The Drama League Awards, which were established in 1922 and formalized in 1935, have announced the nominees for the 2021-2022 Broadway and off-Broadway season. The oldest theatrical honors in America, the awards are given in seven categories, including two directing awards which will be presented for the first time this year. Among the nominees are Guild members in the following categories:
Outstanding Production of a Play
Clyde’s by Lynn Nottage, Second Stage Theater, The Helen Hayes Theater
Merry Wives adapted by Jocelyn Bioh, The Public Theater/Free Shakespeare in the Park, Delacorte Theater
The Minutes by Tracy Letts, Studio 54
POTUS by Selina Fillinger, Shubert Theatre
Prayer for the French Republic by Joshua Harmon, Manhattan Theatre Club, NY City Center Stage 1
Selling Kabul by Sylvia Khoury, Playwrights Horizons
Outstanding Production of a Musical
The Hang, book and lyrics by Taylor Mac, music by Matt Ray, HERE Arts Center
Kimberly Akimbo, book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire, music by Jeanine Tesori, Atlantic Theater Company, Linda Gross Theater
MJ: The Musical, book by Lynn Nottage, Neil Simon Theatre
Mr. Saturday Night, book by Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz, and Babaloo Mandel, music by Jason Robert Brown, lyrics by Amanda Green, Nederlander Theatre
A Strange Loop, book, music, and lyrics by Michael R. Jackson, Lyceum Theatre
Suffs, book, music, and lyrics by Shaina Taub, The Public Theater
Outstanding Revival of a Play
American Buffalo by David Mamet, Circle in the Square Theatre
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange, Booth Theatre
How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel, Manhattan Theatre Club, Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder with additional material by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Lincoln Center Theater, Vivian Beaumont Theatre
Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Assassins, book by John Weidman, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Classic Stage Company
Company, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by George Furth, Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
Caroline, or Change, book and lyrics by Tony Kushner, music by Jeanine Tesori, Roundabout Theatre Company
Funny Girl, music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill, book by Isobel Lennart, revised book by Harvey Fierstein, August Wilson Theatre