88th Drama League Awards

The 88th Drama League Awards were held on May 20, 2022, recognizing excellence in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions during the 2021–22 season. Nominations were announced on April 25, 2022, with The Music Man, Company, Six, and Funny Girl leading the nominations, with four each.

Winners and nominees

The 2021-2022 Drama League Awards nominations were announced on Monday, April 25, 2022, by Denée Benton and André de Shields at the New York Public Library.

  • Billy Crystal - Contribution to the Theatre Award
  • Hugh Jackman - Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre
  • Lileana Blain-Cruz - Founders Award for Excellence in Directing
  • Willette Murphy Klausner - Gratitude Award

Winners included Company, which received Outstanding Revival of a Musical and Outstanding Director of Musical; The Lehman Trilogy, which won Outstanding Production of a Play; A Strange Loop, which earned Outstanding Production of a Musical and Take Me Out which won Outstanding Revival of a Play. The Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance was awarded to Sutton Foster for her performance in The Music Man.

Category

Winner and nominees

Outstanding Production of a Play

*The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini

  • Clyde's by Lynn Nottage
  • Confederates by Dominique Morisseau
  • Dana H. by Lucas Hnath
  • English by Sanaz Toossi
  • Hangmen by Martin McDonagh
  • Merry Wives by William Shakespeare
  • The Minutes by Tracy Letts
  • POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive by Selina Fillinger
  • Prayer for the French Republic by Joshua Harmon

Outstanding Production of a Musical

*A Strange Loop

  • David Byrne's American Utopia
  • The Hang
  • Kimberly Akimbo
  • MJ: The Musical
  • Mr. Saturday Night
  • Mrs. Doubtfire
  • Oratorio for Living Things
  • Six
  • Suffs

Outstanding Revival of a Play

*Take Me Out by Richard Greenberg

  • American Buffalo by David Mamet
  • Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
  • for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange
  • How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel
  • Long Day's Journey Into Night by
  • Skeleton Crew by Dominique Morisseau
  • The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
  • Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress

Outstanding Revival of a Musical

*Company

  • Assassins
  • Caroline, or Change
  • Funny Girl
  • The Music Man

Outstanding Direction of a Play

*Kate Whoriskey, Clyde's

  • Knud Adams, English
  • Saheem Ali, Merry Wives
  • Stori Ayers, Confederates
  • Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
  • Matthew Dunster, Hangmen
  • Jamie Lloyd, Cyrano de Bergerac
  • Sam Mendes, The Lehman Trilogy
  • Tyne Rafaeli, Selling Kabul
  • Taylor Reynolds, Tambo & Bones
  • Les Waters, Dana H.

Outstanding Direction of a Musical

*Marianne Elliott, Company

  • John Doyle, Assassins
  • Lee Sunday Evans, Oratorio for Living Things
  • Michael Mayer, Funny Girl
  • Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage, Six
  • Leigh Silverman, Suffs
  • Niegel Smith, The Hang
  • Christopher Wheeldon, MJ: The Musical
  • Jerry Zaks, The Music Man

Distinguished Performance

*Sutton Foster, The Music Man

  • Uzo Aduba, Clyde's
  • Simon Russell Beale, The Lehman Trilogy
  • Shoshana Bean, Mr. Saturday Night
  • Gabby Beans, The Skin of Our Teeth
  • Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo
  • Sharon D. Clarke, Caroline, or Change
  • Billy Crystal, Mr. Saturday Night
  • Matt Doyle, Company
  • Rachel Dratch, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive
  • Edie Falco, Morning Sun
  • Tyler Fauntleroy, Tambo & Bones
  • Beanie Feldstein, Funny Girl
  • Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Take Me Out
  • Myles Frost, MJ: The Musical
  • Adrianna Hicks, Six
  • Marin Ireland, Morning Sun
  • Nikki M. James, Suffs
  • Ron Cephas Jones, Clyde's
  • Joaquina Kalukango, Paradise Square
  • LaChanze, Trouble in Mind
  • L Morgan Lee, A Strange Loop
  • Jane Lynch, Funny Girl
  • Taylor Mac, The Hang
  • Brittney Mack, Six
  • Ebony Marshall-Oliver, 7 Minutes
  • Elizabeth Marvel, Long Day's Journey Into Night
  • James McAvoy, Cyrano de Bergerac
  • Rob McClure, Mrs. Doubtfire
  • Kenita R. Miller, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
  • Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo
  • David Morse, How I Learned to Drive
  • Deirdre O'Connell, Dana H.
  • Sarah Jessica Parker, Plaza Suite
  • Phylicia Rashad, Skeleton Crew
  • Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues
  • Arturo Luis Soria, Ni Mi Madre
  • Jaquel Spivey, A Strange Loop
  • Cecily Strong, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
  • Will Swenson, Assassins
  • Julie White, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive
  • Jesse Williams, Take Me Out
  • Michelle Wilson, Confederates

References

Drama League Awards Category:2022 theatre awards