Monday, April 22, 2024

Drama League Nominations

Lindsay Mendez, Jonathan Groff, and
Daniel Radcliffe of Merrily We Roll Along
are all nominated for the Distinguished Performance
Drama League Award.
Credit: Joan Marcus
Theater award season is now in full throttle. The nominees for the 90th annual Drama League Awards were announced  by Vanessa Williams and Bebe Neuwirth on Mon. April 22 at the Lincoln Center's NY Public Library for the Performing Arts. The awards for outstanding work on and Off-Broadway, will be presented on May 17 at 12 noon at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. First awarded in 1922 and formalized in 1935, The Drama League Awards are the oldest theatrical honors in America. They are the only major theater awards chosen by a cross-section of the theater community — the industry professionals, producers, artists, audiences, and critics who are Drama League members nationwide. The Outer Critics Circle Award noms will be announced tomorrow and the Drama Desk and Tony noms will be next week.

2024 DRAMA LEAGUE AWARDS NOMINATIONS

 
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
 
THE COMEUPPANCE 
 
FLEX
 
GRIEF HOTEL
 
THE HUNT
 
JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING 
 
MOTHER PLAY
 
OH, MARY!
 
PATRIOTS
 
PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC
 
STEREOPHONIC
 
WET BRAIN

 
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
 
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
 
APPROPRIATE
 
DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
 
DOUBT: A PARABLE
 
THE EFFECT

MARY JANE
 
OUR CLASS
 
PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH
 
UNCLE VANYA
 
THE WHITE CHIP
 
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
 
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB 
 
DEAD OUTLAW
 
HARMONY
 
THE HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL

HELL’S KITCHEN 
 
ILLINOISE
 
LEMPICKA

THE NOTEBOOK.
 
THE OUTSIDERS
 
SUFFS
 
TEETH

WATER FOR ELEPHANTS

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
 
CABARET

GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
 
HERE LIES LOVE

I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE
 
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG 

SPAMALOT
 
THE WHO’S TOMMY
 
THE WIZ

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY
 
Tara Ahmadinejad, Grief Hotel
Clubbed Thumb/New Georges
 
Daniel Aukin, Stereophonic
Playwrights Horizons/John Golden Theatre
 
Sam Gold, An Enemy of The People
Circle in the Square
 
Rupert Goold, The Hunt
St. Ann’s Warehouse/National Theatre Company
 
Rupert Goold, Patriots
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
 
Jamie Lloyd, The Effect
The Shed, The National Theatre
 
Lila Neugebauer, Appropriate
Second Stage Theatre Company
 
Lila Neugebauer, Uncle Vanya
Lincoln Center Theater
 
Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary!
Lucille Lortel Theatre
 
Eric Ting, The Comeuppance
Signature Theatre Company 
 
Whitney White, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Manhattan Theatre Company
 
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
 
Saheem Ali, Buena Vista Social Club
Atlantic Theater Company
 
Sarah Benson, Teeth
Playwrights Horizons
 
David Cromer, Dead Outlaw
Minetta Lane Theatre
 
Rebecca Frecknall, Cabaret
August Wilson Theatre
 
Maria Friedman, Merrily We Roll Along
Hudson Theatre
 
Des McAnuff, The Who’s Tommy
Nederlander Theater
 
Leigh Silverman, Suffs
Music Box Theatre
 
Alex Timbers, Gutenberg! The Musical!
James Earl Jones Theatre
 
Alex Timbers, Here Lies Love
The Broadway Theatre



DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE
 
Betsy AidemPrayer for the French Republic
Shoshana Bean, Hell's Kitchen
Gabby Beans, Jonah
Joshua BooneThe Outsiders
Ali Louis BourzguiThe Who’s Tommy
Steve CarellUncle Vanya
Jenn ColellaSuffs
Danny DeVito, I Need That
Caleb Eberhardt, The Comeuppance and An Enemy of the People
Alex Edelman, Just for Us
Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!
Eden EspinosaThe Gardens of Anuncia and Lempicka
Paapa Essiedu, The Effect
Melissa EtheridgeMelissa Etheridge: My Window
Laurence FishburneLike They Do in the Movies
Josh Gad, Gutenberg! The Musical!
Eli GelbStereophonic
Brody GrantThe Outsiders
Jonathan Groff, Merrily We Roll Along
Dorian Harewood, The Notebook
Willam Jackson Harper, Primary Trust and Uncle Vanya
Amber ImanLempicka
Eddie IzzardHamlet
Nikki M. JamesSuffs
Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Spamalot
Jessica LangeMother Play
Kecia LewisHell’s Kitchen
Nichelle LewisThe Wiz
Maribel Martinez, Bees and Honey
Rachel McAdamsMary Jane
Lindsay Mendez, Merrily We Roll Along
Tobias Menzies, The Hunt
Cynthia Nixon, The Seven Year Disappear
Eva NoblezadaThe Great Gatsby
Kelli O'Hara, Days of Wine and Roses
Leslie Odom, Jr., Purlie Victorious, A Non-Confederate Romp Through The Cotton Patch
Patrick Page, All the Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented The Villain
Nicole Ari Parker, The Refuge Plays
Jim ParsonsMother Play
Sarah Paulson, Appropriate
Sarah PidgeonStereophonic
Aubrey Plaza, Danny and The Deep Blue Sea
Maryann Plunkett, The Notebook
Daniel Radcliffe, Merrily We Roll Along
Gayle RankinCabaret
Andrew Rannells, Gutenberg! The Musical!
Eddie RedmayneCabaret
Conrad Ricamora, Here Lies Love and Oh, Mary!
Corey Stoll, Appropriate
Michael StuhlbargPatriots
Jeremy StrongAn Enemy of the People
Zenzi Williams, Jaja's African Hair Braiding 
Kara Young, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through The Cotton Patch
Jehan O. Young, The Cotillion
 
The Drama League also wishes to acknowledge the previous recipients of the Distinguished Performance Award who appeared in eligible 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. 
 
Alfred MolinaUncle Vanya
Bebe NeuwirthCabaret
Liev SchreiberDoubt: A Parable
 
SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS (previously announced)
Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater – Jonathan Groff
Founders Award for Excellence in Directing – Schele Williams
Contribution to the Theater – Jessica Lange
Gratitude Award – Kandi Burruss
 
IMPORTANT NOTES
 
The production of Here We Are was not considered for eligibility this season, at the production’s request.
 
Appropriate and Mary Jane, having originated Off-Broadway with substantially different production elements, including principal producers, are therefore deemed revivals by the Eligibility Committee and eligible in the Outstanding Revival of a Play category.
 
The productions of Prayer for the French Republic and Suffs, having originated Off-Broadway with substantially similar production elements, including principal producers, are deemed transfers by the Eligibility Committee and eligible in the Outstanding Production of a Play and Outstanding Production of a Musical categories, respectively.

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