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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

Stages:: All, Runners Up (50), No Stage (138)
Categories:: All, American Play (58), Best Play (1), Foreign Play (43), Play (75), Special Citation (10), No Category (1)
Years:: All, 2014 (1), 2013-2014 (2), 2012-2013 (1), 2012 (2), 2011-2012 (2), 2011 (1), 2010-2011 (2), 2009-2010 (1), 2009 (2), 2008-2009 (2), 2008 (2), 2007-2008 (1), 2007 (3), 2006-2007 (2), 2005-2006 (1), 2004-2005 (2), 2003-2004 (1), 2002-2003 (2), 2001-2002 (1), 2001 (1), 2000-2001 (2), 1999-2000 (2), 1998-1999 (5), 1997-1998 (2), 1998 (2), 1996-1997 (2), 1995-1996 (2), 1994-1995 (2), 1994 (1), 1993-1994 (2), 1992-1993 (2), 1992 (1), 1991-1992 (2), 1990-1991 (2), 1989-1990 (2), 1990 (2), 1988-1989 (2), 1987-1988 (2), 1988 (1), 1986-1987 (2), 1985-1986 (3), 1985 (1), 1984-1985 (1), 1983-1984 (2), 1982-1983 (2), 1983 (3), 1981-1982 (2), 1982 (2), 1981 (1), 1980-1981 (2), 1979-1980 (2), 1978-1979 (1), 1978 (1), 1976-1977 (2), 1977 (1), 1976 (1), 1975-1976 (2), 1974-1975 (1), 1975 (2), 1974 (1), 1973-1974 (2), 1972-1973 (2), 1971-1972 (4), 1972 (1), 1970-1971 (2), 1971 (1), 1969-1970 (2), 1970 (1), 1968-1969 (1), 1969 (1), 1968 (1), 1967 (1), 1966-1967 (1), 1966 (2), 1965-1966 (2), 1964-1965 (1), 1965 (2), 1963-1964 (1), 1962-1963 (2), 1962 (1), 1961-1962 (2), 1960-1961 (2), 1959-1960 (2), 1958-1959 (2), 1957-1958 (2), 1956-1957 (2), 1955-1956 (1), 1954-1955 (2), 1955 (1), 1954 (1), 1953-1954 (2), 1952-1953 (1), 1953 (1), 1952 (1), 1951-1952 (3), 1950-1951 (2), 1951 (1), 1949-1950 (2), 1948-1949 (2), 1947-1948 (2), 1947 (1), 1946-1947 (2), 1944-1945 (1), 1943-1944 (1), 1943 (1), 1941-1942 (1), 1941 (1), 1940-1941 (2), 1939-1940 (1), 1938-1939 (1), 1938 (1), 1937-1938 (2), 1936-37 (1), 1936 (1), 1935-1936 (1)

Stages List

Runners Up 50

Work	Category	Year
The Flick by Annie Baker	Best Play	2014
Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz	Play	2012
4,000 Miles by Amy Herzog	Play	2012
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo	Foreign Play	2011
Blasted by Sarah Kane	Foreign Play	2009
The God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza	Foreign Play	2009
The Seafarer by Conor McPherson	Play	2008
Rock 'n' Roll: A New Play by Tom Stoppard	Play	2008
Indian Blood by A. R. Gurney	American Play	2007
Dying City by Christopher Shinn	American Play	2007
Frost/Nixon: A Play by Peter Morgan	Play	2007
The Play About The Baby by Edward Albee	American Play	2001
Three Days of Rain: A Play by Richard Greenberg	American Play	1998
The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh	Play	1998
Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika by Tony Kushner	Play	1994
Marvin's Room. by Scott McPherson	American Play	1992
Prelude to a Kiss by Craig Lucas	Play	1990
The Grapes of Wrath (play) by John Steinbeck	Play	1990
M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang	Play	1988
Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon	Play	1985
Top Girls by Caryl Churchill	Foreign Play	1983
Quartermaine's Terms by Simon Gray	Foreign Play	1983
'night, Mother: A Play by Marsha Norman	Play	1983
Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein	American Play	1982
"Master Harold" … and the Boys by Athol Fugard	Play	1982
Amadeus: A Play in Two Acts by Peter Shaffer	Play	1981
No Man's Land by Harold Pinter	Play	1977
Seascape: A Play in Two Acts by Edward Albee	American Play	1975
The Island by Athol Fugard	Play	1975
In the Boom Boom Room by David Rabe	American Play	1974
Sticks and bones: A play in two acts by David Rabe	Play	1972
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine by Daniel Berrigan	American Play	1971
Indians: A Play by Arthur Kopit	American Play	1970
Hadrian VII by Peter Luke	Play	1969
A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee	Play	1967
Philadelphia, Here I Come! : A Comedy in Three Acts by Brian Friel	Play	1966
The Royal Hunt of the Sun by Peter Shaffer	Play	1966
Luv by Murray Schisgal	Play	1965
The Odd Couple by Neil Simon	Play	1965
Gideon by Paddy Chayefsky	American Play	1962
Bus Stop by William Inge	American Play	1955
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial by Herman Wouk	American Play	1954
The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts by Arthur Miller	American Play	1953
Mrs. McThing: a Play By Mary Chase by Mary Chase	American Play	1952
Billy Budd: based on the novel by Herman Melville by Louis O. Coxe	American Play	1951
The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O'Neill	American Play	1947
The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder	American Play	1943
Native Son: The Biography of a Young American: A Play in Eleven Scenes to Be Performed Without Intermission by Richard Wright	American Play	1941
Our Town by Thornton Wilder	American Play	1938
Idiot's Delight by Robert E. Sherwood	American Play	1936

No Stage 138

Work	Category	Year
All the Way by Robert Schenkkan	American Play	2013-2014
The Night Alive by Conor McPherson	Play	2013-2014
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang	Play	2012-2013
Tribes by Nina Raine	Foreign Play	2011-2012
Sons of the Prophet by Stephen Karam	Play	2011-2012
Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth	Foreign Play	2010-2011
Good People by David Lindsay-Abaire	Play	2010-2011
The orphans' home cycle by Horton Foote	Play	2009-2010
Black Watch by Gregory Burke	Foreign Play	2008-2009
Ruined by Lynn Nottage	Play	2008-2009
August: Osage County by Tracy Letts	Play	2007-2008
Radio Golf by August Wilson	American Play	2006-2007
The Coast of Utopia: Voyage, Shipwreck, Salvage by Tom Stoppard	Play	2006-2007
The History Boys: A Play by Alan Bennett	Play	2005-2006
The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh	Foreign Play	2004-2005
Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley	Play	2004-2005
Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage	Play	2003-2004
Talking Heads by Alan Bennett	Foreign Play	2002-2003
Take Me Out: A Play by Richard Greenberg	Play	2002-2003
The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? by Edward Albee	Play	2001-2002
Proof: A Play by David Auburn	American Play	2000-2001
The Invention of Love by Tom Stoppard	Play	2000-2001
Copenhagen by Michael Frayn	Foreign Play	1999-2000
Jitney by August Wilson	Play	1999-2000
Closer by Patrick Marber	Foreign Play	1998-1999
Wit: A Play by Margaret Edson	Play	1998-1999
Amy's View: A Play by David Hare	Special Citation	1998-1999
The Blue Room: A Play in Ten Intimate Acts by David Hare	Special Citation	1998-1999
Via Dolorosa and When Shall We Live by David Hare	Special Citation	1998-1999
Pride's Crossing by Tina Howe	American Play	1997-1998
Art by Yasmina Reza	Play	1997-1998
Skylight by Brian Friel	Foreign Play	1996-1997
How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel	Play	1996-1997
Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel	Foreign Play	1995-1996
Seven Guitars by August Wilson	Play	1995-1996
Love! Valour! Compassion! by Terrence McNally	American Play	1994-1995
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard	Play	1994-1995
Three Tall Women by Edward Albee	Play	1993-1994
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith	Special Citation	1993-1994
Someone Who'll Watch Over Me: A Play by Frank McGuinness	Foreign Play	1992-1993
Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches by Tony Kushner	Play	1992-1993
Two Trains Running by August Wilson	American Play	1991-1992
Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel	Play	1991-1992
Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker	Foreign Play	1990-1991
Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare	Play	1990-1991
Privates on Parade by Peter Nichols	Foreign Play	1989-1990
The Piano Lesson by August Wilson	Play	1989-1990
Aristocrats by Brian Friel	Foreign Play	1988-1989
The Heidi Chronicles by Wendy Wasserstein	Play	1988-1989
The Road to Mecca by Athol Fugard	Foreign Play	1987-1988
Joe Turner's Come and Gone by August Wilson	Play	1987-1988
Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton	Foreign Play	1986-1987
Fences by August Wilson	Play	1986-1987
Benefactors: A Play in Two Acts by Michael Frayn	American Play	1985-1986
A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard	Play	1985-1986
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe by Jane Wagner	Special Citation	1985-1986
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson	Play	1984-1985
Glengarry Glen Ross: A Play by David Mamet	Foreign Play	1983-1984
The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard	Play	1983-1984
Plenty by David Hare	American Play	1982-1983
Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon	Play	1982-1983
A Soldier's Play by Charles Fuller	American Play	1981-1982
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby: A Play by David Edgar	Play	1981-1982
Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley	American Play	1980-1981
A Lesson from Aloes by Athol Fugard	Play	1980-1981
Betrayal by Harold Pinter	Foreign Play	1979-1980
Talley's Folly by Lanford Wilson	Play	1979-1980
The Elephant Man [play] by Bernard Pomerance	Play	1978-1979
Da by Hugh Leonard	Play	1978
American Buffalo by David Mamet	American Play	1976-1977
Otherwise Engaged by Simon Gray	Play	1976-1977
Streamers by David Rabe	American Play	1975-1976
Travesties by Tom Stoppard	Play	1975-1976
A Chorus Line: The Complete Book of the Musical by James Kirkwood		1976
Equus by Peter Shaffer	Play	1974-1975
Short Eyes by Miguel Piñero	American Play	1973-1974
The Contractor (A Play) by David Storey	Play	1973-1974
The Hot L Baltimore by Lanford Wilson	American Play	1972-1973
The Changing Room by David Storey	Play	1972-1973
The Screens by Jean Genet	Foreign Play	1971-1972
That Championship Season by Jason Miller	Play	1971-1972
Old Times by Harold Pinter	Special Citation	1971-1972
Sticks and bones: A play in two acts by David Rabe	Special Citation	1971-1972
The House of Blue Leaves by John Guare	American Play	1970-1971
Home by David Storey	Play	1970-1971
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel	American Play	1969-1970
Borstal Boy: An Adapted Play by Brendan Behan	Play	1969-1970
The Great White Hope: A Drama in Three Acts by Howard Sackler	Play	1968-1969
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard	Play	1968
The Homecoming by Harold Pinter	Play	1966-1967
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 Weiss	Play	1965-1966
Hal Holbrook: Mark Twain Tonight! [1967 TV special] by Paul Bogart	Special Citation	1965-1966
The Subject Was Roses by Frank D. Gilroy	Play	1964-1965
Luther by John Osborne	Play	1963-1964
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee	Play	1962-1963
Beyond the Fringe by Alan Bennett	Special Citation	1962-1963
The Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams	American Play	1961-1962
A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt	Foreign Play	1961-1962
All the Way Home by Tad Mosel	American Play	1960-1961
A Taste of Honey: A Play by Shelagh Delaney	Foreign Play	1960-1961
Toys in the Attic by Lillian Hellman	American Play	1959-1960
Five Finger Exercise by Peter Shaffer	Foreign Play	1959-1960
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry	American Play	1958-1959
The Visit by Friedrich Dürrenmatt	Foreign Play	1958-1959
Look Homeward, Angel by Ketti Frings	American Play	1957-1958
Look Back in Anger by John Osborne	Foreign Play	1957-1958
Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill	American Play	1956-1957
The Waltz of the Toreadors by Jean Anouilh	Foreign Play	1956-1957
Tiger at the Gates by Jean Giraudoux	Foreign Play	1955-1956
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams	American Play	1954-1955
Witness for the Prosecution: A Play in Three Acts by Agatha Christie	Foreign Play	1954-1955
The Teahouse of the August Moon: A Play by John Patrick	American Play	1953-1954
Ondine by Jean Giraudoux	Foreign Play	1953-1954
Picnic by William Inge	American Play	1952-1953
I Am a Camera by John Van Druten	American Play	1951-1952
Venus Observed by Christopher Fry	Foreign Play	1951-1952
Don Juan in Hell by George Bernard Shaw	Special Citation	1951-1952
Darkness at Noon by Sidney Kingsley	American Play	1950-1951
The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry	Foreign Play	1950-1951
The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers	American Play	1949-1950
The Cocktail Party by T. S. Eliot	Foreign Play	1949-1950
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller	American Play	1948-1949
The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux	Foreign Play	1948-1949
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams	American Play	1947-1948
The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan	Foreign Play	1947-1948
All My Sons by Arthur Miller	American Play	1946-1947
No Exit / Dirty Hands / The Flies / The Respectful Prostitute by Jean-Paul Sartre	Foreign Play	1946-1947
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams	American Play	1944-1945
Jacobowsky and the Colonel by Franz Werfel	Foreign Play	1943-1944
Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward	Foreign Play	1941-1942
Watch on the Rhine by Lillian Hellman	American Play	1940-1941
The Corn is Green by Emlyn Williams	Foreign Play	1940-1941
The Time of Your Life: A Comedy in Three Acts by William Saroyan	American Play	1939-1940
The White Steed and Coggerers by paulvincentcarroll	Foreign Play	1938-1939
Of Mice and Men: A Play in Three Acts by John Steinbeck	American Play	1937-1938
Shadow and Substance by Paul Vincent Carroll	Foreign Play	1937-1938
High Tor by Maxwell Anderson	American Play	1936-37
Winterset by Maxwell Anderson	American Play	1935-1936

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