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GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, kicked off Pride Month by bestowing Prince Faggot\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Ragtime\u00a0<\/em>top honors in the group\u2019s fourth annual Dorian Theater Awards. Radical Off-Broadway sensation\u00a0Prince Faggot<\/em>\u00a0led the field with six wins, the most of any production this season. The Lincoln Center Theater revival of\u00a0Ragtime<\/em>\u00a0earned three awards, the most of any Broadway production. Voted on by GALECA\u2019s theater wing, the Dorian Theater Awards celebrate the best of Broadway and Off-Broadway, from mainstream to LGBTQ+.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are thrilled to kick off LGBTQ Pride Month by celebrating a season that uplifted queer voices,\u201d said GALECA theater wing co-chair Sam Eckmann. \u201cWhether it was a tender love story within\u00a0Schmigadoon!<\/em>\u00a0or mainstream audience members discovering the fabulous world of ballroom through\u00a0Cats: The Jellicle Ball<\/em>, New York\u2019s theater scene has consistently made us proud.\u201d<\/p>\n GALECA voters fell head over heels for\u00a0Prince Faggot<\/em>, the queer coming-of-age tale by Jordan Tannahill. The show won Outstanding Off-Broadway Play, Outstanding Off-Broadway LGBTQ Production, Outstanding Writing for an Off-Broadway Production, Outstanding Lead Performance in an Off-Broadway Production for John McCrea, and Outstanding Featured Performance in an Off-Broadway Production for David Greenspan.\u00a0<\/p>\n Ragtime<\/em>, the Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty musical with direction from Lincoln Center Theatre artistic director Lear deBessonet, topped the Broadway categories with three victories: Outstanding Broadway Musical Revival, Outstanding Broadway Ensemble, and Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Musical for Joshua Henry.<\/p>\n Other top Broadway winners include\u00a0Schmigadoon!<\/em>, which claimed Outstanding Broadway Musical and Outstanding Book of a Musical for writer Cinco Paul.\u00a0The Balusters<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Giant<\/em>\u00a0tied for Outstanding Broadway Play.\u00a0The Balusters<\/em>\u00a0playwright David Lindsay-Abaire won Outstanding Script of a Broadway Play, while\u00a0Giant<\/em>\u00a0leading man John Lithgow won Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Play. Arthur Miller\u2019s\u00a0Death of a Salesman<\/em>, starring Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf, won Outstanding Broadway Play Revival.<\/p>\n Richard O\u2019Brien\u2019s\u00a0The Rocky Horror Show<\/em>, helmed by Dorian Theater Award nominee Sam Pinkleton, was awarded Outstanding LGBTQ Broadway Production. This award honors exceptional theatrical work that spotlights LGBTQ stories and themes.\u00a0<\/p>\n Cats: The Jellicle Ball\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Titan\u00edque\u00a0<\/em>were ineligible for top production categories after winning Outstanding Off-Broadway Production in prior seasons, but voters eagerly recognized their 2026 Broadway runs as eligible.\u00a0Titan\u00edque<\/em>\u00a0newcomer Layton Williams won Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Musical.\u00a0Cats: The Jellicle Ball<\/em>\u00a0received the Broadway Showstopper Award for the musical number \u201cSkimbleshanks The Railway Cat,\u201d which has been reimagined as an energetic voguing performance led by Emma Sofia.\u00a0<\/p>\n Qween Jean was named LGBTQ Theater Artist of the Season. The costume designer and trans rights activist has created standout looks all season long, having designed the costumes for\u00a0Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Liberation, Saturday Church, Angry Alan,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Oh Happy Day!<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n The Dorian\u2019s special LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer award was given to Junior LaBeija. A member of the House of LaBeija for over 50 years, LaBeija is a ballroom icon who served as master of ceremonies for the annual \u201cParis is Burning Ball,\u201d as captured in the documentary\u00a0Paris Is Burning<\/em>. Now, LaBeija is proving to be a master storyteller in his role as Gus the Theatre Cat in\u00a0Cats: The Jellicle Ball<\/em>, where he ensures that queer history is accorded reverence on Broadway.<\/p>\n Below is the complete list of winners for the 2026 Dorian Theater Awards:<\/p>\n Outstanding Broadway Musical<\/b><\/p>\n The Lost Boys<\/b><\/p>\n Schmigadoon!<\/span><\/p>\n Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)<\/span><\/p>\n Outstanding Broadway Play\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n The Balusters (tie)<\/b><\/p>\n Giant (tie)<\/b><\/p>\n Little Bear Ridge Road<\/span><\/p>\n Punch<\/span><\/p>\n Outstanding Broadway Musical Revival<\/b><\/p>\n Chess<\/span><\/p>\n Ragtime<\/b><\/p>\n Richard O\u2019Brien\u2019s The Rocky Horror Show<\/span><\/p>\n Outstanding Broadway Play Revival<\/b><\/p>\n Arthur Miller\u2019s Death of a Salesman<\/b><\/p>\n Becky Shaw<\/span><\/p>\n Fallen Angels<\/span><\/p>\n Marjorie Prime<\/span><\/p>\n Oedipus<\/span><\/p>\n Outstanding LGBTQ Broadway Production<\/b><\/p>\n Little Bear Ridge Road\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Richard O\u2019Brien\u2019s The Rocky Horror Show<\/b><\/p>\n Schmigadoon!<\/span><\/p>\n The Lost Boys<\/span><\/p>\n Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Musical<\/b><\/p>\n Sara Chase, Schmigadoon!<\/span><\/p>\n Kristin Chenoweth, The Queen of Versailles<\/span><\/p>\n Nicholas Christopher, Chess<\/span><\/p>\n Luke Evans, Richard O\u2019Brien\u2019s The Rocky Horror Show<\/span><\/p>\n Joshua Henry, Ragtime<\/b><\/p>\n Stephanie Hsu, Richard O\u2019Brien\u2019s The Rocky Horror Show<\/span><\/p>\n Caissie Levy, Ragtime<\/span><\/p>\n Sam Tutty, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)<\/span><\/p>\n Brandon Uranowitz, Ragtime<\/span><\/p>\n Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Play<\/b><\/p>\n Rose Byrne, Fallen Angels<\/span><\/p>\n Carrie Coon, Bug\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Will Harrison, Punch<\/span><\/p>\n Nathan Lane, Arthur Miller\u2019s Death of a Salesman<\/span><\/p>\n John Lithgow, Giant\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Lesley Manville, Oedipus<\/span><\/p>\n Laurie Metcalf, Little Bear Ridge Road<\/span><\/p>\n Kelli O\u2019Hara, Fallen Angels<\/span><\/p>\n Daniel Radcliffe, Every Brilliant Thing<\/span><\/p>\n Mark Strong, Oedipus<\/span><\/p>\n Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Musical\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Melissa Barrera, Titan\u00edque<\/span><\/p>\n Shoshana Bean, The Lost Boys<\/span><\/p>\n Ali Louis Bourzgui, The Lost Boys<\/span><\/p>\n Max Clayton, Schmigadoon!<\/span><\/p>\n Rachel Dratch, Richard O\u2019Brien\u2019s The Rocky Horror Show<\/span><\/p>\n Ana Gasteyer, Schmigadoon!<\/span><\/p>\n Leiomy, Cats: The Jellicle Ball\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Ben Levi Ross, Ragtime<\/span><\/p>\n Benjamin Pajak, The Lost Boys<\/span><\/p>\n Layton Williams, Titan\u00edque<\/b><\/p>\n Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Play<\/b><\/p>\n Christopher Abbott, Arthur Miller\u2019s Death of a Salesman<\/span><\/p>\n Marylouise Burke, The Balusters<\/span><\/p>\n Danny Burstein, Marjorie Prime<\/span><\/p>\n Alden Ehrenreich, Becky Shaw<\/b><\/p>\n Linda Emond, Becky Shaw<\/span><\/p>\n Jessica Hecht, Dog Day Afternoon\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Laurie Metcalf, Arthur Miller\u2019s Death of a Salesman<\/span><\/p>\n Cynthia Nixon, Marjorie Prime<\/span><\/p>\n Ruben Santiago-Hudson, August Wilson\u2019s Joe Turner\u2019s Come and Gone<\/span><\/p>\n June Squibb, Marjorie Prime<\/span><\/p>\n Outstanding Broadway Ensemble<\/b><\/p>\n Arthur Miller\u2019s Death of a Salesman<\/span><\/p>\n The Balusters\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Ragtime<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Richard O\u2019Brien\u2019s The Rocky Horror Show<\/span><\/p>\n Schmigadoon!<\/span><\/p>\n Outstanding Original Score of a Broadway Production<\/b><\/p>\n Arthur Miller\u2019s Death of a Salesman by Caroline Shaw<\/span><\/p>\n The Lost Boys by The Rescues<\/b><\/p>\n Schmigadoon! by Cinco Paul<\/span><\/p>\n The Queen of Versailles by Stephen Schwartz<\/span><\/p>\n Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) by Jim Barne & Kit Buchan<\/span><\/p>\n Outstanding Book of a Broadway Musical<\/b><\/p>\n The Lost Boys by David Hornsby and Chris Hoch<\/span><\/p>\n Schmigadoon! by Cinco Paul<\/b><\/p>\n Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) by Jim Barne & Kit Buchan<\/span><\/p>\n Outstanding Script of a Broadway Play<\/b><\/p>\n The Balusters by David Lindsay-Abaire<\/b><\/p>\n Giant by Mark Rosenblatt<\/span><\/p>\n Little Bear Ridge Road by Samuel D. Hunter.<\/span><\/p>\n Punch by James Graham<\/span><\/p>\n Outstanding Design of a Broadway Production<\/b><\/p>\n Bug<\/span><\/p>\n Cats: The Jellicle Ball<\/span><\/p>\n The Lost Boys<\/b><\/p>\n Richard O\u2019Brien\u2019s The Rocky Horror Show<\/span><\/p>\n Schmigadoon!<\/span><\/p>\n The Broadway Showstopper Award<\/b><\/p>\n To a standout production number or scene<\/span><\/p>\n Cats: The Jellicle Ball \u2013 \u201cMemory\u201d (\u201cTempress\u201d Chasity Moore)<\/span><\/p>\n Cats: The Jellicle Ball \u2013 \u201cSkimbleshanks the Railway Cat\u201d (Emma Sofia)<\/b><\/p>\n Cats: The Jellicle Ball \u2013 \u201cSongs of the Jellicles and the Jellicle Ball\u201d (company)<\/span><\/p>\n Chess \u2013 \u201cAnthem\u201d (Nicholas Christopher)<\/span><\/p>\n Titan\u00edque \u2013 \u201cRiver Deep, Mountain High\u201d (Layton Williams)<\/span><\/p>\n Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical<\/b><\/p>\n Beau: The Musical<\/span><\/p>\n The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse<\/span><\/p>\n Mexodus<\/b><\/p>\n Saturday Church<\/span><\/p>\n The Seat of Our Pants<\/span><\/p>\n Outstanding Off-Broadway Play<\/b><\/p>\n Are the Bennett Girls Ok?<\/span><\/p>\n Bowl EP<\/span><\/p>\n Cold War Choir Practice<\/span><\/p>\n Meet the Cartozians<\/span><\/p>\n Prince Faggot\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Outstanding Off-Broadway Revival<\/b><\/p>\n Bat Boy: The Musical<\/span><\/p>\n Heathers, The Musical (tie)<\/b><\/p>\n Oratorio for Living Things<\/span><\/p>\n Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Park)<\/span><\/p>\n The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (tie)<\/b><\/p>\n Outstanding LGBTQ Off-Broadway Production<\/b><\/p>\n Beau: The Musical<\/span><\/p>\n Becoming Eve<\/span><\/p>\n Bowl EP<\/span><\/p>\n Prince Faggot\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Saturday Church<\/span><\/p>\n ta-da!<\/span><\/p>\n Outstanding Lead Performance in an Off-Broadway Production<\/b><\/p>\n Bryson Battle, Saturday Church<\/span><\/p>\n Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Well, I\u2019ll Let You Go (tie)<\/b><\/p>\n Alana Raquel Bowers, Cold War Choir Practice<\/span><\/p>\n Will Brill, Kramer\/Fauci\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Tommy Dorfman, Becoming Eve<\/span><\/p>\n David Greenspan, I\u2019m Assuming You Know David Greenspan<\/span><\/p>\n Ryan J. Haddad, Hold Me in the Water<\/span><\/p>\n Marin Ireland, Queens<\/span><\/p>\n John McCrea, Prince Faggot (tie)<\/b><\/p>\n Matt Rodin, Beau: The Musical<\/span><\/p>\n Outstanding Featured Performance in an Off-Broadway Production<\/b><\/p>\n Caroline Aaron, The Reservoir<\/span><\/p>\n Sierra Boggess, Prosperous Fools\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Justin Cooley, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee<\/span><\/p>\n Todd Freeman, Prince Faggot<\/p>\n Harrison Ghee, Saturday Church (tie)<\/b><\/p>\n David Greenspan, Prince Faggot (tie)<\/b><\/p>\n Judy Kuhn, The Baker\u2019s Wife<\/span><\/p>\n McKenzie Kurtz, Heathers, The Musical<\/span><\/p>\n Casey Likes, Heathers, The Musical<\/span><\/p>\n Deirdre O\u2019Connell, Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp.<\/span><\/p>\n Jasmine Amy Rogers, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee<\/span><\/p>\n David Turner, Mother Russia<\/span><\/p>\n Outstanding Writing for an Off-Broadway Production<\/b><\/p>\n Becoming Eve by Emil Weinstein<\/span><\/p>\n Bowl EP by Nazareth Hassan<\/span><\/p>\n Caroline by Preston Max Allen<\/span><\/p>\n Cold War Choir Practice by Ro Reddick<\/span><\/p>\n Practice by Nazareth Hassan<\/span><\/p>\n