The 79th Annual Drama League Award Nominees

Includes Broadway and off-Broadway, and therefore there are a lot of nominees. The winners will be announced on May 17th.

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A BROADWAY OR OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
"The Assembled Parties"
"I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers"
"Lucky Guy"
"The Nance"
"Old Hats"
"The Testament of Mary"
"Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike"
"The Whale"

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A BROADWAY OR OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
"Dogfight
"Here Lies Love"
"Kinky Boots"
"Matilda The Musical"
"Motown: The Musical"
"Murder Ballad"
"Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812"

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A BROADWAY OR OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
"As You Like It"
"Golden Boy"
"Macbeth"
"The Piano Lesson"
"The Trip to Bountiful"
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A BROADWAY OR OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
"Annie"
"Marry Me a Little"
"The Mystery of Edwin Drood"
"Passion"
"Pippin"
"Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella"

DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE AWARD
(One winner is selected, and the recipient can only receive the award once during his or her career.)

Alec Baldwin, "Orphans"
Danny Burstein, "Talley's Folly"
Bobby Cannavale, "The Big Knife" and "Glengarry Glen Ross"
Bertie Carvel, "Matilda The Musical"
Tracee Chimo, "Bad Jews"
Lilla Crawford, "Annie"
Alan Cumming, "Macbeth"
Brandon J. Dirden, "The Piano Lesson"
Brandon Victor Dixon, "Motown: The Musical"
Jesse Eisenberg, "The Revisionist"
Edie Falco, "The Madrid"
America Ferrera, "Bethany"
Jake Gyllenhaal, "If There is I Haven't Found It Yet"
Tom Hanks, "Lucky Guy"
Jessica Hecht, "The Assembled Parties" and "Harvey"
Shuler Hensley, "The Whale"
Bill Irwin, "Old Hats"
Judith Ivey, "The Heiress"
Brian d'Arcy James, "Giant"
Scarlett Johansson, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
Judy Kuhn, "Passion"
Nathan Lane, "The Nance"
Valisia LeKae, "Motown: The Musical"
Tracy Letts, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
Judith Light, "The Assembled Parties"
Constantine Maroulis, "Jekyll and Hyde"
Andrea Martin, "Pippin"
Rob McClure, "Chaplin"
Lindsay Mendez, "Dogfight"
Laurie Metcalf, "The Other Place"
Bette Midler, "I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers"
Patina Miller, "Pippin"
Amy Morton, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
Donna Murphy, "Into the Woods"
Kristine Nielsen, "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike"
Jim Norton, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood"
Seth Numrich, "Golden Boy"
Laura Osnes, "Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella"
Tina Packer, "Women of Will"
David Hyde Pierce, "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike"
Billy Porter, "Kinky Boots"
Lily Rabe, "As You Like It"
Vanessa Redgrave, "The Revisionist"
Chita Rivera, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood"
Paul Rudd, "Grace"
Roslyn Ruff, "The Piano Lesson"
Stark Sands, "Kinky Boots"
Tony Shalhoub, "Golden Boy"
Michael Shannon, "Grace"
Fiona Shaw, "The Testament of Mary"
Ryan Silverman, "Passion"
Phillipa Soo, "Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812"
Tom Sturridge, "Orphans"
Holland Taylor, "Ann"
Cicely Tyson, "The Trip to Bountiful"
Michael Urie, "Buyer & Cellar"
Courtney B. Vance, "Lucky Guy"
Anthony Warlow, "Annie"
Stephen Tyrone Williams, "My Children! My Africa!"
Vanessa Williams, "The Trip to Bountiful"