Past Winners/Honorees



The Drama Leauge Awards

| Distinguished Performance Award
| Distinguished Production of a Play
| Distinguished Production of a Musical
| Distinguished Revival (Play and Musical)
| Unique Contribution to the Theatre
| Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre
| The Julia Hansen Award for Excellence in Directing

| 2010 Drama League Awards Nominees

Drama League Benefit Honorees

2010 Honoree: Angela Lansbury

2009 Honoree: Stewart Lane and Bonnie Comley

2008 Honoree: Roger Berlind
Honorary Chairs: David Hyde Pierce

2007 Honoree: “From Stage to Screen”
Honorary Chairs: Harry Connick Jr. and Kelli O’Hara

2006 Honoree: “So In Love” Valentine’s Show
Honorary Chairs: Hugh Jackman

2005 Honoree: Betty Comden & Adolph Green
Honorary Chairs: Antonio Banderas & Melanie Grittith

2004 Honoree:  Antonio Banderas & Melanie Grittith
Honorary Chair:  Jerry Orbach

2003 Honoree: Jerry Orbach
Honorary Chair: Liz Smith

2002 Honoree: Liz Smith

2001 Honoree: Chita Rivera
Honorary Chairs: Kander & Ebb

2000 Honoree:  Liza Minnelli
Honorary Chairs: Kander & Ebb

1999 Honoree: Rosie O’Donnell
Honorary Patron: Hillary Rodham Clinton
Honorary Chair: Julie Andrews

1998 Honoree: Terrence McNally

1997 Honoree: Cy Coleman

1996 Honoree: Jerry Zaks

1995 Honoree: Hammerstein, Hart, Rodgers
Honorary Chairs: William Hammerstein, Dorothy Hart, Mary Rodgers

1994 Honorees: James Lapine, Joseph Stein, Peter Stone (Librettists)

1993 Honorees: Lee Adams, Betty Comden, Fred Ebb, Adolph Green, Sheldon Harnick, Richard Maltby, Jr.,  Harold Rome, David Zippel (Lyricists)

1992 Honorees: George Forrest, Marvin Hamlisch, Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Herman, John Kander, Galt McDermot, Alan Menken, Harvey Schmidt, Stephen Schwartz, Charles Strouse, Robert Wright (Composers)

1991 Honorees: Kander & Ebb

1990 Honoree:  Jule Styne
Honorary Chair: Mary Martin

1989 Honoree: Hal Prince
Honorary Chairs: Leonard Bernstein, Gwen Verdon

1987 Honoree: Andrew Lloyd Webber

1986 Honorary Chairs: Stockard Channing, Alfred Drake