The best of Broadway and Off-Broadway were honored at the 2025 Drama League Awards and Nicole Scherzinger took home the most coveted acting award of the year!
The event took place on Friday afternoon (May 16) at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City.
While the Tony Awards gives out eight acting awards each year to recognize the best in both plays and musicals with gendered categories for leading and supporting performances, the Drama League Awards only gives out one acting award each year. The Distinguished Performance Award has dozens of nominees and combines all performances into one category, making it incredibly difficult to ever win the award. Once you win once, you can never win again, so some actors receive honorary notices when they return to Broadway.
Nicole won the this year’s Distinguished Performance Award for her work in the musical Sunset Blvd.
Head inside to check out the rest of the winners…
The other winners were…
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY: Oh, Mary!
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY: Eureka Day
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL: Maybe Happy Ending
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL: Sunset Blvd
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY: Sam Pinkleton, Oh Mary
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL: Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending
DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE: Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd
SPECIAL RECOGNITION:
Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater – Lea Salonga
Founders Award for Excellence in Directing – Whitney White
Contribution to the Theater – Kate Navin and Audible Theater
Gratitude Award – Bob Greenblatt and Neil Meron
Check out all of the attendees below…
Nicole Scherzinger (Sunset Blvd)
Won the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Sutton Foster (Once Upon a Mattress)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Andrew Scott (Vanya)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Sarah Snook (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Nick Jonas (The Last Five Years)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Audra McDonald with husband Will Swenson (Gypsy)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Idina Menzel (Redwood)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Christopher Sieber (Death Becomes Her)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Jennifer Simard (Death Becomes Her)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Megan Hilty (Death Becomes Her)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Jonathan Groff (Just in Time)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Bernadette Peters (Old Friends)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Tom Francis (Sunset Blvd)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Cole Escola (Oh Mary)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Jak Malone (Operation Mincemeat)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Helen J. Shen (Maybe Happy Ending)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Mia Farrow (The Roommate)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Tommy Dorfman (Becoming Eve)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
LaTanya Richardson Jackson (Purpose)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Darren Criss (Maybe Happy Ending)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Conrad Ricamora (Oh Mary)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Natalie Venetia Belcon (Buena Vista Social Club)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Robyn Hurder (Smash)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Ramin Karimoo (Pirates! The Penzance Musical)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Brooks Ashmanskas (Smash)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Gracie Lawrence (Just in Time)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Kara Young (Purpose)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Andre de Shields (Cats)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Joy Woods (Gypsy)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Lily Rabe (Ghosts)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Justina Machado (Real Women Have Curves)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Tatianna Cordoba (Real Women Have Curves)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Jasmine Amy Rogers (Boop!)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Lea Salonga (Old Friends)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Michael Arden (Maybe Happy Ending)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Andrew Durand (Dead Outlaw)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Adrienne Warren (The Last Five Years)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Ephraim Sykes (Our Town)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Louis McCartney (Stranger Things: The First Shadow)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
Marjan Neshat (English)
Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!
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