The Jellicle Ball Lead Dorian Theater Award nominations

Galeca: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics announced the nominations for its third annual Dorian Theater Awards and recognized outstanding achievements in Broadway and Off-Broadway in the 2024-2025 season. The theater was modeled according to the recognized Dorian prices of the group for film and television and recognize both mainstream productions and those with LGBTQ+ topics or creators.

Death becomes her, the Broadway adaptation of the cult classic film leads the pack with seven nominations. The musical is directed and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli and is nominated for outstanding Broadway musical and outstanding LGBTQ -Broadway musical. The cast members Megan Hilty, Jennifer Simard and Christopher Sieber are all recognized for their appearances, and the song “For the Gaze” by Noel Carey and Julia Mattisone is ready for Broadway Showstopper Award.

Three other Broadway productions follow closely with six nominations: John Proctor is the villain, the purpose and the Sunset BLVD. The nominated actors include Sadie Sink, Fina Stazza and Amalia Yoo for John Proctor is the villain; Jon Michael Hill, Latanya Richardson Jackson, Alana Arenas and Kara Young; and Nicole Scherzinger, Tom Francis and David Thaxton for Sunset BLVD.

Off-Broadway, cats: The Jellicle Ball overrides the list of five nominations, including nod for André de Shields, Sydney James Harcourt and the ballroom star Tempress Chastity Moore. Other multinominated off-Broadway productions are drag: The Musical with Rupauls Drag Race-Veteranen Alaska Thunderfuck and Jujubeee, and we had a world from the Manhattan Theater Club with nominations for Joanna Gleason and Jeanine Serralles.

This year's candidates for the LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer, the group's career-like award, are André de Shields, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Jinkx Monsoon, Andrew Scott, Paul Tazewell and George C. Wolfe.

The winners will be announced on Monday, June 2, 2025, with the start of Pride Month.

Full list of nominated 2025 Dorian Theater Awards

Excellent Broadway musical

Death becomes her
Dead law
Just in time
Maybe happy ending
Operation Mincemeat
Real women have curves

Excellent Broadway game

English
The hills of California
John Proctor is the villain
The picture of Dorian Gray
Purpose

Excellent revival of the Broadway music

Floyd Collins
Gypsy
Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Sunset BLVD.

Excellent revival of the Broadway game

Eureka day
Our city
Romeo + Julia
Yellow face

Excellent LGBTQ Broadway production

Cult of love
Death becomes her
Purpose
redwood
Smash

Excellent guide in a Broadway musical

Darren Criss, maybe a happy ending
Andrew Durand, deadly lawless
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

Excellent guide in a Broadway game

Kit Connor, Romeo + Julia
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

Excellent performance in a Broadway musical

Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club
Jeb Brown, deadly lawless
Gracie Lawrence, just in time
Justina Macado, real women have curves
Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat
Jinkx monsun, 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 a mattress
Joy Woods, Gypsy

Excellent performance in a Broadway game

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 Stazza, John Proctor is the villain
Amalia Yoo, John Proctor is the villain
Kara Young, purpose

Excellent Broadway ensemble

Cult of love
Death becomes her
John Proctor is the villain
Real women have curves
Sunset BLVD.

The Broadway Showstopper Award

Death becomes her – “for the look”
Gypsy – “Rose's Turn”
John Proctor is the villain – “Green Light”
Maybe a happy ending – “hunting fireflies”
Sunset BLVD. – “Sunset Boulevard”

Excellent off-broadway production

Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Grangeville
liberation
Vanya
Wine in the wilderness

Excellent LGBTQ-Off-Broadway production

Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Drag: The musical
Grangeville
The fire
We had a world

Excellent guide in an off-broadway production

Patsy Ferran, a tram called Desire
Susannah Flood, liberation
Brandon Flynn, Kowalski
Joanna Gleason, we had a world
Marla Mindelle, the big gay jamboree
Paul Mescal, a tram called Desire
Andrew Scott, Vanya
Paul Sparks, Grangeville
Alaska Thunderfuck, drag: The musical
Olivia Washington, wine in the wilderness

Excellent performance in an off-broadway production

Betsy Aidem, liberation
Billy Crudup, Henrik Ibsen's spirits
Andre de Shields, cats: the jellikelball
Drew Elhamalawy, we live in Cairo
Sydney James Harcourt, cats: The Jellicle Ball
Jujubeee, Drag: The Musical
Ahmad Kamal, Sumo
Julia Lester, all Niger
Paris nothing, the big gay jamboree
Jeanine Serralles, we had a world
Kyra Sedgwick, all of me
Chastity “Tempress” Moore, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Jenny Lee Stern, Forbidden Broadway: We cheerfully stolen a song
Jason Vasey, the fire
Natalie Walker, the big gay jamboree

LGBTQ theater artist of the season

Michael Arden
Tommy Dorfman
Jonathan Groff
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Jinkx Monsun

LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer

Andre de Shields
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Jinkx Monsun
Andrew Scott
Paul Tazewell
George C. Wolfe

Productions with several nominations

Death becomes you – 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 fire – 2
Floyd Collins – 2
The hills of California – 2
Operation Mincemeat – 2
The picture of Dorian Gray – 2
Pirates! The Penzance Musical – 2
A tram called Desire – 2
Vanya – 2
Wine in the wilderness – 2

Best revival of a piece – Live classification

Romeo + Julia – 39%

Yellow face – 16%

Our city – 14%

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