Drama League Distinguished Performance Award Annual American theater award
The Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance , originally known as the Delia Austrian Medal , is a theater award presented annually since 1935 by The Drama League for the "most distinguished" performance of the theater season.[ 1] The award is named for theater reviewer Delia Austrian .[ 2] [ 3] An artist may only win the award once in their lifetime.[ 4]
Winners
Notes
^ The Drama League website does not list Bergner as the recipient in 1944, instead listing Lynn Fontanne, who is listed in other sources as co-recipient with Alfred Lunt in 1943.
References
^ a b "Award History" . Drama League of New York . Retrieved February 17, 2024 .
^ a b "Paul Lukas Gets Drama Group Prize. Star of Watch on the Rhine Receives the Delia Austrian Medal for His Acting" . The New York Times . May 10, 1941. Retrieved December 12, 2013 .
^ a b "Elisabeth Bergner Gets Drama Award; Receives Delia Austrian Medal for Distinguished Acting" . The New York Times . May 10, 1944. Retrieved December 12, 2013 .
^ a b c d e Culwell-Block, Logan (May 19, 2023). "Some Like It Hot , Annaleigh Ashford, Leopoldstadt , More Win 2023 Drama League Awards" . Playbill . Retrieved February 17, 2024 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as Walter, Claire, ed. (1982). "Delia Austrian Medal" . Winners: The Blue Ribbon Encyclopedia of Awards . New York: Facts on File, Inc. Retrieved February 17, 2024 – via The Internet Archive .
^ "Drama League Bestows Medal on Helen Hayes" . Associated Press . May 22, 1936. Retrieved December 13, 2013 – via Reading Eagle .
^ "Evans Gets Medal Of Drama League. English Actor Is Honored for 'Richard II' in Presentation by Daniel Frohman" . The New York Times . May 12, 1937. Retrieved December 12, 2013 .
^ "Massey Honored by Drama League; Lincoln Portrayer Wins the Delia Austrian Medal for Distinguished Acting" . The New York Times. May 10, 1939. Retrieved February 17, 2024 .
^ "Drama League Prize Given to the Lunts; Their Work in Behrman Play, 'The Pirate,' Is Rewarded" . The New York Times . May 19, 1943. Retrieved February 17, 2024 .
^ "Alec Guinness" . Corbis . Retrieved December 13, 2013 .
^ " 'Cage Aux Folles' Due As Musical Comedy Set In New Orleans" . The New York Times . May 8, 1981. Retrieved December 12, 2013 .
^ "In memoriam - Irish acting legend Milo O'Shea passes away after battle with Alzheimers" . IrishCentral.com . 2013-04-10. Retrieved 2024-04-30 .
^ "Edward Herrmann: Character actor on screen whose air of Ivy League" . The Independent . 2015-03-26. Retrieved 2024-04-30 .
^ "75th Annual Drama League Awards: Drama League Awards announces the recipients of its 2009 Special Recognitions" . New York Theatre Guide . 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2024-04-30 .
^ "Derek Jacobi theatre profile" . www.abouttheartists.com . Retrieved 2024-05-01 .
^ "Bernadette Peters | Kennedy Center" . The Kennedy Center . Retrieved 2024-04-30 .
^ "James Earl Jones Theatre – theaterlife" . 2022-09-12. Retrieved 2024-05-01 .
^ "Get Inside the Starry 2019 Drama League Awards with These Exclusive Portraits" . Broadway.com . Retrieved 2024-05-01 .
^ "Pauline Collins: Stage and screen doyenne" . 2001-06-15. Retrieved 2024-05-01 .
^ a b c d e "A Look at How Many Drama League Distinguished Performance Award Winners Went on to Win Tony Awards | The Daily Scoop" . www.broadwaybox.com . Retrieved 2024-04-30 .
^ "Keeping Up With the Jones Girl" . Playbill .
^ "Rent, Guitars Win Drama League Awards" .
^ "Neuwirth and Durning Tie for Drama League Award" .
^ "Ragtime, Beauty Queen, Cabaret Win Drama League Awards May 8" .
^ "Fosse, Salesman & Wit Win Drama League Awards, May 7" .
^ "Contact, Copenhagen, Kate Win Drama League Awards" .
^ " 'Pro-' Choice: Drama League Awards Announced, May 11" .
^ "Urinetown, Crucible and Metamorphoses Win the Drama League Awards" .
^ "Hairspray, Take Me Out, Joe Egg, Fierstein Win 2003 Drama League Awards" .
^ "Drama League Award Winners Announced - TheaterMania.com" . 2004-05-14. Retrieved 2024-04-29 .
^ "2005 Drama League Award Winners Announced - TheaterMania.com" . 2005-05-13. Retrieved 2024-04-29 .
^ "Drama League Awards 2006 announced" . New York Theatre Guide . 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2024-04-29 .
^ "2007 Drama League Award Winners Announced - TheaterMania.com" . 2007-05-11. Retrieved 2024-04-29 .
^ "2008 Drama League Awards Announced; LuPone Wins Top Acting Accolade" . Broadway.com . Retrieved 2024-04-29 .
^ "Billy Elliot, Carnage and Geoffrey Rush Take Top Drama League Honors" . Broadway.com . Retrieved 2024-04-29 .
^ "Sondheim, Red, Bridge, La Cage and Molina Win Drama League Awards" .
^ "Drama League 2011 nominations" . New York Theatre Guide . 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2024-04-29 .
^ "Other Desert Cities, Salesman, Follies, Once, Audra McDonald Are Drama League Winners" .
^ "Kinky Boots, Pippin, Vanya and Sonia, Virginia Woolf? and Nathan Lane Win Drama League Awards" .
^ Gardner, Elysa (May 16, 2014). "Awards for Neil Patrick Harris, 'All the Way' " . USA Today . Retrieved February 17, 2024 .
^ "2015 Drama League Awards: And the Winners are..." New York Theatre Guide . October 19, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2024 .
^ McPhee, Ryan (May 17, 2019). "Network ' s Bryan Cranston, Hadestown Among 2019 Drama League Award Winners" . Playbill . Retrieved February 17, 2024 .
^ Kragen, Pam (June 22, 2020). "Reporter's Notebook: UCSD grad Danny Burstein wins major Drama League award" . The San Diego Union-Tribune . Retrieved February 17, 2024 .
^ Gans, Andrew (May 20, 2022). "The Lehman Trilogy , A Strange Loop , Sutton Foster, More Are Winners of 88th Annual Drama League Awards" . Playbill . Retrieved February 17, 2024 .
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