2025 Broadway Awards Season Calendar- All the Dates to Remember

78TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS

Named for Antoinette Perry, The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards originated in 1947 when the Wing established an awards program to celebrate excellence in the theatre.

Nominations: Thursday, May 1 (Time TBA)

Ceremony: Sunday, June 8 (8-11pm ET/5–8pm PT), hosted by Cynthia Erivo. The broadcast will air on CBS and streaming on Paramount+

Special Awards: TBA

69TH ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS

The Drama Desk Awards honor outstanding achievement by professional theater artists on Broadway, Off Broadway, and Off Off Broadway. What sets the Drama Desk Awards apart is that they are voted on and bestowed by theater critics, journalists, editors, and publishers covering theater.

Nominations: Wednesday, April 30 (time TBA)

Ceremony: Sunday, June 1 (6:45pm) at The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts

91ST ANNUAL DRAMA LEAGUE AWARDS

First awarded in 1922 and formalized in 1935, The Drama League Awards are the oldest theatrical honors in America. They are the only major theater awards chosen by a cross-section of the theater community - the industry professionals, producers, artists, audiences, and critics who are Drama League members nationwide.

Nominations: Tuesday, April 22 (11am) at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, hosted by Sarah Hyland and Orville Peck. Streamed live at BroadwayWorld.

Ceremony: Friday, May 16 (12pm) at the Ziegfeld Ballroom

Special Awards: Lea Salonga, Whitney White, Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron, and Kate Navin and Audible Theater

75TH ANNUAL OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS

The Outer Critics Circle (OCC) is the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers and national publications.

Nominations: Monday, April 28 (time TBA)

Winners Announced: Monday, May 12

Ceremony: Thursday, May 22

40TH ANNUAL LORTEL AWARDS

The Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were created in 1985 by the Off-Broadway League. The Lortel Awards recognize excellence in Off-Broadway by honoring the invaluable contribution of artists to the theatre community.

Nominations: Wednesday, April 2 (Time TBA)

Ceremony: Sunday, May 4 (7pm) at The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts

Special Awards: Alice Childress, New Federal Theatre, Carol Fishman

79TH ANNUAL THEATRE WORLD AWARDS

The Theatre World Award remains the oldest award given to six actresses and six actors in recognition of their debut performance in a Broadway or Off-Broadway production.

Winners Announced: TBA

Ceremony: Monday, June 2 (7pm) hosted by Peter Filichia

7TH ANNUAL Chita Rivera AWARDS

Carrying the namesake of one of the great dance icons of the American musical theater, the mission of the Chita Rivera Awards is to celebrate dance and choreographic excellence - past, present and future.

Nominations: Tuesday, April 29 (Time TBA)

Ceremony: Monday, May 19 (7:30pm) at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.

Special Awards: Ben Vereen

PULITZER PRIZE FOR DRAMA

The Pulitzer Prizes were established by Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian-American journalist and newspaper publisher, who left money to Columbia University upon his death in 1911.

Winner/Finalists Announced: Monday, May 5 (3pm ET)

14TH ANNUAL OFF BROADWAY ALLIANCE AWARDS

Since 2011, the Off Broadway Alliance Awards have honored the best commercial and not-for-profit Off Broadway shows that have opened in the past season.

Nominations: TBA

Winners Announced: TBA

89TH ANNUAL NEW YORK DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS

The New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, which has been awarded every year since 1936 to the best new play of the season (with optional awards for foreign or American plays, musicals and special achievements), is the nation's second-oldest playwriting award, after the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Winners Announced: TBA

Ceremony: TBA