LGBTQ Critics’ 2024 Dorian Theater Award Nominations Announced

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics

’ theater wing members named their favorites in New York theater for the second annual Dorian Theater Awards, toasting the best in Broadway and Off-Broadway for the 2023-2024 season. Like GALECA’s Dorian film and TV awards, the group’s stage honors celebrate mainstream and LGBTQ+-themed productions. All Dorian Award performance categories are gender-neutral. https://twitter.com/awards_watch/status/1790118416952570222 Leading on the Broadway side with six nominations each: The new play Stereophonic by David Adjmi and the Maria Friedman-helmed revival of Merrily We Roll Along. I just saw Merrily this past week, and I’ll predict here that it’s pretty much a lock on Outstanding Broadway Musical Revival. #perfection In Off-Broadway categories, Oh, Mary!, writer-star Cole Escola’s Broadway-bound play about Mary Todd Lincoln, ruled with five nominations. Teeth, Michael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacobs’ musical about an evangelical teen girl with hidden talents, and Stephen Sondheim’s final musical, Here We Are—each garnered four nominations. A new category has been introduced this year –  LGBTQ Theater Artist of the Season. GALECA members nominated writer/actor Cole Escola, composer Michael R. Jackson, director Michael Greif, and actors Jonathan Groff, Sarah Paulson, and Conrad Ricamora. The nominees for the group’s career achievement award – LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer – include legendary Broadway actor André De Shields and four distinctly legendary playwrights: Charles Busch, Christopher Durang (nominated posthumously), Taylor Mac, and Paula Vogel. The winners of this year’s Dorian Theater Awards will be announced on Monday, June 3, 2024. Here’s the full list of 2024 Dorian Theater Awards nominees:

Outstanding Broadway Musical Here Lies Love Hell’s Kitchen Illinoise Lempicka The Outsiders Suffs

Outstanding Broadway Play Jaja’s African Hair BraidingJust for UsMary JaneMother PlayPrayer for the French RepublicStereophonicOutstanding Broadway Musical Revival Cabaret at the Kit Kat ClubMerrily We Roll AlongThe Who’s TommyOutstanding Broadway Play Revival AppropriateAn Enemy of the PeoplePurlie VictoriousOutstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Musical

Ali Louis Bourzgui, The Who’s Tommy Eden Espinosa, Lempicka Brody Grant, The Outsiders Jonathan Groff, Merrily We Roll Along Brian d’Arcy James, Days of Wine and Roses Maleah Joi Moon, Hell’s Kitchen Kelli O’Hara, Days of Wine and Roses Maryann Plunkett, The Notebook Eddie Redmayne, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Shaina Taub, Suffs Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Play Betsy Aidem, Prayer for the French Republic Alex Edelman, Just For Us William Jackson Harper, Uncle Vanya Jessica Lange, Mother Play Leslie Odom Jr., Purlie Victorious Rachel McAdams, Mary Jane Laurie Metcalf, Grey House Sarah Paulson, Appropriate Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Musical Hannah Cruz, Suffs Amber Iman, Lempicka Kecia Lewis, Hell’s Kitchen Nikki M. James, Suffs Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Monty Python’s Spamalot Lindsay Mendez, Merrily We Roll Along Bebe Neuwirth, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Conrad Ricamora, Here Lies Love Daniel Radcliffe, Merrily We Roll Along Ricky Ubeda, Illinoise Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Play Brittany Adebumola, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding Francis Benhamou, Prayer for the French Republic Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Doubt Alex Brightman, The Shark is Broken Will Brill, Stereophonic Elle Fanning, Appropriate Eli Gelb, Stereophonic Celia Keenan-Bolger, Mother Play Jay O. Sanders, Purlie Victorious Tom Pecinka, Stereophonic Sarah Pidgeon, Stereophonic Kara Young, Purlie Victorious Outstanding LGBTQ Broadway Production Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Illinoise Lempicka Mother Play Outstanding Broadway Ensemble Here Lies Love Illinoise Jaja’s African Hair Braiding Merrily We Roll Along Suffs Stereophonic The Broadway Showstopper Award — To a standout production number or scene Appropriate, “Epilogue: The Plantation Decays” Illinoise, “Chicago” Lempicka, “Woman Is” Merrily We Roll Along, “Franklin Shepard INC” The Outsiders, “The Rumble” Outstanding Off-Broadway Production All the Devils Are Here The Ally The Connector Oh, Mary! Primary Trust Teeth Outstanding LGBTQ Off-Broadway Production Bark of Millions Eddie Izzard’s Hamlet Make Me Gorgeous Oh, Mary! Teeth Outstanding Lead Performance in an Off-Broadway Production Charles Busch, Ibsen’s Ghost: An Irresponsible Biographical Fantasy Nicholas Christopher, Jelly’s Last Jam Cole Escola, Oh, Mary! William Jackson Harper, Primary Trust Moses Ingram, Sunset Baby Rachel Bay Jones, Here We Are Alyse Alan Louis, Teeth Taylor Mac, Bark of Millions Ruthie Ann Miles, The Light in the Piazza Cynthia Nixon, The Seven Year Disappear Patrick Page, All the Devils Are Here Outstanding Featured Performance in an Off-Broadway Production Susan Blommaert, Grief Hotel Marylouise Burke, Infinite Life Bobby Cannavale, Here We Are Micaela Diamond, Here We Are Joaquina Kalukango, Jelly’s Last Jam Julia Lester, I Can Get it For You Wholesale Steven Pasquale, Teeth David Hyde Pierce, Here We Are Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary! James Scully, Oh, Mary! Jennifer Van Dyck, Ibsen’s Ghost: An Irresponsible Biographical Fantasy Anna Zavelson, The Light in the Piazza LGBTQ Theater Artist of the Season Cole Escola Michael Greif Jonathan Groff Michael R. Jackson Sarah Paulson Conrad Ricamora LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer Award — For a lifelong commitment to creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity Charles Busch André De Shields Christopher Durang (nominated posthumously) Taylor Mac Paula Vogel Click over to GALECA’s official website for more info.