2016 Drama League Awards
Winners and nominees from the Drama League Awards.
2016 Drama League Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre | Sheldon Harnick | |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Thomas Jay Ryan | 10 Out of 12 |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Nicola Walker | A View from the Bridge |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Mark Strong | A View From the Bridge |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Benjamin Walker | American Psycho |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Michelle Williams, Jeff Daniels | Blackbird |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Carmen Cusack | Bright Star |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Ben Platt | Dear Evan Hansen |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Jennifer Simard | Disaster |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Lupita Nyong'o | Eclipsed |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Danny Burstein | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Nina Arianda, Sam Rockwell | Fool for Love |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Jesse Tyler Ferguson | Fully Committed |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Anne Hathaway | Grounded |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Lin-Manuel Miranda | Hamilton |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Daveed Diggs | Hamilton |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Phylicia Rashad | Head of Passes |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Kristine Nielsen | Hir |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Marin Ireland | Ironbound |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Georgia Engel, Lois Smith | John |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Tim Pigott-Smith | King Charles III |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Michael C. Hall | Lazarus |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Michael Shannon, Jessica Lange | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Lois Smith | Marjorie Prime |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Megan Hilty | Noises Off |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Ana Villafane | On Your Feet |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Jackie Hoffman | Once Upon a Mattress |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Timothee Chalamet | Prodigal Son |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Alex Brightman | School of Rock |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Zachary Levi, Laura Benanti | She Loves Me |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Michael Urie | Shows for Days |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Lynda Gravatt | Skeleton Crew |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Annette O'Toole | Southern Comfort |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Annaleigh Ashford | Sylvia |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Jennifer Hudson, Cynthia Erivo | The Color Purple |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Sophie Okonedo, Ben Whishaw | The Crucible |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Kelley Curran | The Dingdong |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Cicely Tyson | The Gin Game |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Reed Birney, Jayne Houdyshell | The Humans |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Leslie Kritzer | The Robber Bridegroom |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Khris Davis | The Royale |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Judith Light | Therese Raquin |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Andrew Keenan-Bolger | Tuck Everlasting |
| Distinguished Performance Award | Jessie Meuller | Waitress |
| Founders Award for Excellence in Directing | Ivo van Hove | |
| Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | American Psycho | American Psycho |
| Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | Bright Star | Bright Star |
| Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | Dear Evan Hansen | Dear Evan Hansen |
| Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | Futurity | Futurity |
| Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | Hamilton | Hamilton |
| Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | iOW@ | iOW@ |
| Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | On Your Feet | On Your Feet |
| Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | School of Rock | School of Rock |
| Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | Tuck Everlasting | Tuck Everlasting |
| Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | Waitress | Waitress |
| Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Anne Washburn | 10 Out of 12 |
| Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Danai Gurira | Eclipsed |
| Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Branden Jacobs-Jenkins | Gloria |
| Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Taylor Mac | Hir |
| Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Mike Bartlett | King Charles III |
| Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Jordan Harrison | Marjorie Prime |
| Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Dominique Morisseau | Skeleton Crew |
| Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Florian Zeller | The Father |
| Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Stephen Karam | The Humans |
| Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Marco Ramirez | The Royale |
| Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | Dames at Sea | Dames at Sea |
| Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | Fiddler on the Roof | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | She Loves Me | She Loves Me |
| Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | Spring Awakening | Spring Awakening |
| Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | The Color Purple | The Color Purple |
| Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | William Shakespeare | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Arthur Miller | A View from the Bridge |
| Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Clifford Odets | Awake and Sing! |
| Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | David Harrower | Blackbird |
| Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Caryl Churchill | Cloud Nine |
| Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Eugene O'Neill | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Michael Frayn | Noises Off |
| Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Kate Hamill | Sense and Sensibility |
| Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Arthur Miller | The Crucible |
| Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | D.L. Coburn | The Gin Game |
| Unique Contribution to the Theatre | Deaf West Theatre | |
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