Jersey Boys Awards

Drama League Nominations and Awards

Outer Critics Circle Nominations and Awards

Theatre World Awards

Drama Desk Nominations and Awards

Tony Nominations and Awards

Jersey Boys Drama League Nominations

  • Distinguished Production of a Musical
  • Distinguished Performance Award: Christian Hoff; John Lloyd Young
  • Specialty Award Recipient: Director Des McAnuff will receive the Julia Hansen Award for Excellence in Directing.

Jersey Boys Wins Drama League’s 2006 Distinguished Production of a Musical Award!

The Drama League was founded in 1916 as an association of theatre professionals and patrons dedicated to encouraging the finest in professional theatre and has since then developed into the theatre’s premiere service organization. The Drama League Awards are the oldest theatrical honors in America, beginning in 1935 and predating the Tony Awards by twelve years. These highly-prized awards are also the only major awards given by theatregoers themselves; they are chosen each year by the thousands of Drama League members nationwide.

Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, and John Lloyd young will be among the luminaries who will be serving as honorary co-chairs at the Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon. Alan Cumming, who is currently in previews for the revival of The Threepenny Opera, will host the annual luncheon, which begins at Noon on May 5, 2005 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square.

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Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations

  • Outstanding Broadway Musical
  • Outstanding Actor in a Musical: John Lloyd Young
  • Outstanding Feature Actor in a Musical: Christian Hoff
  • Outstanding Direction of a Musical: Des McAnuff
  • Outstanding Choreography: Sergio Trujillo
  • Outstanding Lighting Design: Howell Binkley

Jersey Boys Wins Three Outer Critics Circle Awards!

  • Outstanding Broadway Musical
  • Outstanding Actor in a Musical: John Lloyd Young
  • Outstanding Lighting Design: Howell Binkley

Outer Critics Circle, which began in the 1949-50 theatre season, is the organization of writers and commentators covering New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway. The 2005-06 winners will be announced on Monday, May 15, 2006 and the annual awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 25, 2006 at 4PM at the legendary Sardi’s Restaurant.

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Theatre World Awards for Outstanding Broadway and Off-Broadway Debut Performances

Theatre World Award: Outstanding Broadway Debut Performance–John Lloyd Young

The Awards will be presented June 6, 2006 at 2 PM ceremony at Studio 54, 254 W. 54th St.

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    Jersey Boys’ Drama Desk Award Nominations

  • Outstanding Musical
  • Outstanding Actor in a Musical: John Lloyd Young
  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: Christian Hoff
  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: Daniel Reichard
  • Outstanding Direction of a Musical: Des McAnuff
  • Outstanding Choreography: Sergio Trujillo
  • Outstanding Book of a Musical: Rick Elice & Marshall Brickman
  • Outstanding Sound Design: Steve Canyon Kennedy

Jersey Boys Wins Two Drama Desk Awards!

  • Outstanding Actor in a Musical: John Lloyd Young
  • Outstanding Sound Design: Steve Canyon Kennedy

In 1954, the Drama Desk was founded to explore key issues of the theatre community. Each year, the organization produces a series of panel discussions to spotlights areas of concern and then to educate the public about these matters. Guest panelists have included theatre reporters, editors, and critics and every Mayor (or a representative) since the panels’ inception.

At the time of the Drama Desk’s founding, the only major awards honoring New York theatre’s creative men and women were Tony awards, which only celebrated those productions produced in Broadway theatres, while ignoring the hundreds of stage productions presented each year Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and in legitimate not-for-profit theatres. Since Drama Desk members all New York theatre productions, the organization decided in 1955 to create its own awards celebrating creative stage achievements wherever they were presented.

The Drama Desk Awards will be held Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 9PM at the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. The ceremony will be taped and subsequently broadcast nationwide on PBS stations, and for the fourth consecutive year, the awards ceremony will be webcast by TheaterMania.com.

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Jersey Boys’ Tony Award Nominations

  • Best Musical
  • Best Book of a Musical–Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice
  • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical–John Lloyd Young
  • Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical–Christian Hoff
  • Best Direction of a Musical–Des McAnuff
  • Best Orchestrations–Steve Orich
  • Best Scenic Design of a Musical–Klara Zieglerova
  • Best Lighting Design of a Musical–Howell Binkley

Jersey Boys Wins FOUR Tony Awards–Including Best Musical!

  • Best Musical
  • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical: John Lloyd Young
  • Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical: Christian Hoff
  • Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Howell Binkley

The American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards® got their start in 1947 when the Wing established an awards program to celebrate excellence in the theatre.

Named for Antoinette Perry, an actress, director, producer, and the dynamic wartime leader of the American Theatre Wing who had recently passed away, the Tony Awards made their official debut at a dinner in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria hotel on Easter Sunday, April 6, 1947. Vera Allen, Perry’s successor as chairwoman of the Wing, presided over an evening that included dining, dancing, and a program of entertainment. The dress code was black tie optional, and the performers who took to the stage included Mickey Rooney, Herb Shriner, Ethel Waters, and David Wayne. Eleven Tonys were presented in seven categories, and there were eight special awards, including one for Vincent Sardi, proprietor of the eponymous eatery on West 44th Street. Big winners that night included José Ferrer, Arthur Miller, Helen Hayes, Ingrid Bergman, Patricia Neal, Elia Kazan and Agnes de Mille.

The 60th Annual Tony Awards ceremony will be telecast from 8:00-11:00PM on CBS from Radio City Music Hall.

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