2018-2019 AWARDS
The New York Drama Critics’ Circle met on May 6, 2019, to determine the winners of its 84th annual awards. The results were as follows:
Best Play: The Ferryman (Jez Butterworth)
Best American Play: What the Constitution Means to Me (Heidi Schreck)
Best Musical: Tootsie (David Yazbek and Robert Horn)
Special Citations: Irish Repertory Theatre; Page 73; Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish
On the first ballot for Best Play, no play received a majority among the 18 active members voting this year. 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, with 26 points required to win. The Ferryman cleared that threshold with 27 points; What the Constitution Means to Me placed a close second with 24 points.
Having awarded Best Play to a work by a foreign author, the Circle then considered an award for Best American Play. What the Constitution Means to Me received 9 votes on the first ballot. just shy of the 10 required for a majority. After agreeing to give an award in this category, the Circle moved to a third
ballot, which What the Constitution Means to Me won handily with 34 points, besting Fairview (12 points), To Kill a Mockingbird (11 points) and Dance Nation (9 points).
No show received more than 5 votes on the first ballot for Best Musical. After agreeing that an award should be given in this category, the Circle moved to a weighted third ballot, on which Tootsie earned 25 points, just below the 26 points it needed to win. The top four vote-getters then proceeded to a weighted fourth ballot. With the proxy voters no longer voting, only 11 members cast ballots, lowering the winning threshold to 17 points. Tootsie won with 25 points, followed by The Prom (14 points), Girl from the North Country (14 points) and Twelfth Night (13 points).
The Circle also voted to award three Special Citations: to the Irish Repertory Theatre; to Page 73; and to National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s revival of Fiddler on the Roof.
The awards will be presented at a private ceremony at Feinstein’s/54 Below on May 13, 2019.
David Cote (proxy): Plano
Joe Dziemianowicz: What the Constitution Means to Me
Adam Feldman: Dance Nation
David Finkle (proxy): The Ferryman
Jeremy Gerard: The Ferryman
Sara Holdren (proxy): What the Constitution Means to Me
Charles Isherwood: What the Constitution Means to Me
Christopher Kelly (proxy): Slave Play
David Rooney: The Ferryman
Frank Scheck: The Ferryman
Barbara Schuler: What the Constitution Means to Me
Helen Shaw (proxy): Fairview
David Sheward: The Ferryman
Marilyn Stasio (proxy): The Ferryman
Zachary Stewart: What the Constitution Means to Me
Terry Teachout (proxy): Mary Page Marlowe
Elisabeth Vincentelli: Fairview
Matt Windman: The Ferryman
David Cote (proxy):
Plano
What the Constitution Means to Me
Ain’t No Mo’
Joe Dziemianowicz:
What the Constitution Means to Me
The Ferryman
Ink
Adam Feldman:
Dance Nation
The Ferryman
Fairview
David Finkle (proxy):
The Ferryman
White Noise
To Kill a Mockingbird
Jeremy Gerard:
The Ferryman
What the Constitution Means to Me
Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Sara Holdren (proxy):
What the Constitution Means to Me
Fairview
Hurricane Diane
Charles Isherwood:
What the Constitution Means to Me
The Ferryman
Lewiston/Clarkston
Christopher Kelly (proxy):
Slave Play
The Lehman Trilogy
What the Constitution Means to Me
David Rooney:
The Ferryman
What the Constitution Means to Me
The Lehman Trilogy
Frank Scheck:
The Ferryman
The Lifespan of a Fact
Lewiston/Clarkston
Barbara Schuler:
What the Constitution Means to Me
Dance Nation
The Ferryman
Helen Shaw (proxy):
Fairview
Plano
Pass Over
David Sheward:
The Ferryman
What the Constitution Means to Me
Dance Nation
Zachary Stewart:
What the Constitution Means to Me
The Ferryman
Usual Girls
Terry Teachout (proxy):
Mary Page Marlowe
The Hard Problem
Nantucket Sleigh Ride
Elisabeth Vincentelli:
Fairview
Ink
Dance Nation
Matt Windman:
The Ferryman
Ink
The Lehman Trilogy
Best American Play, first ballot:
David Cote (proxy): Plano
Joe Dziemianowicz: What the Constitution Means to Me
Adam Feldman: Dance Nation
David Finkle (proxy): White Noise
Jeremy Gerard: What the Constitution Means to Me
Sara Holdren (proxy): What the Constitution Means to Me
Charles Isherwood: What the Constitution Means to Me
Christopher Kelly (proxy): Slave Play
David Rooney: What the Constitution Means to Me
Frank Scheck: Lewiston/Clarkston
Barbara Schuler: What the Constitution Means to Me
Helen Shaw (proxy): Fairview
David Sheward: What the Constitution Means to Me
Marilyn Stasio (proxy): What the Constitution Means to Me
Zachary Stewart: What the Constitution Means to Me
Terry Teachout (proxy): Mary Page Marlowe
Elisabeth Vincentelli: Fairview
Matt Windman: To Kill a Mockingbird
Best American Play, third ballot:
David Cote (proxy):
Plano
What the Constitution Means to Me
Ain’t No Mo’
Joe Dziemianowicz:
What the Constitution Means to Me
Pass Over
Lewiston/Clarkston
Adam Feldman:
Dance Nation
Fairview
Plano
David Finkle (proxy):
White Noise
To Kill a Mockingbird
What the Constitution Means to Me
Jeremy Gerard:
What the Constitution Means to Me
Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
White Noise
Sara Holdren (proxy):
What the Constitution Means to Me
Fairview
Hurricane Diane
Charles Isherwood:
What the Constitution Means to Me
Lewiston/Clarkston
Mary Page Marlowe
Christopher Kelly (proxy):
Slave Play
What the Constitution Means to Me
To Kill a Mockingbird
David Rooney:
What the Constitution Means to Me
Mockingbird
Lewiston/Clarkston
Frank Scheck:
Lewiston/Clarkston
The Lifespan of a Fact
To Kill a Mockingbird
Barbara Schuler:
What the Constitution Means to Me
Dance Nation
White Noise
Helen Shaw (proxy):
Fairview
Plano
Pass Over
David Sheward:
What the Constitution Means to Me
Dance Nation
Fairview
Marilyn Stasio (proxy):
What the Constitution Means to Me
To Kill a Mockingbird
Mary Page Marlowe
Zachary Stewart:
What the Constitution Means to Me
Usual Girls
Fairview
Terry Teachout (proxy):
Mary Page Marlowe
Nantucket Sleigh Ride
Noura
Elisabeth Vincentelli:
Fairview
Dance Nation
White Noise
Matt Windman
To Kill a Mockingbird
What the Constitution Means to Me
White Noise
David Cote (proxy): The Prom
Joe Dziemianowicz: The Hello Girls
Adam Feldman: Tootsie
David Finkle (proxy): Girl from the North Country
Jeremy Gerard: Twelfth Night
Sara Holdren (proxy): The Prom
Charles Isherwood: Girl from the North Country
Christopher Kelly (proxy): The Prom
David Rooney: Girl from the North Country
Frank Scheck: Tootsie
Barbara Schuler: Girl from the North Country
Helen Shaw (proxy): Tootsie
David Sheward: The Prom
Marilyn Stasio (proxy): no award
Zachary Stewart: Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future
Terry Teachout (proxy): Girl from the North Country
Elisabeth Vincentelli: Tootsie
Matt Windman: Be More Chill
David Cote (proxy):
The Prom
Head Over Heels
Tootsie
Joe Dziemianowicz:
The Hello Girls
Twelfth Night
Girl from the North Country
Adam Feldman:
Tootsie
The Appointment
The Prom
David Finkle (proxy):
Girl from the North Country
The Hello Girls
Be More Chill
Jeremy Gerard:
Twelfth Night
Tootsie
Beetlejuice
Sara Holdren (proxy):
The Prom
Head Over Heels
Be More Chill
Charles Isherwood:
Tootsie
Girl from the North Country
The Cher Show
Christopher Kelly (proxy):
The Prom
Tootsie
Be More Chill
David Rooney:
Girl from the North Country
Tootsie
Twelfth Night
Frank Scheck:
Tootsie
The Prom
Girl from the North Country
Barbara Schuler:
Girl from the North Country
Tootsie
Twelfth Night
Helen Shaw (proxy):
Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future
Tootsie
The Appointment
David Sheward:
The Prom
Tootsie
Twelfth Night
Zach Stewart:
The Prom
Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future
The Hello Girls
Terry Teachout (proxy):
Girl from the North Country
Be More Chill
The Prom
Elisabeth Vincentelli:
Tootsie
Girl from the North Country
Midnight at the Never Get
Matt Windman:
Be More Chill
Girl From the North Country
Twelfth Night
Joe Dziemianowicz:
Twelfth Night
Girl from the North Country
Tootsie
Adam Feldman:
Tootsie
The Prom
Girl from the North Country
Jeremy Gerard:
Tootsie
Twelfth Night
The Prom
Charles Isherwood:
Tootsie
Girl from the North Country
Twelfth Night
David Rooney:
Tootsie
Girl From North Country
Twelfth Night
Frank Scheck:
Tootsie
The Prom
Girl from the North Country
Barbara Schuler:
Tootsie
Girl from the North Country
Twelfth Night
David Sheward:
The Prom
Tootsie
Twelfth Night
Zachary Stewart:
The Prom
Twelfth Night
Tootsie
Elisabeth Vincentelli:
Tootsie
The Prom
Girl from the North Country
Matt Windman
Girl from the North Country
Twelfth Night
The Prom
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