The winners of the 2025 Drama League Awards were revealed last week, and now there are photos from the May 16 event. Held at the Ziegfeld Ballroom and hosted by NY1's Frank DiLella, the event saw Sunset Blvd. star and 2025 Tony nominee Nicole Scherzinger take the much-coveted Distinguished Performance Award, a one-time honor in an actor's career.
Go inside the starry event in the gallery below.
As for the production awards, Oh, Mary! took Outstanding Production of a Play, while Outstanding Revival of a Play saw a tie between Eureka Day and Vanya. Maybe Happy Ending won Outstanding Production of a Musical, and Sunset Blvd. took Outstanding Revival of a Musical, setting up the Drama League winners for a direct match with this year's Tony Awards鈥攁ll production winners (with the exception of Vanya) are up for the Broadway honors, due to be handed out June 8 in a televised and live-streamed ceremony.
Given the Drama League's primary mission of developing early-career directors, the annual awards also honor the season's direction. Michael Arden took Outstanding Direction of a Musical for his work on Maybe Happy Ending, and Sam Pinkleton won Outstanding Direction of a Play for his work on Oh, Mary! Both are also 2025 Tony Award nominees.
David Cumming, Natasha Hodgson, Zo毛 Roberts, and Felix Hagan
Jak Malone
Norbert Leo Butz
Sergio Trujillo
Kimberly Belflower
Hue Park and Will Aronson
Mara Isaacs and Tom Kirdahy
Zhailon Levingston
Bill Rauch, Khady Kamara Nunez, and Zhailon Levingston
Jonathan Spector
Schele Williams
Danya Taymor
Sam Pinkleton
Jamie Lloyd
Julia Mattison
Sanaz Toossi
Beth Leavel
Jennifer Simard
George C. Wolfe
Francis Jue
Kip Williams
Tala Ashe
Sanaz Toossi, Tala Ashe, and Marjan Neshat
Sanaz Toossi, Tala Ashe, and Marjan Neshat
Helen J. Shen
Helen J. Shen
Mia Farrow
Marjan Neshat
Louis McCartney
David Cromer
Andrew Durand
Cole Escola
Saheem Ali
Adrienne Warren
Adrienne Warren
Neil Meron
Ephraim Sykes
Tatianna C贸rdoba
Tatianna C贸rdoba
Michael Arden
Lea Salonga
Kate Navin
Itamar Moses, David Yazbek, and Erik Della Penna
Sutton Foster
Knud Adams
Stori Ayers
Jinkx Monsoon
Jinkx Monsoon
Jasmine Amy Rogers
Alaska Thunderfuck
Andr茅 De Shields
Lance Roberts
Ryan J. Haddad
Megan Hilty
Megan Hilty
Lily Rabe
Lily Rabe
Darren Criss and Nick Jonas
Justina Machado
Justina Machado
Natalie Venetia Belcon
Natalie Venetia Belcon
Jonathan Groff
Tommy Dorfman
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Glenn Davis
Robyn Hurder
Robyn Hurder
Brooks Ashmanskas
Lear DeBessonet
Bess Wohl
Sarah Snook
Sarah Snook
Conrad Ricamora
Darren Criss and Helen J. Shen
Darren Criss and Helen J. Shen
Bernadette Peters
Darren Criss
Darren Criss
Bernadette Peters
Whitney White
Whitney White and Nick Jonas
Nick Jonas
Nick Jonas
Tom Francis
Tom Francis
Joy Woods
Gracie Lawrence
Gracie Lawrence
Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole Scherzinger
Kara Young
Kara Young
Ramin Karimloo
Andrew Scott
Andrew Scott
Audra McDonald and Will Swenson
Audra McDonald
Audra McDonald
Idina Menzel
Idina Menzel
David Henry Hwang
Jerry Mitchell
Andrew Scott, Cole Escola, and Idina Menzel
Jasmine Amy Rogers, Tommy Dorfman, and Tatianna C贸rdoba
Natalie Venetia Belcon, Mia Farrow, and Beth Leavel
Robyn Huder, Marjan Neshat, and Lily Rabe
Justina Machado and Tatianna C贸rdoba
Jamine Amy Rogers and Joy Woods
Stori Ayers and Jak Malone
Darren Criss, Jinkx Monsoon, Joy Woods, and Jonathan Groff
Darren Criss and Idina Menzel
Nicole Scherzinger and Nick Jonas
The 2025 Drama League Awards
Sarah Snook, Nicole Scherzinger, Andrew Scott, and Lea Salonga
Jinkx Monsoon, Jasmine Amy Rogers, Tommy Dorfman, Tatianna C贸rdoba, Gracie Lawrence, and Nick Jonas
Jonathan Groff and Cole Escola
Schele Williams
Sam Pinkleton
Michael Arden
Annaleigh Ashford and Norbert Leo Butz
Jonathan Spector
Andrew Scott
Jamie Lloyd
Sutton Foster and Danny Burstein
Cole Escola
Cole Escola
The 2025 Drama League Awards
Hunter Arnold
Hue Park, Will Aronson, Jeffrey Richards, and Hunter Arnold
Audra McDonald
Audra McDonald, Kara Young, Adrienne Warren, Megan Hilty, Darren Criss, Andrew Scott, Nicole Scherzinger, and Sarah Snook
Audra McDonald, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Kara Young, Megan Hilty, Darren Criss, Andrew Scott, Nicole Scherzinger, and Sarah Snook
Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole Scherzinger
Lea Salonga, Beth Leavel, LaTanya Richarson Jackson, Kara Young, Adrienne Warren, Megan Hilty, Darren Criss, Nicole Scherzinger, Andrew Scott, and Sarah Snook
Jamie Lloyd and Nicole Scherzinger
Nicki Hunter, Jonathan Spector, Lynn Meadow, and Chris Jennings
Lucas McMahon, Holly Pierson, James Scully, Sam Pinkleton, Cole Escola, Conrad Ricamora, Carlee Briglia, and Mike Lavoie
Sam Pinkleton
Jamie Lloyd
Nicole Scherzinger
Grace Hodgett Young, Nicole Scherzinger, and David Thaxton
Pam Hurst-Della Pietra, Will Aronson, Hue Park, and Darren Criss
See the full list of winners here.
This year鈥檚 Drama League Awards Special Recognition Honorees were Lea Salonga, Whitney White, Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron and Kate Navin, and Audible Theater.
