NY Drama Critics' Circle 2005-06 Announces Winners 5/11

Adam Feldman, president of the New York Drama Critics' Circle (NYDCC), announced today that the Circle will meet at the offices of Time Out New York magazine on Thursday, May 11, to select the winners of the 70th annual New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards, which will be announced at approximately 7pm, immediately following the meeting.

The awards will be presented at a cocktail reception to be held on Tuesday, May 23, at the Algonquin Hotel, where the NYDCC was founded in 1935 by such legendary critics as Brooks Atkinson, Walter Winchell and Robert Benchley.

The New York Drama Critics' Circle comprises 19 drama critics from daily newspapers, magazines and wire services based in the New York metropolitan area. The New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, which has been awarded every year since 1936 to the best new play of the season (with optional awards for foreign—or American—plays, musicals, and performers), is the nation's second oldest theatre award, after the Pulitzer Prize for drama.

The prestigious award for best play carries with it a cash prize of $2,500. Also, a cash award of $1,000 will go to the playwright who receives the award for best American or foreign play. The awards, which were enhanced last year, are made possible by a grant from the Lucille Lortel Foundation.

Adam Feldman was elected president of the NYDCC in November of last year. Mr. Feldman has covered theater for Time Out New York since 2003; at 33, he is believed to be the youngest president ever of the critics' organization. Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter serves as vice president.

In addition to Mr. Feldman and Mr. Scheck, the members of the New York Drama Critics' Circle are: Clive Barnes of the New York Post; David Cote of Time Out New York; Michael Feingold of the Village Voice; Robert Feldberg of the Bergen Record; 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; Jeremy McCarter of New York; David Rooney of Variety; David Sheward of Back Stage; John Simon of Bloomberg News; Michael Sommers of The Star-Ledger/Newhouse Newspapers; Terry Teachout of The Wall Street Journal; Linda Winer of Newsday; and Richard Zoglin of Time.