AwardsLindsay Mendez, Daniel Radcliffe, More Will Present at 2024 Drama League Awards
Jonathan Groff, Schele Williams, Kandi Burruss, and Jessica Lange are being honored at the annual event.
By
Andrew Gans
May 02, 2024
Presenters at the 90th Annual Drama League Awards will include 2024 Tony nominees Daniel Radcliffe (Merrily We Roll Along), Jim Parsons (Mother Play), and Lindsay Mendez (Merrily We Roll Along, alsoaTony winner for Carousel) as well as Tony nominee LaTanya Richardson Jackson (The Piano Lesson, A Raisin in the Sun), and Chief Creative Officer of Disney Theatrical Group Thomas Schumacher.
The annual ceremony, honoring Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, will be held May 17 at noon at The Ziegfeld Ballroom hosted by NY1's Frank DiLella.
As previously reported, three-time Tony nominee Jonathan Groff, currently on Broadway in the acclaimed revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along,
will receive the Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater Award.
Director Schele Williams will be honored with the Founders Award for
Excellence in Directing; she is represented this season with the
Broadway revival of The Wiz and the new musical The Notebook (Williams co-directs the latter with Michael Greif).
The annual Gratitude Award will be presented to producer and performer Kandi Burruss (Chicago, The Wiz),
in recognition of her leadership and commitment to the theatre
industry, and Oscar and Tony winner Jessica Lange, who recently returned to
Broadway in a Tony-nominated turn in Mother Play, will be honored with the Contribution to the Theater Award for her commitment to furthering the art of the American theatre.
The Drama League Awards are among the oldest theatrical honors in
America, having been first presented in 1922 and subsequently formalized
in 1935. It recognizes work playing Broadway and Off-Broadway. The
awards are determined by Drama League members, a group that
includes award-winning actors, designers, directors, playwrights,
producers, industry veterans, critics, and dedicated audiences from
across the nation.
The ceremony culminates in the presentation of the Distinguished
Performance Award, which goes to one artist a year and can only be won
once in an artist’s lifetime. Recent winners have included Annaleigh Ashford for Sweeney Todd, Glenda
Jackson for Three Tall Women, Ben Platt for Dear Evan Hansen, and Lin-Manuel Miranda for Hamilton.
The May 17 ceremony is open to the public with tickets and tables available at DramaLeague.org.
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