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The 85th Annual Drama League Awards took place at the Marriott Marquis Hotel on May 17.

May 20, 2019

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Network's Bryan Cranston won the Drama League's Distinguished Performance Award.

Kiss Me, Kate nominee Kelli O'Hara and The Cher Show nominee Stephanie J. Block hug it out.

Nominated Hillary and Clinton star Laurie Metcalf exudes First Lady of Broadway realness.

Reeve Carney and Eva Noblezada join their Hadestown co-stars and Drama League Award nominees Amber Gray and André De Shields.

Tootsie scribe Robert Horn and composer David Yazbek fawn over leading lady Lilli Cooper.

Stage fave Beth Leavel was nominated for her performance in The Prom.

Nominee Jeff Daniels buddies up with his To Kill a Mockingbird co-star Gbenga Akinnagbe.

Stacey Sargeant was nominated for her performance in Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future.

John Lithgow, who won the Distinguished Performance Award in 1988 for M. Butterfly, represents Hillary and Clinton.

Nominees Brooks Ashmanskas (The Prom), Alex Brightman (Beetlejuice) and Santino Fontana (Tootsie) get together.

Luminous stage and screen star Annette Bening was nominated for All My Sons.

Nominees Celia Keenan-Bolger (To Kill a Mockingbird), Kelli O'Hara (Kiss Me, Kate, Stephanie J. Block (The Cher Show and Heidi Schreck (What the Constitution Means to Me) have fun.

Ain't Too Proud's nominated co-stars Jeremy Pope and Ephraim Sykes.

Kiss, Me Kate nominee Kelli O'Hara strikes a pose.

Bonnie Milligan, who was nominated for Head Over Heels, looks fierce.

Kiss Me, Kate choreographer Warren Carlyle celebrates the Outstanding Revival of a Musical winner.

Jeff Daniels plays Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Quincy Tyler Bernstine was nominated for her powerful performance in Our Lady of 121st Street.

Josh Charles was nominated for Straight White Men, which was his Broadway debut.

Jordan E. Cooper was nominated for his performance in Ain't No Mo.

Steven Skybell was nominated for playing Tevye in Joel Grey's Yiddish language Fiddler on the Roof.

Caitlin Kinnunen represents The Prom, which was nominated for Outstanding Production of a Musical.

Ana Villafañe was nominated for her performance in off-Broadway's Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties.

The Prom co-stars Angie Schworer and Christopher Sieber hug it out.

Zainab Jah was nominated for her performance in Boseman and Lena.

Anaïs Mitchell's new musical Hadestown won Outstanding Production of a Musical.

Beetlejuice co-stars Alex Brightman, Sophia Anne Caruso and Leslie Kritzer get silly.

Jessica Frances Dukes was nominated for her performance in By The Way, Meet Vera Stark.

Be More Chill standout George Salazar poses.

Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus scribe Taylor Mac received the Unique Contribution to the Theatre Award.

Stage and screen star Michael Stuhlbarg was nominated for his performance in Socrates.

Anaïs Mitchell joins Hadestown director Rachel Chavkin and choreographer David Neuman.

Beetlejuice's leading lady Sophia Anne Caruso sparkles in red.

Playwright Lynn Nottage's By The Way, Meet Vera Stark was nominated for Outstanding Revival.

Joel Grey, who directed Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, which was nominated for Outstanding Revival.

Be More Chill composer Joe Iconis with cast members Lauren Marcus and George Salazar.

Celia Keenan-Bolger earned a Distinguished Performance Award nomination for her portrayal of Scout in Aaron Sorkin's To Kill a Mockingbird.

To Kill a Mockingbird Tony nominee Gideon Glick.

BD Wong was nominated for his turn in off-Broadway's The Great Leap.

The Prom's talented songwriting team: Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin.

Gregg Mozgala was nominated for Teenage Dick.

To Kill a Mockingbird's scribe Aaron Sorkin with Tony nominees Celia Keenan-Bolger and Gideon Glick.

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