New York Drama Critics' Circle Award

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The New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, awarded every year to the best new play of the season, with additional awards for musicals and foreign or American plays as well as citations for special show more achievement, is the United States' second oldest theatre award, after the Pulitzer Prize for drama. The first was awarded to Winterset by Maxwell Anderson, who won the following year as well for High Tor. The award for Best Play carries with it a cash prize of US$2,500, and US$1,000 goes to the playwright who receives the award for best American or foreign play. The awards are made possible by a grant from the Lucille Lortel Foundation. show less
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Runners Up 50

WorkCategoryYear
The Flick by Annie BakerBest Play2014
Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin BaitzPlay2012
4,000 Miles by Amy HerzogPlay2012
War Horse by Michael MorpurgoForeign Play2011
Blasted by Sarah KaneForeign Play2009
The God of Carnage by Yasmina RezaForeign Play2009
The Seafarer by Conor McPhersonPlay2008
Rock 'n' Roll: A New Play by Tom StoppardPlay2008
Indian Blood by A. R. GurneyAmerican Play2007
Dying City by Christopher ShinnAmerican Play2007
Frost/Nixon: A Play by Peter MorganPlay2007
The Play About The Baby by Edward AlbeeAmerican Play2001
Three Days of Rain: A Play by Richard GreenbergAmerican Play1998
The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonaghPlay1998
Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika by Tony KushnerPlay1994
Marvin's Room. by Scott McPhersonAmerican Play1992
Prelude to a Kiss by Craig LucasPlay1990
The Grapes of Wrath (play) by John SteinbeckPlay1990
M. Butterfly by David Henry HwangPlay1988
Biloxi Blues by Neil SimonPlay1985
Top Girls by Caryl ChurchillForeign Play1983
Quartermaine's Terms by Simon GrayForeign Play1983
'night, Mother: A Play by Marsha NormanPlay1983
Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey FiersteinAmerican Play1982
"Master Harold" … and the Boys by Athol FugardPlay1982
Amadeus: A Play in Two Acts by Peter ShafferPlay1981
No Man's Land by Harold PinterPlay1977
Seascape: A Play in Two Acts by Edward AlbeeAmerican Play1975
The Island by Athol FugardPlay1975
In the Boom Boom Room by David RabeAmerican Play1974
Sticks and bones: A play in two acts by David RabePlay1972
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine by Daniel BerriganAmerican Play1971
Indians: A Play by Arthur KopitAmerican Play1970
Hadrian VII by Peter LukePlay1969
A Delicate Balance by Edward AlbeePlay1967
Philadelphia, Here I Come! : A Comedy in Three Acts by Brian FrielPlay1966
The Royal Hunt of the Sun by Peter ShafferPlay1966
Luv by Murray SchisgalPlay1965
The Odd Couple by Neil SimonPlay1965
Gideon by Paddy ChayefskyAmerican Play1962
Bus Stop by William IngeAmerican Play1955
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial by Herman WoukAmerican Play1954
The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts by Arthur MillerAmerican Play1953
Mrs. McThing: a Play By Mary Chase by Mary ChaseAmerican Play1952
Billy Budd: based on the novel by Herman Melville by Louis O. CoxeAmerican Play1951
The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O'NeillAmerican Play1947
The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton WilderAmerican Play1943
Native Son: The Biography of a Young American: A Play in Eleven Scenes to Be Performed Without Intermission by Richard WrightAmerican Play1941
Our Town by Thornton WilderAmerican Play1938
Idiot's Delight by Robert E. SherwoodAmerican Play1936

No Stage 138

WorkCategoryYear
All the Way by Robert SchenkkanAmerican Play2013-2014
The Night Alive by Conor McPhersonPlay2013-2014
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher DurangPlay2012-2013
Tribes by Nina RaineForeign Play2011-2012
Sons of the Prophet by Stephen KaramPlay2011-2012
Jerusalem by Jez ButterworthForeign Play2010-2011
Good People by David Lindsay-AbairePlay2010-2011
The orphans' home cycle by Horton FootePlay2009-2010
Black Watch by Gregory BurkeForeign Play2008-2009
Ruined by Lynn NottagePlay2008-2009
August: Osage County by Tracy LettsPlay2007-2008
Radio Golf by August WilsonAmerican Play2006-2007
The Coast of Utopia: Voyage, Shipwreck, Salvage by Tom StoppardPlay2006-2007
The History Boys: A Play by Alan BennettPlay2005-2006
The Pillowman by Martin McDonaghForeign Play2004-2005
Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick ShanleyPlay2004-2005
Intimate Apparel by Lynn NottagePlay2003-2004
Talking Heads by Alan BennettForeign Play2002-2003
Take Me Out: A Play by Richard GreenbergPlay2002-2003
The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? by Edward AlbeePlay2001-2002
Proof: A Play by David AuburnAmerican Play2000-2001
The Invention of Love by Tom StoppardPlay2000-2001
Copenhagen by Michael FraynForeign Play1999-2000
Jitney by August WilsonPlay1999-2000
Closer by Patrick MarberForeign Play1998-1999
Wit: A Play by Margaret EdsonPlay1998-1999
Amy's View: A Play by David HareSpecial Citation1998-1999
The Blue Room: A Play in Ten Intimate Acts by David HareSpecial Citation1998-1999
Via Dolorosa and When Shall We Live by David HareSpecial Citation1998-1999
Pride's Crossing by Tina HoweAmerican Play1997-1998
Art by Yasmina RezaPlay1997-1998
Skylight by Brian FrielForeign Play1996-1997
How I Learned to Drive by Paula VogelPlay1996-1997
Molly Sweeney by Brian FrielForeign Play1995-1996
Seven Guitars by August WilsonPlay1995-1996
Love! Valour! Compassion! by Terrence McNallyAmerican Play1994-1995
Arcadia by Tom StoppardPlay1994-1995
Three Tall Women by Edward AlbeePlay1993-1994
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 by Anna Deavere SmithSpecial Citation1993-1994
Someone Who'll Watch Over Me: A Play by Frank McGuinnessForeign Play1992-1993
Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches by Tony KushnerPlay1992-1993
Two Trains Running by August WilsonAmerican Play1991-1992
Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian FrielPlay1991-1992
Our Country's Good by Timberlake WertenbakerForeign Play1990-1991
Six Degrees of Separation by John GuarePlay1990-1991
Privates on Parade by Peter NicholsForeign Play1989-1990
The Piano Lesson by August WilsonPlay1989-1990
Aristocrats by Brian FrielForeign Play1988-1989
The Heidi Chronicles by Wendy WassersteinPlay1988-1989
The Road to Mecca by Athol FugardForeign Play1987-1988
Joe Turner's Come and Gone by August WilsonPlay1987-1988
Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher HamptonForeign Play1986-1987
Fences by August WilsonPlay1986-1987
Benefactors: A Play in Two Acts by Michael FraynAmerican Play1985-1986
A Lie of the Mind by Sam ShepardPlay1985-1986
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe by Jane WagnerSpecial Citation1985-1986
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August WilsonPlay1984-1985
Glengarry Glen Ross: A Play by David MametForeign Play1983-1984
The Real Thing by Tom StoppardPlay1983-1984
Plenty by David HareAmerican Play1982-1983
Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil SimonPlay1982-1983
A Soldier's Play by Charles FullerAmerican Play1981-1982
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby: A Play by David EdgarPlay1981-1982
Crimes of the Heart by Beth HenleyAmerican Play1980-1981
A Lesson from Aloes by Athol FugardPlay1980-1981
Betrayal by Harold PinterForeign Play1979-1980
Talley's Folly by Lanford WilsonPlay1979-1980
The Elephant Man [play] by Bernard PomerancePlay1978-1979
Da by Hugh LeonardPlay1978
American Buffalo by David MametAmerican Play1976-1977
Otherwise Engaged by Simon GrayPlay1976-1977
Streamers by David RabeAmerican Play1975-1976
Travesties by Tom StoppardPlay1975-1976
A Chorus Line: The Complete Book of the Musical by James Kirkwood1976
Equus by Peter ShafferPlay1974-1975
Short Eyes by Miguel PiñeroAmerican Play1973-1974
The Contractor (A Play) by David StoreyPlay1973-1974
The Hot L Baltimore by Lanford WilsonAmerican Play1972-1973
The Changing Room by David StoreyPlay1972-1973
The Screens by Jean GenetForeign Play1971-1972
That Championship Season by Jason MillerPlay1971-1972
Old Times by Harold PinterSpecial Citation1971-1972
Sticks and bones: A play in two acts by David RabeSpecial Citation1971-1972
The House of Blue Leaves by John GuareAmerican Play1970-1971
Home by David StoreyPlay1970-1971
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, A Drama in Two Acts by Paul ZindelAmerican Play1969-1970
Borstal Boy: An Adapted Play by Brendan BehanPlay1969-1970
The Great White Hope: A Drama in Three Acts by Howard SacklerPlay1968-1969
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom StoppardPlay1968
The Homecoming by Harold PinterPlay1966-1967
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade by Peter WeissPlay1965-1966
Hal Holbrook: Mark Twain Tonight! [1967 TV special] by Paul BogartSpecial Citation1965-1966
The Subject Was Roses by Frank D. GilroyPlay1964-1965
Luther by John OsbornePlay1963-1964
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward AlbeePlay1962-1963
Beyond the Fringe by Alan BennettSpecial Citation1962-1963
The Night of the Iguana by Tennessee WilliamsAmerican Play1961-1962
A Man for All Seasons (Hereford Plays) by Robert BoltForeign Play1961-1962
All the Way Home by Tad MoselAmerican Play1960-1961
A Taste of Honey: A Play by Shelagh DelaneyForeign Play1960-1961
Toys in the Attic by Lillian HellmanAmerican Play1959-1960
Five Finger Exercise by Peter ShafferForeign Play1959-1960
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine HansberryAmerican Play1958-1959
The Visit by Friedrich DürrenmattForeign Play1958-1959
Look Homeward, Angel by Ketti FringsAmerican Play1957-1958
Look Back in Anger by John OsborneForeign Play1957-1958
Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'NeillAmerican Play1956-1957
The Waltz of the Toreadors by Jean AnouilhForeign Play1956-1957
Tiger at the Gates by Jean GiraudouxForeign Play1955-1956
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee WilliamsAmerican Play1954-1955
Witness for the Prosecution: A Play in Three Acts by Agatha ChristieForeign Play1954-1955
The Teahouse of the August Moon: A Play by John PatrickAmerican Play1953-1954
Ondine by Jean GiraudouxForeign Play1953-1954
Picnic by William IngeAmerican Play1952-1953
I Am a Camera by John Van DrutenAmerican Play1951-1952
Venus Observed by Christopher FryForeign Play1951-1952
Don Juan in Hell by George Bernard ShawSpecial Citation1951-1952
Darkness at Noon by Sidney KingsleyAmerican Play1950-1951
The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher FryForeign Play1950-1951
The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullersAmerican Play1949-1950
The Cocktail Party by T. S. EliotForeign Play1949-1950
Death of a Salesman by Arthur MillerAmerican Play1948-1949
The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean GiraudouxForeign Play1948-1949
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsAmerican Play1947-1948
The Winslow Boy by Terence RattiganForeign Play1947-1948
All My Sons by Arthur MillerAmerican Play1946-1947
No Exit / Dirty Hands / The Flies / The Respectful Prostitute by Jean-Paul SartreForeign Play1946-1947
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee WilliamsAmerican Play1944-1945
Jacobowsky and the Colonel by Franz WerfelForeign Play1943-1944
Blithe Spirit by Noël CowardForeign Play1941-1942
Watch on the Rhine by Lillian HellmanAmerican Play1940-1941
The Corn is Green by Emlyn WilliamsForeign Play1940-1941
The Time of Your Life: A Comedy in Three Acts by William SaroyanAmerican Play1939-1940
The White Steed and Coggerers by paulvincentcarrollForeign Play1938-1939
Of Mice and Men: A Play in Three Acts by John SteinbeckAmerican Play1937-1938
Shadow and Substance by Paul Vincent CarrollForeign Play1937-1938
High Tor by Maxwell AndersonAmerican Play1936-37
Winterset by Maxwell AndersonAmerican Play1935-1936

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