2015-2016 Awards


AwardWinner(s)Nominee(s)
John Gassner Playwriting AwardMarco Ramirez The Royale
Lindsey Ferrentino Ugly Lies the Bone
Lauren Gunderson I and You
Martyna Majok Ironbound
Anna Ziegler Boy
Outstanding Actor in a PlayFrank 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 MusicalCynthia 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 PlayJessica 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 ChoreographerSergio Trujillo On Your Feet!
Joshua Bergasse Cagney
Spencer Liff Spring Awakening
Josh Rhodes Bright Star
Randy Skinner Dames at Sea
Outstanding Costume DesignJeff 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 MusicalMichael 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 MusicalChristopher Fitzgerald Waitress
Nicholas Barasch She Loves Me
Roger Bart Disaster!
Michael Esper Lazarus
Terrence Mann Tuck Everlasting the Musical
Outstanding Featured Actor in a PlayMichael 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 MusicalDanny 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 MusicalJane 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 PlayPascale 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 PerformanceJames Lecesne The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
Mike Birbiglia Thank God For Jokes
Kathleen Chalfant Rose
Anne Hathaway Grounded
Daphne Rubin-Vega Empanada Loca