Frontmezzjunkies reports: The Winners of the 2025 Dorian Theater Awards
Celebrating “both mainstream achievements and works that reflect LGBTQ+ themes and perspectives—in the spirit of GALECA’s longer-established film and television honors,” the winners for the third annual Dorian Theater Awards were announced. Maybe Happy Ending continues its winning streak, taking home the prize for Outstanding Broadway Musical, with the award for Outstanding Broadway Play going to John Proctor is the Villain. The cast of John Proctor is the Villain also won Outstanding Broadway ensemble.
The award winners, chosen by members of the theater wing of GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, were announced on June 2. Some of the 17 categories, as you’ll see below, are unique, including the Broadway Showstopper Award, where there was a tie, with “Rose’s Turn” from Gypsy and the title song of Sunset Blvd sharing the award. The awards, chosen by the members of the theater wing of GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, celebrate both mainstream achievements and works that reflect LGBTQ+ themes and perspectives. André De Shields won two Dorians, for his role in Cats: The Jellicle Ball and as this year’s LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer
Check out the complete 2025 Dorian Theater Award Nominations
Below is the list of winners:
Outstanding Broadway Musical
Maybe Happy Ending
Outstanding Broadway Play
John Proctor is the Villain
Outstanding Broadway Musical Revival
Sunset Blvd
Outstanding Broadway Play Revival
Eureka Day
Outstanding LGBTQ Broadway Production
Death Becomes Her
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Musical
Audra McDonald, Gypsy
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Play
Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Musical
Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Play
Fina Strazza, John Proctor is the Villain
Outstanding Broadway Ensemble
John Proctor is the Villain
– Sadie Sink, Nihar Duvvuri, Gabriel Ebert, Molly Griggs, Maggie Kuntz, Hagan Oliveras, Morgan Scott, Fina Strazza, Amalia Yoo
The Broadway Showstopper Award
Gypsy – “Rose’s Turn” (TIE)
Sunset Blvd – “Sunset Boulevard” (TIE)
Outstanding Off-Broadway Production
Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Outstanding LGBTQ Off-Broadway Production
Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Outstanding Lead Performance in an Off-Broadway Production
Andrew Scott, Vanya
Outstanding Featured Performance in an Off-Broadway Production
André De Shields, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
LGBTQ Theater Artist of the Season
Jonathan Groff (TIE)
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (TIE)
LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer
— For a lifelong commitment to creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity
André De Shields
Productions by Number of Wins
Cats: The Jellicle Ball – 3
John Proctor is the Villain – 3
Gypsy – 2
Sunset Blvd – 2
Death Becomes Her – 1
Eureka Day – 1
Maybe Happy Ending – 1
Operation Mincemeat – 1
The Picture of Dorian Gray – 1
Vanya – 1
Here are a full list of the winners and nominees:
Outstanding Broadway Musical
Death Becomes Her
Dead Outlaw
Just in Time
Maybe Happy Ending
Operation Mincemeat
Real Women Have Curves
Outstanding Broadway Play
English
The Hills of California
John Proctor is the Villain
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Purpose
Outstanding Broadway Musical Revival
Floyd Collins
Gypsy
Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Sunset Blvd
Outstanding Broadway Play Revival
Eureka Day
Our Town
Romeo + Juliet
Yellow Face
Outstanding LGBTQ Broadway Production
Cult of Love
Death Becomes Her
Purpose
Redwood
SMASH
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Musical
Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending
Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw
Tom Francis, Sunset Blvd
Jonathan Groff, Just in Time
Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her
Audra McDonald, Gypsy
Jasmine Amy Rogers, BOOP! The Musical
Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd
Helen J. Shen, Maybe Happy Ending
Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Play
Kit Connor, Romeo + Juliet
Laura Donnelly, The Hills of California
Mia Farrow, The Roommate
Daniel Dae Kim, Yellow Face
Sydney Lemmon, JOB
Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Jon Michael Hill, Purpose
LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Purpose
Sadie Sink, John Proctor is the Villain
Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Musical
Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club
Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw
Gracie Lawrence, Just in Time
Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves
Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat
Jinkx Monsoon, Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Lea Salonga, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends
Christopher Sieber, Death Becomes Her
Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins
David Thaxton, Sunset Blvd
Michael Urie, Once Upon a Mattress
Joy Woods, Gypsy
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Play
Alana Arenas, Purpose
Tala Ashe, English
Molly Bernard, Cult of Love
Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day
Francis Jue, Yellow Face
Marjan Neshat, English
Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross
Zachary Quinto, Cult of Love
Fina Strazza, John Proctor is the Villain
Amalia Yoo, John Proctor is the Villain
Kara Young, Purpose
Outstanding Broadway Ensemble
Cult of Love
Death Becomes Her
John Proctor is the Villain
Real Women Have Curves
Sunset Blvd
The Broadway Showstopper Award
— To a standout production number or scene
Death Becomes Her – “For the Gaze,” performed by Megan Hilty
Gypsy – “Rose’s Turn,” performed by Audra McDonald
John Proctor is the Villain – “Green Light,” performed by Sadie Sink, Amalia Yoo
Maybe Happy Ending – “Chasing Fireflies,” performed by Darren Criss, Helen J. Shen
Sunset Blvd – “Sunset Boulevard,” performed by Tom Francis
Outstanding Off-Broadway Production
Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Grangeville
Liberation
Vanya
Wine in the Wilderness
Outstanding LGBTQ Off-Broadway Production
Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Drag: The Musical
Grangeville
The Fires
We Had a World
Outstanding Lead Performance in an Off-Broadway Production
Patsy Ferran, A Streetcar Named Desire
Susannah Flood, Liberation
Brandon Flynn, Kowalski
Joanna Gleason, We Had a World
Marla Mindelle, The Big Gay Jamboree
Paul Mescal, A Streetcar Named Desire
Andrew Scott, Vanya
Paul Sparks, Grangeville
Alaska Thunderfuck, Drag: The Musical
Olivia Washington, Wine in the Wilderness
Outstanding Featured Performance in an Off-Broadway Production
Betsy Aidem, Liberation
Billy Crudup, Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts
André De Shields, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Drew Elhamalawy, We Live In Cairo
Sydney James Harcourt, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Jujubee, Drag: The Musical
Ahmad Kamal, SUMO
Julia Lester, All Nighter
Paris Nix, The Big Gay Jamboree
Jeanine Serralles, We Had a World
Kyra Sedgwick, All of Me
“Tempress” Chastity Moore, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Jenny Lee Stern, Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song
Jason Veasey, The Fires
Natalie Walker, The Big Gay Jamboree
LGBTQ Theater Artist of the Season
Michael Arden
Tommy Dorfman
Jonathan Groff
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Jinkx Monsoon
LGBTQ+ Theater Trailblazer
— For a lifelong commitment to creating art that inspires empathy, truth, and equity
André De Shields
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Jinkx Monsoon
Andrew Scott
Paul Tazewell
George C. Wolfe
Productions With Multiple Nominations
Death Becomes Her – 7
John Proctor is the Villain – 6
Purpose – 6
Sunset Blvd. – 6
Cats: The Jellicle Ball – 5
Cult of Love – 4
Gypsy – 4
Maybe Happy Ending – 4
The Big Gay Jamboree – 3
Drag: The Musical – 3
English – 3
Dead Outlaw – 3
Grangeville – 3
Just in Time – 3
Liberation – 3
Real Women Have Curves – 3
We Had a World – 3
Yellow Face – 3
Eureka Day – 2
The Fires – 2
Floyd Collins – 2
The Hills of California – 2
Operation Mincemeat – 2
The Picture of Dorian Gray – 2
Pirates! The Penzance Musical – 2
A Streetcar Named Desire – 2
Vanya – 2
