New York Drama Critics' Circle: NO Award For Best Musical

[BETTY22]

Posted: 5/8/23 at 7:12pm

OUCH

Downstate wins best play

Leopoldstadt wins best foreign play 

Updated On: 5/8/23 at 07:12 PM

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 5/8/23 at 7:22pm

Isn't that because Kimberly Akimbo already won last year, so they don't duplicate the award if the Broadway transfer is also the best musical in a subsequent year? The same thing happened with The Band's Visit in 2017/2018.

Also, their Special Citations were for Parade, Adrienne Kennedy, and La MaMa E.T.C.

Nevermind, I just saw the ballot. No consensus this year, although Adam Feldman did comment that Kimberly's win last year is of note with regard to having no winner this year.:

Best Musical, first ballot:

David Barbour: Some Like It Hot
David Cote: Some Like It Hot
Vinson Cunningham: Dreaming Zenzile
Joe Dziemianowicz: Abstain
Greg Evans: Some Like It Hot
Adam Feldman: The Appointment
David Finkle: Some Like It Hot
Elysa Gardner: Dreaming Zenzile
Robert Hofler: Abstain
Charles Isherwood: Dreaming Zenzile
Chris Jones:Abstain
Johnny Oleksinski: Shucked
Frank Scheck: Shucked
Helen Shaw: The Appointment
David Sheward: The Bedwetter
Zachary Stewart: Some Like It Hot
Elisabeth Vincentelli (proxy): The Bedwetter
Matt Windman (proxy): Some Like It Hot

Updated On: 5/8/23 at 07:22 PM

[steve.sometime]

Posted: 5/8/23 at 8:02pm

Turns out it's not as rare as I thought: https://www.dramacritics.org/dc_pastawards.html

[BETTY22]

Posted: 5/8/23 at 8:03pm

How many does does the new musical have to get to win?

Is it a simple majority? 

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 5/9/23 at 12:29am

If it gets a majority in the first ballot it automatically wins, if not then they vote on whether to award a prize that year, and if so then they go to a second weighted ballot.  I'm surprised they chose not to award a prize this year given a clear plurality for Some Like It Hot, but also 3 voters abstained so maybe that was telling.  I was surprised that both Adam Feldman and Helen Shaw (two critics I generally respect) chose The Appointment as their pick though, which was by far one of the worst shows I saw this season.

[raddersons]

Posted: 5/9/23 at 7:10am

Helen built a career off of building awareness for downtown darlings, it’s no surprise to me that she loved the show that took the big swing.

[MadsonMelo]

Posted: 5/9/23 at 9:52am

What a slap in the face for 'Some Like It Hot'' LOL