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{{short description|American professional organization}}
{{Other uses|Critics' Circle (disambiguation)}}
[[File:New York Drama Critics' Circle.jpg|thumb|250px|New York Drama Critics' Circle logo and insignia]]
 
The '''New York Drama Critics' Circle''' is made up of 1921 [[drama]] [[critic]]scritics from daily newspapers, magazines and wire services based in the [[New York City]] metropolitan area. The organization is best known for its annual awards for excellence in theater.<ref name=playbill>Jones, Kenneth. [http://www.playbill.com/article/passing-strange-and-august-osage-county-win-2007-08-ny-drama-critics-circle-award-com-150052 Passing Strange and August: Osage County Win 2007–08 NY Drama Critics Circle Award"], playbill.com, May 12, 2008. Retrieved May 26, 2018.</ref><ref name=adam>Hetrick, Adam. [http://www.playbill.com/gallery/matilda-and-vanya-and-sonia-and-masha-and-spike-honored-at-ny-drama-critics-circle-awards-com-7220/?slide=0 "NY Drama Critics' Circle Awards Matilda and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike With Top Honors"] playbill.com, May 3, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2018.</ref>
 
The organization was founded in 1935 at the [[Algonquin Hotel]] by a group that included [[Brooks Atkinson]], [[Walter Winchell]], and [[Robert Benchley]]. Adam Feldman of ''[[Time Out New York]]'' has been President of the organization since 2005; Joe Dziemianowicz is currently Vice President, and Zachary Stewart of TheaterMania serves as Treasurer.<ref name=adam/><ref>[http://www.dramacritics.org/dc_current.html "Current Membership"] dramacritics.org. Retrieved May 26, 2018.</ref>
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===''The New York Drama CriticsTimes'' Circlemembership Awardhistory===
Although Brooks Atkinson of ''[[The New York Times]]'' was the first President of the NYDCC, ''Times'' critics are no longer permitted to be members of the group. In 1989, the newspaper's executive editor decreed that their critics could no longer participate in any awards voting. ''Times'' critics remained in the organization as non-voting members until 1997, when the newspaper reversed its policy and allowed its critics to resume voting for the awards. However, in 2003, the newspaper adopted a revised ethics policy that forbade its journalists from membership in an awards-voting body, and its critics withdrew from the NYDCC.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.playbill.com/article/times-brantley-and-weber-exit-new-york-drama-critics-circle-com-111453|title = Times' Brantley and Weber Exit New York Drama Critics Circle|work = [[Playbill]]|date = February 7, 2003|accessdate = April 7, 2022|last = Simonson|first = Robert}}</ref> {{As of|2021}}, the ''Times''{{'}}s policy against membership remains in effect.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/22/insider/times-hall-of-fame-voting.html|title = Why Times Reporters Don’t Vote for M.V.P. (Or the Hall of Fame or the Tonys)|work = [[The New York Times]]|date = November 22, 2021|accessdate = April 7, 2022|last = Brownstein|first = Matthew|url-access = limited}}</ref>
The New York Drama Critics' Circle meets twice a year. At the end of each theater season, it votes on the annual New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards, the second oldest theater award in the United States (after the [[Pulitzer Prize]]). The main award is for Best Play. If the winner of that award is American, the Circle then votes on whether to give an award for Best Foreign Play as well; if the Best Play winner is of foreign origin, the Circle may give out an award for Best American Play. The awards are later presented in a small ceremony. Since 1945, the Circle has also given out awards for Best Musical. Special Citations may also be awarded for actors, companies or work of special merit. The award for Best Play includes a cash prize of $2,500, and a cash award of $1,000 is given to the playwright who receives the award for Best American or Foreign Play.<ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/good-people-book-of-mormon-jerusalem-named-winners-of-new-york-drama-critics-circle-awards-com-179019 " 'Good People', 'Book of Mormon', 'Jerusalem' Named Winners of New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards"] playbill.com, May 9, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2018.</ref>
 
==New York Drama Critics' Circle Award==
Although Brooks Atkinson of ''[[The New York Times]]'' was the first President of the NYDCC, ''Times'' critics are no longer permitted to be members of the group. In 1989, the newspaper's executive editor decreed that their critics could no longer participate in any awards. ''Times'' critics remained in the organization as non-voting members until 1997, when the newspaper reversed its policy and allowed its critics to resume voting for the awards. However, in 2003, the newspaper adopted a revised ethics policy that forbade its journalists from membership in an awards-voting body, and its critics withdrew from the NYDCC.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.playbill.com/article/times-brantley-and-weber-exit-new-york-drama-critics-circle-com-111453|title = Times' Brantley and Weber Exit New York Drama Critics Circle|work = [[Playbill]]|date = February 7, 2003|accessdate = April 7, 2022|last = Simonson|first = Robert}}</ref> {{As of|2021}}, the ''Times''{{'}}s policy against membership remains in effect.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/22/insider/times-hall-of-fame-voting.html|title = Why Times Reporters Don’t Vote for M.V.P. (Or the Hall of Fame or the Tonys)|work = [[The New York Times]]|date = November 22, 2021|accessdate = April 7, 2022|last = Brownstein|first = Matthew|url-access = limited}}</ref>
The New York Drama Critics' Circle meets twice a year. At the end of each theater season, it votes on the annual New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards, the second oldest theaterplaywriting award in the United States (after the [[Pulitzer Prize]]). The main award is for Best Play. If the winner of that award is American, the Circle then votes on whether to give an award for Best Foreign Play as well; if the Best Play winner is of foreign origin, the Circle may give out an award for Best American Play. The awards are later presented in a small ceremony. Since 1945, the Circle has also given out awards for Best Musical. Special Citations may also be awarded for actors, companies, or work of special merit. The award for Best Play includes a cash prize of $2,500, and a cash award of $1,000 is given to the playwright who receives the award for Best American or Foreign Play.<ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/good-people-book-of-mormon-jerusalem-named-winners-of-new-york-drama-critics-circle-awards-com-179019 " 'Good People', 'Book of Mormon', 'Jerusalem' Named Winners of New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards"] playbill.com, May 9, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2018.</ref>
 
==Theatre awards and citation winners==
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*1969: ''[[The Great White Hope]]'' – [[Howard Sackler]]
*1970: ''[[Borstal Boy (play)|Borstal Boy]]'' – [[Frank McMahon (author)|Frank McMahon]]
*1971: ''[[Home (Storey play)|Home]]'' – [[David Storey]]
*1972: ''[[That Championship Season]]'' – [[Jason Miller (playwright)|Jason Miller]]
*1973: ''[[The Changing Room]]'' – [[David Storey]]
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*1979: ''[[The Elephant Man (play)|The Elephant Man]]'' – [[Bernard Pomerance]]
*1980: ''[[Talley's Folly]]'' – [[Lanford Wilson]]
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*1981: ''[[A Lesson from Aloes]]'' – [[Athol Fugard]]
*1982: ''[[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (play)]]'' – [[David Edgar (playwright)|David Edgar]]
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*1983: ''[[Brighton Beach Memoirs]]'' – [[Neil Simon]]
*1984: ''[[The Real Thing (play)|The Real Thing]]'' – [[Tom Stoppard]]
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*2016: ''[[The Humans (play)|The Humans]]'' – [[Stephen Karam]]
*2017: ''[[Oslo (play)|Oslo]]'' – [[J.T. Rogers]]
*2018: ''[[Mary Jane (play)|Mary Jane]]'' – [[Amy Herzog]]
*2019: ''[[The Ferryman (play)|The Ferryman]]'' – [[Jez Butterworth]]
*2020: ''[[Heroes of the Fourth Turning]]'' – [[Will Arbery]]
*2022: ''A Case for the Existence of God'' – [[Samuel D. Hunter]]
*2023: ''Downstate'' – [[Bruce Norris (playwright)|Bruce Norris]]
*2024: ''[[Stereophonic (play)|Stereophonic]]'' – [[David Adjmi]]
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*1960: ''[[Five Finger Exercise]]'' – [[Peter Shaffer]]
*1961: ''[[A Taste of Honey]]'' – [[Shelagh Delaney]]
*1962: ''[[A Man for All Seasons (play)|A Man for All Seasons]]'' – [[Robert Bolt]]
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*1972: ''[[The Screens]]'' – [[Jean Genet]]
*1980: ''[[Betrayal (play)|Betrayal]]'' – [[Harold Pinter]]
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*2005: ''[[The Pillowman]]'' – [[Martin McDonagh]]
*2009: ''[[Black Watch (play)|Black Watch]]'' – [[Gregory Burke]]
*2011: ''[[Jerusalem (play)|Jerusalem]]'' – [[Jez Butterworth]]
*2012: ''[[Tribes (play)|Tribes]]'' – [[Nina Raine]]<ref name=kenneth/>
*2018: ''[[Hangmen (play)|Hangmen]]'' – [[Martin McDonagh]]
*2023: ''[[Leopoldstadt (play)|Leopoldstadt]]'' – [[Tom Stoppard]]
*2024: No award
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===Best American Play=== <!-- Listings are by the year award was presented...not by season -->
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*1970: ''[[The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds]]'' – [[Paul Zindel]]
*1971: ''[[The House of Blue Leaves]]'' – [[John Guare]]
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*1977: ''[[American Buffalo (play)|American Buffalo]]'' – [[David Mamet]]
*1981: ''[[Crimes of the Heart]]'' – [[Beth Henley]]
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*1982: ''[[A Soldier's Play]]'' – [[Charles Fuller]]
*1984: ''[[Glengarry Glen Ross]]'' – [[David Mamet]]
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*2014: ''[[All the Way (play)|All the Way]]'' – [[Robert Schenkkan]]
*2019: ''[[What the Constitution Means to Me]]'' – [[Heidi Schreck]]
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===Best Musical=== <!-- Listings are by the year award was presented...not by season -->
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*1946: ''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]'' – [[Richard Rodgers]] and [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]
*1947: ''[[Brigadoon]]'' – [[Frederick Loewe]] and [[Alan Jay Lerner]]
*1948: No award
*1949: ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]'' – [[Richard Rodgers]], [[Oscar Hammerstein II]], and [[Joshua Logan]]
*1950: ''[[The Consul]]'' – [[Gian Carlo Menotti]]
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*1961: ''[[Carnival!]]'' – [[Michael Stewart (playwright)|Michael Stewart]] and [[Bob Merrill]]
*1962: ''[[How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (musical)|How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying]]'' – [[Abe Burrows]], [[Jack Weinstock]], [[Willie Gilbert]], and [[Frank Loesser]]
*1963: No award
*1964: ''[[Hello, Dolly! (musical)|Hello, Dolly!]]'' – [[Michael Stewart (playwright)|Michael Stewart]] and [[Jerry Herman]]
*1965: ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' – [[Jerry Bock]], [[Sheldon Harnick]] and [[Joseph Stein]]
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*1977: ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]'' – [[Charles Strouse]], [[Martin Charnin]] and [[Thomas Meehan (writer)|Thomas Meehan]]
*1978: ''[[Ain't Misbehavin' (musical)|Ain't Misbehavin']]'' – [[Fats Waller]] and [[Richard Maltby Jr.]]
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*1979: ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (musical)|Sweeney Todd]]'' – [[Stephen Sondheim]] and [[Hugh Wheeler]]
*1980: ''[[Evita (musical)|Evita]]'' – [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] and [[Tim Rice]]
*1981: No award
*1982: No award
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*1983: ''[[Little Shop of Horrors (musical)|Little Shop of Horrors]]'' – [[Alan Menken]] and [[Howard Ashman]]
*1984: ''[[Sunday in the Park with George]]'' – [[Stephen Sondheim]] and [[James Lapine]]
*1985: No award
*1986: No award
*1987: ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]'' – [[Claude-Michel Schönberg]], [[Alain Boublil]] and [[Herbert Kretzmer]]
*1988: ''[[Into the Woods]]'' – [[Stephen Sondheim]] and [[James Lapine]]
*1989: No award
*1990: ''[[City of Angels (musical)|City of Angels]]'' – [[Larry Gelbart]], [[Cy Coleman]], and [[David Zippel]]
*1991: ''[[The Will Rogers Follies]]'' – [[Cy Coleman]], [[Betty Comden]], [[Adolph Green]] and [[Peter Stone (writer)|Peter Stone]]
*1992: No award
*1993: ''[[Kiss of the Spider Woman (musical)|Kiss of the Spider Woman]]'' – [[John Kander]], [[Fred Ebb]], and [[Terrence McNally]]
*1994: No award
*1995: No award
*1996: ''[[Rent (musical)|Rent]]'' – [[Jonathan Larson]]
*1997: ''[[Violet (musical)|Violet]]'' – [[Jeanine Tesori]] and Brian Crawley
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*2000: ''[[James Joyce's The Dead]]'' – [[Shaun Davey]] and [[Richard Nelson (playwright)|Richard Nelson]]
*2001: ''[[The Producers (musical)|The Producers]]'' – [[Mel Brooks]] and [[Thomas Meehan (writer)|Thomas Meehan]]
*2002: No award
*2003: ''[[Hairspray (musical)|Hairspray]]'' – [[Marc Shaiman]], [[Scott Wittman]], [[Thomas Meehan (writer)|Thomas Meehan]] and Mark O'Donnell
*2004: No award
*2005: No award
*2006: ''[[The Drowsy Chaperone]]'' – [[Bob Martin (comedian)|Bob Martin]], [[Don McKellar]], [[Lisa Lambert]] and [[Greg Morrison]]
*2007: ''[[Spring Awakening (musical)|Spring Awakening]]'' – [[Duncan Sheik]] and [[Steven Sater]]
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*2018: No award<ref name=Adam>Feldman, Adam. [https://twitter.com/FeldmanAdam/status/992170293727817728 "No award this year for Best Musical"] twitter.com, May 3, 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2018.</ref>
*2019: ''[[Tootsie (musical)|Tootsie]]'' – [[David Yazbek]] and [[Robert Horn (writer)|Robert Horn]]
*2020: ''[[A Strange Loop]]'' – [[Michael R. Jackson]]
*2022: ''[[Kimberly Akimbo (musical)|Kimberly Akimbo]]'' – [[David Lindsay-Abaire]] and [[Jeanine Tesori]]
*2023: No award
*2024: ''[[Dead Outlaw (musical)|Dead Outlaw]]'' – [[Itamar Moses]], [[David Yazbek]] and Erik Della Penna
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*1966: ''[[Mark Twain Tonight]]'' – [[Hal Holbrook]]
*1971: ''[[Sticks and Bones]]'' by [[David Rabe]] and ''[[Old Times]]'' by Harold Pinter
*1980: [[Peter Brook]]'s Le Centre International de Créations Théâtricales at [[La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club|La MamaMaMa]]
*1981: [[Lena Horne]] for ''[[Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music]]'' and [[New York Shakespeare Festival]]'s ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]''
*1983: [[Young Playwrights Festival]]
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*1998: ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]'' – [[Roundabout Theatre Company]]
*1999: [[David Hare (playwright)|David Hare]]
*2002: [[Elaine Stritch]] for ''[[Elaine Stritch at Liberty]]''
*2004: [[Barbara Cook]]
*2006: [[John Doyle (director)|John Doyle]], [[Sarah Travis]] and the Broadway revival of ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street|Sweeney Todd]]'' and; [[Christine Ebersole]] for ''[[Grey Gardens (musical)|Grey Gardens]]''
*2007: ''[[Journey's End]]'' Broadway revival
*2009: [[Angela Lansbury]]; [[Matthew Warchus]] and the cast of ''[[The Norman Conquests]]''; [[Gerard Alessandrini]] for ''[[Forbidden Broadway]]''
*2010: [[Lincoln Center]] Festival; [[Viola Davis]]; [[Annie Baker]]
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*2013: [[Soho Repertory Theatre|Soho Rep]]; [[New York City Center]]'s [[Encores!]]; [[John Lee Beatty]]
*2014: The Shakespeare's Globe productions of ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' and ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]''; [[Richard Nelson (playwright)|Richard Nelson]] and the company of the Apple Family Plays
*2015: [[Ars Nova (theater)|Ars Nova]] and; [[Bob Crowley]]
*2016: [[Oskar Eustis]]; [[Lois Smith]]; [[Ivo van Hove]] and [[Jan Versweyveld]]
*2017: [[Taylor Mac]] for ''[[A 24-Decade History of Popular Music]]'', [[Ruben Santiago-Hudson]] and the cast of ''Jitney'', and; [[Paula Vogel]] for career achievement as a playwright and mentor
*2018: [[Park Avenue Armory]] for adventurous theatrical programming; [[Transport Group]]; the staging, design and illusions of ''[[Harry Potter and the Cursed Child]]''
*2019: [[Irish Repertory Theatre]]; Page 73; [[Folksbiene|National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene]]'s revival of ''[[Fidler Afn Dakh|Fiddler on the Roof (Fidler Afn Dakh)]]''
*2020: [[David Byrne]] and the Broadway production of ''[[American Utopia]]''; [[Deirdre O'Connell (actress)|Deirdre O'Connell]]; the New York theater community for perseverance in the face of loss during the COVID-19 pandemic
*2022: [[Austin Pendleton]]; [[Sanaz Toossi]]
*2023: Broadway revival of ''[[Parade (musical)|Parade]]''; [[Adrienne Kennedy]]; [[La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club]]
*2024: Broadway revivals of ''[[Merrily We Roll Along (musical)|Merrily We Roll Along]]'' and ''[[Purlie Victorious]]''; [[Maryann Plunkett]] and [[Jay O. Sanders]]; [[Heather Christian]]
 
==Runners-up==
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|'''! Year'''||''' !! Show'''||''' !! Author(s)'''||''' !! Nominated for'''
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|'''Year'''||'''Show'''||'''Author(s)'''||'''Nominated for'''
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|1936||''[[Idiot's Delight (play)|Idiot's Delight]]''||[[Robert E. Sherwood]]||Best American Play
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|1953||''[[The Crucible]]''||[[Arthur Miller]]||Best American Play
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|1954||''[[The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (play)|The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial]]''||[[Herman Wouk]]||Best American Play
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|1955||''[[Bus Stop (William Inge play)|Bus Stop]]''||[[William Inge]]||Best American Play
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|1970||''[[Indians (play)|Indians]]''||[[Arthur Kopit]]||Best American Play
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|1971||''[[Catonsville Nine#"The Trial of the Catonsville Nine" (play)|The Trial of the Catonsville Nine]]''||[[Daniel Berrigan]]||Best American Play
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|1972||''[[Sticks and Bones]]''||[[David Rabe]]||Best Play