Friday, June 2, 2023

The First Dorian Theater Awards Winners Announced!

It was a very brief NYC theater awards season for Reverend and the other charter members of our new GALECA Dorian Awards Theater Wing, but we did it! We announced our formation in April of this year and had until May 30th to submit our nominations. I was not able to see all the musicals, plays and revivals — both on and off Broadway — before our deadline but I am very pleased that my personal fave, Kimberly Akimbo, did so well in our final results. So, without further ado, here is the full list of Dorian Theater Award winners and finalists:

Outstanding Broadway Musical
Kimberly Akimbo 
Finalists: Shucked, Some Like it Hot
Outstanding Broadway Play
 Fat Ham
Finalists: Cost of Living, Leopoldstadt

 

Outstanding Broadway Musical Revival
 Into the Woods

 

Finalists: Parade, Sweeney Todd

 

Outstanding Broadway Play Revival
 A Doll’s House

 

Finalists: Ohio State Murders, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, Topdog/Underdog

 

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Musical
 Victoria Clark in Kimberly Akimbo

 

Finalists: Annaleigh Ashford in Sweeney Todd, J. Harrison Ghee in Some Like it Hot

 

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Musical
 Bonnie Milligan in Kimberly Akimbo

 

Finalists: Justin Cooley in Kimberly Akimbo,Alex Newell in Shucked

 

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Play
 Jodie Comer in Prima Facie

 

Finalists: Jessica Chastain in A Doll’s House, Sean Hayes in Good Night, Oscar, Stephen McKinley Henderson in Between Riverside and Crazy

 

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Play Crystal Lucas-Perry in Ain’t No Mo’

 

Finalists: Jordan E. Cooper in Ain’t No Mo, Miriam Silverman, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window 

 

Outstanding Broadway Ensemble
 Kimberly Akimbo

 

Finalists: Into the Woods, Shucked 

 

The Broadway Showstopper Award - To a standout production number or scene
 “Independently Owned” from Shucked

 

Finalists: “Better” from Kimberly Akimbo, “You Coulda Knocked Me Over with a Feather” from Some Like it Hot

 

Outstanding LGBTQ Broadway Production
 Fat Ham

 

Finalists: & Juliet, Some Like it Hot

 

Outstanding Off-Broadway Production
 TitanĂ­que

 

Finalists: Dark Disabled Stories, Downstate 

 

Outstanding Off-Broadway Performance
 Marla Mindelle in TitanĂ­que

 

Finalists: K. Todd Freeman in Downstate, Ryan J. Haddad in Dark Disabled Stories, Parker Posey in The Seagull/Woodstock, NY

 

LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer Award - To a figure who inspires empathy, truth and equity
 J. Harrison Ghee

 

Finalists: Jordan E. Cooper, Ryan J. Haddad

Coming soon: This year's Dorian TV Awards!

 

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