As awards season continues for New York Theatre, the winners of the 2025 Drama League Awards were revealed on May 16. Among those awards is the Distinguished Performance Award – an award that can be awarded to an actor only once in their career.
The 2025 Distinguish Performance Award went to Pussycat Doll and “Sunset Boulevard” star Nicole Scherzinger for her role as Norma Desmond in the musical!
Scherzinger has already won an Olivier Award for the role on the West End in London.
“Sunset Boulevard” has also been nominated for seven Tony Awards including a Leading Actress nomination for Scherzinger.
Winners of the 2025 Drama League Awards:
Outstanding Production of a Play: “Oh, Mary!”
Outstanding Revival of a Play: “Eureka Day” and “Vanya”
Outstanding Production of a Musical: “Maybe Happy Ending”
Outstanding Revival of a Musical: “Sunset Boulevard”
Outstanding Direction of a Play: Sam Pinkleton for “Oh, Mary!”
Outstanding Direction of a Musical: Michael Arden for “Maybe Happy Ending”
The Drama League pays tribute to the following actors who are previous winners of the Distinguished Performance Award and are not eligible to win the award again:
Annaleigh Ashford in “All In”
Danny Burstein in “Gypsy”
Norbert Leo Butz in “Vladimir”
Sutton Foster in “Once Upon a Mattress”
Neil Patrick Harris in “Shit. Meet. Fan.”
Patti LuPone in “The Roommate”
Audra McDonald in “Gypsy”
Lin-Manuel Miranda in “All In”
Bernadette Peters in Stephen Sondheim: “Old Friends”
The Drama League Awards Special Recognition Honourees:
Lea Salonga
Whitney White
Robert Greenblatt
Neil Meron
Kate Navin
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