2016-2017 Awards

2016-2017 AWARDS

The New York Drama Critics’ Circle met on May 8, 2017 to determine the winners of its 82nd annual awards. The results were as follows:

Best Play: Oslo (J.T. Rogers). Runners-up: A Doll’s House, Part 2 (Lucas Hnath), Sweat (Lynn Nottage)
Best Foreign Play: no award
Best Musical:The Band’s Visit (Itamar Moses and David Yazbek)
Special Citations: Taylor Mac for A 24-Decade History of Popular Music; Ruben Santiago-Hudson and the ensemble cast of Jitney; Paula Vogel for career achievement as a playwright and mentor.

On the first ballot for Best Play, no play won a majority among the Circle’s 22 voting members, with Oslo earning 7 votes and Sweat earning 6. A second vote was then taken to determine whether an award would be given at all. Having agreed that one should, the Circle moved to a weighted third ballot, on which Oslo earned 30 points and Sweat earned 29 points; A Life and A Doll’s House, Part 2 each earned 15 points, and Indecent earned 13 points. Since all of these were short of the 34 points required, the top four vote-getters then proceeded to a weighted fourth ballot. With the four proxy voters no longer voting, only 18 members cast ballots, lowering the winning threshold to 28. Oslo won with 32 points, followed closely by A Doll’s House, Part 2 (29 points) and Sweat (28 points).

The Circle opted not to give an award for Best Foreign Play.

On the first ballot for Best Musical, The Band’s Visit won with a decisive majority of 16 of 22 votes cast.

The Circle also voted to award three Special Citations: to Taylor Mac for A 24-Decade History of Popular Music; to director Ruben Santiago-Hudson and the ensemble cast of the Broadway revival of August Wilson’s Jitney; and to Paula Vogel for career achievement as a playwright and as a mentor to other playwrights.

The awards will be presented at a private ceremony at Feinstein’s/54 Below on May 18, 2017.

Best Play, first ballot:

Hilton Als (proxy): Sweat
Melissa Rose Bernardo: Sweat
David Cote (proxy): Sweat
Joe Dziemianowicz: Oslo
Michael Feingold: Oslo
Robert Feldberg: Sweat
Adam Feldman: A Doll’s House, Part 2
Elysa Gardner: A Life
Jeremy Gerard: Indecent
Jesse Green: A Life
Christopher Kelly (proxy): Sweat
David Rooney: Oslo
Frank Scheck: Oslo
David Sheward: Oslo
John Simon: Oslo
Marilyn Stasio: Oslo
Zachary Stewart: Mope
Terry Teachout (proxy): Love, Love, Love
Elisabeth Vincentelli: Indecent
Matt Windman: Sweat
Linda Winer: Indecent
Richard Zoglin: Love, Love, Love

Best Play, third ballot:

Hilton Als:
Sweat
A Doll’s House, Part 2
Everybody

Melissa Rose Bernardo:
Sweat
Oslo
The Wolves

David Cote:
Sweat
Oslo
A Life

Joe Dziemianowicz:
Oslo
If I Forget
The Antipodes

Michael Feingold:
Oslo
A Doll’s House, Part 2
Sweat

Robert Feldberg:
Sweat
Men on Boats
Oslo

Adam Feldman:
A Doll’s House, Part 2
A Life
The Wolves

Elysa Gardner:
A Life
If I Forget
A Doll’s House, Part 2

Jeremy Gerard:
Indecent
Oslo
A Doll’s House, Part 2

Jesse Green:
A Life
A Doll’s House, Part 2
The Wolves

Christopher Kelly:
Sweat
Oslo
Incognito

David Rooney:
Oslo
A Doll’s House, Part 2
A Life

Frank Scheck:
Oslo
A Life
If I Forget

David Sheward:
Oslo
The Antipodes
Indecent

John Simon:
Oslo
If I Forget
Sweat

Marilyn Stasio:
Oslo
Indecent
Sweat

Zachary Stewart:
A Life
If I Forget
Sweat

Terry Teachout:
Love, Love, Love
Sweat
The Liar

Elisabeth Vincentelli:
Indecent
Sweat
Underground Railroad Game

Matt Windman:
Sweat
How to Transcend a Happy Marriage
Indecent

Linda Winer:
Indecent
A Doll’s House, Part 2
Sweat

Richard Zoglin:
Love, Love, Love
Sweat
Evening at the Talk House

Best Play, fourth ballot:

Melissa Rose Bernardo:
Sweat
Oslo
A Life

Joe Dziemianowicz:
Oslo
A Doll’s House, Part 2
A Life

Michael Feingold:
Oslo
A Doll’s House, Part 2
Sweat

Robert Feldberg:
Sweat
Oslo
A Doll’s House, Part 2

Adam Feldman:
A Doll’s House, Part 2
A Life
Sweat

Elysa Gardner:
A Life
A Doll’s House, Part 2
Oslo

Jeremy Gerard:
Oslo
A Doll’s House, Part 2
Sweat

Jesse Green:
A Life
A Doll’s House, Part 2
Oslo

David Rooney:
Oslo
A Doll’s House, Part 2
A Life

Frank Scheck:
Oslo
A Life
A Doll’s House, Part 2

David Sheward:
Oslo
A Doll’s House, Part 2
Sweat

John Simon:
Oslo
Sweat
A Doll’s House, Part 2

Marilyn Stasio:
Oslo
Sweat
A Doll’s House, Part 2

Zachary Stewart:
Sweat
A Life
A Doll’s House, Part 2

Elisabeth Vincentelli:
Sweat
A Doll’s House, Part 2
A Life

Matt Windman:
Sweat
Oslo
A Doll’s House, Part 2

Linda Winer:
A Doll’s House, Part 2
Sweat
A Life

Richard Zoglin:
Sweat
A Life
A Doll’s House, Part 2

Best Musical, first ballot:

Hilton Als (proxy): War Paint
Melissa Rose Bernardo: The Band’s Visit
David Cote (proxy): The Band’s Visit
Joe Dziemianowicz: The Band’s Visit
Michael Feingold: The Band’s Visit
Robert Feldberg: The Band’s Visit
Adam Feldman: The Band’s Visit
Elysa Gardner: The Band’s Visit
Jeremy Gerard: The Band’s Visit
Jesse Green: The Band’s Visit
Christopher Kelly (proxy): Hadestown
David Rooney The Band’s Visit
Frank Scheck: The Band’s Visit
David Sheward: Groundhog Day
John Simon: The Band’s Visit
Marilyn Stasio: The Band’s Visit
Zachary Stewart The Band’s Visit
Terry Teachout (proxy): The Band’s Visit
Elisabeth Vincentelli: Ride the Cyclone
Matt Windman: Bandstand
Linda Winer: The Band’s Visit
Richard Zoglin: Groundhog Day