The 2016 Drama League Awards are Announced (And Here are the Winners!) and Here’s What I have to Say About That

by Ross

This week the 2016 Drama League Awards were announced, and it’s quite the batch.  (Last Friday the winners were announced. They are in bold and starred) It’s a fascinating mixed bag and a very different kind of gathering. The Drama League organizes itself a bit differently then the others.  For the first few categories, it offers up 10 nominations mixing off-Broadway with on-Broadway, in the categories of Best New Play Production, Best Revival Production, and Best New Musical Production, lumping in together the whole creative team; director, book and play writers, lyricists, song writers, and producers.  Best Revival of a Musical Production just had five nominations.

The bigger difference is the acting category, where everyone, male/female, off and on broadway, play and musical, are all listed…