The 82nd annual Drama Critics’ Circle Awards were celebrated at a reception at 54 Below May 18. The New York Drama Critics’ Circle awarded Oslo and The Band’s Visit Best Play and Best Musical of the year, respectively. The 2017 awards have also brought special citations to Paula Vogel, whose play, Indecent, is currently on Broadway, Taylor Mac, who was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist for A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, as well as director Ruben Santiago-Hudson and the ensemble cast of Jitney.
Founded in 1935, the New York Drama Critics’ Circle is comprised of 22 drama critics in the New York metropolitan area; Time Out New York critic Adam Feldman serves as president.
Flip through photos of the reception below:
Taylor Mac and Paula Vogel
Cast of Oslo
Jeff Still and Jefferson Mays
Lynne Meadow, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Harvy Blanks, John Douglas Thompson, Constanza Romero, Carra Patterson, Ray Anthony Thomas, and Barry Grove
John Douglas Thompson, Carra Patterson, Anthony Chisholm, Harvy Blanks and Ray Anthony Thomas
Cast and Creative Team for The Band’s Visit
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JT Rogers and Andre Bishop
Paula Vogel, Rebecca Taichman, and Lynn Nottage
Adam Feldman
David Cromer
David Yazbek and Itamar Moses
Constanza Romero
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Lynn Nottage
Quiara Alegría Hudes
Sarah Ruhl
Max Posner
Gina Gionfriddo
Christina Anderson
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Jordan Harrison
Sarah DeLappe
Adam Bock
Martyna Majok
Paula Vogel
Machine Dazzle
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Taylor Mac
Jennifer Ehle
JT Rogers
