Paddy Considine as Quinn Carney (center, standing) and the company of The Ferryman
Santino Fontana in Tootsie
The New York Drama Critics’ Circle has named The Ferryman by Jez Butterworth best play of the 2018-19 season, Tootsie best musical, What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck was named best American play
Special citations were voted to theater companies Irish Repertory Theatre and Page 73, as well as the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene production of Fiddler on the Roof.
(My reviews of The Ferryman, Tootsie, What The Constitution Means to Me, and Fiddler on the Roof)
Check out my New York Theater Awards Guide and 2019 Calendar
The New York Drama Critics’ Circle comprises 19 drama critics from daily newspapers, magazines, wire services and websites based in the New York metropolitan area.
Adam Feldman, theater critic and editor for Time Out New York, has served as president of the NYDCC since 2005. Joe Dziemianowicz serves as vice president; Zachary Stewart is treasurer.
The other members are: David Cote, Michael Feingold, David Finkle, Jeremy Gerard, Sara Holdren, Charles Isherwood, Christopher Kelly, David Rooney, Frank Scheck, Barbara Schuler, Helen Shaw, David Sheward, Marilyn Stasio, Terry Teachout, Elisabeth Vincentelli and Matt Windman.
