Member affiliations
*''amNewYork'' *''The Hollywood Reporter'' *''New York (magazine), New York'' *''New York Daily News'' *''New York Post'' *''The New Yorker'' *''The Star-Ledger'' *TheaterMania *''Time Out New York'' *''The Undefeated (website), The Undefeated'' *''Variety (magazine), Variety'' *''Wall Street Journal''''The New York Times'' membership history
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. , the ''Times''s policy against membership remains in effect.New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
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.Theatre awards and citation winners
Best Play
*1936: ''Winterset (play), Winterset'' – Maxwell Anderson *1937: ''High Tor (play), High Tor'' – Maxwell Anderson *1938: ''Of Mice and Men (play), Of Mice and Men'' – John Steinbeck *1940: ''The Time of Your Life'' – William Saroyan *1941: ''Watch on the Rhine (play), Watch on the Rhine'' – Lillian Hellman *1943: ''The Patriots (play), The Patriots'' – Sidney Kingsley *1945: ''The Glass Menagerie'' – Tennessee Williams *1947: ''All My Sons'' – Arthur Miller *1948: ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' – Tennessee Williams *1949: ''Death of a Salesman'' – Arthur Miller *1950: ''The Member of the Wedding'' – Carson McCullers *1951: ''Darkness at Noon (play), Darkness at Noon'' – Sidney Kingsley *1952: ''I Am a Camera'' – John Van Druten *1953: ''Picnic (play), Picnic'' – William Inge *1954: ''The Teahouse of the August Moon (play), The Teahouse of the August Moon'' – John Patrick (dramatist), John Patrick *1955: ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' – Tennessee Williams *1956: ''The Diary of Anne Frank (play), The Diary of Anne Frank'' – Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett *1957: ''Long Day's Journey into Night'' – Eugene O'Neill *1958: ''Look Homeward, Angel (play), Look Homeward, Angel'' – Ketti Frings *1959: ''A Raisin in the Sun'' – Lorraine Hansberry *1960: ''Toys in the Attic (play), Toys in the Attic'' – Lillian Hellman *1961: ''All the Way Home (play), All the Way Home'' – Tad Mosel *1962: ''The Night of the Iguana'' – Tennessee Williams *1963: ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' – Edward Albee *1964: ''Luther (play), Luther'' – John Osborne *1965: ''The Subject Was Roses'' – Frank D. Gilroy *1966: ''Marat/Sade'' by Peter Weiss *1967: ''The Homecoming'' – Harold Pinter *1968: ''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'' – Tom Stoppard *1969: ''The Great White Hope'' – Howard Sackler *1970: ''Borstal Boy (play), Borstal Boy'' – Frank McMahon (author), Frank McMahon *1971: ''Home (play), Home'' – David Storey *1972: ''That Championship Season'' – Jason Miller (playwright), Jason Miller *1973: ''The Changing Room'' – David Storey *1974: ''The Contractors'' – David Storey *1975: ''Equus (play), Equus'' – Peter Shaffer *1976: ''Travesties'' – Tom Stoppard *1977: ''Otherwise Engaged'' – Simon Gray *1978: ''Da (play), Da'' – Hugh Leonard *1979: ''The Elephant Man (play), The Elephant Man'' – Bernard Pomerance *1980: ''Talley's Folly'' – Lanford Wilson *1981: ''A Lesson from Aloes'' – Athol Fugard *1982: ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (play)'' – David Edgar (playwright), David Edgar *1983: ''Brighton Beach Memoirs'' – Neil Simon *1984: ''The Real Thing (play), The Real Thing'' – Tom Stoppard *1985: ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'' – August Wilson *1986: ''A Lie of the Mind'' – Sam Shepard *1987: ''Fences (play), Fences'' – August Wilson *1988: ''Joe Turner's Come and Gone'' – August Wilson *1989: ''The Heidi Chronicles'' – Wendy Wasserstein *1990: ''The Piano Lesson'' – August Wilson *1991: ''Six Degrees of Separation (play), Six Degrees of Separation'' – John Guare *1992: ''Dancing at Lughnasa'' – Brian Friel *1993: ''Angels in America: Millennium Approaches'' – Tony Kushner *1994: ''Three Tall Women'' – Edward Albee *1995: ''Arcadia (play), Arcadia'' – Tom Stoppard *1996: ''Seven Guitars'' – August Wilson *1997: ''How I Learned to Drive'' – Paula Vogel *1998: ''Art (play), Art'' – Yasmina Reza *1999: ''Wit (play), Wit'' – Margaret Edson *2000: ''Jitney (play), Jitney'' – August Wilson *2001: ''The Invention of Love'' – Tom Stoppard *2002: ''The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?'' – Edward Albee *2003: ''Take Me Out (play), Take Me Out'' – Richard Greenberg *2004: ''Intimate Apparel (play), Intimate Apparel'' – Lynn Nottage *2005: ''Doubt (play), Doubt'' – John Patrick Shanley *2006: ''The History Boys'' – Alan Bennett *2007: ''The Coast of Utopia'' – Tom Stoppard *2008: ''August: Osage County'' – Tracy Letts *2009: ''Ruined (play), Ruined'' – Lynn Nottage *2010: ''The Orphans' Home Cycle'' – Horton Foote *2011: ''Good People (play), Good People'' – David Lindsay-Abaire *2012: ''Sons of the Prophet'' – Stephen KaramJones, KennethBest Foreign Play
*1938: ''Shadow and Substance'' – Paul Vincent Carroll *1939: ''The White Steed'' – Paul Vincent Carroll *1941: ''The Corn Is Green'' – Emlyn Williams *1942: ''Blithe Spirit (play), Blithe Spirit'' – Noël Coward *1944: ''Jacobowsky and the Colonel (Jacobowsky und der Oberst)'' – Franz Werfel *1947: ''No Exit'' – Jean-Paul Sartre *1948: ''The Winslow Boy'' – Terence Rattigan *1949: ''The Madwoman of Chaillot'' – Jean Giraudoux *1950: ''The Cocktail Party'' – T. S. Eliot *1951: ''The Lady's Not for Burning'' – Christopher Fry *1952: ''Venus Observed'' – Christopher Fry *1953: ''The Love of Four Colonels'' – Peter Ustinov *1954: ''Ondine (play), Ondine'' – Jean Giraudoux *1955: ''Witness for the Prosecution (play), Witness for the Prosecution'' – Agatha Christie *1956: ''Tiger at the Gates'' – Jean Giraudoux and Christopher Fry *1957: ''The Waltz of the Toreadors'' – Jean Anouilh *1958: ''Look Back in Anger'' – John Osborne *1959: ''The Visit (play), The Visit'' – Friedrich Dürrenmatt and Maurice Valency *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 *1972: ''The Screens'' – Jean Genet *1980: ''Betrayal (play), Betrayal'' – Harold Pinter *1983: ''Plenty (play), Plenty'' – David Hare (playwright), David Hare *1986: ''Benefactors (play), Benefactors'' – Michael Frayn *1987: ''Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Hampton play), Les Liaisons Dangereuses'' – Christopher Hampton *1988: ''The Road to Mecca (play), The Road to Mecca'' – Athol Fugard *1989: ''Aristocrats (play), Aristocrats'' – Brian Friel *1990: ''Privates on Parade'' – Peter Nichols (playwright), Peter Nichols *1991: ''Our Country's Good'' – Timberlake Wertenbaker *1993: ''Someone Who'll Watch Over Me'' – Frank McGuinness *1996: ''Molly Sweeney'' – Brian Friel *1997: ''Skylight (play), Skylight'' – David Hare (playwright), David Hare *1999: ''Closer (play), Closer'' – Patrick Marber *2000: ''Copenhagen (play), Copenhagen'' – Michael Frayn *2003: ''Talking Heads (play), Talking Heads'' – Alan Bennett *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 *2018: ''Hangmen (play), Hangmen'' – Martin McDonaghBest American Play
*1970: ''The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds'' – Paul Zindel *1971: ''The House of Blue Leaves'' – John Guare *1973: ''The Hot l Baltimore'' – Lanford Wilson *1974: ''Short Eyes (play), Short Eyes'' – Miguel Piñero *1975: ''The Taking of Miss Janie'' – Ed Bullins *1976: ''Streamers (play), Streamers'' – David Rabe *1977: ''American Buffalo (play), American Buffalo'' – David Mamet *1981: ''Crimes of the Heart'' – Beth Henley *1982: ''A Soldier's Play'' – Charles Fuller *1984: ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' – David Mamet *1992: ''Two Trains Running'' – August Wilson *1995: ''Love! Valour! Compassion!'' – Terrence McNally *1998: ''Pride's Crossing'' – Tina Howe *2001: ''Proof (play), Proof'' – David Auburn *2007: ''Radio Golf'' – August Wilson *2014: ''All the Way (play), All the Way'' – Robert Schenkkan *2019: ''What the Constitution Means to Me'' – Heidi SchreckBest Musical
*1946: ''Carousel (musical), Carousel'' – Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II *1947: ''Brigadoon'' – Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner *1949: ''South Pacific (musical), South Pacific'' – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Joshua Logan *1950: ''The Consul'' – Gian Carlo Menotti *1951: ''Guys and Dolls'' – Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling, *1952: ''Pal Joey (musical), Pal Joey'' – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, and John O'Hara *1953: ''Wonderful Town'' – Joseph Fields, Jerome Chodorov, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Leonard Bernstein *1954: ''The Golden Apple (musical)'' – John La Touche (lyricist), John La Touche and Jerome Moross *1955: ''The Saint of Bleecker Street'' – Gian Carlo Menotti *1956: ''My Fair Lady'' – Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner *1957: ''The Most Happy Fella'' – Frank Loesser *1958: ''The Music Man'' – Meredith Willson *1959: ''La Plume de Ma Tante'' – Robert Dhéry, Ross Parker (songwriter), Ross Parker, Francis Blanche, and Gérard Calvi *1960: ''Fiorello!'' – Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, George Abbott and Jerome Weidman *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 *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 *1966: ''Man of La Mancha'' – Dale Wasserman, Mitch Leigh, and Joe Darion *1967: ''Cabaret (musical), Cabaret'' – John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Joe Masteroff *1968: ''Your Own Thing'' – Donald Driver, Hal Hester, and Danny Apolinar *1969: ''1776 (musical), 1776'' – Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone (writer), Peter Stone *1970: ''Company (musical), Company'' – Stephen Sondheim and George Furth *1971: ''Follies'' – Stephen Sondheim and William Goldman *1972: ''Two Gentlemen of Verona (musical), Two Gentlemen of Verona'' – Galt MacDermot, John Guare and Mel Shapiro *1973: ''A Little Night Music'' – Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler *1974: ''Candide (operetta), Candide'' – Leonard Bernstein, Richard Wilbur, Hugh Wheeler and John La Touche (lyricist), John La Touche *1975: ''A Chorus Line'' – Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban, James Kirkwood Jr., James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante *1976: ''Pacific Overtures'' – Stephen Sondheim, John Weidman and Hugh Wheeler *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. *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 *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 *1987: ''Les Misérables (musical), Les Misérables'' – Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil and Herbert Kretzmer *1988: ''Into the Woods'' – Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine *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 *1993: ''Kiss of the Spider Woman (musical), Kiss of the Spider Woman'' – John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Terrence McNally *1996: ''Rent (musical), Rent'' – Jonathan Larson *1997: ''Violet (musical), Violet'' – Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley *1998: ''The Lion King (musical), The Lion King'' – Elton John, Tim Rice, Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi *1999: ''Parade (musical), Parade'' – Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry *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 *2003: ''Hairspray (musical), Hairspray'' – Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Thomas Meehan (writer), Thomas Meehan and Mark O'Donnell *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 *2008: ''Passing Strange (musical), Passing Strange'' – Stew (musician), Stew and Heidi Rodewald *2009: ''Billy Elliot the Musical'' – Elton John and Lee Hall (playwright), Lee Hall *2010: No awardGans,AndrewSpecial awards and citations
*1952: ''Don Juan in Hell'' – George Bernard Shaw *1963: ''Beyond the Fringe'' – Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller and Dudley Moore *1964: ''The Trojan Women'' – Euripides *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 Mama *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 *1984: Samuel Beckett for the body of his work *1986: ''The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe'' – Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner *1989: ''Largely New York'' – Bill Irwin *1992: Eileen Atkins – ''A Room of One's Own'' *1994: Anna Deavere Smith – ''Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992'' *1994: Signature Theatre Company (New York City), Signature Theatre Company's Horton Foote season *1997: ''Chicago (musical), Chicago'' revival — Encores! *1998: ''Cabaret (musical), Cabaret'' – Roundabout Theatre Company *1999: David Hare (playwright), David Hare *2002: Elaine Stritch – ''Elaine Stritch at Liberty'' *2004: Barbara Cook *2006: John Doyle (director), John Doyle, Sarah Travis – ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Sweeney Todd'' and Christine Ebersole – ''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 *2011: ''The Normal Heart''; Mark Rylance for ''La Bête'' and ''Jerusalem''; and the direction, design and puppetry of ''War Horse (play), War Horse'' *2012: Signature Theatre Company (New York City), Signature Theatre Company; Mike Nichols *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 *2021: Actor Austin Pendleton for lifetime achievement; playwright Sanaz ToossiRunners-up
See also
*Tony Awards *Drama Desk Awards *Obie Awards *Laurence Olivier Awards *Critics' Circle Theatre Awards, London Critics' Circle Theatre AwardsReferences
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