bank

Daryl Roth Productions

Entertainment Community Fund

FineWomen Productions

GIANT

No Guarantees Productions

New York Theatre Workshop

Susan Stroman
& Victor Garber

TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK)

UTA

Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures

WME

Burnt Umber Productions

Trish Chambers

No Guarantees Productions

Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC)

Teague Theatrical Group

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