Drama Critics' Circle Honors Doubt and The Pillowman

Doubt by John Patrick Shanley today won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for best play of the 2004-2005 season. The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh received the award for best foreign play. No award was given for best musical. The selections were made at the 69th annual voting meeting of the organization today at the offices of USA Today in Manhattan.

Edward Albee, a three-time NYDCC winner, will present the Circle's award for best play at a cocktail reception to be held on Tuesday, May 24, at the Algonquin Hotel where the Circle was founded in 1935.

The award for best play carries with it a cash prize of $2,500, an increase from awards in previous years. Also, for the first time, a cash award ($1,000) will go to the playwright who receives the award for best American or foreign play. The added awards are made possible by a grant from the Lucille Lortel Foundation.

Doubt, which is directed by Doug Hughes, received its world premiere at Manhattan Theatre Club where it opened on November 23, 2004. It transferred to Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre where it opened on March 31, 2005

The Pillowman, which is directed by John Crowley, received its world premiere at London's National Theatre on November 13, 2003, and its New York premiere at Broadway's Booth Theatre on April 10, 2005.

Founded in 1935, the Circle is comprised of 21 drama critics from daily newspapers, magazines, and wire services based in the New York metropolitan area. Michael Sommers of The Star-Ledger/Newhouse Newspapers is the president of the organization. The New York Drama Critics' Circle Award is the nation's second oldest theatre award, after the Pulitzer Prize for drama.

In addition to Mr. Sommers, the members of the New York Drama Critics' Circle are Clive Barnes of the New York Post; David Cote of Time Out New York; Gordon Cox of Newsday; Michael Feingold of the Village Voice; Robert Feldberg of the Bergen Record; Adam Feldman of Time Out New York; Elysa Gardner of USA Today; John Heilpern of The New York Observer; Howard Kissel of the Daily News; Michael Kuchwara of the Associated Press; Jacques le Sourd of Gannett Newspapers; Ken Mandelbaum of Broadway.com; Jeremy McCarter, The New York Sun; David Rooney of Variety; Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter; David Sheward of Back Stage; John Simon of New York; Terry Teachout of The Wall Street Journal; Linda Winer of Newsday; and Richard Zoglin of Time.

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