The Drama League Awards
The 88th Annual Drama League Awards
will be presented in person
at The Ziegfeld Ballroom
on Friday, May 20, 2022 at 12:00PM
HONOREES
Hugh
Jackman
Distinguished Achievement
in Musical Theater
Lileana
Blain-Cruz
Founders Award for
Excellence in Directing
Billy
Crystal
Contribution to the
Theater Award
Willette
Murphy Klausner
Gratitude Award
Congratulations to all of this year’s nominees!
Thank you to our Nominations Announcement Co-Hosts Denée Benton and André De Shields.
Miss the announcement? Watch the reading of the nominees on The Drama League’s YouTube channel.
Steering Committee*
Bonnie Comley, Awards Chair
Kirk Iwanowski, Committee Co-Chair
Mary Jain, Committee Co-Chair
Donna Daniels
Irene Gandy
Sarah Hutton
Una Jackman
Paula Kaminsky Davis
Joseph Pizza
Townsend Teague
Kumiko Yoshii
2022 VIP Table Sponsors
BroadwayHD
Caiola Productions
John Gore Organization
J.P. Morgan Next List
The Music Man
Nederlander Organization
Joseph & Lauren Pizza / Sceneworks Studios
Iris Smith
A Strange Loop
COMPANY
Hadestown/ Mara Isaacs, Dale Franzen, Hunter Arnold and Tom Kirdahy
Kirk Iwanowski & Steven Cohen
Una Jackman & Jay Alix /
Talu Productions & Lakeview Productions
Mary Dunn, Mary Jain & Christine Rendano
Paula Kaminsky Davis
The Lehman Trilogy
Lincoln Center Theater
Stan Ponte & John Metzner
The Public Theater
Second Stage Theater
The Shubert Organization
Sarah Hutton
MJ the Musical
POTUS
RBC Wealth Management
SIX
Teague Theatrical Group
Ticketmaster
Among the many highlights of the 2022 Awards Ceremony will be the historic inclusion of two new competitive awards:
Outstanding Direction of a Play
Outstanding Direction of a Musical.
Keeping in the tradition of honoring the outstanding accomplishments of the theatrical community as they have since 1935, Drama League Awards will be bestowed in the following competitive categories, in addition to the new directing categories:
Distinguished Performance Award
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 in previews between March 16, 2021 and April 23, 2022 were eligible for the 2022 Drama League Awards.
Have questions on how to sponsor or purchase a ticket to the event?
Contact events@dramaleague.org.
All press-related inquiries should go to our press team at Vivacity Media Group.
Please contact them at hello@vivacityny.com.
For inquiries on sponsoring the event, see our sponsorship deck.
For inquiries on your production’s eligibility, see dramaleague.org/awards-eligibility/
COVID-19 Safety Information
All guests must be fully vaccinated (we encourage at least one booster) and will be required to show proof of vaccination before entering the venue.
As New York City has moved to a “high” COVID-19 alert level, we are asking that all attendees take a COVID test (at home is fine) within 24 hours of the event (Thursday or Friday).
Masks are strongly encouraged when not seated or actively eating.
We are grateful to everyone for doing their part to help keep our community safe and healthy.
Click here for detailed Event Safety Guidelines from Ziegfeld Ballroom.
Photo of Willette Murphy Klausner by Lia Chang.
Photo of Hugh Jackman by Ben Watts
Photos from the 2022 Nominations Announcement by @catalinmedia