GALECA Announces Dorian Theater Award Winners Including "Schmigadoon," "The Lost Boys" and "Prince Faggot"

 

The Lost Boys (c) Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman

Announcing the winners of the Dorian Theater Awards, given out by GALECA, the LGBTQ entertainment writers and critics.

4th Annual Dorian Theater Awards

Winners 

BROADWAY 

The Balusters (c) Jeremy Daniel

Outstanding Broadway Play 

The Balusters 
Giant 
Little Bear Ridge Road 
Punch 

Outstanding Script of a Broadway Play 

The Balusters by David Lindsay-Abaire 
Giant by Mark Rosenblatt 
Little Bear Ridge Road by Samuel D. Hunter
Punch by James Graham 

Outstanding Broadway Play Revival 

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman 
Becky Shaw 
Fallen Angels 
Marjorie Prime 
Oedipus 

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Play 

Rose Byrne, Fallen Angels 
Carrie Coon, Bug 
Will Harrison, Punch 
Nathan Lane, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman 
John Lithgow, Giant 
Lesley Manville, Oedipus 
Laurie Metcalf, Little Bear Ridge Road 
Kelli O'Hara, Fallen Angels 
Daniel Radcliffe, Every Brilliant Thing 
Mark Strong, Oedipus 

Becky Shaw (c) Marc J. Franklin

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Play 

Christopher Abbott, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman 
Marylouise Burke, The Balusters 
Danny Burstein, Marjorie Prime 
Alden Ehrenreich, Becky Shaw 
Linda Emond, Becky Shaw 
Jessica Hecht, Dog Day Afternoon 
Laurie Metcalf, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman 
Cynthia Nixon, Marjorie Prime 
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone 
June Squibb, Marjorie Prime 

Outstanding Broadway Musical 

The Lost Boys 
Schmigadoon! 
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) 

Outstanding Broadway Musical Revival 

Chess 
Ragtime 
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show 

Ragtime (c) Matthew Murphy

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Musical 

Sara Chase, Schmigadoon! 
Kristin Chenoweth, The Queen of Versailles 
Nicholas Christopher, Chess 
Luke Evans, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show 
Joshua Henry, Ragtime 
Stephanie Hsu, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show 
Caissie Levy, Ragtime 
Sam Tutty, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) 
Brandon Uranowitz, Ragtime 

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Musical 

Melissa Barrera, Titaníque 
Shoshana Bean, The Lost Boys 
Ali Louis Bourzgui, The Lost Boys 
Max Clayton, Schmigadoon! 
Rachel Dratch, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show 
Ana Gasteyer, Schmigadoon! 
Leiomy, Cats: The Jellicle Ball 
Ben Levi Ross, Ragtime 
Benjamin Pajak, The Lost Boys 
Layton Williams, Titaníque 

Outstanding Original Score of a Broadway Production 

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman by Caroline Shaw 
The Lost Boys by The Rescues 
Schmigadoon! by Cinco Paul 
The Queen of Versailles by Stephen Schwartz 
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) by Jim Barne & Kit Buchan 

Outstanding Book of a Broadway Musical 

The Lost Boys by David Hornsby and Chris Hoch 
Schmigadoon! by Cinco Paul 
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) by Jim Barne & Kit Buchan 

The Rocky Horror Show (c) Joan Marcus

Outstanding LGBTQ Broadway Production 

Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show 
Little Bear Ridge Road
Schmigadoon! 
The Lost Boys 

Outstanding Broadway Ensemble 

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman 
The Balusters 
Ragtime 
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show 
Schmigadoon! 

Outstanding Design of a Broadway Production 

Bug 
Cats: The Jellicle Ball 
The Lost Boys 
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show 
Schmigadoon! 

Cats: The Jellicle Ball (c) Andy Henderson

The Broadway Showstopper Award 

 – To a standout production number or scene 

Cats: The Jellicle Ball - “Memory” (“Tempress” Chasity Moore) 
Cats: The Jellicle Ball - “Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat” (Emma Sofia) 
Cats: The Jellicle Ball - “Songs of the Jellicles and the Jellicle Ball” (company) 
Chess - “Anthem” (Nicholas Christopher) 
Titaníque - “River Deep, Mountain High” (Layton Williams) 

OFF BROADWAY 

Outstanding Off-Broadway Play 

Are the Bennett Girls Ok? 
Bowl EP 
Cold War Choir Practice 
Meet the Cartozians 
Prince Faggot 

Mexodus (c) Curtis Brown

Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical 

Beau: The Musical 
The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse 
Mexodus 
Saturday Church 
The Seat of Our Pants 

Outstanding Writing for an Off-Broadway Production 

Becoming Eve by Emil Weinstein 
Bowl EP by Nazareth Hassan 
Caroline by Preston Max Allen 
Cold War Choir Practice by Ro Reddick 
Practice by Nazareth Hassan
Prince Faggot by Jordan Tannahill 

Heathers The Musical (c) Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade

Outstanding Off-Broadway Revival 

Bat Boy: The Musical 
Heathers, The Musical 
Oratorio for Living Things 
Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Park) 
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 

Outstanding LGBTQ Off-Broadway Production 

Beau: The Musical 
Becoming Eve 
Bowl EP 
Prince Faggot 
Saturday Church 
ta-da! 

Prince Faggot (c) Marc J. Franklin

Outstanding Lead Performance in an Off-Broadway Production 

Bryson Battle, Saturday Church 
Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Well, I’ll Let You Go 
Alana Raquel Bowers, Cold War Choir Practice 
Will Brill, Kramer/Fauci 
Tommy Dorfman, Becoming Eve 
David Greenspan, I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan 
Ryan J. Haddad, Hold Me in the Water 
Marin Ireland, Queens 
John McCrea, Prince Faggot 
Matt Rodin, Beau: The Musical 

Saturday Church (c) Marc J. Franklin

Outstanding Featured Performance in an Off-Broadway Production 

Caroline Aaron, The Reservoir 
Sierra Boggess, Prosperous Fools 
Justin Cooley, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 
K. Todd Freeman, Prince Faggot 
J. Harrison Ghee, Saturday Church 
David Greenspan, Prince Faggot 
Judy Kuhn, The Baker’s Wife 
McKenzie Kurtz, Heathers, The Musical 
Casey Likes, Heathers, The Musical 
Deirdre O’Connell, Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp. 
Jasmine Amy Rogers, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 
David Turner, Mother Russia 

Masquerade (c) Luis Suarez

Outstanding Design for an Off-Broadway Production 

Beau: The Musical 
Bowl EP 
Cold War Choir Practice 
Masquerade 
Prince Faggot 

SPECIAL AWARDS 

LGBTQ Theater Artist of the Season 

Michael Arden 
Shayok Misha Chowdhury 
Luke Evans 
Qween Jean 
Constantine Rousouli 
Brandon Uranowitz 

LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer 

— For a lifelong commitment to creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity 

Michael Arden 
Junior LaBeija 
Nathan Lane 
Joe Mantello 
Sam Pinkleton 

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