We know Tony … but who’s Dorian? GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ theater wing members named their favorites in New York theater for the third annual Dorian Theater Awards.
Winners, announced on June 2, may offer insights into how the Tonys shake out on June 8. However, unlike The Broadway League and The American Theater Wing, GALECA does not gender performance categories. The shortlist of nominees for such categories is upwards of 10 actors each, so, in theory, it’s anybody’s game.
Death Becomes Her leads the Broadway categories with seven nominations, while Cats: The Jellicle Ball leads Off-Broadway with five nominations. GALECA also offers some fun categories unique to its awards, including Outstanding Broadway Ensemble, the Broadway Showstopper Award for those moments we can’t stop talking about, and Outstanding Productions (Broadway and Off-Broadway), which recognizes queer-specific works.
GALECA will also recognize LGBTQ Theater Artist of the Season and LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer Award recipients, honoring their “lifelong commitment to creating art that inspires empathy, truth, and equality.”
Congratulations to all the nominees!
Outstanding Broadway Musical
Death Becomes Her
Dead Outlaw
Just in Time
Maybe Happy Ending
Operation Mincemeat
Real Women Have Curves
Outstanding Broadway Play
English
The Hills of California
John Proctor is the Villain
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Purpose
Outstanding Broadway Musical Revival
Floyd Collins
Gypsy
Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Sunset Blvd.
Outstanding Broadway Play Revival
Eureka Day
Our Town
Romeo + Juliet
Yellow Face
Outstanding LGBTQ Broadway Production
Cult of Love
Death Becomes Her
Purpose
Redwood
SMASH
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Musical
Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending
Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw
Tom Francis, Sunset Blvd.
Jonathan Groff, Just in Time
Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her
Audra McDonald, Gypsy
Jasmine Amy Rogers, BOOP! The Musical
Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd.
Helen J. Shen, Maybe Happy Ending
Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Play
Kit Connor, Romeo + Juliet
Laura Donnelly, The Hills of California
Mia Farrow, The Roommate
Daniel Dae Kim, Yellow Face
Sydney Lemmon, JOB
Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Jon Michael Hill, Purpose
LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Purpose
Sadie Sink, John Proctor is the Villain
Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Musical
Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club
Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw
Gracie Lawrence, Just in Time
Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves
Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat
Jinkx Monsoon, Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Lea Salonga, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends
Christopher Sieber, Death Becomes Her
Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins
David Thaxton, Sunset Blvd.
Michael Urie, Once Upon a Mattress
Joy Woods, Gypsy
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Play
Alana Arenas, Purpose
Tala Ashe, English
Molly Bernard, Cult of Love
Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day
Francis Jue, Yellow Face
Marjan Neshat, English
Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross
Zachary Quinto, Cult of Love
Fina Strazza, John Proctor is the Villain
Amalia Yoo, John Proctor is the Villain
Kara Young, Purpose
Outstanding Broadway Ensemble
Cult of Love
Death Becomes Her
John Proctor is the Villain
Real Women Have Curves
Sunset Blvd.
The Broadway Showstopper Award
— To a standout production number or scene
Death Becomes Her – “For the Gaze”
Gypsy – “Rose’s Turn”
John Proctor Is the Villain – “Green Light”
Maybe Happy Ending – “Chasing Fireflies”
Sunset Blvd. – “Sunset Boulevard”
Outstanding Off-Broadway Production
Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Grangeville
Liberation
Vanya
Wine in the Wilderness
Outstanding LGBTQ Off-Broadway Production
Cats: The Jellicle Ball
DRAG: The Musical
Grangeville
The Fires
We Had a World
Outstanding Lead Performance in an Off-Broadway Production
Patsy Ferran, A Streetcar Named Desire
Susannah Flood, Liberation
Brandon Flynn, Kowalski
Joanna Gleason, We Had a World
Marla Mindelle, The Big Gay Jamboree
Paul Mescal, A Streetcar Named Desire
Andrew Scott, Vanya
Paul Sparks, Grangeville
Alaska Thunderfuck, DRAG: The Musical
Olivia Washington, Wine in the Wilderness
Outstanding Featured Performance in an Off-Broadway Production
Betsy Aidem, Liberation
Billy Crudup, Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts
Andre De Shields, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Drew Elhamalawy, We Live in Cairo
Sydney James Harcourt, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Jujubee, DRAG: The Musical
Ahmad Kamal, SUMO
Julia Lester, All Nighter
Paris Nix, The Big Gay Jamboree
Jeanine Serralles, We Had a World
Kyra Sedgwick, All of Me
“Tempress” Chastity Moore, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Jenny Lee Stern, Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole A Song
Jason Veasey, The Fires
Natalie Walker, The Big Gay Jamboree
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