The New York Drama Critics’ Circle has named David Adjmi’s Stereophonic best play of the 2023-24 season. The award for best musical went to Dead Outlaw, music and lyrics by David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, book by Itamar Moses.
The selections were made at the organization’s 88th annual voting meeting.
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The awards, which will be presented during a private ceremony on Tuesday, May 21, include a cash prize of $2,500 for best play, made possible by a grant from the Lucille Lortel Foundation.
A joint special citation was awarded to the revivals of Merrily We Roll Along and Purlie Victorious.
A joint special citation was also awarded to actors Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders (husband and wife) for lifetime achievement; Plunkett appeared this season in The Notebook and Deep Blue Sound, Sanders in Primary Trust and Purlie Victorious.
A third special citation was awarded to writer-composer Heather Christian, whose Terce: A Practical Breviary premiered this season.
