The New York Drama Critics Circle, which for some reason DOESN'T include critics for The New York Times, has chosen it's awards for the 2006-2007 Season.
Here they are:
Best Play: The Coast of Utopia, by Tom Stoppard
Best American Play: Radio Golf, by August
Best Musical: Spring Awakening, by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater
Special Citation: The Broadway revival of Journey’s End
You can check out the website for the NYDCC here: www.dramacritics.org.
It is always interesting so see how the voting goes for this award, with its first, second and third balloting. There were some cool shows among the mix, including: Adam Bock’s The Thugs and Christopher Shinn’s
4 comments:
Yeah, I posed that same question to David on his blog and he said he didn't know. Some kind of procedural manuever?
I received an e-mail from Terry Teachout last night after my post was published...it said:
"The NYDCC constitution mandates that after the first round of voting, members must vote on a play--they cannot abstain. Don't ask me why--those are the rules..."
Bizarre.
So, is the implication that Terry thought NO plays were worthy and only voted for ANY of them because that was the rule? I just want to make sure I understand you correctly.
That's the way it seems to me. To not vote and then to have to vote later seems to me to be saying, "I don't think any play is deserving of this award...but if you force me to vote...here are my choices..." But you'd have to ask the NTDCC or their members for an official explanation.
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