The 82nd Annual Drama League Awards each year honors the best theatrical productions.
The star-studded ceremony of the 82nd Annual Drama League Awards was held at the Marriott Marquis Times Square and hosted by Zachary Levi and Megan Hilty. The Drama League awarded Hamilton with Outstanding Production of a Musical Awards, The Humans with Outstanding Production of a Play, The Color Purple with Outstanding Revival of a Musical, A View From The Bridge with Outstanding Revival of a Play, and Lin-Manuel Miranda with Distinguished Performance Award.
Additionally, the legendary Sheldon Harnick was honored with the Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater Award; Deaf West Theatre was honored with the Unique Contribution to the Theater Award for their vital work; and Ivo van Hove was honored with the Founders Award for Excellence in Directing.
The Drama League Awards are the oldest theatrical honors in America. They are the only major theatergoer awards chosen by audience members — specifically, by the thousands of Drama League members nationwide who attend Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
2016 DRAMA LEAGUE AWARDS WINNERS
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
Hamilton
Richard Rodgers Theatre
Book, Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Directed by Thomas Kail
Richard Rodgers Theatre
Jeffrey Seller, Sander Jacobs, Jill Furman, and The Public Theater (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director; Patrick Willingham, Executive Director), producers
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
The Humans
Helen Hayes Theatre
By Stephen Karam
Directed by Joe Mantello
Scott Rudin, Barry Diller, Fox Theatricals, James L. Nederlander, Terry Allen Kramer, Roy Furman, Daryl Roth, Jon B. Platt, Eli Bush, Broadway Across America, Jack Lane, Barbara Whitman, Jay Alix & Una Jackman, Scott M. Delman, Sonia Friedman, Amanda Lipitz, Peter May, Stephanie P. McClelland, Lauren Stein, The Shubert Organization, and The Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director, Harold Wolpert, Managing Director, and Julia C. Levy, Executive Director), producers; Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner, John Johnson, executive producers
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
The Color Purple
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
Book by Marsha Norman
Music and Lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray
Directed by John Doyle
Scott Sanders Productions, Roy Furman, Oprah Winfrey, David Babani, Rom Siracusa, Caiola Productions, James Fantaci, Ted Liebowitz, Stephanie P. McClelland, James L. Nederlander, Darren Bagert, Candy Spelling, Adam Zotovich, Eric Falkenstien/Morris Berchard, Just For Laughs Theatricals/Tanya Link Productions, Adam S. Gordon, Jam Theatricals, Kelsey Grammer, Independent Presenters Network, Carol Fineman, Sandy Block, producers
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OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
A View From The Bridge
Lyceum Theatre
By Arthur Miller
Directed by Ivo van Hove
Scott Rudin, Lincoln Center Theater, Eli Bush. Robert G. Bartner, Roger Berlind, William Berlind, Roy Furman, Peter May, Amanda Lipitz, Stephanie P. McClelland, Jay Alix & Una Jackman, Scott M. Delman, Sonia Friedman, John Gore, Ruth Hendel, JFL Theatricals, Heni Koenigsberg, Jon B. Platt, Daryl Roth, Spring Sirkin, producers
DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE AWARD
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Hamilton
DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSICAL THEATRE
Sheldon Harnick
UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION TO THE THEATRE
Deaf West Theatre
FOUNDERS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN DIRECTING
Ivo van Hove
