2015-2016 Awards
| Award | Winner(s) | Nominee(s) |
|---|---|---|
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | Marco Ramirez The Royale | Lindsey Ferrentino Ugly Lies the Bone Lauren Gunderson I and You Martyna Majok Ironbound Anna Ziegler Boy |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Frank Langella The Father | Reed Birney The Humans Gabriel Byrne Long Day’s Journey Into Night Mark Strong A View From the Bridge Ben Whishaw The Crucible |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Cynthia Erivo The Color Purple the Musical | Laura Benanti She Loves Me Carmen Cusack Bright Star Jessie Mueller Waitress Ana Villafañe On Your Feet! |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Jessica Lange Long Day’s Journey Into Night | Jayne Houdyshell The Humans Lupita Nyong’o Eclipsed Nicola Walker A View From the Bridge Michelle Williams Blackbird |
| Outstanding Book Of A Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Dear Evan Hansen | Bright Star Daddy Long Legs Lazarus On Your Feet! |
| Outstanding Choreographer | Sergio Trujillo On Your Feet! | Joshua Bergasse Cagney Spencer Liff Spring Awakening Josh Rhodes Bright Star Randy Skinner Dames at Sea |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Jeff Mahshie She Loves Me | ESosa On Your Feet! Jane Greenwood Bright Star Katrina Lindsay American Psycho the Musical Tom Scutt King Charles III |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | 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) | Ivo van Hove A View From the Bridge | Evan Cabnet Gloria Mike Donahue The Legend of Georgia McBride Rupert Goold King Charles III Joe Mantello The Humans |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Christopher Fitzgerald Waitress | Nicholas Barasch She Loves Me Roger Bart Disaster! Michael Esper Lazarus Terrence Mann Tuck Everlasting the Musical |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Michael Shannon Long Day’s Journey Into Night | Sanjit De Silva Dry Powder Matt McGrath The Legend of Georgia McBride Jim Norton The Crucible Robert Sella Sylvia |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Danny Burstein Fiddler on the Roof | Alex Brightman School of Rock the Musical Robert Creighton Cagney Ben Platt Dear Evan Hansen Benjamin Walker American Psycho the Musical |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Jane Krakowski She Loves Me | Danielle Brooks The Color Purple the Musical Andrea Burns On Your Feet! Sophia Anne Caruso Lazarus Heléne Yorke American Psycho the Musical |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Pascale Armand Eclipsed Judith Light Thérèse Raquin | Zainab Jah Eclipsed Saycon Sengbloh Eclipsed Myra Lucretia Taylor Familiar |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Justin Townsend American Psycho the Musical | Donald Holder She Loves Me Natasha Katz Long Day’s Journey Into Night Kenneth Posner On Your Feet! Ben Stanton Spring Awakening |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Bright Star | American Psycho the Musical On Your Feet! Tuck Everlasting the Musical Waitress |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | The Humans | Eclipsed The Father King Charles III Thérèse Raquin |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Dear Evan Hansen | Cagney Daddy Long Legs Lazarus Southern Comfort |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | 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) | Bright Star | American Psycho the Musical Daddy Long Legs Dear Evan Hansen Waitress |
| Outstanding Projection Design (Play or Musical) | Finn Ross American Psycho the Musical | Lucy MacKinnon Spring Awakening Peter Nigrini Grounded Peter Nigrini Dear Evan Hansen Tal Yarden Lazarus |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | She Loves Me | The Color Purple the Musical Dames at Sea Fiddler on the Roof Spring Awakening |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Long Day’s Journey Into Night | Blackbird The Crucible Fool for Love A View From the Bridge |
| Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) | David Rockwell She Loves Me | Beowulf Boritt Thérèse Raquin David Korins Misery Mimi Lien John Walt Spangler Tuck Everlasting the Musical |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | James Lecesne The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey | Mike Birbiglia Thank God For Jokes Kathleen Chalfant Rose Anne Hathaway Grounded Daphne Rubin-Vega Empanada Loca |
