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Nicole Scherzinger Wins Broadway’s Most Difficult Acting Prize to Win at Drama League Awards 2025

May 17, 2025 | by ltcinsuranceshopper

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The best of Broadway and Off-Broadway were honored at the 2025 Drama League Awards and Nicole Scherzinger took home the most coveted acting award of the year!

The event took place on Friday afternoon (May 16) at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City.

While the Tony Awards gives out eight acting awards each year to recognize the best in both plays and musicals with gendered categories for leading and supporting performances, the Drama League Awards only gives out one acting award each year. The Distinguished Performance Award has dozens of nominees and combines all performances into one category, making it incredibly difficult to ever win the award. Once you win once, you can never win again, so some actors receive honorary notices when they return to Broadway.

Nicole won the this year’s Distinguished Performance Award for her work in the musical Sunset Blvd.

Head inside to check out the rest of the winners…

The other winners were…

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY: Oh, Mary!
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY: Eureka Day
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL: Maybe Happy Ending
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL: Sunset Blvd
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY: Sam Pinkleton, Oh Mary
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL: Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending
DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE: Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd
SPECIAL RECOGNITION:
Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater – Lea Salonga
Founders Award for Excellence in Directing – Whitney White
Contribution to the Theater – Kate Navin and Audible Theater
Gratitude Award – Bob Greenblatt and Neil Meron

Check out all of the attendees below…

Drama League Award 2025

Nicole Scherzinger (Sunset Blvd)

Won the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Sutton Foster (Once Upon a Mattress)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Andrew Scott (Vanya)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Sarah Snook (The Picture of Dorian Gray)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Nick Jonas (The Last Five Years)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Audra McDonald with husband Will Swenson (Gypsy)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Idina Menzel (Redwood)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Christopher Sieber (Death Becomes Her)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Jennifer Simard (Death Becomes Her)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Megan Hilty (Death Becomes Her)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Jonathan Groff (Just in Time)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Bernadette Peters (Old Friends)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Tom Francis (Sunset Blvd)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Cole Escola (Oh Mary)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Jak Malone (Operation Mincemeat)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Helen J. Shen (Maybe Happy Ending)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Mia Farrow (The Roommate)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Tommy Dorfman (Becoming Eve)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

LaTanya Richardson Jackson (Purpose)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Darren Criss (Maybe Happy Ending)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Conrad Ricamora (Oh Mary)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Natalie Venetia Belcon (Buena Vista Social Club)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Robyn Hurder (Smash)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Ramin Karimoo (Pirates! The Penzance Musical)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Brooks Ashmanskas (Smash)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Gracie Lawrence (Just in Time)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Kara Young (Purpose)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Andre de Shields (Cats)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Joy Woods (Gypsy)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Lily Rabe (Ghosts)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Justina Machado (Real Women Have Curves)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Tatianna Cordoba (Real Women Have Curves)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Jasmine Amy Rogers (Boop!)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Lea Salonga (Old Friends)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Michael Arden (Maybe Happy Ending)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Andrew Durand (Dead Outlaw)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Adrienne Warren (The Last Five Years)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Ephraim Sykes (Our Town)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Louis McCartney (Stranger Things: The First Shadow)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!

Drama League Award 2025

Marjan Neshat (English)

Nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award this year for the noted production!



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