John Gassner Playwriting Award
Lindsey Ferrentino, Ugly Lies the Bone
Lauren Gunderson, I and You
Martyna Majok, Ironbound
WINNER – Marco Ramirez, The Royale
Anna Ziegler, Boy
Outstanding Actor in a Play
Reed Birney, The Humans
Gabriel Byrne, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
WINNER – Frank Langella, The Father
Mark Strong, A View From the Bridge
Ben Whishaw, The Crucible
Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Laura Benanti, She Loves Me
Carmen Cusack, Bright Star
WINNER – Cynthia Erivo, The Color Purple the Musical
Jessie Mueller, Waitress
Ana Villafañe, On Your Feet!
Outstanding Actress in a Play
Jayne Houdyshell, The Humans
WINNER – Jessica Lange, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Lupita Nyong’o, Eclipsed
Nicola Walker, A View From the Bridge
Michelle Williams, Blackbird
Outstanding Book Of A Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Bright Star
Daddy Long Legs
WINNER – Dear Evan Hansen
Lazarus
On Your Feet!
Outstanding Choreographer
Joshua Bergasse, Cagney
Spencer Liff, Spring Awakening
Josh Rhodes, Bright Star
Randy Skinner, Dames at Sea
WINNER – Sergio Trujillo, On Your Feet!
Outstanding Costume Design
ESosa, On Your Feet!
Jane Greenwood, Bright Star
Katrina Lindsay, American Psycho the Musical
WINNER – Jeff Mahshie, She Loves Me
Tom Scutt, King Charles III
Outstanding Director of a Musical
WINNER – Michael Arden, Spring Awakening
Walter Bobbie, Bright Star
Scott Ellis, She Loves Me
Rupert Goold, American Psycho the Musical
Michael Greif, Dear Evan Hansen
Outstanding Director of a Play (The Lucille Lortel Award)
Evan Cabnet, Gloria
Mike Donahue, The Legend of Georgia McBride
Rupert Goold, King Charles III
WINNER – Ivo van Hove, A View From the Bridge
Joe Mantello, The Humans
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Nicholas Barasch, She Loves Me
Roger Bart, Disaster!
Michael Esper, Lazarus
WINNER – Christopher Fitzgerald, Waitress
Terrence Mann, Tuck Everlasting the Musical
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Sanjit De Silva, Dry Powder
Matt McGrath, The Legend of Georgia McBride
Jim Norton, The Crucible
Robert Sella, Sylvia
WINNER – Michael Shannon, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Alex Brightman, School of Rock the Musical
WINNER – Danny Burstein, Fiddler on the Roof
Robert Creighton, Cagney
Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen
Benjamin Walker, American Psycho the Musical
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple the Musical
Andrea Burns, On Your Feet!
Sophia Anne Caruso, Lazarus
WINNER – Jane Krakowski, She Loves Me
Heléne Yorke, American Psycho the Musical
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
WINNER – Pascale Armand, Eclipsed
WINNER – Judith Light, Thérèse Raquin
Zainab Jah, Eclipsed
Saycon Sengbloh, Eclipsed
Myra Lucretia Taylor, Familiar
Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)
Donald Holder, She Loves Me
Natasha Katz, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Kenneth Posner, On Your Feet!
Ben Stanton, Spring Awakening
WINNER – Justin Townsend, American Psycho the Musical
Outstanding New Broadway Musical
American Psycho the Musical
WINNER – Bright Star
On Your Feet!
Tuck Everlasting the Musical
Waitress
Outstanding New Broadway Play
Eclipsed
The Father
WINNER – The Humans
King Charles III
Thérèse Raquin
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
Cagney
Daddy Long Legs
WINNER – Dear Evan Hansen
Lazarus
Southern Comfort
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
WINNER – The Christians
Familiar
Gloria
Hold On to Me Darling
The Legend of Georgia McBride
Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) (The Marjorie Gunner Award)
American Psycho the Musical
WINNER – Bright Star
Daddy Long Legs
Dear Evan Hansen
Waitress
Outstanding Projection Design (Play or Musical)
Lucy MacKinnon, Spring Awakening
Peter Nigrini, Grounded
Peter Nigrini, Dear Evan Hansen
WINNER – Finn Ross, American Psycho the Musical
Tal Yarden, Lazarus
Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
The Color Purple the Musical
Dames at Sea
Fiddler on the Roof
WINNER – She Loves Me
Spring Awakening
Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Blackbird
The Crucible
Fool for Love
WINNER – Long Day’s Journey Into Night
A View From the Bridge
Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical)
Beowulf Boritt, Thérèse Raquin
David Korins, Misery
Mimi Lien, John
WINNER – David Rockwell, She Loves Me
Walt Spangler, Tuck Everlasting the Musical
Outstanding Solo Performance
Mike Birbiglia, Thank God For Jokes
Kathleen Chalfant, Rose
Anne Hathaway, Grounded
WINNER – James Lecesne, The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
Daphne Rubin-Vega, Empanada Loca
