Winners of 2023 DRAMA LEAGUE AWARDS announced

Photo credit: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman

The Drama League 2023 Awards winners were revealed during an in-person ceremony, hosted by Emmy-winning NY1 reporter Frank DiLella, at The Ziegfeld Ballroom last night (19 May).

Annaleigh Ashford won the Distinguished Performance Award for her work in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; the well-respected honour can only be won once during the career of an actor.

Leopoldstadt took home the Award for Outstanding Production of a Play, while A Doll’s House won for Outstanding Revival of a Play.

Some Like It Hot and Into The Woods earned honours for Outstanding Production of a Musical and Outstanding Revival of a Musical, respectively.

In the directing categories, Anne Kauffman took home the Outstanding Direction of a Play award for The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window and Lear deBessonet took home Outstanding Direction of a Musical for Into the Woods, making her a dual winner at the star-studded event; deBessonet was also honoured with the Founders Award for Excellence in Directing.

Congratulations to all of the winners!