Photos: Inside the 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards

The awards were presented during a private ceremony on Tuesday, May 22.

By: Bruce Glikas May. 24, 2023

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The New York Drama Critics' Circle today named Bruce Norris's Downstate best play of the 2022-23 season. The award for best foreign play went to Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt. No award was given for best musical. The selections were made at the organization's 87th annual voting meeting.

The awards were presented during a private ceremony on Tuesday, May 22. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out the photos below!

Learn more about the winners here!

The New York Drama Critics' Circle comprises 22 drama critics from daily newspapers, magazines, wire services and websites 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 special achievements), is the nation's second-oldest playwriting award, after the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Photo Credit: Bruce Glikas

Photos: Inside the 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
Harvey Fierstein and Audra McDonald

Photos: Inside the 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
Michael Arden and Harvey Fierstein

Photos: Inside the 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
Sally Murphy and Betsy Aidem

Photos: Inside the 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
Audra McDonald and Sally Murphy

Photos: Inside the 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
The Cast of "Leopoldstadt"

Photos: Inside the 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
Brandon Uranowitz and Joshua Malina

Photos: Inside the 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
Howard McGillin, Alex Joseph Grayson, Micaela Diamond, Michael Arden, Alfred Uhry and Ben Platt

Photos: Inside the 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
Carolee Carmello and Alfred Uhry

Photos: Inside the 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
Alfred Uhry, New York Drama Critics' Circle President Adam Feldman, Micaela Diamond, Ben Platt and Carolee Carmello

Photos: Inside the 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
Micaela Diamond, Ben Platt and Carolee Carmello

Photos: Inside the 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
Micaela Diamond, Ben Platt, Carolee Carmello and Howard McGillin

Photos: Inside the 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
Carolee Carmello and Howard McGillin

Photos: Inside the 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
Micaela Diamond and Carolee Carmello

Photos: Inside the 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
Micaela Diamond, Alfred Uhry and Carolee Carmello

Photos: Inside the 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
Glenn Davis and Sally Murphy

Photos: Inside the 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
Greg Nobile and Michael Arden

Photos: Inside the 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
Ben Platt and Audra McDonald

Photos: Inside the 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
Bruce Norris and Laurie Metcalf

Photos: Inside the 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
Laurie Metcalf and Michael Arden

Photos: Inside the 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
The Company of "Downstate" with Playwright Bruce Norris and Playwrights Horizon's Artistic Director Adam Greenfield