Rose Byrne, Ayo Edebiri, Daniel Radcliffe, and More Nominated for the 2026 Drama League Awards

The Drama League has announced its 2026 award nominees. The 92nd Annual Drama League Awards, hosted by Emmy Award winner Frank DiLella, will be held at the Ziegfeld Ballroom on Friday, May 15. Check out the complete list of nominees and special awards recipients below:

Outstanding Production of a Play
The Balusters
Caroline
Cold War Choir Practice
Dog Day Afternoon
Giant
Kyoto
Liberation
Marcel on the Train
The Monsters
Prince Faggot
Rheology
Spread

Outstanding Revival of a Play
Anna Christie
Becky Shaw
The Brothers Size
Bug
Death of a Salesman
Every Brilliant Thing
Fallen Angels
Gruesome Playground Injuries
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Proof
Twelfth Night
You Got Older

Outstanding Production of a Musical
Beaches, A New Musical
Beau the Musical
Bigfoot
The Lost Boys
Mexodus
My Joy Is Heavy
Night Side Songs
Saturday Church
Schmigadoon!
The Seat of Our Pants
Titanique
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Outstanding Revival of a Musical
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Bat Boy: The Musical
Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Chess
The Gospel at Colonus
Heathers The Musical
Masquerade
Oratorio For Living Things
Ragtime
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
The Wild Party

Outstanding Direction of a Play
Knud Adams
Cold War Choir Practice, MCC Theater

Debbie Allen
Joe Turner’s Come And Gone, Ethel Barrymore Theatre

Tatyana-Marie Carlo
Spread, INTAR Theatre

Shayok Misha Chowdhury
Prince Faggot, Playwrights Horizons/Soho Rep and Studio Seaview

David Cromer
Caroline, MCC Theater

Trip Cullman
Becky Shaw, Second Stage Theater

Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin
Kyoto, Lincoln Center Theater

Joe Mantello
Death of a Salesman, Winter Garden Theatre and Little Bear Ridge Road, Booth Theatre

Marshall Pailet
Marcel on the Train, Classic Stage Company

Outstanding Direction of a Musical
Michael Arden
The Lost Boys, Palace Theatre

Lili-Anne Brown
The Wild Party, New York City Center Encores!

Rachel Chavkin
My Joy Is Heavy, New York Theatre Workshop

Lear deBessonet
Ragtime, Lincoln Center Theater

Lee Sunday Evans
Oratorio for Living Things, Signature Theatre

Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch
Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Broadhurst Theatre

Danny Mefford
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, New World Stages and Bigfoot, Manhattan Theatre Club/New York City Center

David Mendizábal
Mexodus, Minetta Lane Theatre/Daryl Roth Theatre

Sam Pinkleton
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show, Studio 54

Leigh Silverman
The Seat of Our Pants, The Public Theater

Alex Timbers
Bat Boy: The Musical, New York City Center Encores!

Distinguished Performance
Caroline Aaron, The Reservoir
Christopher Abbott, Death of a Salesman
Shoshana Bean, The Lost Boys
Jon Bernthal, Dog Day Afternoon
Ali Louis Bourzgui, The Lost Boys
Marylouise Burke, The Balusters
Kerry Butler, Bat Boy: The Musical
Rose Byrne, Fallen Angels
Sara Chase, Schmigadoon!
Patrice Johnson Chevannes, The Waterfall
Nicholas Christopher, Chess
Justin Cooley, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Carrie Coon, Bug
André De Shields, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Brandon J. Dirden, Waiting for Godot
Ayo Edebiri, Proof
Alden Ehrenreich, Becky Shaw
Luke Evans, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Tru
Susannah Flood, Liberation
Ishmael Gonzalez, Spread
Sean Hayes, The Unknown
Joshua Henry, Ragtime
Grey Henson, Bigfoot
André Holland, The Brothers Size
Stephanie Hsu, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Alani iLongwe, The Brothers Size
Stephen Kunken, Kyoto
Caissie Levy, Ragtime
Lesley Manville, Oedipus
John McCrea, Prince Faggot
Laurie Metcalf, Death of a Salesman and Little Bear Ridge Road
Lea Michele, Chess
Marla Mindelle, Titaníque
Lizan Mitchell, Cold War Choir Practice
Aigner Mizzelle, The Monsters
Chloë Grace Moretz, Caroline
Lupita Nyong’o, Twelfth Night
Kelli O’Hara, 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
Constantine Rousouli, Titaníque
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
Jessica Vosk, Beaches, A New Musical
Adrienne Warren, The Wild Party
Kara Young, Gruesome Playground Injuries and Proof

Previous Distinguished Performance Award Winners
Danny Burstein, Marjorie Prime
Neil Patrick Harris, Art
Hugh Jackman, Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes
Nathan Lane, Death of a Salesman
John Lithgow, Giant

Special Recognitions
Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater – Caissie Levy
Founders Award for Excellence in Directing – David Cromer
Contribution to the Theater – Kamilah Forbes
Gratitude Award – Scott Ellis