Winners of the 2010-11 Drama League Awards, presented at the 77th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon on Friday, May 20, 2011 (1 p.m.) at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square. Here is BroadwayWorld.com's special coverage of all the men in attendance.
Distinguished Production of a Play - War Horse
Distinguished Production of a Musical - The Book of Mormon
Distinguished Revival of a Play - The Normal Heart
Distinguished Revival of a Musical - Anything Goes
Distinguished Performance Award - Mark Rylance (for Jerusalem and La Bete)
This year's awards presenters include
Daniel Radcliffe, who presented the award for Distinguished Production of a Musical;
Brian Bedford, who presented the award for Distinguished Production of a Play;
Josh Gad and
Andrew Rannells, who presented the award for Distinguished Revival of a Play;
Patina Miller, who presented the award for Distinguished Revival of a Musical; and
James Earl Jones, who presented the Distinguished Performance Award.
For the non-competitive annual special recognitions,
Douglas Aibel presented The
Julia Hansen Award for Excellence in Directing to
Susan Stroman;
Robin Williams presented the Unique Contribution to the Theatre Award to
Whoopi Goldberg; and
John Kander presented the Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award to
Liza Minnelli.
In addition, seven past recipients of The Distinguished Performance Award were honored on the dais for their work this season. However, because an individual can only receive The Distinguished Performance Award once in his/her lifetime, they were ineligible for award consideration this year. Those past honorees are: Norbert Leo Butz, Catch Me If You Can, Stockard Channing, Other Desert Cities, Cherry Jones, Mrs. Warren's Profession, James Earl Jones, Driving Miss Daisy, Patti LuPone, Women on the Verge of Nervous Breakdown, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and Geoffrey Rush, The Diary of a Madman
Photos by Walter McBride / Retna Ltd.
Jim Belushi
Christian Borle
Christian Borle
Christian Borle
Bobby Cannavale
Bobby Cannavale
Reed Birney
Charles Busch
Billy Crudup
Whoopi Goldberg & Billy Crudup
Billy Crudup
Norbert Leo Butz
Norbert Leo Butz
Norbert Leo Butz
Glenn Davis
Brad Fleischer
Glenn Davis, Necar Zadegan & Brad Fleischer
Josh Gad
Josh Gad
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones & wife
John Larroquette
John Larroquette
Dan Lauria
John Leguizamo
John Leguizamo
John Leguizamo
John Leguizamo
Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Joe Mantello
Joe Mantello
Arian Moayed
Arian Moayed
Serth Numrich
Serth Numrich
Rory O'Malley
Jim Parsons
Jim Parsons
Jim Parsons
Michael Potts
Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Radcliffe
Andrew Rannells
Andrew Rannells
Chris Rock
Chris Rock
Chris Rock
Chris Rock
Mark Rylance
Mark Rylance
Mark Rylance
Tony Sheldon & Will Swenson
Will Swenson
Christopher Sieber
Paul Sparks
Paul Sparks
Paul Sparks
Aaron Tveit
Aaron Tveit
Aaron Tveit
Yul Vazquez
Tom Wopat
Brian Stokes Mitchell