2026 Dorian Theater Award Winners Announced

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics kicked off Pride Month by bestowing Prince Faggot and Ragtime top honors in the group’s 4th annual Dorian Theater Awards.

I’ll note that I’m a proud voting member of GALECA.

Radical Off-Broadway sensation Prince Faggot led the field with six wins, the most of any production this season.

The Lincoln Center Theater revival of Ragtime earned three awards, the most of any Broadway production.

Voted on by GALECA’s theater wing, the Dorian Theater Awards celebrate the best of Broadway and Off-Broadway, from mainstream to LGBTQ+.

Below is the complete list of winners for the 2026 Dorian Theater Awards:

Outstanding Broadway Musical
The Lost Boy
Schmigadoon!
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Outstanding Broadway Play
The Balusters (tie)
Giant (tie)
Little Bear Ridge Road
Punch

Outstanding Broadway Musical Revival
Chess
Ragtime
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show

Outstanding Broadway Play Revival
Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Becky Shaw
Fallen Angels
Marjorie Prime
Oedipus

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

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 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

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

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

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 Design of a Broadway Production
Bug
Cats: The Jellicle Ball
The Lost Boys
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Schmigadoon!

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)

Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical
Beau: The Musical
The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse
Mexodus
Saturday Church
The Seat of Our Pants

Outstanding Off-Broadway Play
Are the Bennett Girls Ok?
Bowl EP
Cold War Choir Practice
Meet the Cartozians
Prince Faggot 

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

Outstanding LGBTQ Off-Broadway Production
Beau: The Musical
Becoming Eve
Bowl EP
Prince Faggot
Saturday Church
ta-da!

Outstanding Lead Performance in an Off-Broadway Production
Bryson Battle, Saturday Church
Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Well, I’ll Let You Go (tie)
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 (tie)
Matt Rodin, Beau: The Musical

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 (tie)
David Greenspan, Prince Faggot (tie)
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

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

Outstanding Design for an Off-Broadway Production
Beau: The Musical
Bowl EP
Cold War Choir Practice
Masquerade
Prince Faggot

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

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics and its Dorian Awards honor the best in film, television, and, under its theater wing, Broadway and Off-Broadway. Nearly 600 members strong, GALECA puts a critical LGBTQ+ eye on entertainment.

A nonprofit organization, GALECA also advocates for better pay, access, and respect for entertainment journalists, especially the underrepresented, and mentors and offers college scholarships for the next generation of entertainment journalists.


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