AwardsA Case for the Existence of God and Kimberly Akimbo Are 2022 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Winners
The awards will be presented during a private ceremony May 20.
Will Brill and Kyle Beltran in A Case for the Existence of GodEmilio Madrid
The New York Drama Critics’ Circle has named Samuel D. Hunter’s A Case for the Existence of God Best Play of the 2021-2022 season, while David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori’s Broadway-bound Kimberly Akimbowas named Best Musical. The selections were made at the organization’s 86th annual voting meeting.
Special citations were awarded to actor and director Austin Pendleton and for emerging talent to Sanaz Toossi for her plays English and Wish You Were Here.
The awards, to be presented during a private ceremony May 20, include a cash prize of $2,500 for Best Play.
The New York Drama Critics’ Circle comprises 22 drama critics from daily newspapers, magazines, wire services, and websites based in the New York metropolitan area. The New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award has been awarded every year since 1936 to the best new play of the season (with optional awards for foreign or American plays, musicals, and special achievements).
Adam Feldman has served as president of the NYDCC since 2005. Joe Dziemianowicz serves as vice president; Zachary Stewart is treasurer.
Your favorite podcast hosts Jason A. Coombs and Samantha Tuozzolo are back with hilarious, talented and absolutely gorgeous Gaby French who made her Broadway debut as Shirley in the five time Tony nominated play HANGMEN Gaby shares her journey with the show from auditioning, to the Covid-19 Pandemic shutting down production during previews in March 2020 to finally gracing the Broadway stage two years later.
The VerdictReviews: What Did Critics Think of Which Way to the Stage Off-Broadway?
The MCC Theater world premiere of Ana Nogueira’s new work opened May 10.
Sas Goldberg and Max Jenkins Daniel J Vasquez
Reviews are in for Ana Nogueira’s Which Way to the Stage world premiere at the Newman Mills Theater. The MCC Theater production opened May 10 in The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space, following previews which began April 14. The show will run until May 22.
Directed by Mike Donahue, the work takes audiences back to 2015 as it follows two Broadway fans waiting outside the If/Then stage door hoping to get an autograph from star Idina Menzel. The experience they share ends up changing the course of their friendship.
The cast comprises Sas Goldberg (Significant Other), Max Jenkins (Unnatural Acts), Evan Todd (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), and Michelle Veintimilla (The Baker and the Beauty).
Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in.
The production features scenic design by 2022 Tony nominee Adam Rigg; costume design by Enver Chakartash; lighting design by Mextly Couzin and 2022 Tony nominee Jen Schriever; sound design by Sinan Refik Zafar; vocal supervision by Liz Caplan; choreography by Paul McGill; and hair, wig, and makeup design by Domino Couture. The production stage manager is Alex H. Hajjar.
Throughout the show’s run, the theatre has scheduled talkbacks with the playwright, director, and casts, as well as multiple audience conversations. The show will host an open caption performance May 13.
Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, has issued a statement in response to news of a leak of photos and videos of a Second Stage Theater production featuring Equity members performing naked.
Written by Ana Nogueira and directed by Mike Donahue, the work follows two Broadway fans waiting outside the If/Then stage door.
Sas Goldberg and Max Jenkins Daniel J Vasquez
MCC Theater’s world premiere of Ana Nogueira‘s Which Way to the Stage opens May 10 at the Newman Mills Theater located in The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space, following previews which began April 14. The show will run until May 22.
Directed by Mike Donahue, the work takes audiences back to 2015, following two Broadway fans waiting outside the If/Then stage door in hopes of getting an autograph from its star, Idina Menzel. The experience they have changes the course of their friendship.
The cast comprises Sas Goldberg (Significant Other), Max Jenkins (Unnatural Acts), Evan Todd (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), and Michelle Veintimilla (The Baker and the Beauty).
Throughout the show’s run, the theatre has scheduled talkbacks with the playwright, director, and casts, as well as multiple audience conversations. The show will host an open caption performance May 13. MCC’s 2021-2022 season will continue with Donja R. Love’s soft, directed by Whitney White.
Broadway’s hit musical, SIX, received 8 Tony Award nominationsthis morning, May 9, including one for Best Musical. Immediately following the Tony nomination announcement, the cast of SIX performed live in Times Square this morning as part of Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan’s Let’s Do London campaign launch.
