Play The Color Purple – Outstanding Revival of a Musical A View from the Bridge – Outstanding Revival of a Play Sheldon Harnick – Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award Deaf West Theatre – Unique Contribution to the Theatre Ivo van Hove – Founders Award for Excellence in Directing Winners 2014–2015 Source: Playbill.com Chita Rivera for The Visit – Distinguished Performance Award An American in Paris – Outstanding Production of a Musical The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Outstanding Production of a Play The King and I – Outstanding Revival of a Musical You Can't Take It with You – Outstanding Revival of a Play Joel Grey – Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater Award Neal Shapiro and David Horn – Unique Contribution to the Theater Award Stephen Daldry – Founders Award for Excellence in Directing Winners 2013–2014 Source: Playbill.com Neil Patrick Harris for Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Distinguished Performance Award A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder – Outstanding Production of a Musical All the Way – Outstanding Production of a Play Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Outstanding Revival of a Musical The Glass Menagerie – Outstanding Revival of a Play Barbara Cook – Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award Key Brand Entertainment/Broadway Across America: John Gore – Unique Contribution to the Theatre Award John Tiffany – The Founders Award for Excellence in Directing Winners 2012–2013 Source: Playbill.com Nathan Lane for The Nance – Distinguished Performance Award Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike – Outstanding Production of a Play Kinky Boots – Outstanding Production of a Musical Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Outstanding Revival of a Play Pippin – Outstanding Revival of a Musical Bernadette Peters – Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award (presented by Joel Grey) Madison Square Garden Entertainment & the Rockettes – Unique Contribution to the Theatre Award (Presented by Tommy Tune) Jerry Mitchell – The Founders Award for Excellence in Directing (Presented by Cyndi Lauper) Winners 2011–2012 Source: Playbill.com Audra McDonald for Porgy and Bess – Distinguished Performance Award Other Desert Cities – Outstanding Production of a Play Death of a Salesman – Outstanding Revival of a Play Once – Outstanding Production of a Musical Follies – Outstanding Revival of a Musical Alan Menken – Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award Rosie O'Donnell – Unique Contribution to the Theatre Award Diane Paulus – The Founders Award for