89th Drama League Awards

89th Drama League Awards
89th Drama League Awards
Date	May 19, 2023
Venue	The Ziegfeld Ballroom
Hosted by	Frank DiLella
Most wins	Into the Woods (2)
Website	dramaleague.org.
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DateMay 19, 2023

VenueThe Ziegfeld Ballroom

Hosted byFrank DiLella

Most winsInto the Woods (2)

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,^[1] with four each. The revival of Into the Woods won the most awards of the night, with two including Outstanding Revival of a Musical.^[2]

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Category	Winner and nominees^[7]
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 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

Recipient^[8]	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

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