92nd Drama League Awards

{{Short description|2026 awards ceremony}}
{{Infobox award
| name = 92nd Drama League Awards
| date = May 15, 2026
| hosts =
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| previous = [[91st Drama League Awards|2025]]
| main = [[Drama League Awards]]
| next = [[93nd Drama League Awards|2027]]
| website = {{URL|dramaleague.org.}}
| venue = [[Ziegfeld Theatre (1969)|The Ziegfeld Ballroom]]
}}
The '''92nd [[Drama League Awards]]''' are to be held on May 15, 2026, recognizing excellence in [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and [[Off-Broadway]] productions during the 2025–26 season. Nominations were announced on April 20, 2025,{{cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |title=2026 Drama League Awards Nominations Are Out; Read the Full List |url=https://playbill.com/article/2026-drama-league-awards-nominations-are-out-read-the-full-list |website=Playbill |date=April 20, 2026 |access-date=2026-04-20}}.

==Winners and nominees==
The 2024-2025 [[Outer Critics Circle Awards]] nominations were announced on Monday, April 20, 2025, by [[Corbin Bleu]] and [[Natalie Venetia Belcon]]. The awards ceremony is to take place on Friday, May 15, 2026, at the [[Ziegfeld Theatre (1969)|The Ziegfeld Ballroom]].{{cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |title=2026 Drama League Awards Nominations Are Out; Read the Full List |url=https://playbill.com/article/2026-drama-league-awards-nominations-are-out-read-the-full-list |website=Playbill |date=April 20, 2026 |access-date=2026-04-20}} Special awards recipients include:{{cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |title=Caissie Levy, David Cromer, Kamilah Forbes, Scott Ellis Will Be Honored at 2026 Drama League Awards |url=https://playbill.com/article/caissie-levy-david-cromer-kamilah-forbes-scott-ellis-will-be-honored-at-2026-drama-league-awards |website=Playbill |date=January 21, 2026 |access-date=2026-04-20}}
*[[Kamilah Forbes]] - [[Drama League Award for Unique Contribution to the Theatre|Contribution to the Theatre Award]]
*[[Caissie Levy]] - [[Drama League Award for Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre|Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award]]
*[[David Cromer]] - [[Drama League Founders Award for Excellence in Directing|Founders Award for Excellence in Directing]]
*[[Scott Ellis]] - Gratitude Award
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!Nominees{{cite web |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |title=Daniel Radcliffe, Luke Evans Among Drama League Award Nominees |url=https://deadline.com/2026/04/new-york-drama-league-award-nominees-2026-1236865723/ |website=Deadline |date=April 20, 2026 |access-date=2026-04-20}}
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| '''[[Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Play|Outstanding Production of a Play]]'''
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* ''[[The Balusters]]'' by [[David Lindsay-Abaire]]
*''Caroline'' by Preston Max Allen
*''Cold War Choir Practice'' by [[Ro Reddick]]
*''[[Dog Day Afternoon (play)|Dog Day Afternoon]]'' by [[Stephen Adly Guirgis]]
*''[[Giant (play)|Giant]]'' by Mark Roseblatt
*''[[Kyoto (play)|Kyoto]]'' by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson
*''[[Liberation (play)|Liberation]]'' by [[Bess Wohl]]
*''Marcel on the Train'' by [[Ethan Slater]] and Marshall Pailet
*''The Monsters'' by [[Ngozi Anyanwu]]
*''[[Prince Faggot]]'' by [[Jordan Tannahill]]
*''Rheology'' by Shayok Misha Chowdhury
*''Spread'' by Jesús I. Valles
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| '''[[Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical|Outstanding Production of a Musical]]'''
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*''[[Beaches (musical)|Beaches]]''
*''Beau the Musical''
*''[[Bigfoot! The Musical|Bigfoot!]]''
*''[[The Lost Boys (musical)|The Lost Boys]]''
*''[[Mexodus]]''
*''My Joy is Heavy''
*''Night Side Songs''
*''[[Saturday Church]]''
*''[[Schmigadoon! (musical)|Schmigadoon!]]''
*''The Seat of Our Pants''
*''[[Titanique]]''
*''[[Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)]]''
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| '''[[Drama League Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play|Outstanding Revival of a Play]]'''
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*''[[Anna Christie]]'' by [[Eugene O'Neill]]
*''[[Becky Shaw]]'' by [[Gina Gionfriddo]]
*''[[The Brothers Size]]'' by [[Tarell Alvin McCraney]]
*''[[Bug (play)|Bug]]'' by [[Tracy Letts]]
*''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' by [[Arthur Miller]]
*''[[Every Brilliant Thing]]'' by [[Duncan Macmillan (playwright)|Duncan Macmillan]]
*''[[Fallen Angels (play)|Fallen Angels]]'' by [[Noël Coward]]
*''Gruesome Playground Injuries by [[Rajiv Joseph]]
*''[[Joe Turner's Come and Gone]]'' by [[August Wilson]]
*''[[Proof (play)|Proof]]'' by [[David Auburn]]
*''[[Twelfth Night]]'' by [[William Shakespeare]]
*''[[You Got Older]]'' by [[Clare Barron]]
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| '''[[Drama League Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical|Outstanding Revival of a Musical]]'''
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*''[[The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee]]''
*''[[Bat Boy: The Musical]]''
*''[[Cats (musical)|Cats: The Jellicle Ball]]''
*''[[Chess (musical)|Chess]]''
*''[[The Gospel at Colonus]]''
*''[[Heathers (musical)|Heathers]]''
*''[[Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|Masquerade]]''
*''[[Oratorio for Living Things]]''
*''[[Ragtime (musical)|Ragtime]]''
*''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]''
*''[[The Wild Party (LaChiusa musical)|The Wild Party]]''
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| '''[[Drama League Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play|Outstanding Direction of a Play]]'''
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*Knud Adams, ''Cold War Choir Practice''
*[[Debbie Allen]], ''[[Joe Turner's Come and Gone]]''
*Tatyana-Marie Carlo, Spread
*Shayok Misha Chowdhury, ''[[Prince Faggot]]''
*[[David Cromer]], ''Caroline''
*Trip Cullman, ''[[Becky Shaw]]''
*[[Stephen Daldry]] and [[Justin Martin (director)|Justin Martin]], ''[[Kyoto (play)|Kyoto]]''
*[[Joe Mantello]], ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' and ''[[Little Bear Ridge Road]]''
*Marshall Pailet, ''Marcel on the Train''
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| '''[[Drama League Award for Outstanding Direction of a Musical|Outstanding Direction of a Musical]]'''
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*[[Michael Arden]], ''[[The Lost Boys (musical)|The Lost Boys]]''
*Lili-Anne Brown, ''[[The Wild Party (LaChiusa musical)|The Wild Party]]''
*[[Rachel Chavkin]], ''My Joy is Heavy''
*Lear deBessonet, ''[[Ragtime (musical)|Ragtime]]''
*[[Lee Sunday Evans]], ''[[Oratorio for Living Things]]''
*Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats: The Jellicle Ball]]''
*[[Danny Mefford]], ''[[The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee]]'' and ''[[Bigfoot! The Musical|Bigfoot!]]''
*David Mendizábal, ''[[Mexodus]]''
*[[Sam Pinkleton]], ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]''
*[[Leigh Silverman]], ''The Seat of Our Pants''
*[[Alex Timbers]], ''[[Bat Boy: The Musical]]''
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|'''[[Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance|Distinguished Performance]]'''
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*[[Caroline Aaron]], ''The Reservoir''
*[[Christopher Abbott]], ''[[Death of a Salesman]]''
*[[Shoshana Bean]], ''[[The Lost Boys (musical)|The Lost Boys]]''
*[[Jon Bernthal]], ''[[Dog Day Afternoon (play)|Dog Day Afternoon]]''
*[[Ali Louis Bourzgui]], ''[[The Lost Boys (musical)|The Lost Boys]]''
*[[Marylouise Burke]], ''[[The Balusters]]''
*[[Kerry Butler]], ''[[Bat Boy: The Musical]]''
*[[Rose Byrne]], ''[[Fallen Angels (play)|Fallen Angels]]''
*[[Sara Chase]], ''[[Schmigadoon!]]''
*Patrice Johnson Chevannes, ''The Waterfall''
*[[Nicholas Christopher]], ''[[Chess (musical)|Chess]]''
*[[Justin Cooley]], ''[[The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee]]''
*[[Carrie Coon]], ''[[Bug (play)|Bug]]''
*[[André De Shields]], ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats: The Jellicle Ball]]''
*[[Brandon J. Dirden]], ''[[Waiting For Godot]]''
*[[Ayo Edebiri]], ''[[Proof (play)|Proof]]''
*[[Alden Ehrenreich]], ''[[Becky Shaw]]''
*[[Luke Evans]], ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]''
*[[Jesse Tyler Ferguson]], ''[[Tru (play)]]''
*[[Susannah Flood]], ''[[Liberation (play)|Liberation]]''
*Ishmael Gonzalez, ''Spread''
*[[Sean Hayes]], ''The Unknown''
*[[Joshua Henry]], ''[[Ragtime (musical)|Ragtime]]''
*[[Grey Henson]], ''[[Bigfoot! The Musical|Bigfoot!]]''
*[[André Holland]], ''[[The Brothers Size]]''
*[[Stephanie Hsu]], ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]''
*Alani iLongwe, ''[[The Brothers Size]]''
*[[Stephen Kunken]], ''[[Kyoto (play)|Kyoto]]''
*[[Caissie Levy]], ''[[Ragtime (musical)|Ragtime]]''
*[[Lesley Manville]], ''[[Oedipus]]''
*[[John McCrea]], ''[[Prince Faggot]]''
*[[Laurie Metcalf]], ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' and ''[[Little Bear Ridge Road]]''
*[[Lea Michele]], ''[[Chess (musical)|Chess]]''
*[[Marla Mindelle]], ''[[Titanique]]''
*[[Lizan Mitchell]], ''Cold War Choir Practice''
*Aigner Mizzelle, ''The Monsters''
*[[Chloë Grace Moretz]], ''Caroline''
*[[Lupita Nyong’o]], ''[[Twelfth Night]]''
*[[Kelli O’Hara]], ''[[Fallen Angels (play)|Fallen Angels]]''
*[[Christiani Pitts]], ''[[Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York)]]''
*[[Brian Quijada]], ''[[Mexodus]]''
*[[Daniel Radcliffe]], ''[[Every Brilliant Thing]]''
*Nygel D. Robinson, ''[[Mexodus]]''
*[[Jasmine Amy Rogers]], ''[[The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee]]'' and ''[[The Wild Party (LaChiusa musical)|The Wild Party]]''
*Constantine Rousouli, ''[[Titanique]]''
*[[Ruben Santiago-Hudson]], ''[[Joe Turner's Come and Gone]]''
*[[Ethan Slater]], ''Marcel on the Train''
*[[Ari'el Stachel]], ''Other''
*B Noel Thomas, ''[[Saturday Church]]''
*[[Taylor Trensch]], ''[[Bat Boy: The Musical]]''
*[[Brandon Uranowitz]], ''[[Ragtime (musical)|Ragtime]]''
*[[Jessica Vosk]], ''[[Beaches (musical)|Beaches]]''
*[[Adrienne Warren]], ''[[The Wild Party (LaChiusa musical)|The Wild Party]]''
*[[Kara Young (actress)|Kara Young]], ''Gruesome Playground Injuries'' and ''[[Proof (play)|Proof]]''

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== References ==



[[Category:2026 in New York City|Drama League Awards]]
[[Category:2026 theatre awards]]