The New York Drama Critics’ Circle met on May 7, 2007, to determine the winners of its annual awards. The results were as follows:
Best Play: The Coast of Utopia, by Tom Stoppard
Best American Play: Radio Golf, by August Wilson
Best Musical: Spring Awakening, by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater
Special Citation: The Broadway revival of Journey’s End
On the first ballot for Best Play, The Coast of Utopia won ten votes—barely missing a majority among the Circle’s 20 voting members. A second vote was then taken to determine whether an award would be given at all. Having agreed that one should, the Circle then moved to a weighted third ballot, which The Coast of Utopia won with 32 points. August Wilson’s Radio Golf placed second (21 points); Peter Morgan’s Frost/Nixon was third (19 points).
With this sixth award, Tom Stoppard ties August Wilson’s record for most Best Play wins.
The Circle then moved to the award for Best American Play. Wilson’s Radio Golf won the first ballot, with nine votes. On the third ballot, Radio Golf earned 37 points, more than enough to win. (Christopher Shinn’s Dying City placed second, with 16 points; A.R. Gurney’s Indian Blood was third with 13 points.)
With this eighth award, the late Wilson moves out of his tie with Stephen Sondheim and becomes the most-awarded author in New York Drama Critics’ Circle history. (Six of his works have won for Best Play, and an additional two for Best American Play.)
Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater’s Spring Awakening easily won the award for Best Musical on the first ballot, capturing 17 of the Circle’s 20 votes. By unanimous acclamation, the Circle voted to honor the Broadway revival of Journey's End with a special citation.
The awards were presented at a private ceremony at the Algonquin Hotel on May 14, 2007.
Clive Barnes: The Coast of Utopia
Melissa Rose Bernardo: The Coast of Utopia
David Cote: Blackbird
Joe Dziemianowicz: The Coast of Utopia
Michael Feingold: Radio Golf
Robert Feldberg: Blackbird
Adam Feldman: The Coast of Utopia
Elysa Gardner: The Coast of Utopia
Eric Grode: The Thugs
John Heilpern: Radio Golf
Michael Kuchwara: The Coast of Utopia
Jacques le Sourd: Frost/Nixon
Jeremy McCarter: Radio Golf
David Rooney: The Coast of Utopia
Frank Scheck: Blackbird
David Sheward: The Coast of Utopia
John Simon: Frost/Nixon
Michael Sommers: Frost/Nixon
Terry Teachout: The Coast of Utopia
Linda Winer: The Coast of Utopia
Best Play, third ballot:
Clive Barnes:
The Coast of Utopia
Blackbird
Radio Golf
Melissa Rose Bernardo:
The Coast of Utopia
The Clean House
Durango
David Cote:
Blackbird
The Thugs
Dying City
Joe Dziemianowicz:
The Coast of Utopia
Radio Golf
Frost/Nixon
Michael Feingold:
Radio Golf
Durango
The Busy World Is Hushed
Robert Feldberg:
Blackbird
The Coast of Utopia
The Vertical Hour
Adam Feldman:
The Coast of Utopia
Radio Golf
Dying City
Elysa Gardner:
The Coast of Utopia
Dying City
Frost/Nixon
Eric Grode:
The Thugs
Blackbird
Indian Blood
John Heilpern:
Radio Golf
No Child…
Frost/Nixon
Michael Kuchwara:
The Coast of Utopia
Radio Golf
Dying City
Jacques le Sourd:
Frost/Nixon
Dying City
Radio Golf
Jeremy McCarter:
Radio Golf
Frost/Nixon
Emergence-See
David Rooney:
The Coast of Utopia
Dying City
Frost/Nixon
Frank Scheck:
Blackbird
Frost/Nixon
The American Pilot
David Sheward:
The Coast of Utopia
The Pain and the Itch
The Clean House
John Simon:
Frost/Nixon
Indian Blood
Blackbird
Michael Sommers:
Frost/Nixon
Jack Goes Boating
Radio Golf
Terry Teachout:
The Coast of Utopia
Frost/Nixon
Radio Golf
Linda Winer:
The Coast of Utopia
Radio Golf
The Pain and the Itch
Best American Play, first ballot:
Clive Barnes: Radio Golf
Melissa Rose Bernardo: The Clean House
David Cote: The Pain and the Itch
Joe Dziemianowicz: Radio Golf
Michael Feingold: Radio Golf
Robert Feldberg: abstain
Adam Feldman: Radio Golf
Elysa Gardner: Dying City
Eric Grode: The Thugs
John Heilpern: Radio Golf
Michael Kuchwara: Radio Golf
Jacques le Sourd: Dying City
Jeremy McCarter: Radio Golf
David Rooney: Dying City
Frank Scheck: abstain
David Sheward: The Pain and the Itch
John Simon: Indian Blood
Michael Sommers: Radio Golf
Terry Teachout: abstain
Linda Winer: Radio Golf
Best American Play, third ballot:
Melissa Rose Bernardo:
The Clean House
Durango
Indian Blood
David Cote:
The Pain and the Itch
Radio Golf
Dying City
Joe Dziemianowicz:
Radio Golf
The Clean House
Indian Blood
Michael Feingold:
Radio Golf
Durango
The Busy World Is Hushed
Robert Feldberg:
Radio Golf
The Clean House
Dying City
Adam Feldman:
Radio Golf
Dying City
The Thugs
Elysa Gardner:
Dying City
Wrecks
Radio Golf
Eric Grode:
The Thugs
Indian Blood
The Pain and the Itch
John Heilpern:
Radio Golf
No Child…
Dying City
Michael Kuchwara:
Radio Golf
Dying City
The Pain and the Itch
Jacques le Sourd:
Dying City
Indian Blood
Radio Golf
Jeremy McCarter:
Radio Golf
Emergence-See
No Child…
David Rooney:
Dying City
The Clean House
Radio Golf
Frank Scheck:
The Pain and the Itch
Radio Golf
The Clean House
David Sheward:
The Pain and the Itch
Radio Golf
The Clean House
John Simon:
Indian Blood
Some Girl(s)
The Scene
Michael Sommers:
Radio Golf
Jack Goes Boating
Emergence-See
Terry Teachout:
Radio Golf
Indian Blood
The Last Word
Linda Winer:
Radio Golf
The Pain and the Itch
Wrecks
Clive Barnes: Spring Awakening
Melissa Rose Bernardo: Spring Awakening
David Cote: Spring Awakening
Joe Dziemianowicz: Spring Awakening
Michael Feingold: In the Heights
Robert Feldberg: Spring Awakening
Adam Feldman: Spring Awakening
Elysa Gardner: Spring Awakening
Eric Grode: Spring Awakening
John Heilpern: Spring Awakening
Michael Kuchwara: Spring Awakening
Jacques le Sourd: Spring Awakening
Jeremy McCarter: Spring Awakening
David Rooney: Spring Awakening
Frank Scheck: Spring Awakening
David Sheward: Spring Awakening
John Simon: LoveMusik
Michael Sommers: Spring Awakening
Terry Teachout: LoveMusik
Linda Winer: Spring Awakening
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