2025 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards (WINNERS)

[MadsonMelo]

Posted: 5/5/25 at 10:53pm

The winners of the 2025 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards – the nation’s second-oldest playwriting award (after the Pulitzer Prize for Drama) – were announced tonight.

And the winners are:

Best Play – Purpose, by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins;

Best Musical – Maybe Happy Ending, book by Will Aronson and Hue Park, music by Will Aronson, lyrics by Hue Park;

Best Individual Performance – Andrew Scott, Vanya;

Best Ensemble Performance – The cast of Liberation;

Special Citations – Cole Escola for Oh, Mary!; Cats: The Jellicle Ball;

Lifetime Achievement – David Greenspan.

Founded in 1935, the New York Drama Critics’ Circle is comprised of 23 drama critics from the New York metropolitan area.