Annaleigh Ashford Wins Presitigous Prize at Drama League Awards, Joins Broadway's Best at Luncheon!
Annaleigh Ashford just won one of the most prestigious awards in the Broadway community!
The Tony-winning actress picked up the Distinguished Performance Award during the 2023 Drama League Awards on Friday afternoon (May 19) at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City.
Annaleigh beat out 46 other nominees to be the sole performer to be recognized by the organization this year. She won the award for her work as Mrs. Lovett in the Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd.
Some Like It Hot won the award for Outstanding Production of a Musical, Into the Woods won Outstanding Revival of a Musical, Leopoldstadt won Outstanding Production of a Play, and A Doll’s House won Outstanding Revival of a Play.
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Jessica Chastain
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for A Doll’s House.
FYI: Jessica is wearing a Victoria’s Secret corset top.
Jodie Comer
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for Prima Facie.
Sara Bareilles
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for Into the Woods.
Will Swenson and wife Audra McDonald
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical.
Oscar Isaac
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window.
Micaela Diamond
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for Parade.
Josh Groban
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for Sweeney Todd.
Ben Platt
Rachel Brosnahan
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window.
Lorna Courtney
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for &Juliet.
Betsy Wolfe
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for &Juliet.
Annaleigh Ashford
WON for Distinguished Performance Award for Sweeney Todd.
D’Arcy Carden
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for The Thanksgiving Play.
Jordan Roth
Alex Newell
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for Shucked.
Michael Arden
Robert Horn
Alex Joseph Grayson
Kevin Cahoon
Andrew Durand
David Krumholtz
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for Leopoldstadt.
Natasha Yvette Williams
Ryan J. Haddad
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for Dark Disabled Stories.
Bebe Neuwirth
Phillipa Soo
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for Camelot.
Tarra Conner Jones
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for White Girl in Danger.
Andre De Shields
Okieriete Onaodowan
David Zayas
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for Cost of Living.
Miriam Silverman
Matthew Lopez
Sean Hayes
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for Good Night, Oscar.
Arian Moayed
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for A Doll’s House.
Anna Uzele
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for New York, New York.
J Harrison Ghee
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for Some Like It Hot.
Brian d’Arcy James
Hiran Abeysekera
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for Life of Pi.
Jordan E. Cooper
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for Ain’t No Mo’.
Katy Sullivan
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for Cost of Living.
Colton Ryan
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for New York, New York.
Marcel Spears
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for Fat Ham.
Marla Mindelle
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for Titanique.
Patina Miller
Nominated for Distinguished Performance Award for Into the Woods.