2022 Theater Awards--ALL the Acting Winners and Nominees

With award season over after Sunday night's presentation of the Tony Awards and Tuesday's Drama Desk ceremony, here's a summary of all the NY theater acting nominees and winners for 2021-22. Winners are capitalized and nominees are in lower case. Some performances such as Phylicia Rashad in Skeleton Crew and Jesse Tyler Ferguson in Take Me Out have been placed in different categories (lead or featured) by different groups. That is noted in the parentheses. The only awards not yet presented are the Chita Rivera Awards for outstanding dance performances which will be given out on June 20, so only nominees are listed. There were a few nominees for the Chitas from previous seasons such as Adrienne Warren in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. I only included nominees for the current 2021-22 season. The only major award missing is the Obie Awards. According to the Obie Awards website, they will not take place until November 2022 and will include Off and Off-Off-Broadway productions from July 1, 2020 to Aug. 31, 2022. 

Guide to abbreviations=
Bayfield=St. Clair Bayfield Award for performance in a Shakespearean role
Calloway=Joseph Calloway for performance in a classic play
CD=Clarence Derwent Awards for newcomers in featured roles
CR=Chita Rivera Awards for dance performances (nominees only)
DD=Drama Desk
DL=Drama League
L=Lortel Awards for Off-Broadway
OCC=Outer Critics Circle
RS=Richard Seff Awards for veteran performers
TW=Theater World Awards, for newcomers and those making their Broadway or Off-Broadway debuts.

Outstanding Actor in a Play
Patrick J. Adams, Take Me Out (occ, TW)

Simon Russell Beale
in The Lehman Trilogy.
Credit: Mark Douet

Simon Russell Beale, The Lehman Trilogy (OCC, TONY)
W. Tre Davies, Tambo and Bones (l)
Brandon J. Dirden, Skeleton Crew (dd--lead, occ--featured)
Adam Godley, The Lehman Trilogy (occ, tony)
Adrian Lester, The Lehman Trilogy (occ, tony)
Jacob Ming-Trent, Merry Wives (dd)
David Morse, How I Learned to Drive (tony)
Sam Rockwell, American Buffalo (occ, tony)
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues (DD, tony)
John Douglas Thompson, The Merchant of Venice (dd)
David Threlfall, Hangmen (tony)

Deirdre O'Connell
in Dana H
Credit: Carol Rosegg

Outstanding Actress in a Play
Betsy Aidem, Prayer for the French Republic (l--featured, occ--lead, RS)
Tala Ashe, English (dd)
Gabby Beans, The Skin of Our Teeth (tony)
Stephanie Berry, On Sugarland (dd--featured, l, occ--lead)
Edie Falco, Morning Sun (occ)
LaChanze, Trouble in Mind (OCC, tony)
Elizabeth Marvel, Long Day's Journey Into Night (l)
Debra Messing, Birthday Candles (occ)
Ruth Negga, Macbeth (dd, tony)
Deirdre O'Connell, Dana H (TONY)
Mary-Louise Parker, How I Learned to Drive (tony)
Andrea Patterson, Cullud Wattah (dd)
Roslyn Ruff, The Skin of Our Teeth (Calloway)
Shannon Tyo, The Chinese Lady (dd, L, TW)
Michelle Wilson, Confederates (dd)
Mary Wiseman, At the Wedding (l)

Myles Frost in MJ: The Musical
Credit: Matthew Murphy

Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Justin Cooley, Kimberly Akimbo (CD, dd--featured, l, occ--lead, TW)
Billy Crystal, Mr. Saturday Night (dd, tony)
Myles Frost, MJ the Musical (cr, dd, occ, TONY, TW)
Hugh Jackman, The Music Man (cr, tony)
Ahmad Maksoud, The Visitor (l)
Rob McClure, Mrs. Doubtfire (dd, occ, tony)
Jaquel Spivey, A Strange Loop (DD, OCC, tony, TW)
Tony Yazbeck, Flying Over Sunset (cr)
Chip Zien, Harmony (dd, occ)

Joaquina Kalukango (center)
in Paradise Square.
Credit: Kevin Berne

Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Kearstin Piper Brown, Intimate Apparel (dd, occ, l, TW)
Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo (dd, L, OCC)
Sharon D. Clarke, Caroline, or Change (dd, occ, tony, TW)
Carmen Cusack, Flying Over Sunset (occ, tony)
Jeanna de Waal, Diana the Musical (dd)
Sutton Foster, The Music Man (cr, DL, tony)
Joaquina Kalukango, Paradise Square (DD, occ, TONY)
Mare Winningham, Girl from the North Country (tony)

Blair Brown and Austin Pendleton
in The Minutes.
Credit: Michael Brosilow

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Alfie Allen, Hangmen (tony)
Joshua Boone, Skeleton Crew (dd)
Yair Ben-Dor, Prayer for the French Republic (TW)
Enrico Colantoni, Birthday Candles (TW)
Chuck Cooper, Trouble in Mind (dd, occ, tony)
Carson Elrod, The Alchemist (Calloway)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Take Me Out (dd--lead; OCC, TONY--featured)
Daniel K. Isaac, The Chinese Lady (dd)
Billy Eugene Jones, On Sugarland (dd)
Ron Cephas Jones, Clyde's (DD, tony)
Jacob Ming-Trent, The Alchemist (l)
Michael Oberholtzer, Take Me Out (occ, tony, DOROTHY LOUDON AWARD)
Austin Pendleton, The Minutes (occ, NYDCC--career achievement, RS)
Thom Sesma, Letters to Suresh (l)
Jessie Williams, Take Me Out (tony)

Joshua Boone and Phylicia Rashad 
in Skeleton Crew
Credit: Matthew Murphy

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Abena, Nollywood Dreams (l)
Chanté Adams, Skeleton Crew (occ)
Uzo Aduba, Clyde's (OCC, tony)
Francis Benhamou, Prayer for the French Republic (DD, L, occ)
Sonnie Brown, what you are now (dd)
Rachel Dratch, POTUS (tony)
Crystal Finn, Birthday Candles (TW)
Gaby French, Hangmen (TW)
Amber Gray, Macbeth (Bayfield)
Tendayi Kuumba, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf (cr)
Paige Leong, Out of Time (dd)
Kenita R. Miller, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf (dd, tony)
Phylicia Rashad, Skeleton Crew (DD--lead, occ, TONY--featured)
Nancy Robinette, Prayer for the French Republic (occ)
Julie White, POTUS (tony)
Kara Young, Clyde's (CD, dd, tony, TW)

Matt Doyle in Company

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

Justin Austin, Intimate Apparel (dd)
Stephen Boyer, Kimberly Akimbo (l)
Quentin Earl Darrington, MJ the Musical (occ)
Matt Doyle, Company (DD, OCC, TONY)
Sidney DuPont, Paradise Square (cr, tony)
Jared Grimes, Funny Girl (cr, dd, tony)
John-Andrew Morrison, A Strange Loop (tony)
Tavon Olds-Sample, MJ: The Musical (dd)
Steven Pasquale, Assassins (occ)
A.J. Shively, Paradise Square (cr, occ, tony)
Ethan Slater, Assassins (l)
Will Swenson, Assassins (l, occ)

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

Patti LuPone in
Company
Credit: Brinkhoff-Moegenburg

Jeanette Bayardelle, Girl from the North Country (tony)
Shoshana Bean, Mr. Saturday Night (occ, tony)
Jenn Colella, Suffs (occ)
Jayne Houdyshell, The Music Man (tony)
Judy Kuhn, Assassins (dd, occ)
Tamika Lawrence, Black No More (dd, l, occ)
L. Morgan Lee, A Strange Loop (tony)
Patti LuPone, Company (DD, OCC, TONY)
Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo (dd, L, occ)
Jennifer Simard, Company (dd, tony)
Lilias White, Black No More (l)