CurtainUp's 2017 Theater Awards List

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Award Nomination and Winners List: 2017

As we do every year, we'll post nominations and winners as announced, so this page will change constantly.

Obie Awards
The Village Voice Obie Awards by-pass nomination list and go right to the dinner at which the winning entries are announced. Below, this year's awards.

Best New American Theatre Work ($500 prize each)
Jennifer Kidwell and Scott R. Sheppard, Underground Railroad Game (Ars Nova)
J.T. Rogers, Oslo (Lincoln Center Theater)

Playwriting
Christopher Chen, Caught (The Play Company at La MaMa)
Lynn Nottage, Sweat (The Public Theater)

Musical Theater
Itamar Moses (book) and David Yazbek (music & lyrics), The Band's Visit (Atlantic Theater Company)

Directing
Arin Arbus, The Skin of Our Teeth (Theatre for a New Audience)
Lileana Blain-Cruz, The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World (Signature Theatre Company)
David Cromer, The Band's Visit (Atlantic Theater Company)
Jack Cummings III, Picnic (Transport Group)
Rebecca Taichman, Indecent (Vineyard Theatre)

Ensemble
Bartlett Sher (director) and the cast of Oslo (Lincoln Center Theater)Michael Aronov, Anthony Azizi, Adam Dannheisser, Jennifer Ehle, Daniel Jenkins, Dariush Kashani, Jeb Kreager, Jefferson Mays, Christopher McHale, Daniel Oreskes, Angela Pierce, Henny Russell, Joseph Siravo, T. Ryder Smith
Lila Neugebauer (director) and the cast of The Wolves (The Playwrights Realm)
Kate Arrington, Mia Barron, Brenna Coates, Jenna Dioguardi, Samia Finnerty, Midori Francis, Lizzy Jutila, Sarah Mezzanotte, Tedra Millan, Lauren Patten, Susannah Perkins

Performance
Matthew Broderick, Evening at the Talk House (The New Group) and Shining City (Irish Repertory Theatre)
Bobby Cannavale, The Hairy Ape (Park Avenue Armory)
Kevin Geer, Sustained Excellence [in memoriam]
Kecia Lewis, Marie and Rosetta (Atlantic Theater Company) and The Skin of Our Teeth (Theatre for a New Audience)
Heather MacRae, Come Back, Little Sheba (Transport Group)
Amy Ryan, Love, Love, Love (Roundabout Theatre Company)
Pete Simpson, Sustained Excellence
Michael Urie , Homos, or Everyone in America (Labyrinth Theater Company)

Design
Riccardo Hernandez, Sustained Excellence of Set Design
Dane Laffrey, Sustained Excellence of Set and Costume Design
Jared Mezzocchi, Projection Design, Vietgone (Manhattan Theatre Club)
Ryan Rumery, Sustained Excellence of Sound Design
Scott Zielinski, Sustained Excellence of Lighting Design

Special Citations
Anna Deavere Smith , Notes from the Field (Second Stage Theater) Taylor Mac , A 24-Decade History of Popular Music (St. Ann's Warehouse)

Obie Grants ($4,000 prize each)
Irish Repertory Theatre
Pearl Theatre Company
The Playwrights Realm

The Ross Wetzsteon Award ($3,000 prize)
Theatre for a New Audience

Lifetime Achievement Award
Paula Vogel

The Obie Award judges panel for this season include Village Voice columnist and longtime Chair of the Obie Judges Michael Feingold, Obie and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar, Entertainment Weekly theater critic Melissa Rose Bernardo, Obie-winning actor-singer Darius de Haas, Village Voice theater critic Miriam Felton-Dansky, Obie-winning actress Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Obie-winning actress J. Smith Cameron,

New York Drama Critics Circle
The New York Drama Critics' Circle 82nd annual awards were as follows:
Best Play: Oslo (J.T. Rogers). Runners-up: A Doll's House, Part 2 (Lucas Hnath), Sweat (Lynn Nottage)

Best Foreign Play: no award

Best Musical:The Band's Visit (Itamar Moses and David Yazbek)

Special Citations: Taylor Mac for A 24-Decade History of Popular Music; Ruben Santiago-Hudson and the ensemble cast of Jitney; Paula Vogel for career achievement as a playwright and mentor.

On the first ballot for Best Play, no play won a majority among the Circle's 22 voting members, with Oslo earning 7 votes and Sweat earning 6. A second vote was then taken to determine whether an award would be given at all. Having agreed that one should, the Circle moved to a weighted third ballot, on which Oslo earned 30 points and Sweat earned 29 points; A Life and A Doll's House, Part 2 each earned 15 points, and Indecent earned 13 points. Since all of these were short of the 34 points required, the top four vote-getters then proceeded to a weighted fourth ballot. With the four proxy voters no longer voting, only 18 members cast ballots, lowering the winning threshold to 28. Oslo won with 32 points, followed closely by A Doll's House, Part 2 (29 points) and Sweat (28 points).

On the first ballot for Best Musical, The Band's Visit won with a decisive majority of 16 of 22 votes cast.

The Circle also voted to award three Special Citations: to Taylor Mac for A 24-Decade History of Popular Music; to director Ruben Santiago-Hudson and the ensemble cast of the Broadway revival of August Wilson's Jitney; and to Paula Vogel for career achievement as a playwright and as a mentor to other playwrights.

Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards
An * indicating the winner has now been placed next to the nomnations liste below.
FAVORITE NEW MUSICAL
Amelie
Anastasia
Bandstand
Come From Away
Dear Evan Hansen*
Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

FAVORITE NEW PLAY
A Doll's House, Part 2
Indecent
Oh, Hello on Broadway
Oslo
The Play That Goes Wrong* Significant Other

FAVORITE MUSICAL REVIVAL
Cats
Falsettos*
Hello, Dolly!
Miss Saigon
Sunday in the Park with George
Sunset Boulevard

FAVORITE PLAY REVIVAL
An Act of God
The Front Page
The Glass Menagerie*
The Little Foxes
Present Laughter Six Degrees of Separation

FAVORITE LONG-RUNNING SHOW
The Book of Mormon
Hamilton*
Kinky Boots
The Lion King
Waitress
Wicked

FAVORITE TOUR
The Book of Mormon
Finding Neverland
Fun Home
Rent
Something Rotten!
Wicked*

FAVORITE LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Christian Borle, Falsettos
Corey Cott, Bandstand
Josh Groban, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Jake Gyllenhaal, Sunday in the Park with George
Andy Karl, Groundhog Day
Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen*
FAVORITE LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Christy Altomare, Anastasia
Annaleigh Ashford, Sunday in the Park with George
Denee Benton, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly!*
Laura Osnes, Bandstand
Phillipa Soo, Amelie

FAVORITE LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Gideon Glick, Significant Other
Sean Hayes, An Act of God
Kevin Kline, Present Laughter
Nick Kroll, Oh, Hello on Broadway
Joe Mantello, The Glass Menagerie
Mark Ruffalo, The Price*

FAVORITE LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Cate Blanchett, The Present
Sally Field, The Glass Menagerie*
Allison Janney, Six Degrees of Separation
Diane Lane, The Cherry Orchard
Laura Linney, The Little Foxes
Laurie Metcalf, A Doll's House, Part 2

FAVORITE FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Gavin Creel, Hello, Dolly!
Mike Faist, Dear Evan Hansen
Ramin Karimloo, Anastasia
Derek Klena, Anastasia
Andrew Rannells, Falsettos*
Will Roland, Dear Evan Hansen

FAVORITE FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Brittain Ashford, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Stephanie J. Block, Falsettos
Jenn Colella, Come From Away
Laura Dreyfuss, Dear Evan Hansen*
Rachel Bay Jones, Dear Evan Hansen
Jennifer Laura Thompson, Dear Evan Hansen

FAVORITE FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Michael Aranov, Oslo
Anthony Azizi, Oslo
John Behlmann, Significant Other
Danny DeVito, The Price*
Nathan Lane, The Front Page
Finn Wittrock, The Glass Menagerie

FAVORITE FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Rebecca Naomi Jones, Significant Other
Celia Keenan-Bolger, The Cherry Orchard
Lindsay Mendez, Significant Other*
Cynthia Nixon, The Little Foxes
Sherie Rene Scott, The Front Page
Cobie Smulders, Present Laughter

FAVORITE FUNNY PERFORMANCE
Stephanie J. Block, Falsettos
John Bolton, Anastasia
Christian Borle, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Andy Karl, Groundhog Day
Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly!
Will Roland, Dear Evan Hansen*

FAVORITE DIVA PERFORMANCE
Stephanie J. Block, Falsettos
Kristin Chenoweth, My Love Letter to Broadway
Glenn Close, Sunset Boulevard
Patti LuPone, War Paint
Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly!*
Laura Osnes, Bandstand

FAVORITE ONSTAGE PAIR
Christy Altomare and Derek Klena, Anastasia
Annaleigh Ashford and Jake Gyllenhaal, Sunday in the Park with George
Denee Benton and Lucas Steele, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Laura Dreyfuss and Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen*
Christian Borle and Andrew Rannells, Falsettos
Corey Cott and Laura Osnes, Bandstand

FAVORITE BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE (MALE)
Jon Jon Briones, Miss Saigon
Mike Faist, Dear Evan Hansen*
Jake Ryan Flynn/Ryan Foust/Ryan Sell, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Will Roland, Dear Evan Hansen
Anthony Rosenthal, Falsettos
Lucas Steele, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

FAVORITE BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE (FEMALE)
Brittain Ashford, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Denee Benton, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Savvy Crawford, Amelie
Laura Dreyfuss, Dear Evan Hansen*
Kristolyn Lloyd, Dear Evan Hansen
Eva Noblezada, Miss Saigon

FAVORITE REPLACEMENT (MALE)
Will Chase, Something Rotten!
Brandon Victor Dixon, Hamilton
Jordan Fisher, Hamilton
Todrick Hall, Kinky Boots*
Brian d'Arcy James, Hamilton
Javier Munoz, Hamilton

FAVORITE REPLACEMENT (FEMALE)
Sara Bareilles, Waitress*
Alysha Desiorieaux, Hamilton
Mandy Gonzalez, Hamilton
Heather Headley, The Color Purple
Lexi Lawson, Hamilton
Jenna Ushkowitz, Waitress

FAVORITE NEW SONG
Charming – Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
For Forever - Dear Evan Hansen
Only Us - Dear Evan Hansen
Requiem - Dear Evan Hansen
Waving Through a Window - Dear Evan Hansen*
You Will Be Found - Dear Evan Hansen

Shows with Multiple Wins: Dear Evan Hansen 8, Falsettos 2,The Glass Menagerie 2,Hello, Dolly! 2,The Price 2

Performers with Multiple Wins: Laura Dreyfuss (Dear Evan Hansen 3,Bette Midler (Hello, Dolly!) 2, Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen) 2.

Lucille Lortel Awards
The list of nominees below now includes the winners as indicated by an * after the name
Outstanding Play
Indecent
Oslo*
Underground Railroad Game
Vietgone
The Wolves

Outstanding Musical
The Band's Visit*
Dear Evan Hansen
Hadestown
Ride the Cyclone
The Total Bent

Outstanding Revival
The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World AKA the Negro Book of the Dead
Othello
Signature Plays: Edward Albee's The Sandbox, María Irene Fornes' Drowning, Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street*
Sweet Charity

Outstanding Solo Show
Chris Gethard: Career Suicide
Latin History for Morons
Notes From The Field*
The Outer Space
Sell/Buy/Date

Outstanding Director
Will Davis, Men On Boats
Anne Kauffman, A Life
Lila Neugebauer, The Wolves
Bartlett Sher, Oslo*
Rebecca Taichman, Indecent

Outstanding Choreographer
Joshua Bergasse, Sweet Charity
David Dorfman, Indecent*
Georgina Lamb, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
David Neumann, Hadestown
David Neumann, The Total Bent

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play
Reed Birney, Man From Nebraska
Michael Emerson, Wakey, Wakey
Lucas Hedges, YEN
Joe Morton, Turn Me Loose*
David Hyde Pierce, A Life

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play
Johanna Day, Sweat
Jennifer Ehle, Oslo*
Jennifer Kidwell, Underground Railroad Game
Kecia Lewis, Marie and Rosetta
Maryann Plunkett, Women of a Certain Age

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical
Ato Blankson-Wood, The Total Bent
Shuler Hensley, Sweet Charity
Patrick Page, Hadestown
Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen*
Jeremy Secomb, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical
Sutton Foster, Sweet Charity
Amber Gray, Hadestown
Jo Lampert, Joan of Arc: Into the Fire
Katrina Lenk, The Band's Visit*
Siobhan McCarthy, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Michael Aronov, Oslo*
Charlie Cox, Incognito
Matthew Maher, Othello
Justice Smith, YEN
Paco Tolson, Vietgone

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Jocelyn Bioh, Everybody
Hannah Cabell, The Moors
Randy Graff, The Babylon Line* Ari Graynor, YEN
Nana Mensah, Man From Nebraska

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Nathan Lee Graham, The View UpStairs
Gus Halper, Ride the Cyclone
Joel Perez, Sweet Charity*
Ari'el Stachel, The Band's Visit
Chris Sullivan, Hadestown

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Asmeret Ghebremichael, Sweet Charity
Rachel Bay Jones, Dear Evan Hansen*
Betsy Morgan, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Emily Rohm, Ride the Cyclone
Karen Ziemba, Kid Victory

Outstanding Scenic Design
Scott Davis, Ride the Cyclone
Rachel Hauck, Hadestown
Laura Jellinek, A Life*
Mimi Lien, Signature Plays: Edward Albee's The Sandbox, María Irene Fornés' Drowning, Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro
Jason Sherwood, The View UpStairs

Outstanding Costume Design
Montana Blanco, The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World AKA the Negro Book of the Dead
Tilly Grimes, Underground Railroad Game
Susan Hilferty, Love, Love, Love*
Sarah Laux, The Band's Visit
Emily Rebholz, Indecent

Outstanding Lighting Design
Mark Barton, Signature Plays: Edward Albee's The Sandbox, María Irene Fornes' Drowning, Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro*
Jane Cox, Othello
Greg Hofmann, Ride the Cyclone
Amy Mae, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Ben Stanton, YEN

Outstanding Sound Design
Mikhail Fiksel, A Life*
Robert Kaplowitz, Hadestown
Stowe Nelson, Small Mouth Sounds
Nevin Steinberg, Wakey, Wakey
Matt Stine, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Outstanding Projection Design
Elaine McCarthy, Notes From The Field
Duncan McLean, Privacy
Jared Mezzocchi, Vietgone*
Peter Nigrini, Dear Evan Hansen
Peter Nigrini, Wakey, Wakey

HONORARY AWARDS
Lifetime Achievement Award- William Ivey Long

Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee- Lynn Nottage

Edith Oliver Service to Off-Broadway Award- Harold Wolpert

Tony Awards
The Tony nominations have been announced and an asterisk placed before the winners' names
Best Play A Doll's House, Part 2 Author: Lucas Hnath
Indecent Author: Paula Vogel
*Oslo Author: J.T. Rogers
Sweat Author: Lynn Nottage

Best Musical
Come From Away
*Dear Evan Hansen
Groundhog Day The Musical
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Best Book of a Musical
Come From Away Irene Sankoff and David Hein
*Dear Evan Hansen Steven Levenson
Groundhog Day The Musical Danny Rubin Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Dave Malloy

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Come From Away Music & Lyrics: Irene Sankoff and David Hein
*Dear Evan Hansen Music & Lyrics: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
Groundhog Day The Musical Music & Lyrics: Tim Minchin
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Music & Lyrics: Dave Malloy

Best Revival of a Play
*August Wilson's Jitney
Present Laughter
Six Degrees of Separation

Best Revival of a Musical
Falsettos
*Hello, Dolly!
Miss Saigon

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Denis Arndt, Heisenberg
Chris Cooper, A Doll's House, Part 2
Corey Hawkins, Six Degrees of Separation
*Kevin Kline, Present Laughter
Jefferson Mays, Oslo

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Cate Blanchett, The Present
Jennifer Ehle, Oslo
Sally Field, The Glass Menagerie
Laura Linney, Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes
*Laurie Metcalf, A Doll's House, Part 2

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Christian Borle, Falsettos
Josh Groban, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Andy Karl, Groundhog Day The Musical
David Hyde Pierce, Hello, Dolly!
*Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Denée Benton, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Christine Ebersole, War Paint
Patti LuPone, War Paint
*Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly!
Eva Noblezada, Miss Saigon

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
*Michael Aronov, Oslo
Danny DeVito, Arthur Miller's The Price
Nathan Lane, The Front Page
Richard Thomas, Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes
John Douglas Thompson, August Wilson's Jitney

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Johanna Day, Sweat
Jayne Houdyshell, A Doll's House, Part 2
*Cynthia Nixon, Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes

Off Broadway Alliance
Nominees for the 7th Annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards, honoring commercial and not-for-profit productions that opened Off Broadway during the 2016-2017 season are as follows. An Asterisk has be placed after the winners in the nominations list below :
Best New Musical
The Band's Visit
Ernest Shackleton Loves Me *
Hadestown
Othello: The Remix
The View UpStairs

Best New Play
Church and State
Daniel's Husband
Indecent*
Skeleton Crew
Small Mouth Sounds
The Wolves

Best Musical Revival
Finian's Rainbow
The Golden Bride
Pacific Overtures
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street *
Sweet Charity

Best Play Revival
The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World AKA the Negro
Book of the Dead
The Emperor Jones *
The Hairy Ape
Othello
Picnic

Best Unique Theatrical Experience
Her Opponent
Puffs
Spamilton *
Taylor Mac, A 24-Decade History of Popular Music
Vanity Fair

Best Solo Performance
Chris Gethard, Career Suicide
Marin Ireland, On the Exhale
Sarah Jones, Sell/Buy/Date
Joe Morton, Turn Me Loose *
Anna Deveare Smith, Notes From the Field

Best Family Show
1001 Nights: A Love Story About Loving Stories
The Commedia Cinderella *
Love That Dog
Pip's Island
Wonderland: Alice's Rock & Roll Adventure

Outer Critics Awards
The winners have beenannoucend and are indicated by an * after the title below.
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
A Doll's House, Part 2
Indecent
Oslo*
Sweat

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
Anastasia
A Bronx Tale
Come From Away*
Groundhog Day
Holiday Inn

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
If I Forget*
Incognito
A Life
Linda
Love, Love, Love

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
The Band's Visit*
Hadestown
Himself and Nora
Kid Victory
Spamilton

OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Terrence McNally - Anastasia
Itamar Moses - The Band's Visit
Chazz Palminteri - A Bronx Tale
Danny Rubin - Groundhog Day
Irene Sankoff & David Hein - Come From Away*

OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens - Anastasia
Alan Menken & Glenn Slater - A Bronx Tale
Tim Minchin - Groundhog Day
Irene Sankoff & David Hein - Come From Away
David Yazbek - The Band's Visit*

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
The Front Page
Jitney*
The Little Foxes
Othello
The Price

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Finian's Rainbow
*Hello, Dolly!
Miss Saigon
Sunset Boulevard
Sweeney Todd

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Lila Neugebauer - The Wolves
Jack O'Brien - The Front Page
Daniel Sullivan - The Little Foxes Rebecca Taichman - Indecent*
Kate Whoriskey - Sweat

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Christopher Ashley - Come From Away*
David Cromer - The Band's Visit
Darko Tresnjak - Anastasia
Matthew Warchus - Groundhog Day
Jerry Zaks - Hello, Dolly!

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
Andy Blankenbuehler - Bandstand
Warren Carlyle - Hello, Dolly!*
Savion Glover - Shuffle Along
Kelly Devine - Come From Away
Denis Jones - Holiday Inn

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN (Play or Musical)
Alexander Dodge - Anastasia
Nigel Hook - The Play That Goes Wrong
Mimi Lien - Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812*
Scott Pask - The Little Foxes
Douglas W. Schmidt - The Front Page

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN (Play or Musical)
Linda Cho - Anastasia
Susan Hilferty - Present Laughter
Santo Loquasto - Hello, Dolly! Ann Roth - Shuffle Along
Catherine Zuber - War Paint*

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN (Play or Musical)
Christopher Akerlind - Indecent
Donald Holder - Anastasia
Natasha Katz - Hello, Dolly! Bradley King - Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812*
Kenneth Posner - War Paint

OUTSTANDING PROJECTION DESIGN (Play or Musical)
Duncan McLean - Privacy
Jared Mezzocchi - Vietgone
Benjamin Pearcy for 59 Productions - Oslo
Aaron Rhyne - Anastasia*
Tal Yarden - Indecent

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN (Play or Musical)
Gareth Fry & Pete Malkin - The Encounter
Gareth Owen - Come From Away*
Nicholas Pope - Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Matt Stine - Sweeney Todd
Nevin Steinberg - Bandstand

OUTSTANDING ORCHESTRATIONS
Doug Besterman - Anastasia
Larry Blank - Holiday Inn
Bill Elliott & Greg Anthony Rassen - Bandstand
Larry Hochman - Hello, Dolly!*
Jamshied Sharifi - The Band's Visit

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Daniel Craig - Othello
Michael Emerson - Wakey, Wakey
Kevin Kline - Present Laughter*
David Oyelowo - Othello
David Hyde Pierce - A Life

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Janie Dee - Linda
Sally Field - The Glass Menagerie
Allison Janney - Six Degrees of Separation
Laura Linney - The Little Foxes*
Laurie Metcalf - A Doll's House, Part 2

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Christian Borle - Falsettos
Nick Cordero - A Bronx Tale
Andy Karl - Groundhog Day*
David Hyde Pierce - Hello, Dolly!
Tony Shalhoub - The Band's Visit

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Christy Altomare - Anastasia
Christine Ebersole - War Paint
Katrina Lenk - The Band's Visit
Patti LuPone - War Paint
Bette Midler - Hello, Dolly!*

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Michael Aronov - Oslo
Danny DeVito - The Price*
Nathan Lane - The Front Page
Richard Thomas - The Little Foxes
Richard Topol - Indecent

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Johanna Day - Sweat
Jayne Houdyshell - A Doll's House, Part 2
Katrina Lenk - Indecent
Nana Mensah - Man From Nebraska
Cynthia Nixon - The Little Foxes*

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
John Bolton - Anastasia
Jeffry Denman Kid Victory
Gavin Creel - Hello, Dolly!*
Shuler Hensley - Sweet Charity
Andrew Rannells - Falsettos

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Kate Baldwin - Hello, Dolly!
Stephanie J. Block - Falsettos
Jenn Colella - Come From Away*
Caroline O'Connor - Anastasia
Mary Beth Peil - Anastasia

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Ed Dixon - Georgie: My Adventures with George Rose
Marin Ireland - On the Exhale
Sarah Jones - Sell / Buy / Date
Judith Light - All the Ways to Say I Love You
Simon McBurney - The Encounter*

JOHN GASSNER AWARD (Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Jaclyn Backhaus - Men on Boats
Sarah DeLappe - The Wolves Paola Lazaro - Tell Hector I Miss Him
Qui Nguyen - Vietgone
Bess Wohl Small Mouth Sounds*

2017 Pulitzer for Drama
Winner: Sweat, a 2nd Pulitzer for Lynn Nottage (she won the prize for Ruined in 2009
Runner ups: The Wolves by Sarah Delappe and A 24-Decade History of Popular Music by Taylor Mac

Lucille Lortel Awards
Outstanding Play
Indecent
Written by Paula Vogel, Created by Paula Vogel & Rebecca Taichman

Oslo
Written by J.T. Rogers

Underground Railroad Game
Written by Jennifer Kidwell and Scott R. Sheppard

Vietgone
Written by Qui Nguyen

The Wolves
Written by Sarah DeLappe

Outstanding Musical
The Band's Visit
Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek, Book by Itamar Moses, Based on the screenplay by Eran Kolirin

Dear Evan Hansen
Book by Steven Levenson, Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Hadestown
Written by Anaïs Mitchell

Ride the Cyclone
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond

The Total Bent
Text by Stew, Music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald

Outstanding Revival
The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World AKA the Negro Book of the Dead
Written by Suzan-Lori Parks

Othello
Written by William Shakespeare

Signature Plays: Edward Albee's The Sandbox, María Irene Fornés' Drowning, and Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro
Written by Edward Albee, María Irene Fornés, and Adrienne Kennedy

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by Hugh Wheeler, Adaptation by Christopher Bond

Sweet Charity
Book by Neil Simon, Music by Cy Coleman, Lyrics by Dorothy Fields

Outstanding Solo Show
Chris Gethard: Career Suicide Written and Performed by Chris Gethard

Latin History for Morons
Written and Performed by John Leguizamo

Notes From The Field
Created, Written, and Performed by Anna Deavere Smith

The Outer Space
Book and Lyrics by Ethan Lipton, Music by Ethan Lipton, Vito Dieterle, Eben Levy, and Ian M. Riggs Performed by Ethan Lipton

Sell/Buy/Date
Written and Performed by Sarah Jones

Outstanding Director
Will Davis, Men On Boats
Anne Kauffman, A Life
Lila Neugebauer, The Wolves
Bartlett Sher, Oslo
Rebecca Taichman, Indecent

Outstanding Choreographer
Joshua Bergasse, Sweet Charity
David Dorfman, Indecent
Georgina Lamb, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
David Neumann, Hadestown
David Neumann, The Total Bent

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play
Reed Birney, Man From Nebraska
Michael Emerson, Wakey, Wakey
Lucas Hedges, YEN
Joe Morton, Turn Me Loose
David Hyde Pierce, A Life

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play
Johanna Day, Sweat
Jennifer Ehle, Oslo
Jennifer Kidwell, Underground Railroad Game
Kecia Lewis, Marie and Rosetta
Maryann Plunkett, Women of a Certain Age

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Michael Aronov, Oslo
Charlie Cox, Incognito
Matthew Maher, Othello
Justice Smith, YEN
Paco Tolson, Vietgone

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Jocelyn Bioh, Everybody Hannah Cabell, The Moors Randy Graff, The Babylon Line Ari Graynor, YEN Nana Mensah, Man From Nebraska Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical Ato Blankson-Wood, The Total Bent Shuler Hensley, Sweet Charity Patrick Page, Hadestown Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen Jeremy Secomb, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical
Sutton Foster, Sweet Charity
Amber Gray, Hadestown
Jo Lampert, Joan of Arc: Into the Fire
Katrina Lenk, The Band's Visit
Siobhan McCarthy, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Nathan Lee Graham, The View UpStairs
Gus Halper, Ride the Cyclone
Joel Perez, Sweet Charity
Ari'el Stachel, The Band's Visit
Chris Sullivan, Hadestown

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Asmeret Ghebremichael, Sweet Charity
Rachel Bay Jones, Dear Evan Hansen
Betsy Morgan, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Emily Rohm, Ride the Cyclone
Karen Ziemba, Kid Victory

Outstanding Scenic Design
Scott Davis, Ride the Cyclone
Rachel Hauck, Hadestown
Laura Jellinek, A Life
Mimi Lien, Signature Plays: Edward Albee's The Sandbox, María Irene Fornés' Drowning, and Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro
Jason Sherwood, The View UpStairs

Outstanding Costume Design
Montana Blanco, The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World AKA the Negro Book of the Dead
Tilly Grimes, Underground Railroad Game
Susan Hilferty, Love, Love, Love
Sarah Laux, The Band's Visit
Emily Rebholz, Indecent

Outstanding Lighting Design
Mark Barton, Signature Plays: Edward Albee's The Sandbox, María Irene Fornés' Drowning, and Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro
Jane Cox, Othello
Greg Hofmann, Ride the Cyclone
Amy Mae, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Ben Stanton, YEN

Outstanding Sound Design
Mikhail Fiksel, A Life
Robert Kaplowitz, Hadestown
Stowe Nelson, Small Mouth Sounds
Nevin Steinberg, Wakey, Wakey
Matt Stine, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Outstanding Projection Design
Elaine McCarthy, Notes From The Field
Duncan McLean, Privacy
Jared Mezzochi, Vietgone
Peter Nigrini, Dear Evan Hansen
Peter Nigrini, Wakey, Wakey

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AWARDS COVERED
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*Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards
*Drama Desk Awards
*The Off Broadway Alliance
Fred and Adele Astaire Awards
*Lucille Lortel Awards
*New York Drama Critics Circle
* Obie Awards
*Outer Critics Awards
*2017 Pulitzer for Drama: Winner & Runner Ups
*Tony Awards