Joshua Henry, ‘Liberation’, ‘Ragtime’ Among Drama League Winners

UPDATE, with winners: Liberation, Dying of a Salesman, Ragtime and Ragtime‘s Joshua Henry had been among the many large Broadway winners at at present’s New York’s Drama League Awards.

Introduced at at present’s awards ceremony in New York, the winners had been:

Off Broadway‘s Mexodus gained the award for Excellent Manufacturing of a Musical.

See the whole listing of nominees under.

PREVIOUS, April 20: Christopher Abbott, Jon Bernthal, Rose Byrne, Carrie Coon, Ayo Edebiri, Alden Ehrenreich, Luke Evans, Daniel Radcliffe, Laurie Metcalf and Lea Michele are only a sampling of the big-name performers nominated at present for 2026 New York Drama League Awards within the distinguished performances class.

The Drama League, which honors each Broadway and Off-Broadway achievements, additionally introduced this 12 months’s nominees for Excellent Play, Musical, revivals and route.

See the whole listing of nominees under. 5 actors had been acknowledged for performances this 12 months however are ineligible for Drama League Awards since that they had gained in earlier seasons: Danny Burstein, Neil Patrick Harris, Hugh Jackman, Nathan Lane and John Lithgow.

Among the many Excellent Play nominees are Broadway’s The Balusters, Canine Day Afternoon, Big, and Liberation, whereas the Broadway Musical nominees embody Seashores, The Misplaced Boys, Schmigadoon!, Titanique and Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Throughout New York).

Play revival nominees embody Broadway’s Becky Shaw, Bug, Dying of a Salesman, Each Good Factor, Fallen Angels, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and Proof, whereas Broadway Musical revivals are Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Chess, Ragtime and The Rocky Horror Present.

The 92nd Annual Drama League Awards might be held on the Ziegfeld Ballroom on Friday, Could 15. The Drama League beforehand introduced the 2026 Particular Recognition Award Recipients: Olivier and Grammy-nominated actress Caissie Levy will obtain the Award for Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater; Tony Award-winning director David Cromer might be honored with the Founders Award for Excellence in Directing; Govt Producer of the Apollo Theater Kamilah Forbes might be honored with the Contribution to the Theater Award; and the Gratitude Award might be offered to Tony nominee and Olivier Award winner Scott Ellis.

First awarded in 1922 and formalized in 1935, The Drama League Awards are the oldest theatrical honors in America. They’re the one main theater awards chosen by a cross-section of the theater neighborhood — the business professionals, producers, artists, audiences, and critics who’re Drama League members nationwide.

2026 DRAMA LEAGUE AWARDS NOMINATIONS

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY

THE BALUSTERS
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Written by David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Kenny Leon
Affiliate Director: Ioana Alfonso
Produced by Manhattan Theatre Membership (Nicki Hunter, Inventive Director; Chris Jennings, Govt Director). The Balusters was commissioned by MTC by way of the Financial institution of America New Play Program and is a recipient of an Edgerton Basis New Play Award. Manufacturing help is offered by The Blanche and Irving Laurie Basis, the Laurents/Hatcher Basis, the Laura Pels Worldwide Basis for Theater, and Jayne Baron Sherman and MTC Younger Producing Companions.

CAROLINE
MCC Theater
Written by Preston Max Allen
Directed by David Cromer
Affiliate Director: Zoë Adams
Produced by MCC Theater (Bernie Telsey and Will Cantler, Inventive Administrators; Blake West, Govt Director), by particular association 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, Inventive Administrators; Blake West, Govt Director), Clubbed Thumb (Maria Striar, Inventive Director/Founder; Michael Bulger, Producing Director), and Web page 73 (Michael Walkup, Inventive Director; Renee Blinkwolt, Interim Govt Director)

DOG DAY AFTERNOON
August Wilson Theatre
Written by Stephen Adly Guirgis; primarily based on the article “The Boys within the Financial institution,” printed by LIFE Journal, written by P.F. Kluge and Thomas Moore, and the movie “Canine Day Afternoon” by Warner Bros.
Directed by Rupert Goold
Affiliate Director: Rory McGregor
Produced by Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures below the route of Mark Kaufman, Sue Wagner, John Johnson, Patrick Catullo, Jillian Robbins, ZL Productions, John Gore Group, James L. Nederlander, The Shubert Group, Bruce Robert Harris, Kyle Valentine, The Cohn Sisters, IMAGINESPACE, Willette Klausner, Mickey Liddell & Pete Shilaimon, Stephanie P. McClelland, Albert Nocciolino, No Ensures 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 Footage, Sizzling Asphalt Productions, Jim Kierstead, Artwork 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 Field Theatre
Written by Mark Rosenblatt
Directed by Nicholas Hytner
Produced by Brian & Dayna Lee, Stephanie Kramer & Nicole Kramer, Josh Fiedler & Robyn Goodman, Royal Courtroom 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, 4 Entrance Productions, A Golden Ticket Manufacturing, Willette Klausner & Tom D’Angora, Kuhnsabi Furman Furie, Alex Levy & Shari Redstone, Oddly Particular Productions, Rialto Productions, Winkler & Smalberg, The Shubert Group, James L. Nederlander, and John Gore Group

KYOTO
Lincoln Middle Theater
Written by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson
Directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin
Affiliate Director: Ed Burnside
Produced by Lincoln Middle Theater (Lear deBessonet, Kewsong Lee Inventive Director; Mike Schleifer, Managing Director) by association with the Royal Shakespeare Firm, Good Likelihood Theatre, Rachel Styne, and Jessica Foung

LIBERATION
James Earl Jones Theatre
Written by Bess Wohl
Directed by Whitney White
Affiliate Director: Annabel Heacock
Produced by Daryl Roth, Eva Worth, Rachel Sussman and Jenny Gersten; Co-Produced by Betsy Dollinger, FineWomen Productions, Craig Balsam / Broadway Girls’s Fund, Jessica Goldman Foung / Rachel Styne, Michelle Noh / Todd B. Rubin, Gold Sky Productions, MHSSP Productions, Inventive Companions 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, Sensible Mayhem, Jenna Segal, Tracy Chutorian Semler, Marcy Syms and The Weisbrots; Presenting the manufacturing by the Roundabout Theatre Firm (Scott Ellis, Interim Inventive Director; Sydney Beers, Govt Producer; Christopher Nave CFRE, Chief Development Director)

MARCEL ON THE TRAIN
Traditional Stage Firm
Co-written by Marshall Pailet and Ethan Slater
Directed by Marshall Pailet
Assistant Director: JuJu Jaworski
Offered by Traditional Stage Firm (Jill Rafson, Producing Inventive Director; Preston Whiteway, Interim Managing Director) offered by way of particular association with Combine and Match Productions (Maxwell Beer and Mitch Marois)

THE MONSTERS
Manhattan Theatre Membership at New York Metropolis Middle
Written and Directed by Ngozi Anyanwu
Affiliate Director: Leandra Torres Santiago
Produced by Manhattan Theatre Membership (Nicki Hunter, Inventive Director; Chris Jennings, Govt Director) and Two River Theater (Justin Waldman, Inventive Director; Nora DeVeau-Rosen, Managing Director)

PRINCE FAGGOT
Playwrights Horizons/Soho Rep, Studio Seaview
Written by Jordan Tannahill
Directed by Shayok Misha Chowdhury
Affiliate Director: Jack Serio
Produced by Playwrights Horizons (Adam Greenfield, Inventive Director; Casey York, Managing Director; Noah Silva, Normal Supervisor) and Soho Rep (Cynthia Flowers, Caleb Hammons, Eric Ting, Administrators); Studio Seaview switch produced by bb², Seaview, LD Leisure, Playwrights Horizons, and Soho Rep

RHEOLOGY
Playwrights Horizons, The Bushwick Starr
Written and directed by Shayok Misha Chowdhury
in collaboration with Bulbul Chakraborty
Directing Marketing consultant: Caitlin Ryan O’Connell
Affiliate Director: Kedian Keohan
Affiliate Course/Further Dramaturgy: Lindsay Tanner
Produced by Playwrights Horizons (Adam Greenfield, Inventive Director; Casey York, Managing Director; Noah Silva, Normal Supervisor), The Bushwick Starr (Noel Allain, Inventive Director; Sue Kessler, Inventive Director; Lucy Jackson, Producing Director); Initially produced by The Bushwick Starr, HERE Arts Middle (Jesse Cameron Alick, Annalisa Dias, Lanxing Fu, Co-Administrators), and Ma-Yi Theater Firm (Ralph B. Peña, Producing Inventive Director; Jakob Carter, Govt Producer)

SPREAD
Written by Jesús I. Valles
Directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo
Assistant Director: Angela Reynoso
Produced by INTAR Theatre (Nidia Medina, Inventive Director) and Radio Drama Community, in affiliation with the Royal Change Theatre

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY

ANNA CHRISTIE
St. Ann’s Warehouse
Written by Eugene O’Neill
Directed by Thomas Kail
Affiliate Director: Dianna Weiner
Produced by St. Ann’s Warehouse (Susan Feldman, Inventive Director; Erik Wallin, Govt Producer; Lianna Portnoy, Managing Director)

BECKY SHAW
Hayes Theater
Written by Gina Gionfriddo
Directed by Journey Cullman
Affiliate Director: Ryan Dobrin
Produced by Second Stage Theater (Evan Cabnet, Inventive Director; Adam Siegel, Govt Director), in affiliation with Inventive Companions Productions

THE BROTHERS SIZE
The Shed
Written by Tarell Alvin McCraney
Co-Directed by Tarell Alvin McCraney and Bijan Sheibani
Affiliate Director: Kemar Jewel
Co-produced by The Shed (Alex Poots, Inventive Director; Meredith “Max” Hodges, CEO) and Geffen Playhouse (Tarell Alvin McCraney, Inventive Director; Gil Cates, Jr., Govt Director/CEO)

BUG
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Written by Tracy Letts
Directed by David Cromer
Affiliate Director: Zoë Adams
Produced by Manhattan Theatre Membership (Nicki Hunter, Inventive Director; Chris Jennings, Govt Director) in affiliation with Steppenwolf Theatre Firm (Glenn Davis and Audrey Francis, Inventive Administrators; Brooke Flanagan, Govt Director)

DEATH OF A SALESMAN
Winter Backyard Theatre
Written by Arthur Miller
Directed by Joe Mantello
Affiliate Director: Lily Dyble
Produced by Scott Rudin, Barry Diller, Roy Furman, Composite Capital Companions, Cue to Cue Productions, Thomas Tuft, John Gore Group, Peter Could, The Shubert Group, Jane Bergère, Corey Brunish & Spencer Costume, 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
Affiliate 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 Road Inventive, Salem Productions, Barbara Chiodo, Cohen-Gutterman Productions, The Array IX, Julie Boardman, Kate Cannova, Inventive Companions Productions, JMB Collective, Mickey Liddell & Pete Shilaimon, Oren Michels, Carl Moellenberg, Origin Story Productions, Roth-Manella Productions, Echo Lake Leisure, P3 Productions, Jamie deRoy, and FineWomen Productions; Offered in affiliation with Paines Plough and Lucie Lovatt

FALLEN ANGELS
Todd Haimes Theatre
Written by Noël Coward
Directed by Scott Ellis
Assistant Director: Bibiana Torres
Produced by Roundabout Theatre Firm (Todd Haimes, President/CEO in memoriam; Scott Ellis, Interim Inventive Director; Sydney Beers, Govt Producer; Christopher Nave CFRE, Chief Development Director; Rebecca Habel, Managing Director)

GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES
Lucille Lortel Theatre
Written by Rajiv Joseph
Directed by Neil Pepe
Assistant Director: Francesca Sabel
Produced by Seaview, Sue Wagner, and John Johnson, by particular association with the Lucille Lortel Theatre

JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Written by August Wilson
Directed by Debbie Allen
Affiliate 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, Rating 3 Companions, Timothy J. Adams & Sheila R. Tillerson Adams, Inventive Companions Productions, Draper Moore Productions, John Gore Group, Je’Caryous Johnson, Michael Katz, Willette Klausner, David Kobrin, Ubuntu, Dr. Yolanda Ragland, Lu-Shawn M. Thompson, The Shubert Group, Gayle Jennings-O’Byrne, Christopher A. Reid/Shannon Nash, Jackson Chery/Chandler Younger, Lloyd Tichio Productions / Javon Ford, Sean Nyberg / Jacquelyn Bell Kearney, Prof. Pat Parks / James L. Walker, Jr., Valencia Yearwood/Suzan Johnson Cook dinner, Melonie Carnegie/Theatre Nerd Productions, Phyllis Newhouse/Michelle Falconer, Mona Scott-Younger/ Dr. Jatali Bellanton, Michael & Jacqueline Lopez, Gabriel Szajnert, and Constanza Romero-Wilson

PROOF
Sales space Theatre
Written by David Auburn
Directed by Thomas Kail
Affiliate Director: Tiffany Nichole Greene
Produced by Mike Bosner, Thomas Kail, Greater Floor, Jeffrey A. Sine, AEG Presents / Jay Marciano, Miranda Gohh, Origin Story Productions, Viajes Miranda, Pam Hurst-Della Pietra and Stephen Della Pietra, John Gore Group, Lehman Oki Productions, LRBC Productions, LAMF Nyberg, No Ensures Productions, Nothing Ventured Productions, Riccardo Schmid, The Council, The Shubert Group, TPOC Strus, and Andy Jones

TWELFTH NIGHT
Delacorte Theatre
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Saheem Ali
Affiliate Director: Jess Slaght
Produced by The Public Theater (Oskar Eustis, Inventive Director; Patrick Willingham, Govt Director)

YOU GOT OLDER
Cherry Lane Theatre
Written by Clare Barron
Directed by Anne Kauffman
Affiliate Director: Francesca Sabel
Produced by Cherry Lane Theatre (Noah Gillard, Head of A24 Dwell; Dani Raitand, Head of Programming) and Matt Ross; Co-Producers: Crooked Letter, Joe Hetterly, Eric Kuhn and Adam Rodner, Harmony Theatricals, Amplify Footage/Gregory Hosono, Michael Ngo/Salem Productions, and David Thomas Tao/Rosemary and Kenneth Willman

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL

BEACHES, A NEW MUSICAL
Majestic Theatre
E-book by Iris Rainer Dart and Thom Thomas; Music by Mike Stoller; Lyrics by Iris Rainer Dart
Co-Directed by Lonny Worth and Matt Cowart
Affiliate Director: Neil Robinson
Produced by Jennifer Maloney-Prezioso, Ryan Bogner & Tracey McFarland for Broadway & Past Theatricals / Alison Spiriti & Justin Sudds for Proper Angle Leisure, Jeffrey Simno / Molly Mahoney, Douglas McJannet for Arden Leisure, Craig Senyk, Subsequent Desk Leisure, Stephen Mitchell Brown, Joyce & Wally Senney
Tamara Tunie / Maxine Lapiduss, Patty Baker, Jean Taylor / David Stillman, Leisa Creo / Candace Matthews, Wes Corridor / Didi Wong, D’Angora Padgett Productions / Willette Klausner-Superior Daughters, Crossroads Dwell, The John Gore Group, Michelle Soutier/ Noah Lands, Marcy Syms/ Jennifer Spiegel Berman, Theatre Calgary

BEAU THE MUSICAL
St. Luke’s Theatre
Idea, E-book, Lyrics, and Music by Douglas Lyons; Music by Ethan D. Pakchar
Directed by Josh Rhodes
Affiliate Director: Lee Wilkins
Produced by Bryan McCaffrey, Leah Michalos, and Joey Parnes in affiliation with Out of the Field Theatrics (Elizabeth Flemming, Producing Inventive Director) and The Storyline Challenge; Co-Produced by Lindsay Gates, Metropolis 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 Metropolis Middle
Written by Amber Ruffin, David A. Schmoll and Kevin Sciretta
Directed by Danny Mefford
Affiliate Director: Zoë Adams
Produced by Benson Drive Productions (George Strus, CEO), David Carter, Frankly Spoken Productions, The Shubert Group, Robin Thede, Carson Gleberman, Sean Nyberg, Adam Riemer, Stark Sands in affiliation with Manhattan Theatre Membership (Nicki Hunter, Inventive Director; Chris Jennings, Govt Director)

THE LOST BOYS
Palace Theatre
E-book by David Hornsby and Chris Hoch; Music by The Rescues; Lyrics by The Rescues; Based mostly on the movie “The Misplaced Boys,” distributed by Warner Bros. Footage, story by James Jeremias and Janice Roberta Fischer
Directed by Michael Arden
Affiliate Director: Henry Gottfried
Assistant Director: Caroline Fairweather
Produced by James Carpinello, Marcus Chait, and Patrick Wilson, James L. Nederlander, At Rise Inventive, Ayesha & Stephen Curry, Lauren Shuler Donner, Neil Patrick Harris, Douglas Sills, Slash, Kiefer Sutherland, Steve Younger, Amy & Grady Burnett, Allison Bloom & Gabriel Mann, Hunter Arnold, Japanese Commonplace Time, DJD Productions/ZK Productions, Jay Marcus/Carl Moellenberg, Stark Sands, Jordan Silver/Kerri Mandelbaum, James Bolosh & Hillary Wyatt, Inventive Companions Productions, Decca Broadway/Federal Movies, Impartial Presenters Community, The John Gore Group, Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley/Leah Lane, McAdoo Leisure, Murray Leisure Inc., Oddly Particular Productions, The Shubert Group, Toho Inc., We R Broadway Artists Alliance, Stage Leisure, Carrie & Joe Staley, W Thompson Household, Drew Elhamalawy/David & Kirsten Abdo, Brandon Blaser/Davis-Carroll, Crossroads Dwell/Marla McNally Phillips, Anthony & Maria Diaco/D’Angora Padgett Productions, Nancy Glass/Handler-Pawliuk Household, Grove Leisure/Ok Dwell Leisure, 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 Younger, David & Megan Scacco/Jason & Sarah Sobel, Jason Taylor/Michael Graf and Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures. Govt Producer: Devin Keudell

MEXODUS
Minetta Lane Theatre, Daryl Roth Theatre
Written and carried out by Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson
Directed by David Mendizábal
Affiliate Director: Irvin Mason Jr.
Produced by Audible Theater (Kate Navin, Inventive Producer) and P3 Productions (Ben Holtzman, Sammy Lopez, and Fiona Howe Rudin) in affiliation with Gabrielle Palitz, Gina Maria Leonetti, Todd B. Rubin, Willette and Manny Klausner, Adam Zell & Co, MTTM Theatrics, Thompson Inventive Group/Balsam Levitan, QM Productions / The Motion Theatre Firm, Brilliant & Shiny Productions/DKIM Caldwell, Bazarach Productions/Brian Man, Erica Berger/Studebaker Theater, Drama Membership/Rick Feldman.

MY JOY IS HEAVY
New York Theatre Workshop
Created and carried out by The Bengsons
Directed by Rachel Chavkin
Affiliate Director: Abbey Joan Burgess
Produced by New York Theatre Workshop (Patricia McGregor, Inventive Director; Maya Choldin, Managing Director)

NIGHT SIDE SONGS
Claire Tow Theater
Phrases and Music by The Lazours
Developed with and Directed byTaibi Magar
Produced by Lincoln Middle Theater/ LCT3 (Lear deBessonet, Kewsong Lee Inventive Director; Mike Schleifer, Managing Director)

SATURDAY CHURCH
New York Theatre Workshop
E-book and extra lyrics by Damon Cardasis and James Ijames; Music and Lyrics by Sia; Further music by Honey Dijon
Directed by Whitney White
Affiliate Director: Jerrica White
Produced by New York Theatre Workshop (Patricia McGregor, Inventive Director; Maya Choldin, Managing Director) by particular association with Tim Levy and Cindy Tolan

SCHMIGADOON!
Nederlander Theatre
E-book, Music and Lyrics by Cinco Paul
Directed by Christopher Gattelli
Affiliate 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 Ensures Productions, Marylee Fairbanks, James L. Nederlander, Charles D. Urstadt, Charles D. Urstadt, Bradford & Melissa Coolidge, Jeffrey Finn, John Gore Group, Sams Leisure, Cinco Paul, Andrew Singer, Leah Bergoffen/Andrew Paradis, Wendy Bingham Cox / Jodi Oh, Jamie deRoy / TT Companions, Willette Klausner / Kolson-Prisand, Marc David Levine / Jack Sullivan, Broadway Video, Apple TV, Common Theatrical Group. Affiliate Producer: Hannah Rowen and Taylor Tranfaglia

THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS
The Public Theater
Adaptation, Music, and Lyrics by Ethan Lipton; Based mostly upon the play The Pores and skin of Our Enamel by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Leigh Silverman
Affiliate Director: Hawley Gould
Produced by The Public Theater (Oskar Eustis, Inventive Director; Patrick Willingham, Govt Director)

TITANÍQUE
St. James Theatre
Powered by the music of Céline Dion; Co-Created by Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle, and Constantine Rousouli
Directed by Tye Blue
Affiliate Director: Billie Aken-Tyers
Produced by Eva Worth, Diamond Canine Leisure, Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli, Tye Blue, OD Firm / 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 Dwell, Ken Davenport, Hungryman Leisure, John Gore Group, Perakos-Fellman Adventures, Rogers & Spiro, Monica Saunders-Weinberg, ShowTown Productions & Matthew Sycle, Tom Tuft, JC Chasez / Boucher & Grant, IPN / NSST Leisure, 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
E-book by Jim Barne and Package Buchan; Music by Jim Barne and Package Buchan; Lyrics by Jim Barne and Package Buchan; Music orchestrated by Lux Pyramid; Musical Director: Ted Arthur
Directed by Tim Jackson
Affiliate 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 Consider, The Transatlantic Alliance / IPN, Oki Wallace-Phoebe / Laurie Tisch & Greg Subject, Clemmie Forfar, Oliver Mackwood, Victoria Weinberg, and Lucas McMahon; Presenting the manufacturing by the Kiln Theatre; Affiliate Producers: Jack Eidson, Jonny Godbold, Amy Hetherington, Harrison Rose, and Evan Shalat

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL

THE twenty fifth ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
New World Phases
Music and Lyrics by William Finn; E-book by Rachel Sheinkin; Conceived by Rebecca Feldman; Further Materials by Jay Reiss
Directed by Danny Mefford
Affiliate 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; offered by particular association with David Stone

BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL
New York Metropolis Middle
Story and E-book by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming; Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe
Directed by Alex Timbers
Affiliate Director: Taylor Haven Holt
Produced by New York Metropolis Middle (Michael S. Rosenberg, President/CEO; Jenny Gersten, Vice President and Inventive Director, Musical Theater)

CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL
Broadhurst Theatre
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Based mostly on “Outdated Possum’s E-book of Sensible Cats” by T.S. Eliot; Lyrics by T.S. Eliot; Further lyrics for “Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats” by Trevor Nunn and Richard Stilgoe; “Reminiscence” lyric, primarily based on poems by T.S. Eliot, written by Trevor Nunn
Directed by Zhailon Levingston and Invoice Rauch
Affiliate Director: Cooper Howell and N’yomi Attract Stewart
Produced by Michael Harrison for Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals and Mike Bosner by association with LW Leisure, Cynthia Erivo, John Legend and Mike Jackson’s Get Lifted Movie Co., LaChanze, Jeremy Pope, Legislation Roach, Lena Waithe, Origin Story Productions, Miranda Gohh, George Strus, William Berlind, Timothy Bloom / Martinez Grimmett Productions / Drama Membership 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 Displays, Scott Mauro Leisure / Leachman Feigelson Productions, Lindsay Holmes, Sean Nyberg, MeoWZ Productions, Nelson & Tao, TFLO Theatricals, artEquity Acton, Bob Boyett, Chimney City, Material Honest Productions, Crooked Letter, DJD Productions, DudaMarcus, EK Productions, Lian Bloch Gill, Grace Road Inventive, Lisa Hane, Harris LaneDo Productions, Hill Steinfast, John Gore Group, Key to the Metropolis Productions, Willette Klausner, Klive Leisure, L + E + N + Z Leisure, LBH Productions, Christina Liceaga, LTJOF Productions, Fortunate Tea Productions, Gates McCaffrey, Mount Caperton Productions, Mumby Foung, Mark Musico, Debbie Ohanian, Ryan R. Ratelle, Adam Riemer, Second Set, The Shubert Group, The Brians, The Theater Offensive, Theatre Producers of Shade, and Andy Jones; Presenting the manufacturing by The Perelman Performing Arts Middle / PAC NYC; Produced by association with LW Leisure Restricted

CHESS
Imperial Theatre
New e book by Danny Sturdy; Music by Benny Andersson, Tim Rice and Björn Ulvaeus; Lyrics by Benny Andersson, Tim Rice and Björn Ulvaeus; Based mostly on an concept by Tim Rice
Directed by Michael Mayer
Affiliate Director: Johanna McKeon; Assistant Director: Fernando Parra Bortí
Produced by Tom Hulce, Robert Ahrens, The Shubert Group, Inventive Companions Productions, Mary Maggio, Nederlander Displays, Inc., Stephen & Nancy Gabriel, Carl Moellenberg, Danny Sturdy, Benny Andersson, Tim Rice, Björn Ulvaeus, Ludvig Andersson, Robert Fox, Lea Michele, Scott Abrams, 2 On The Aisle, The Broadway Investor’s Membership, Ruth Hendel, John Gore Group, Michael Mayer & Stark Sands, Judith Ann Abrams & Peter Could, 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 Leisure Group , Maestro Make investments, Stephanie P. McClelland, No Ensures 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 association with Three Knights, The Shubert Group, and Robert Fox Ltd.

THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS
Conceived and tailored by Lee Breuer; Music composed by Bob Telson; Authentic Lyrics by Lee Breuer; Tailored Lyrics by Bob Telson and Lee Breuer
Directed by Shayok Misha Chowdhury
Affiliate Director: Sam Morreale
Produced by Little Island (Zack Winokur, Producing Inventive Director; Laura Clement, Govt Director)

HEATHERS THE MUSICAL
E-book, music and lyrics by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe
Based mostly on the movie written by Daniel Waters
Directed by Andy Fickman
Affiliate Director: Taylor Haven Holt
Produced by Invoice Kenwright Ltd., Paul Taylor-Mills, Jerry Goehring, Madison Mohn, Phil Kenny, Scott Prisand/Rob Kolson, Broadway Investor’s Membership, John Gore Group, No Ensures Productions, Willette and Manny Klausner, Aron Tomko and Gabe Alves, Carl Moellenberg, The Shubert Group, Inc., Nick Padgett/Vasi Laurence, Andrew Patino/Chris Devlin, Richard Batchelder, David Alperson, Carlos Candal and Paul Mansfield, forty second.membership/SunnySpot Productions, Annjen Productions/David Treatman Inventive, 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
Govt Producer: Tim Smith, Pemberley Productions

MASQUERADE
E-book by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber; Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Charles Hart
Directed by Diane Paulus
Affiliate Director: Hunter Chicken and Marc Kimelman
Produced by Randy Weiner by Particular Association with LW Leisure

ORATORIO FOR LIVING THINGS
Written by Heather Christian
Directed by Lee Sunday Evans
Affiliate Director: Keenan Tyler Oliphant
Produced by Signature Theatre (Emily Shooltz, Inventive Director; Timothy J. McClimon, Govt Director)

RAGTIME
Vivian Beaumont Theater
E-book by Terrence McNally; Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Based mostly on the novel by E.L. Doctorow
Directed by Lear deBessonet
Affiliate Director: Victoria Davidjohn
Assistant Director: Nathaniel P. Claridad
Produced by Lincoln Middle Theater (Lear deBessonet, Kewsong Lee Inventive Director; Mike Schleifer, Managing Director); Produced in affiliation with Tom Kirdahy, Kevin Ryan, Robert Greenblatt, Lamar Richardson, Thomas M. Neff, Roy and Jill Furman, Stephanie P. McClelland, Michael Web 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 Could / Coluzzi Cohen

RICHARD O’BRIEN’S THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
Studio 54
E-book by Richard O’Brien; Music by Richard O’Brien; Lyrics by Richard O’Brien
Directed by Sam Pinkleton
Affiliate Director: Kedian Keohan
Produced by Roundabout Theatre Firm (Todd Haimes, President/CEO (in memoriam); Scott Ellis, Interim Inventive Director; Sydney Beers, Govt Producer; Christopher Nave, Chief Development Director; Rebecca Habel, Incoming Managing Director) in affiliation with Trafalgar Leisure and the Dodgers

THE WILD PARTY
New York Metropolis Middle
Music and Lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa; E-book by Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe
Directed by Lili-Anne Brown
Affiliate Director: Irvin Mason Jr.
Produced by New York Metropolis Middle (Michael S. Rosenberg, President/CEO; Jenny Gersten, Vice President and Inventive Director, Musical Theater)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY

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

Journey Cullman
BECKY SHAW
Second Stage Theater

Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin
KYOTO
Lincoln Middle Theater

Joe Mantello
DEATH OF A SALESMAN
Winter Backyard Theatre
and
LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD
Sales space Theatre

Marshall Pailet
MARCEL ON THE TRAIN
Traditional Stage Firm

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL

Michael Arden
THE LOST BOYS
Palace Theatre

Lili-Anne Brown
THE WILD PARTY
New York Metropolis Middle Encores!

Rachel Chavkin
MY JOY IS HEAVY
New York Theatre Workshop

Lear deBessonet
RAGTIME
Lincoln Middle Theater

Lee Sunday Evans
ORATORIO FOR LIVING THINGS
Signature Theatre

Zhailon Levingston and Invoice Rauch
CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL
Broadhurst Theatre

Danny Mefford
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
New World Phases
and
BIGFOOT
Manhattan Theatre Membership/New York Metropolis Middle

David Mendizábal
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 Metropolis Middle Encores!

DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE

Caroline Aaron, The Reservoir
Christopher Abbott, Dying of a Salesman
Shoshana Bean, The Misplaced Boys
Jon Bernthal, Canine Day Afternoon
Ali Louis Bourzgui, The Misplaced 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 twenty fifth Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Carrie Coon, Bug
André De Shields, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Brandon J. Dirden, Ready For Godot
Ayo Edebiri, Proof
Alden Ehrenreich, Becky Shaw
Luke Evans, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Present
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Tru
Susannah Flood, Liberation
Ishmael Gonzalez, Unfold
Sean Hayes, The Unknown
Joshua Henry, Ragtime
Gray Henson, Bigfoot
André Holland, The Brothers Measurement
Stephanie Hsu, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Present
Alani iLongwe, The Brothers Measurement
Stephen Kunken, Kyoto
Caissie Levy, Ragtime
Lesley Manville, Oedipus
John McCrea, Prince Faggot
Laurie Metcalf, Dying of a Salesman and Little Bear Ridge Street
Lea Michele, Chess
Marla Mindelle, Titaníque
Lizan Mitchell, Chilly Battle Choir Follow
Aigner Mizzelle, The Monsters
Chloë Grace Moretz, Caroline
Lupita Nyong’o, Twelfth Evening
Kelli O’Hara, Fallen Angels
Christiani Pitts, Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Throughout New York)
Brian Quijada, Mexodus
Daniel Radcliffe, Each Good Factor
Nygel D. Robinson, Mexodus
Jasmine Amy Rogers, The twenty fifth Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and The Wild Celebration
Constantine Rousouli, Titaníque
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Ethan Slater, Marcel on the Practice
Ari’el Stachel, Different
B Noel Thomas, Saturday Church
Taylor Trensch, Bat Boy: The Musical
Brandon Uranowitz, Ragtime
Jessica Vosk, Seashores, A New Musical
Adrienne Warren, The Wild Celebration
Kara Younger, Ugly Playground Accidents and Proof