| Annaleigh Ashford, 'Some Like It Hot', 'Leopoldstadt' & more Win 2023 DRAMA LEAGUE AWARDS | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 07:44 pm EDT 05/19/23 | |
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| ANNOUNCING THE 89TH ANNUAL DRAMA LEAGUE AWARD WINNERS Annaleigh Ashford wins Distinguished Performance Award Some Like It Hot wins Outstanding Production of a Musical Leopoldstadt wins Outstanding Production of a Play Into the Woods wins Outstanding Revival of a Musical A Doll's House wins Outstanding Revival of a Play (New York, NY – May 19, 2023) The Drama League (Artistic Director, Gabriel Stelian-Shanks; Executive Director, Bevin Ross) has announced the winners of the 2023 Drama League Awards. The in-person ceremony, hosted by Emmy-winning NY1 reporter Frank DiLella, was held today, Friday, May 19, 2023 at The Ziegfeld Ballroom (141 W 54th St, New York, NY). Annaleigh Ashford won the Distinguished Performance Award for her work in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; the well-respected honor can only be won once during the career of an actor. Leopoldstadt took home the Award for Outstanding Production of a Play, while A Doll's House won for Outstanding Revival of a Play. Some Like It Hot and Into the Woods earned honors for Outstanding Production of a Musical and Outstanding Revival of a Musical, respectively. In the directing categories, Anne Kauffman took home the Outstanding Direction of a Play award for The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window and Lear deBessonet took home Outstanding Direction of a Musical for Into the Woods, making her a dual winner at the star-studded event; deBessonet was also honored with the Founders Award for Excellence in Directing. Awards were presented by Audra McDonald (Ohio State Murders), Ben Platt (Parade), Bebe Neuwirth (The Bedwetter), and Rachel Chavkin (Hadestown), along with Sara Bareilles (Into the Woods), Sheryl Kaller, and Charles Flateman, Executive Vice President of the Shubert Organization. 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 —specifically, by the industry professionals, producers, artists, audiences, and critics who are Drama League Members nationwide. 2023 DRAMA LEAGUE AWARD WINNERS Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play Leopoldstadt ***WINNER Longacre Theatre Written by Tom Stoppard Directed by Patrick Marber Produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Roy Furman, Lorne Michaels, Stephanie P. McClelland, Gavin Kalin, Delman Sloan, Eilene Davidson, Brad Edgerton, Patrick Gracey, Hunter Arnold, Burnt Umber Productions, Cue to Cue Productions, The Factor Gavin Partnership, Harris Rubin Productions, Robert Nederlander, Jr., No Guarantees, Sandy Robertson, Iris Smith, Jamie deRoy/Catherine Adler, Dodge Hall Productions / Waverly Productions, Ricardo Hornos / Robert Tichio, Heni Koenigsberg & Wendy Federman, Thomas S. Perakos / Stephanie Kramer, Brian Spector / Judith Seinfeld and Richard Winkler & Alan Shorr The Bandaged Place Cost of Living Dark Disabled Stories Downstate Elyria Fat Ham Good Night, Oscar Life of Pi Peter Pan Goes Wrong Prima Facie Public Obscenities Summer, 1976 Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play A Doll's House ***WINNER Hudson Theatre Written by Henrik Ibsen; In a new version by Amy Herzog Directed by Jamie Lloyd Produced by Ambassador Theatre Group Productions, Gavin Kalin Productions, Wessex Grove, Julie Boardman, Kate Cannova, Bob Boyett, Hunter Arnold, Creative Partners Productions, Eilene Davidson Productions, GGRS, Kater Gordon, Louise L. Gund, Los Angeles Media Fund, Stephanie P. McClelland, Tilted, Jessica Chastain, Caitlin Clements/Francesca Moody Productions, Caiola Productions/Amanda Lee, Ted & Richard Liebowitz/Joeyen-Waldorf Squeri, Richard & Cecilia Attias/Thomas S. Barnes and OHenry Theatre Nerd Productions/Runyonland MMP; Presenting the production by The Jamie Lloyd Company Ohio State Murders Hamlet/Oresteia The Piano Lesson A Raisin in the Sun The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window The Thanksgiving Play Topdog/Underdog Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in Blackand White Wolf Play Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical Some Like It Hot ***WINNER Shubert Theatre Book by Matthew López and Amber Ruffin; Music by Marc Shaiman; Lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman; Based on the screenplay "Some Like it Hot" by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond Directed by Casey Nicholaw Produced by The Shubert Organization (Robert E. Wankel: Chairman and CEO; Elliot Greene: Chief Operating Officer; Charles Flateman: Executive Vice President) and Neil Meron; Co-produced by MGM On Stage, Roy Furman, Robert Greenblatt, James L. Nederlander, Kenny Leon, Hunter Arnold, The John Gore Organization, The Dalgleish Library Company Group, Sheboygan Conservatory Partners, Ambassador Theatre Group Productions, Bob Boyett, Cue to Cue Productions, Janet and Marvin Rosen, The Araca Group, Concord Theatricals, Marc Howard, Independent Presenters Network, Juanita Jordan, Jujamcyn Theaters, Henry R. Muñoz III, Ostar and Mariah Carey & Juliet A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical Dreaming Zenzile New York, New York Shucked Titanique White Girl in Danger Wise Children's Wuthering Heights Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical Into the Woods ***WINNER St. James Theatre Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by James Lapine Directed by Lear deBessonet Produced by Jujamcyn Theaters (Jordan Roth: President; Rocco Landesman: President Emeritus; Paul Libin: Executive Vice President Emeritus; Jack Viertel: Senior Vice President Emeritus), Jordan Roth, New York City Center (Arlene Shuler, President & CEO),Daryl Roth, Hunter Arnold, Concord Theatricals, Nicole Eisenberg, Jessica R. Jenen, Michael Cassel Group, Kevin Ryan, Show Town Productions and Armstrong, Gold & Ross; Presenting the production by New York City Center Encores! (Lear deBessonet: Artistic Director; Rob Berman: Music Director; Clint Ramos: Producing Creative Director; Jenny Gersten: Producer of Musical Theater) Bob Fosse's Dancin' Camelot A Man of No Importance Parade 1776 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Outstanding Direction of a Play Anne Kauffman, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window ***WINNER Jo Bonney, Cost of Living Shayok Misha Chowdhury, Public Obscenities Kenny Leon, Topdog/Underdog Jamie Lloyd, A Doll's House David Mendizábal, the bandaged place Awoye Timpo, Elyria and Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in Black and White Dustin Wills, Wolf Play Outstanding Direction of a Musical Lear deBessonet, Into the Woods ***WINNER Lileana Blain-Cruz, Dreaming Zenzile and White Girl In Danger Thomas Kail, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot Jack O'Brien, Shucked Bartlett Sher, Camelot Susan Stroman, New York, New York Nominees for the Distinguished Performance Award Annaleigh Ashford, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ***WINNER Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Topdog/Underdog Hiran Abeysekera, Life of Pi Sara Bareilles, Into the Woods Stephanie Berry, the bandaged place Brittany Bradford, Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story In Black And White Danielle Brooks, The Piano Lesson Rachel Brosnahan, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window Marylouise Burke, Epiphany D'Arcy Carden, The Thanksgiving Play Jessica Chastain, A Doll's House Sharon D Clarke, Death of a Salesman Jodie Comer, Prima Facie Jordan E. Cooper, Ain't No Mo' Lorna Courtney, &Juliet Micaela Diamond, Parade K. Todd Freeman, Downstate J. Harrison Ghee, Some Like It Hot Josh Groban, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Ryan J. Haddad, Dark Disabled Stories Corey Hawkins, Topdog/Underdog Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar Stephen McKinley Henderson, Between Riverside and Crazy Oscar Isaac, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window Tarra Conner Jones, White Girl in Danger Esco Jouléy, Wolf Play Somi Kakoma, Dreaming Zenzile David Krumholtz, Leopoldstadt Linda Lavin, You Will Get Sick Laura Linney, Summer, 1976 Jefferson Mays, A Christmas Carol Patina Miller, Into the Woods Marla Mindelle, Titanique Arian Moayed, A Doll's House Gargi Mukherjee, Public Obscenities Alex Newell, Shucked Jeremy Pope, The Collaboration Colton Ryan, New York, New York Phillipa Soo, Camelot Marcel Spears, Fat Ham Katy Sullivan, Cost of Living Will Swenson, A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical John Douglas Thompson, Endgame Anna Uzele, New York, New York John David Washington, The Piano Lesson Betsy Wolfe, &Juliet David Zayas, Cost of Living 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. Danny Burstein, Pictures From Home Norbert Leo Butz, Cornelia Street Kathleen Chalfant, The Year of Magical Thinking Neil Patrick Harris, Peter Pan Goes Wrong Nathan Lane, Pictures From Home Audra McDonald, Ohio State Murders Bebe Neuwirth, The Bedwetter Ben Platt, Parade As previously reported, this year's honorees included Tony® Award-winning Hadestown and Death of a Salesman star André De Shields, Into the Woods director and Encores! Artistic Director Lear deBessonet, The Drama Book Shop (Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeffrey Seller and James L. Nederlander), and J.P Morgan Asset and Wealth Management CCO Darin Oduyoye. De Shields received the Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater Award, presented by Rachel Chavkin, for his outstanding 50+ years of work on stage. Along with her win for Outstanding Direction of a Musical, deBessonet was honored with the Founders Award for Excellence in Directing, presented by Sara Bareilles. The Drama Book Shop received the Contribution to the Theater Award, presented by Frank DiLella and accepted by Lin-Manuel Miranda on behalf of the group. Oduyoye was honored with the Gratitude Award, presented by Charles Flateman. The Drama League is grateful for the generous donors who helped to make the 89thAnnual Drama League Awards possible, including Gold Sponsors J.P. Morgan, Broadway HD, Caiola Productions, Darin Oduyoye, and RB Theatricals; Silver Sponsors Jay Alix / Lakeview Productions, Creative Artists Agency, Death of a Salesman, EY / Donna Daniels, Into the Woods, Mary Jain, Una Jackman / Talu Productions, John Gore Organization, Paula Kaminsky Davis, Lincoln Center Theatre, Nederlander Organization, PARADE, Public Theater, Kevin Ryan, Diane Scott-Carter, Lisa Alexander-Taylor and Carlette Mack, Second Stage Theater, The Shubert Organization, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, Witzend Productions, and WMK Productions. For a complete list of productions and performers that have won Drama League Awards in the event's history, as well as all past honorees, visit dramaleague.org/awards . ABOUT THE DRAMA LEAGUE: The Drama League advances the American theater by providing lifelong artistic resources for directors and a platform for dialogue with audiences. Founded in 1916, we are one of the longest-running arts service organizations in the country. We enable directors to make the most powerful, impactful work possible across multiple mediums reaching ever-wider audiences, and build sustainable careers. Uplifting directors of all economic classes, races, abilities, genders, and identities is a cornerstone of this mission. We provide support to directors throughout their artistic life, and our work in education offers both continued learning to professionals and introduces the skills of directing to young people. Underpinning our work is the support of our members, a community of ardent theater fans and industry professionals whose commitment to advancing the artform helps develop the careers of the talented directors we champion. More information about The Drama League's programs, alumni, and the Awards history can be found at www.dramaleague.org. |
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