The Drama League Announces 2025 Award Nominations
The Drama League (Gabriel Stelian-Shanks, Artistic Dir; Bevin Ross, Executive Dir) has announced the 2025 Drama League Awards Nominees. Honoring Broadway and Off-Broadway achievements, the nominations were announced by Sarah Hyland and Orville Peck at the official announcement event held at Lincoln Center’s New York Public Library. The 91st Annual Drama League Awards will be held at the Ziegfeld Ballroom (141 West 54th St) on Fri May 16 at 12:00 PM. Tickets and tables are available at dramaleague.org/2025-awards. Press contact: Vivacity Media Group (212/812-1483)...
2025 DRAMA LEAGUE AWARDS NOMINATIONS
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
THE ANTIQUITIES
Playwrights Horizons
Written by Jordan Harrison
Directed by David Cromer and Caitlin Sullivan
BECOMING EVE
Abrons Arts Center
Written by Emil Weinstein
Based on the memoir by Abby Chava Stein
Directed by Tyne Rafaeli
ENGLISH
Todd Haimes Theatre
Written by Sanaz Toossi
Directed by Knud Adams
GOOD BONES
The Public Theater
Written by James Ijames
Directed by Saheem Ali
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK
Winter Garden Theatre
Written by George Clooney and Grant Heslov; Based on the film by 2929 Entertainment and Participant; Based on the film distributed by Warner Bros.
Directed by David Cromer
HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES
New York Theatre Workshop
Written by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich
Conceived and Directed by Moisés Kaufman
JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN
Booth Theatre
Written by Kimberly Belflower
Directed by Danya Taymor
LIBERATION
Laura Pels Theatre
Written by Beth Wohl
Directed by Whitney White
OH, MARY!
Lyceum Theatre
Written by Cole Escola
Directed by Sam Pinkleton
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
Music Box Theatre
New Adaptation Written by Kip Williams; Based on the novel by Oscar Wilde
Directed by Kip Williams
PURPOSE
Hayes Theatre
Written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by Phylicia Rashad
STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW
Marquis Theatre
Written by Kate Trefry; Original story by The Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne and Kate Trefry; Based on the Series by Netflix; Based on the Netflix Series, 'Stranger Things', created by The Duffer Brothers
Directed by Stephen Daldry; Co-Directed by Justin Martin
WALDEN
Second Stage Theater
Written by Amy Berryman
Directed by Whitney White
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
THE CHERRY ORCHARD
St. Ann’s Warehouse
Written by Anton Chekhov
A new version Written & Directed by Benedict Andrews
EUREKA DAY
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Written by Jonathan Spector
Directed by Anna D. Shapiro
GHOSTS
Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre
By Henrik Ibsen
A New Version by Mark O'Rowe
Directed byJack O'Brien
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
Palace Theatre
Written by David Mamet
Directed by Patrick Marber
HOME
Todd Haimes Theatre
Written by Samm-Art Williams
Directed by Kenny Leon
OTHELLO
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Kenny Leon
ROMEO + JULIET
Circle in the Square Theatre
Written by William Shakespeare; Music by Jack Antonoff
Directed by Sam Gold; Movement Direction and Choreography by Sonya Tayeh
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Written by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Rebecca Frecknall
VANYA
Lucille Lortel Theatre
After Anton Chekhov
Adaptor and Co-Creator: Simon Stephens
Adaptor and Co-Creator: Sam Yates
WINE IN THE WILDERNESS
Written by Alice Childress
Directed by LaChanze
YELLOW FACE
Todd Haimes Theatre
Written by David Henry Hwang
Directed by Leigh Silverman
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
BOOP! THE MUSICAL
Broadhurst Theatre
Book by Bob Martin; Music by David Foster; Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead; Based on characters created by Max Fleischer
Directed by Jerry Mitchell
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Book by Marco Ramirez
Music by Buena Vista Social Club
Directed by Saheem Ali
DEAD OUTLAW
Longacre Theatre
Book by Itamar Moses
Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna
Directed by David Cromer
DEATH BECOMES HER
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Book by Marco Pennette
Music and Lyrics by Julia Mattison and Noel Carey
Directed by Christopher Gattelli
DRAG: THE MUSICAL
New World Stages
Book, Music and Lyrics by Justin Andrew Honard (Alaska Thunderfuck), Tomas Costanza, and Ashley Gordon
Directed by Spencer Liff
JUST IN TIME
Circle in the Square Theatre
Book by Warren Leight and Isaac Oliver; Based on an original concept by Ted Chapin
Music and Lyrics by Various Artists
Developed and directed by Alex Timbers
MACBETH IN STRIDE
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Written and Performed by Whitney White
Directed by Tyler Dobrowsky and Taibi Magar
MAYBE HAPPY ENDING
Belasco Theatre
Book by Will Aronson and Hue Park
Music by Will Aronson, Lyrics by Hue Park
Directed by Michael Arden
OPERATION MINCEMEAT
John Golden Theatre
Book, Music and Lyrics by David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts
Directed by Robert Hastie
Resident Director & Choreographer: Tara Young; U.K. Associate Director: Georgie Staight
REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES
James Earl Jones Theatre
Book by Lisa Loomer; Book with Nell Benjamin; Based on the play by Josefina López; Based on the screenplay by Josefina López and George LaVoo
Music and Lyrics by Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez
Directed by Sergio Trujillo
SMASH
Imperial Theatre
Book by Bob Martin and Rick Elice; Based on the series created by Theresa Rebeck; Based on the series produced by Universal Television
Music by Marc Shaiman
Lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman
Directed by Susan Stroman
STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S OLD FRIENDS
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Devised by Cameron Mackintosh
Directed by Matthew Bourne
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL
Perelman Performing Arts Center
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics by T.S. Eliot; Additional lyrics by Trevor Nunn and Richard Stilgoe
Directed by Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch
FLOYD COLLINS
Book by Tina Landau
Music and Lyrics by Adam Guettel; Additional lyrics by Tina Landau
Directed by Tina Landau
GYPSY
Majestic Theatre
Book by Arthur Laurents
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by George C. Wolfe
THE LAST FIVE YEARS
Hudson Theatre
Book, Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Directed by Whitney White
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
Hudson Theatre
Book by Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer, and Dean Fuller
Adapted by Amy Sherman-Palladino
Music by Mary Rodgers
Lyrics by Marshall Barer
Directed by Lear deBessonet
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
Music and libretto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conceived by and starring Anthony Roth Costanzo
Director: Dustin Wills
PIRATES! THE PENZANCE MUSICAL
Todd Haimes Theatre
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Libretto by W. S. Gilbert; Adapted by Rupert Holmes
Conceived by Scott Ellis, Rupert Holmes, Warren Carlyle, and Joseph Joubert
Directed by Scott Ellis
SUNSET BLVD.
St. James Theatre
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton
Directed by Jamie Lloyd
URINETOWN
New York City Center
Music and Lyrics by Mark Hollmann
Book and Lyrics by Greg Kotis
Directed by Teddy Bergman
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Knud Adams
English, Roundabout Theatre Company/Todd Haimes Theatre
Saheem Ali
Good Bones, The Public Theater
David Cromer
Good Night, And Good Luck, Winter Garden Theatre
Sam Pinkleton
Oh, Mary!, Lyceum Theatre
Tyne Rafaeli
Becoming Eve, New York Theatre Workshop
Anna D. Shapiro
Eureka Day, Manhattan Theatre Club/Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Danya Taymor
John Proctor is The Villain, Booth Theatre
Whitney White
Liberation, Roundabout Theatre Company/Laura Pels Theatre
Kip Williams
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Music Box Theatre
Sam Yates
Vanya, Lucille Lortel Theatre
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Michael Arden
Maybe Happy Ending, Belasco Theatre
Saheem Ali
Buena Vista Social Club, Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Christopher Gattelli
Death Becomes Her, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Robert Hastie
Operation Mincemeat, John Golden Theatre
Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch
Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Perelman Arts Center
Jamie Lloyd
Sunset Blvd., St. James Theatre
Jerry Mitchell
Boop! The Musical, Shubert Theatre
Susan Stroman
Smash, Imperial Theatre
Alex Timbers
Just In Time, Circle In The Square Theatre
Annie Tippe
Three Houses, Signature Theatre Company
Sergio Trujillo
Real Women Have Curves, James Earl Jones Theatre
George C. Wolfe
Gypsy, Majestic Theatre
DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE
Tala Ashe, English
Brooks Ashmanskas, Smash
Stori Ayers, Home
Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club
George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck
Kit Connor, Romeo+Juliet
Tatianna Córdoba, Real Women Have Curves
Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending
Kieran Culkin, Glengarry Glen Ross
André De Shields, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Tommy Dorfman, Becoming Eve
Robert Downey, Jr., McNeal
Adam Driver, Hold On To Me Darling
Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw
Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!
Mia Farrow, The Roommate
Tom Francis, Sunset Blvd.
Amber Gray, Eureka Day
David Greenspan, I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan
Jonathan Groff, Just In Time
Jake Gyllenhaal, Othello
Ryan J. Haddad, Hold Me In The Water
Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her
Robyn Hurder, Smash
LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Purpose
Nick Jonas, The Last Five Years
Ramin Karimloo, Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Gracie Lawrence, Just In Time
Beth Leavel, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends
Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves
Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat
Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Idina Menzel, Redwood
Paul Mescal, A Streetcar Named Desire
Jinkx Monsoon, Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Marjan Neshat, English
Sandra Oh, The Welkin
Lily Rabe, Ghosts
Jasmine Amy Rogers, Boop! The Musical
Lea Salonga, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends
Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd.
Andrew Scott, Vanya
Helen J. Shen, Maybe Happy Ending
Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her
Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Ephraim Sykes, Our Town
Alaska Thunderfuck, Drag: The Musical
Adrienne Warren, The Last Five Years
Denzel Washington, Othello
Joy Woods, Gypsy
Kara Young, Purpose and Table 17
The Drama League also wishes to acknowledge the previous recipients of the Distinguished Performance Award who appeared in 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.
Annaleigh Ashford, All In
Danny Burstein, Gypsy
Norbert Leo Butz, Vladimir
Sutton Foster, Once Upon A Mattress
Neil Patrick Harris, Shit. Meet. Fan.
Patti LuPone, The Roommate
Audra McDonald, Gypsy
Lin-Manuel Miranda, All In
Bernadette Peters, Stephen Sondheim: Old Friends
SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS (previously announced)
Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater – Lea Salonga
Founders Award for Excellence in Directing – Whitney White
Contribution to the Theater – Kate Navin and Audible Theater
Gratitude Award – Bob Greenblatt and Neil Meron