Schmigadoon! (c) Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman
The 79th Tony Award Nominations
Play
Liberation by Bess Wohl
Play (Revival)
Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Actress (Play)
Lesley Manville, Oedipus
Actor (Play)
John Lithgow, Giant
Featured Actress (Play)
Laurie Metcalf, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Featured Actor (Play)
Alden Ehrenreich, Becky Shaw
Director (Play)
Joe Mantello, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Costume Design of a Play
Fallen Angels
Lighting Design of a Play
Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Scenic Design of a Play
Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Sound Design of a Play
Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Musical
Schmigadoon!
Musical Revival
Ragtime
Book of a Musical
Schmigadoon by Cinco Paul
Score:
Schmigadoon by Cinco Paul
Actress (Musical)
Caissie Levy, Ragtime
Actor (Musical)
Joshua Henry, Ragtime
Featured Actress (Musical)
Shoshana Bean, The Lost Boys
Featured Actor (Musical)
Ali Louis Bourzgui, The Lost Boys
Director (Musical)
Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Choreography
Omari Wiles and Arturo Lyons, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Costume Design of a Musical
Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Lighting Design of a Musical
The Lost Boys
Scenic Design of a Musical
The Lost Boys
Sound Design of a Musical
Ragtime
Orchestrations
Schmigadoon!
Liberation (c) Little Fang
2026 Pulitzer Prizes
Winner
Liberation by Bess Wohl
Finalists
Bowl EP by Nazareth Hassan
Meet the Cartozians by Talene Monahon
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Little Bear Ridge Road (c) Julieta Cervantes
The New York Drama Critics’ Circle
Best Play
Little Bear Ridge Road by Samuel D. Hunter
Best Musical
no award
Best Individual Performance
Alden Ehrenreich, Becky Shaw
Best Ensemble Performance
The cast of Death of a Salesman
Special Citations:
Lincoln Center Theatre’s revival of Ragtime
Wallace Shawn and André Gregory for career achievement
Costume Designer Qween Jean for Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Liberation and Saturday Church
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The Fear of 13 (c) Emilio Madrid
2026 Theatre World Award Honorees
For Outstanding Debut Performance
Ben Ahlers, Death of a Salesman
LJ Benet, The Lost Boys
Madeline Brewer, Becky Shaw
Adrien Brody, The Fear of 13
Ayo Edebiri, Proof
Alden Ehrenreich, Becky Shaw
Luke Evans, The Rocky Horror Show
Will Harrison, Punch
River Lipe-Smith, Caroline
Leslie Manville, Oedipus
Robert "Silk" Mason, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Sam Tutty, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
John Lithgow
Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theatre
Rachael Stirling, Giant
Ragtime (c) Matthew Murphy
2026 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Play
The Balusters by David Lindsay-Abaire
Outstanding Musical
Schmigadoon!
Outstanding Revival of a Play
Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Ragtime
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play
John Lithgow, Giant
Lesley Manville, Oedipus
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical
Joshua Henry, Ragtime
Caissie Levy, Ragtime
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play
Alden Ehrenreich, Becky Shaw
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical
Judy Kuhn, The Baker’s Wife
Ben Levi Ross, Ragtime
Outstanding Solo Performance
Jack Holden, Kenrex
Outstanding Direction of a Play
Joe Mantello, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Outstanding Direction of a Musical
Lear deBessonet, Ragtime
Outstanding Choreography (tie)
Christopher Gattelli, Schmigadoon!
Omari Wiles & Arturo Lyons, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Outstanding Music
Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson, Mexodus
Outstanding Lyrics
Jim Barne & Kit Buchan, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Outstanding Book of a Musical
Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson, Mexodus
Outstanding Orchestrations
David M. Lutken, Morgan Morse, Lisa Helmi Johanson, and Sherry Stregack Lutken, The Porch on Windy Hill
Outstanding Music in a Play
John Patrick Elliott, Kenrex
Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play
Chloe Lamford, Death of a Salesman
Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical
Dane Laffrey, The Lost Boys
Outstanding Costume Design of a Play
Paul Tazewell, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical
Qween Jean, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play
Jack Knowles, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical
Jen Schriever and Michael Arden, The Lost Boys
Outstanding Sound Design of a Play
Tom Gibbons, Oedipus
Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical
Mikhail Fiksel, Mexodus
Outstanding Projection and Video Design
Tal Yarden, Oedipus
Outstanding Wig and Hair Design
Nikiya Mathis, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Outstanding Puppetry
Axtell Expressions, Amaze
Outstanding Fight Choreography
Gerry Rodriguez, The Monsters
Outstanding Adaptation
Oedipus by Robert Icke
Outstanding Revue
About Time
Unique Theatrical Experience
Burnout Paradise
SPECIAL AWARDS
Ensemble Awards
Marjorie Prime (Danny Burstein, Christopher Lowell, Cynthia Nixon, and June Squibb
Spread (Daniel Bravo Hernández, Danny Gómez, Ishmael Gonzalez, Jaden Perez, and Luis Vega)
Sam Norkin Off-Broadway Award
Xhloe Rice and Natasha Roland, A Letter to Lyndon B Johnson or God and What If They Ate The Baby?
Additional Special Awards
Initiative by Else Went, Director Emma Rosa Went, and the ensemble cast (Olivia Rose Barresi, Brandon Burk, Greg Cuellar, Harrison Densmore, Carson Higgins, Andrea Lopez Alvarez, Jamie Sanders, and Christopher Dylan White)
Masquerade, Director Diane Paulus and her creative collaborators
The William Wolf Award
Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire
The Harold S. Prince Award,
Thomas Schumacher
Arthur Miller's Death of Salesman (c) Emilio Madrid
The Drama League
Outstanding Production of a Play
Liberation
Outstanding Revival of a Play
Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Outstanding Production of a Musical
Mexodus
Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Ragtime
Outstanding Direction of a Play
Joe Mantello, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Little Bear Ridge Road
Outstanding Direction of a Musical
Lear deBessonet, Ragtime
Distinguished Performance
Joshua Henry, Ragtime
Special Recognition Honorees
Caissie Levy
David Cromer
Kamilah Forbes
Scott Ellis
Prince Faggot (c) Marc J. Franklin
Dorian Theater Awards
Outstanding Broadway Musical
Schmigadoon!
Outstanding Broadway Play (tie)
The Balusters
Giant
Outstanding Broadway Musical Revival
Ragtime
Outstanding Broadway Play Revival
Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Outstanding LGBTQ Broadway Production
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Musical
Joshua Henry, Ragtime
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Play
John Lithgow, Giant
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Musical
Layton Williams, Titaníque
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Play
Alden Ehrenreich, Becky Shaw
Outstanding Broadway Ensemble
Ragtime
Outstanding Original Score of a Broadway Production
The Lost Boys by The Rescues
Outstanding Book of a Broadway Musical
Schmigadoon! by Cinco Paul
Outstanding Script of a Broadway Play
The Balusters by David Lindsay-Abaire
Outstanding Design of a Broadway Production
The Lost Boys
The Broadway Showstopper Award
Cats: The Jellicle Ball - “Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat” (Emma Sofia)
Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical
Mexodus
Outstanding Off-Broadway Play
Prince Faggot
Outstanding Off-Broadway Revival (tie)
Heathers, The Musical
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Outstanding LGBTQ Off-Broadway Production
Prince Faggot
Outstanding Lead Performance in an Off-Broadway Production (tie)
Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Well, I’ll Let You Go
John McCrea, Prince Faggot
Outstanding Featured Performance in an Off-Broadway Production (tie)
J. Harrison Ghee, Saturday Church
David Greenspan, Prince Faggot
Outstanding Writing for an Off-Broadway Production
Prince Faggot by Jordan Tannahill
Outstanding Design for an Off-Broadway Production
Masquerade
LGBTQ Theater Artist of the Season
Qween Jean
LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer
Junior LaBeija
The Balusters (c) Jeremy Daniel
Outer Critics Circle Awards
Outstanding New Broadway Musical
Schmigadoon!
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
Mexodus
Outstanding New Broadway Play
The Balusters
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
Meet the Cartozians
John Gassner Award (tie)
Cold War Choir Practice, Ro Reddick
Well, I'll Let You Go, Bubba Weiler
Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Ragtime
Outstanding Revival of a Play
Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play
Nathan Lane, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play
Laurie Metcalf, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical
Joshua Henry, Ragtime
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical
Ben Levi Ross, Ragtime
Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical
Nygel D. Robinson, Mexodus
Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical
Judy Kuhn, The Baker's Wife
Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play
Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Well, I'll Let You Go
Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play
Caroline Aaron, The Reservoir
Outstanding Solo Performance
Daniel Radcliffe, Every Brilliant Thing
Outstanding Book of a Musical
Cinco Paul, Schmigadoon!
Outstanding Score
Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson, Mexodus
Outstanding Direction of a Play
Joe Mantello, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Outstanding Direction of a Musical
Lear deBessonet, Ragtime
Outstanding Choreography
Christopher Gattelli, Schmigadoon!
Outstanding Orchestrations
Doug Besterman and Mike Morris, Schmigadoon!
Outstanding Scenic Design
Dane Laffrey, The Lost Boys
Outstanding Costume Design
Linda Cho, Schmigadoon!
Outstanding Lighting Design
Jen Schriever and Michael Arden, The Lost Boys
Outstanding Sound Design
Mikhail Fiksel, Mexodus
Outstanding Video/Projection Design
59 Studio, Ragtime
Mexodus (c) Curtis Brown
THE 2026 Lucille Lortel Awards
Outstanding Play
Prince Faggot by Jordan Tannahill
Outstanding Musical
Mexodus by Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson
Outstanding Revival
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Outstanding Solo Show
I'm Assuming You Know David Greenspan by Mona Pirnot
Performed by David Greenspan
Outstanding Director
David Mendizábal, Mexodus
Outstanding Choreographer
Edgar Godineaux and Jared Grimes, Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play
Aigner Mizzelle, The Monsters
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play
David Turner, Mother Russia
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical
Nygel D. Robinson, Mexodus
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Musical
Nick Rashad Burroughs, Goddess
Outstanding Ensemble
Night Side Songs
Robin de Jesús, Brooke Ishibashi, Jonathan Raviv, Kris Saint-Louis, Mary Testa
Outstanding Scenic Design
Miriam Buether, Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp.
Outstanding Costume Design
Qween Jean, Saturday Church
Outstanding Lighting Design
Cha See, The Unknown
Outstanding Sound Design
Mikhail Fiksel, Mexodus
Outstanding Projection Design
John Narun, Bughouse
HONORARY AWARDS
Lifetime Achievement
Mia Katigbak
Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee
William Finn
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