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NOMINATION BALLOTS OUT TO GALECA MEMBERS Thursday June 6, 2024
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'Merrily We Roll Along' and 'Stereophonic' Lead LGBTQ Critics’ Dorian Theater Award Nominations
New York, N.Y. (May 13, 2024): GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ 39 theater wing members named their favorites in New York theater for the second annual Dorian Theater Awards, this time 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 both mainstream and LGBTQ+-themed productions.
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. Dorian Award have four members of the Stereophonic cast competing for Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Play, and three actors from Merrily We Roll Along in the run. All Dorian Award performance categories are gender neutral.
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—co-written with David Ives and adapted from two films by Luis Buñuel—each scored four nods.
For the wing’s special new accolade, LGBTQ Theater Artist of the Season, GALECA members nominated writer/actor Cole Escola, composer Michael R. Jackson, director Michael Greif, along with actors Jonathan Groff, Sarah Paulson and Conrad Ricamora.
The nominees for the group’s career achievement award, LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer, are awe-inspiring multi-hyphenate André De Shields and four distinctly legendary playwrights: Charles Busch, Christopher Durang (nominated posthumously), Taylor Mac and Paula Vogel.
“I think we’re all actually happy to say GALECA’s members had a daunting task of sifting through so many exciting plays and musical this season,” said Cary Wong, the group’s Off-Broadway lead. “Considering Broadway alone put up 38 productions this season, New York theater has definitely bounced back from 18 months of Covid closures. From popular adaptations like The Notebook todaring new works likeLempicka, Dorian Award voters and all theater goers had plenty to rave and dish about.”
GALECA will once again help kick off Pride Month by announcing this year's Dorian Theater Awards on Monday, June 3, 2024.
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 Braiding Just for Us Mary Jane Mother Play Prayer for the French Republic Stereophonic
Outstanding Broadway Musical Revival Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Merrily We Roll Along The Who’s Tommy Outstanding Broadway Play Revival Appropriate An Enemy of the People Purlie Victorious
Outstanding 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
Productions With Multiple Nominations Merrily We Roll Along - 6 Stereophonic - 6 Illinoise - 5 Lempicka - 5 Oh, Mary! - 5 Suffs - 5 Appropriate - 4 Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club - 4 Here We Are - 4 Mother Play - 4 Purlie Victorious - 4 Teeth - 4 Hell’s Kitchen - 3 Here Lies Love - 3 Jaja’s African Hair Braiding - 3 The Outsiders - 3 Prayer for the French Republic - 3 All the Devils Are Here - 2 Bark of Millions - 2 Days of Wine and Roses - 2 Ibsen’s Ghost - 2 Jelly’s Last Jam - 2 Just for Us - 2 The Light in the Piazza - 2 Mary Jane - 2 Primary Trust - 2 The Who’s Tommy - 2
GALECA Theater Wing members, 2023-2024 season Frank J. Avella Edge Media Network, Awards Daily Drew Burnett Gregory, Autostraddle Kerensa Cadenas, Elle, Vogue, etc. Chris Carpenter, Rage magazine, MovieDearest Sam Eckmann (co-chair), Gold Derby Murtada Elfadl, The A.V. Club, Variety, etc. Adam Feldman, Time Out Brian Eugenio Herrera, #TheatreClique (Substack), etc. Marshall Heyman (Broadway lead), Dujour, Town & Country, etc. Merryn Johns (co-chair), Queer Forty James Kleinmann, The Queer Review Naveen Kumar, them, The Daily Beast Ryan Leeds, Metro Weekly, Manhattan Digest Christian Lewis, Variety, TheaterMania, etc. Brian Scott Lipton, Cititour, Theater Pizzazz, etc. Jonathan Mandell, New York Theater Meg Masseron, Playbill Abby Monteil, them, etc. Michael Musto, The Village Voice, etc. Charles O’Keefe, E! News Louis Peitzman, High Drama (Substack) Juan Michael Porter II, The Body, TDF Stages Juan A. Ramirez, Theatrely, The New York Times Mathew Rodriguez, them Nathaniel Rogers, The Film Experience Gillian Russo, New York Theatre Guide Patrick Ryan - USA Today Michael Schulman, The New Yorker Marcus Scott, National Black Theatre Cohort, 2023-24 Joey Sims, Theatrely, The Brooklyn Rail, etc. Jose Solís, Dorian Theater Awards Diversity Liaison Ashley Steves, Today on Broadway podcast, Broadway Radio Tim Teeman, The Daily Beast Kyle Turner, New York Theatre Guide, etc. Lindsey Weber, Not Broadway (Substack), etc. Matthew Wexler, Q Digital Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter Cary Wong (Off-Broadway lead), Film Score Monthly, The Interested Bystander blog Curtis Wong, HuffPost
About GALECA 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. More than 500 members strong, GALECA reminds society that the world values the informed Q+ eye on everything entertainment. A nonprofit organization, GALECA also advocates for better pay, access and respect for entertainment journalists, especially the underrepresented. Follow us @DorianAwards on social media, and find more information about who we are and what we do at GALECA.org.
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment journalists is a core member of CGEM: Critics Groups for Equality in Media, an alliance of underrepresented entertainment journalists organizations.
🥂 Dorian Film Winners 2024
'All of Us Strangers’ Takes Top Film Prize in LGBTQ Critics’ Dorian Awards
Gerwig Wins Director of the Year, Gladstone Grabs Best Performance Honors for ‘Flower Moon'
— Group's 'Timeless Star’ Career Achievement Award Goes to Jodie Foster —
February 26, 2024 - Los Angeles, Ca. - For its 15th Dorian Film Awards, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics fully embraced All of Us Strangers, writer-director Andrew Haigh's fantastical and tear-inducing tale of two troubled souls falling for each other in lonely London. The 500-members strong GALECA, one of the largest entertainment journalists organizations in the world, named Strangers both Film of the Year and LGBTQ Film of the Year, and also awarded Haigh LGBTQ Screenplay of the Year.
“Twelve years ago, Andrew Haigh’s fresh and observant queer romance Weekend ruled our Dorians as well,” said GALECA President Walt Hickey. “So the fact that Strangers obviously touched many of our members’ hearts as well counts as sort of a sweet homecoming to our organization.”
In a tight race for Film Director of the Year (so tight, even Martin Scorsese didn’t make GALECA’s Dorians short list), Greta Gerwig proved the ultimate champion for helming the spectacular crowd-pleaser Barbie. Spreading the appreciation judiciously, the group gave overall screenplay honors to newcomer Sami Burch for May December, a cunningly observed riff on a true-life American scandal of the 1990s. Another scintillating drama, the whydunnit Anatomy of a Fall, earned Non-English Language Film of the Year.
GALECA’s inaugural Genre Film of the Year winner: Director Yorgos Lanthimos and screenwriter Tony McNamara’s Poor Things, an equity-empowering twist on Frankenstein that also took Visually Striking Film. And Dorian voters, obviously fans of powerful female humanoids, crowned the cheeky horror flickM3GAN as Campiest Flick.
As for the group’s trademark individual honors, Rustin actor Colman Domingo was named LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer “for creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity.” Meanwhile, May December (and past Dorian winners Carol and A Single Man) director Todd Haynes landed the Wilde Artist Award, going to “a truly groundbreaking force in entertainment.”
Jodie Foster, who at age 61 is earning raves for her work in the feature film Nyad and HBO smash True Detective, was named Timeless Star. The career achievement honor, hailing "an exemplary career marked by character, wisdom and wit,” has in years past gone to the likes of Sir Ian McKellen, Angela Lansbury, Jane Fonda, George Takei, Nathan Lane and Meryl Streep.
GALECA’s Dorian Awards go to the best in film, TV and Broadway / Off-Broadway, mainstream to LGBTQ+, at separate times of the year. The group’s members work for a wide range of notable media outlets, and vote on their favorites in entertainment in purely democratic fashion. For more info, visit galeca.org and search for GALECA’s official Dorian Awards pages on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and more.
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ 15th Dorian Film Awards—Full List of Winners:
Film of the Year
🏆 All of Us Strangers (Searchlight)
Barbie (Warner Bros.)
May December (Netflix)
Past Lives (A24)
Poor Things (Searchlight)
LGBTQ Film of the Year
🏆 All of Us Strangers (Searchlight)
Bottoms (MGM)
Passages (MUBI, SBS)
Rustin (Netflix)
Saltburn (Amazon MGM)
Director of the Year
🏆 Greta Gerwig, Barbie (Warner Bros.)
Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight)
Todd Haynes, May December (Netflix)
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (Universal)
Celine Song, Past Lives (A24)
Screenplay of the Year
Original or adapted
Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig, Barbie (Warner Bros.)
🏆 Samy Burch, May December (Netflix)
Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight)
Arthur Harari, Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)
Celine Song, Past Lives (A24)
LGBTQ Screenplay of the Year (new)
🏆 Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight)
Arthur Harari, Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)