Second LGBTQ+ Critics Dorian Theater Awards Dates Set, New Categories Announced
Via Press Release
New York, N.Y. (February 22, 2024): GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics has announced key dates, new categories and criteria for its 2nd Dorian Theater Awards, which will honor Broadway and Off-Broadway productions of the 2023-2024 season.
While their inaugural honors only named winners, GALECA’s theater wing members are moving to a nominations and winners timeline this year. Nominees for the 2024 Dorian Theater Awards will be unveiled Monday, May 13, 2024, and winners on Monday, June 3, 2024.
To be eligible for the 2024 awards, Broadway productions must open by Friday, April 26, 2024; Off-Broadway productions must open by Sunday, March 31, 2024.
Like GALECA’s Dorian Film and TV Awards, the group's theater awards celebrate both mainstream and LGBTQ+-themed productions. GALECA’s Dorian Theater Awards wing currently consists of 33 professional journalists who regularly critique, report on, or assign stories on NYC theater for legitimate media outlets.
The theater wing’s revised list of awards categories, now totaling 17, includes four new honors: Outstanding Lead Off-Broadway Performance, Outstanding Featured Off-Broadway Performance, Outstanding LGBTQ Off-Broadway Production, and LGBTQ Theater Artist of the Season. The later recognizes a person who has recently elevated the New York theater world in a profound way, be they a director, producer, performer, choreographer, etc.
All of GALECA’s performance categories are non-gendered.
List of 2nd Dorian Theater Awards categories:
Outstanding Broadway Musical
Outstanding Broadway Play
Outstanding Broadway Musical Revival
Outstanding Broadway Play Revival
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Musical
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Musical
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Play
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Play
Outstanding Broadway Ensemble
The Broadway Showstopper Award—To a standout production number or scene
Outstanding LGBTQ Broadway Production
Outstanding Off-Broadway Production
Outstanding LGBTQ Off-Broadway Production *
Outstanding Lead Off-Broadway Performance *
Outstanding Featured Off-Broadway Performance *
LGBTQ Theater Artist of the Season *— For leaving a profound mark on the New York stage
LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer Award—For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity
* New category
GALECA Theater Wing members, 2023-2024 season:
Sam Eckmann (co-chair), Gold Derby
Merryn Johns (co-chair), Queer Forty
Marshall Heyman (Broadway lead), Town & Country, etc.
Cary Wong (Off-Broadway lead), Film Score Monthly Online, etc.
Frank J. Avella (Industry Liaison), Edge Media Network, Awards Daily
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Kerensa Cadenas, Elle, Vogue,,etc.
Chris Carpenter, Rage magazine, MovieDearest
Murtada Elfadl, The A.V. Club, Variety, etc.
Adam Feldman, Time Out
Brian Eugenio Herrera, #TheatreClique (Substack), etc.
James Kleinmann, The Queer Review
Naveen Kumar, The New York Times, etc.
Christian Lewis, Variety, TheaterMania, etc.
Brian Scott Lipton, Cititour, Theater Pizzazz, etc.
Charles O’Keefe, E! News
Jonathan Mandell, New York Theater
Meg Masseron, Playbill
Abby Monteil, them, etc.
Michael Musto, The Village Voice, etc.
Louis Peitzman, Best Life, High Drama (Substack)
Juan Michael Porter II, The Body, TDF Stages
Juan A. Ramirez, Theatrely, The New York Times
Mathew Rodriguez, them
Gillian Russo, New York Theatre Guide
Michael Schulman, The New Yorker
Marcus Scott, National Black Theatre Cohort, 2023-24
Ashley Steves, Today on Broadway podcast, Broadway Radio
Tim Teeman, The Daily Beast
Kyle Turner, Interview, etc.
Lindsey Weber, Not Broadway (Substack), etc.
Matthew Wexler, Queerty, LGBTQ Nation
Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter
Curtis Wong, HuffPost
About GALECA
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics and its Dorian Awards honor the best in film, television and, under its theater wing, Broadway and Off-Broadway. More than 500 members strong, GALECA reminds society that the world values the informed Q+ eye on everything entertainment. A nonprofit organization, GALECA also advocates for better pay, access and respect for entertainment journalists, especially the underrepresented.
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