Below is a list of the nominations for the fourth annual Dorian Theater Awards, which reads like a countdown: Schmigadoon has received nine nominations, The Lost Boys eight, The Rocky Horror Show and Prince Faggot seven, Ragtime six, Death of a Salesman five…

The winners of the awards, chosen by the members of the theater wing of GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, will be announced on June 1. “The awards celebrate both mainstream achievements and works that reflect LGBTQ+ themes and perspectives—in the spirit of GALECA’s longer-established film and television honors.” Some of the 24 categories, as you’ll see below, are unique, including the Broadway Showstopper Award

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Outstanding Broadway Musical

The Lost Boys
Schmigadoon!
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Outstanding Broadway Play
The Balusters
Giant
Little Bear Ridge Road
Punch

Outstanding Broadway Musical Revival

Chess
Ragtime
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show

Outstanding Broadway Play Revival

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Becky Shaw
Fallen Angels
Marjorie Prime
Oedipus

Outstanding LGBTQ Broadway Production

Little Bear Ridge Road 
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Schmigadoon!
The Lost Boys

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Musical

Sara Chase, Schmigadoon!
Kristin Chenoweth, The Queen of Versailles
Nicholas Christopher, Chess
Luke Evans, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Joshua Henry, Ragtime
Stephanie Hsu, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Caissie Levy, Ragtime
Sam Tutty, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Brandon Uranowitz, Ragtime

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Play

Rose Byrne, Fallen Angels
Carrie Coon, Bug 
Will Harrison, Punch
Nathan Lane, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
John Lithgow, Giant 
Lesley Manville, Oedipus
Laurie Metcalf, Little Bear Ridge Road
Kelli O’Hara, Fallen Angels
Daniel Radcliffe, Every Brilliant Thing
Mark Strong, Oedipus

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Musical 

Melissa Barrera, Titaníque
Shoshana Bean, The Lost Boys
Ali Louis Bourzgui, The Lost Boys
Max Clayton, Schmigadoon!
Rachel Dratch, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Ana Gasteyer, Schmigadoon!
Leiomy, Cats: The Jellicle Ball 
Ben Levi Ross, Ragtime
Benjamin Pajak, The Lost Boys
Layton Williams, Titaníque

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Play

Christopher Abbott, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Marylouise Burke, The Balusters
Danny Burstein, Marjorie Prime
Alden Ehrenreich, Becky Shaw
Linda Emond, Becky Shaw
Jessica Hecht, Dog Day Afternoon 
Laurie Metcalf, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Cynthia Nixon, Marjorie Prime
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
June Squibb, Marjorie Prime

Outstanding Broadway Ensemble

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
The Balusters 
Ragtime 
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Schmigadoon!

Outstanding Original Score of a Broadway Production

Death of a Salesman by Caroline Shaw
The Lost Boys by The Rescues
Schmigadoon! by Cinco Paul
The Queen of Versailles by Stephen Schwartz
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) by Jim Barne & Kit Buchan

Outstanding Book of a Broadway Musical

The Lost Boys by David Hornsby and Chris Hoch
Schmigadoon! by Cinco Paul
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) by Jim Barne & Kit Buchan

Outstanding Script of a Broadway Play

The Balusters by David Lindsay-Abaire
Giant by Mark Rosenblatt
Little Bear Ridge Road by Samuel D. Hunter.
Punch by James Graham

Outstanding Design of a Broadway Production

Bug
Cats: The Jellicle Ball
The Lost Boys
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Schmigadoon!

The Broadway Showstopper Award

 To a standout production number or scene

Cats: The Jellicle Ball – “Memory” (“Tempress” Chasity Moore)
Cats: The Jellicle Ball – “Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat” (Emma Sofia)
Cats: The Jellicle Ball – “Songs of the Jellicles and the Jellicle Ball” (company)
Chess – “Anthem” (Nicholas Christopher)
Titaníque – “River Deep, Mountain High” (Layton Williams)

Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical

Beau: The Musical
The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse
Mexodus
Saturday Church
The Seat of Our Pants

Outstanding Off-Broadway Play

Are the Bennett Girls Ok?
Bowl EP
Cold War Choir Practice
Meet the Cartozians
Prince Faggot 

Outstanding Off-Broadway Revival

Bat Boy: The Musical
Heathers, The Musical
Oratorio for Living Things
Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Park)
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Outstanding LGBTQ Off-Broadway Production

Beau: The Musical
Becoming Eve
Bowl EP
Prince Faggot 
Saturday Church
ta-dah!

Outstanding Lead Performance in an Off-Broadway Production

Bryson Battle, Saturday Church
Quincy Tyler Bernstein, Well, I’ll Let You Go
Alana Raquel Bowers, Cold War Choir Practice
Will Brill, Kramer/Fauci 
Tommy Dorfman, Becoming Eve
David Greenspan, I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan
Ryan J. Haddad, Hold Me in the Water
Marin Ireland, Queens
John McCrea, Prince Faggot
Matt Rodin, Beau: The Musical

Outstanding Featured Performance in an Off-Broadway Production

Caroline Aaron, The Reservoir
Sierra Boggess, Prosperous Fools 
Justin Cooley, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
K. Todd Freeman, Prince Faggot 
J. Harrison Ghee, Saturday Church
David Greenspan, Prince Faggot 
Judy Kuhn, The Baker’s Wife
McKenzie Kurtz, Heathers, The Musical
Casey Likes, Heathers, The Musical
Deirdre O’Connell, Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp.
Jasmine Amy Rogers, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
David Turner, Mother Russia

Outstanding Writing for an Off-Broadway Production

Becoming Eve by Eve Weinstein
Bowl EP by Nazareth Hassan
Caroline by Preston Max Allen
Cold War Choir Practice by Ro Reddick
Practice by Nazareth Hassan
Prince Faggot by Jordan Tannahill

Outstanding Design for an Off-Broadway Production 

Beau: The Musical
Bowl EP
Cold War Choir Practice
Masquerade
Prince Faggot

LGBTQ Theater Artist of the Season

Michael Arden 
Shayok Misha Chowdhury
Luke Evans
Qween Jean
Constantine Rousouli
Brandon Uranowitz

LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer

For a lifelong commitment to creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equit

Michael Arden
Junior LaBeija
Nathan Lane
Joe Mantello
Sam Pinkleton

Broadway Productions with Multiple Nominations

Schmigadoon! – 9
The Lost Boys – 8
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show – 7
Ragtime – 6
Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman – 5
The Balusters – 4
Cats: The Jellicle Ball – 4
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) – 4                   
Becky Shaw – 3
Chess – 3
Fallen Angels – 3
Giant – 3
Little Bear Ridge Road – 3
Oedipus – 3
Punch – 3
Titaníque – 3                           
Bug – 2
The Queen of Versailles -2

Off-Broadway Productions with Multiple Nominations

Prince Faggot – 7
Bowl EP – 4
Cold War Choir Practice – 4
Saturday Church – 4
Beau: The Musical – 3        
Becoming Eve – 3
Heathers, The Musical – 3
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee –  3

A note on eligibility: Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Liberation, and Titaníque were previously recognized by the Dorian Theater awards for their original Off-Broadway productions. As such, only “new elements” of their Broadway transfers were eligible for consideration this year.