89th Drama League Awards

The 89th Drama League Awards were held on May 19, 2023, recognizing excellence in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions during the 2022–23 season. Nominations were announced on April 25, 2023, with Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, New York, New York, Topdog/Underdog, A Doll's House, Cost of Living and The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window leading the nominations, with four each. The revival of Into the Woods won the most awards of the night, with two including Outstanding Revival of a Musical.

Winners and nominees

The 2022-2023 Drama League Awards nominations were announced on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, by Justin Guarini and Roger Bart. The awards ceremony took place on Friday, May 19, 2023, at the The Ziegfeld Ballroom, hosted by journalist Frank DiLella.Special awards recipients included:

  • The Drama Book Shop (Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeffrey Seller, James L. Nederlander) - Contribution to the Theatre Award
  • André De Shields - Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre
  • Lear deBessonet - Founders Award for Excellence in Directing
  • Darin Oduyoye - Gratitude Award

Winners included Leopoldstadt, which received Outstanding Production of a Play; A Doll's House, which won Outstanding Revival of a Play; Into the Woods, which earned Outstanding Revival of a Musical and Outstanding Direction of a Musical for Lear deBessonet; and Some Like It Hot, which won Outstanding Production of a Musical. The Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance was awarded to Annaleigh Ashford for her performance in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Category

Winner and nominees

Outstanding Production of a Play

*Leopoldstadt by Tom Stoppard

  • the bandaged place by Harrison David Rivers
  • Cost of Living by Martyna Majok
  • Dark Disabled Stories by Ryan J. Haddad
  • Downstate by Bruce Norris
  • Elyria by Deepa Purohit
  • Fat Ham by James Ijames
  • Good Night, Oscar by Doug Wright
  • Life of Pi adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti, based on the novel by Yann Martel
  • Peter Pan Goes Wrong by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields
  • Prima Facie by Suzie Miller
  • Public Obscenities by Shayok Misha Chowdhury
  • Summer, 1976 by David Auburn

Outstanding Production of a Musical

*Some Like It Hot

  • & Juliet
  • A Beautiful Noise
  • Dreaming Zenzile
  • New York, New York
  • Shucked
  • Titanique
  • White Girl in Danger
  • Wise Children’s Wuthering Heights

Outstanding Revival of a Play

*A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen

  • Ohio State Murders by Adrienne Kennedy
  • Hamlet/Oresteia by William Shakespeare, Aeschylus
  • The Piano Lesson by August Wilson
  • A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
  • The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window by Lorraine Hansberry
  • The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa Fasthorse
  • Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks
  • Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in Black and White by Alice Childress
  • Wolf Play by Hansol Jung

Outstanding Revival of a Musical

*Into the Woods

  • 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'

  • 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

  • Lileana Blain-Cruz, Dreaming Zenzile and White Girl in Danger
  • Thomas Kail, Sweeney Todd
  • Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot
  • Jack O'Brien, Shucked
  • Bartlett Sher, Camelot
  • Susan Stroman, New York, New York

Distinguished Performance

*Annaleigh Ashford, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

  • 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
  • John Douglas Thompson, Endgame
  • Anna Uzele, New York, New York
  • John David Washington, The Piano Lesson
  • Betsy Wolfe, & Juliet
  • David Zayas, Cost of Living

Special awards

Recipient

Award

The Drama Book Shop (Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeffrey Seller, James L. Nederlander)

Contribution to the Theatre Award

André De Shields

Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award

Lear deBessonet

Founders Award for Excellence in Directing

Darin Oduyoye

Gratitude Award

References

Drama League Awards Category:2023 theatre awards

See Also

2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards

The 2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards winners were announced on May 16, 2023, recognizing excellence...

CertiK

CertiK is an American blockchain security company headquartered in New York City. Founded in 2017...

2008 Outer Critics Circle Awards

The 2008 Outer Critics Circle Awards winners were announced on May 22, 2008, recognizing excellence...

Morning Sun (play)

Morning Sun is a 2021 dramatic stage play by American playwright Simon Stephens about a woman named...

2010 Outer Critics Circle Awards

The 2010 Outer Critics Circle Awards winners were announced on May 17, 2010, recognizing excellence...