86th Drama League Awards

86th Drama League Awards
86th Drama League Awards
Date	June 18, 2020
Most wins	Moulin Rouge! The Musical (2)
Website	dramaleague.org.
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DateJune 18, 2020

Most winsMoulin Rouge! The Musical (2)

Websitedramaleague.org.

The 86th Drama League Awards were announced on June 18, 2020, recognizing excellence in theatre productions during the 2019–20 season, which was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, five new categories were created for this year's ceremony only, reflecting the restrictions on live performance. Nominations were announced on April 30, 2020,^[1] and winners were announced on June 18, 2020, virtually.^[2]

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Category	Winner and nominees^[6]
Outstanding Production of a Play	*The Inheritance by Matthew López Cambodian Rock Band by Lauren Yee Dana H. by Lucas Hnath Grand Horizons by Bess Wohl The Hot Wing King by Katori Hall The Michaels by Richard Nelson Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow by Halley Feiffer One in Two by Donja R. Love Sea Wall/A Life by Simon Stephens / Hugh Leonard Seared by Theresa Rebeck Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris Stew by Zora Howard
Outstanding Production of a Musical	*Moulin Rouge! The Musical Girl from the North Country Jagged Little Pill Octet The Secret Life of Bees Sing Street Six Soft Power A Strange Loop Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Outstanding Revival of a Play	*A Soldier’s Play by Charles Fuller Betrayal by Harold Pinter for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange Fires in the Mirror by Anna Deaveare Smith Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune by Terrence McNally Judgment Day by Rob Ulin Medea by Euripides Native Son by Paul Green and Richard Wright The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee Williams The Woman in Black adapted by Stephen Mallatrat
Outstanding Revival of a Musical	*Little Shop of Horrors Enter Laughing Rock of Ages The Unsinkable Molly Brown West Side Story
Distinguished Performance	Danny Burstein, Moulin Rouge! The Musical* David Acton, The Woman in Black Jeffrey Bean, Dublin Carol Ato Blankson-Wood, The Rolling Stone and Slave Play Christian Borle, Little Shop of Horrors Danielle Brooks, Much Ado About Nothing Rose Byrne, Medea Len Cariou, Harry Townsend’s Last Stand Patrice Johnson Chevannes, runboyrun and In Old Age Liza Colón-Zayas, Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven Kate del Castillo, the way she spoke Edmund Donovan, Greater Clements Raúl Esparza, Seared Francesca Faridany, The Half-Life of Marie Curie Halley Feiffer, The Pain of My Belligerence Danyel Fulton, Broadbend, Arkansas Annie Golden, Broadway Bounty Hunter Donnetta Lavinia Grays, Where We Stand David Alan Grier, A Soldier’s Play Jonathan Groff, Little Shop of Horrors Jake Gyllenhaal, Sea Wall/A Life Tom Hiddleston, Betrayal Paul Hilton, The Inheritance Kathryn Hunter, Timon of Athens Galen Ryan Kane, Native Son Brittney Mack, Six April Matthis, Toni Stone Susannah Millonzi, The Crucible Kate Mulgrew, The Half-Life of Marie Curie Joe Ngo, Cambodian Rock Band Deirdre O'Connell, Dana H. [Brenock O’Connor, Sing Street Okwui Okpokwasili, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Karen Olivo, Moulin Rouge! The Musical Larry Owens, A Strange Loop Lauren Patten, Jagged Little Pill Chris Perfetti, Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Ben Porter, The Woman in Black Isaac Powell, West Side Story Jonathan Pryce, The Height of the Storm Elizabeth Rodriguez, Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven Michael Shannon, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune Tom Sturridge, Sea Wall/A Life Marisa Tomei, The Rose Tattoo Blair Underwood, A Soldier’s Play Michael Urie, Grand Horizons Adrienne Warren, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical Michael Benjamin Washington, Fires in the Mirror Portia, Stew

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