Drama League Award

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The Drama League Awards, created in 1935, honor distinguished productions and performances both on Broadway and Off-Broadway, in addition to recognizing exemplary career achievements in theatre, musical theatre, and directing. Each May, the awards are presented at the Annual Awards Luncheon with performers, directors, producers, and Drama League Members in attendance. The ceremony was held on May 11, 2007, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel for the 2006-07 awards. ^[1]

Categories of awards are:

Distinguished Production of a Play
Distinguished Production of a Musical
Distinguished Revival of a Play
Distinguished Revival of a Musical
Distinguished Performance

Additionally, an award may be given in the following categories:

Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre
Unique Contribution to the Theatre
The Julia Hansen Award for Excellence in Directing

Katharine Cornell was the recipient of the first award in 1935, for Distinguished Performance.

[edit] List of winners

Winners 2006-2007:

The Coast of Utopia (Distinguished Production of a Play)
Spring Awakening (Distinguished Production of a Musical)
Journey's End (Distinguished Revival of a Play)
Company (Distinguished Revival of a Musical)
Liev Schreiber (Distinguished Performance)
John Kander & Fred Ebb (Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre)
Michael Mayer (The Julia Hansen Award for Excellence in Directing)
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids (Unique Contribution to the Theatre)

Winners 2005-2006:

The History Boys (Distinguished Production of a Play)
Jersey Boys (Distinguished Production of a Musical)
Awake and Sing! (Distinguished Revival of a Play)
Sweeney Todd (Distinguished Revival of a Musical)
Christine Ebersole (Distinguished Performance)
Patti LuPone (Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre)
Marian Seldes (Unique Contribution to the Theatre)
Des McAnuff (The Julia Hansen Award for Excellence in Directing)

Winners 2004-2005

Doubt (Distinguished Production of a Play)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Distinguished Production of a Musical)
Twelve Angry Men (Distinguished Revival of a Play)
La Cage aux Folles (Distinguished Revival of a Musical)
Norbert Leo Butz (Distinguished Performance)
BMI Musical Theatre Workshop (Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre)
The Billy Rose Theatre Collection at the New York Public Library at Lincoln Center (Unique Contribution to the Theatre)
Mike Nichols (The Julia Hansen Award for Excellence in Directing)

List of winners, 1997-2004: [1]