Another week, another serving of awards-flavored corn puddin’ for Schmigadoon! The Broadway version of the Apple TV series led the field at the 2026 Dorian Theater Awards, hosted by GALECA, the Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics. Schmigadoon! received nine nominations with The Lost Boys coming in close behind with eight. Both shows were the most-nominated productions from the 2025-26 Broadway season when Tony nominees were unveiled on May 5.
The Dorian nods for Schmigadoon! included bids for performers Sara Chase, Ana Gasteyer, and Max Clayton, along with Best Musical and Best LGBTQ Broadway Production. Meanwhile, The Lost Boys managed to squeeze three acting nominees into the gender neutral Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Musical category: Shoshana Bean, Ali Louis Bourzgui, and Benjamin Pajak.
Because Dorian voters had previously bestowed Titanique and Cats: The Jellicle Ball with their Outstanding Off-Broadway Production honor in 2023 and 2025, respectively, only new elements were eligible for his year’s kudos. But both shows still displayed impressive strength. Olivier-winning Titanique player Layton Williams muscled his way into Featured Performance in a Broadway Musical and his signature production number — a rousing rendition of Tina Turner’s “River Deep, Mountain High” — was nominated for the Dorian’s unique Broadway Showstopper Award.
Cats: The Jellicle Ball pounced on that category as well with three nominated songs: “Memory,” “Skimbleshanks The Railway Cat,” and “Songs of the Jellicles and the Jellicle Ball.” Some pundits have wondered if momentum in the Tony race for Musical Revival is shifting towards Ragtime after Cats only managed one acting nominee for André De Shields, who previously won a Dorian Theater Award for playing Old Deuteronomy. But The Jellicle Ball clearly remains a major threat if it could knock Ragtime‘s many emotional songs out of the Showstopper category.
Junior LaBeija may not have earned a Tony nomination for his portrayal of Gus the Theatre Cat in The Jellicle Ball, but the ballroom icon is nominated for the Dorian’s LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer award. The “opulent” emcee finds himself in the company of such Broadway heavy hitters as The Lost Boys and Queen of Versailles director Michael Arden, Death of a Salesman star Nathan Lane, Salesman and Little Bear Ridge Road director Joe Mantello, and Rocky Horror Show director Sam Pinkleton. The fact that two creatives from Death of a Salesman are up for this honor indicates it will be a dominant player at the Tony Awards.
In the off-Broadway categories, Jordan Tannahill’s radical new play Prince Faggot earned seven nominations. The hit show was nominated in every category for which it was eligible, including a writing bid for Tannahill and three acting nominations for John McRea, K. Todd Freeman, and David Greenspan.
Winners of the 2026 Dorian Theater Awards will be announced on Monday, June 1. This also marks the beginning of LGBTQ Pride Month and the final days of Tony voting, making the Dorians the last set of winners many Tony voters will see before they submit their ballots.
See the full list of 2026 Dorian Theater Awards nominations below.
Outstanding Broadway Musical
The Lost Boys
Schmigadoon!
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Outstanding Broadway Play
The Balusters
Giant
Little Bear Ridge Road
Punch
Outstanding Broadway Musical Revival
Chess
Ragtime
The Rocky Horror Show
Outstanding Broadway Play Revival
Death of a Salesman
Becky Shaw
Fallen Angels
Marjorie Prime
Oedipus
Outstanding LGBTQ Broadway Production
Little Bear Ridge Road
The Rocky Horror Show
Schmigadoon!
The Lost Boys
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Musical
Sara Chase, Schmigadoon!
Kristin Chenoweth, The Queen of Versailles
Nicholas Christopher, Chess
Luke Evans, The Rocky Horror Show
Joshua Henry, Ragtime
Stephanie Hsu, The Rocky Horror Show
Caissie Levy, Ragtime
Sam Tutty, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Brandon Uranowitz, Ragtime
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Play
Rose Byrne, Fallen Angels
Carrie Coon, Bug
Will Harrison, Punch
Nathan Lane, Death of a Salesman
John Lithgow, Giant
Lesley Manville, Oedipus
Laurie Metcalf, Little Bear Ridge Road
Kelli O’Hara, Fallen Angels
Daniel Radcliffe, Every Brilliant Thing
Mark Strong, Oedipus
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Musical
Melissa Barrera, Titaníque
Shoshana Bean, The Lost Boys
Ali Louis Bourzgui, The Lost Boys
Max Clayton, Schmigadoon!
Rachel Dratch, The Rocky Horror Show
Ana Gasteyer, Schmigadoon!
Leiomy, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Ben Levi Ross, Ragtime
Benjamin Pajak, The Lost Boys
Layton Williams, Titaníque
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Play
Christopher Abbott, Death of a Salesman
Marylouise Burke, The Balusters
Danny Burstein, Marjorie Prime
Alden Ehrenreich, Becky Shaw
Linda Emond, Becky Shaw
Jessica Hecht, Dog Day Afternoon
Laurie Metcalf, Death of a Salesman
Cynthia Nixon, Marjorie Prime
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
June Squibb, Marjorie Prime
Outstanding Broadway Ensemble
Death of a Salesman
The Balusters
Ragtime
The Rocky Horror Show
Schmigadoon!
Outstanding Original Score of a Broadway Production
Death of a Salesman by Caroline Shaw
The Lost Boys by The Rescues
Schmigadoon! by Cinco Paul
The Queen of Versailles by Stephen Schwartz
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) by Jim Barne & Kit Buchan
Outstanding Book of a Broadway Musical
The Lost Boys by David Hornsby and Chris Hoch
Schmigadoon! by Cinco Paul
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) by Jim Barne & Kit Buchan
Outstanding Script of a Broadway Play
The Balusters by David Lindsay-Abaire
Giant by Mark Rosenblatt
Little Bear Ridge Road by Samuel D. Hunter.
Punch by James Graham
Outstanding Design of a Broadway Production
Bug
Cats: The Jellicle Ball
The Lost Boys
The Rocky Horror Show
Schmigadoon!
The Broadway Showstopper Award
– To a standout production number or scene
Cats: The Jellicle Ball – “Memory” (“Tempress” Chasity Moore)
Cats: The Jellicle Ball – “Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat” (Emma Sofia)
Cats: The Jellicle Ball – “Songs of the Jellicles and the Jellicle Ball” (company)
Chess – “Anthem” (Nicholas Christopher)
Titaníque – “River Deep, Mountain High” (Layton Williams)
Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical
Beau: The Musical
The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse
Mexodus
Saturday Church
The Seat of Our Pants
Outstanding Off-Broadway Play
Are the Bennett Girls Ok?
Bowl EP
Cold War Choir Practice
Meet the Cartozians
Prince Faggot
Outstanding Off-Broadway Revival
Bat Boy: The Musical
Heathers, The Musical
Oratorio for Living Things
Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Park)
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Outstanding LGBTQ Off-Broadway Production
Beau: The Musical
Becoming Eve
Bowl EP
Prince Faggot
Saturday Church
ta-da!
Outstanding Lead Performance in an Off-Broadway Production
Bryson Battle, Saturday Church
Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Well, I’ll Let You Go
Alana Raquel Bowers, Cold War Choir Practice
Will Brill, Kramer/Fauci
Tommy Dorfman, Becoming Eve
David Greenspan, I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan
Ryan J. Haddad, Hold Me in the Water
Marin Ireland, Queens
John McCrea, Prince Faggot
Matt Rodin, Beau: The Musical
Outstanding Featured Performance in an Off-Broadway Production
Caroline Aaron, The Reservoir
Sierra Boggess, Prosperous Fools
Justin Cooley, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
K. Todd Freeman, Prince Faggot
J. Harrison Ghee, Saturday Church
David Greenspan, Prince Faggot
Judy Kuhn, The Baker’s Wife
McKenzie Kurtz, Heathers, The Musical
Casey Likes, Heathers, The Musical
Deirdre O’Connell, Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp.
Jasmine Amy Rogers, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
David Turner, Mother Russia
Outstanding Writing for an Off-Broadway Production
Becoming Eve by Emil Weinstein
Bowl EP by Nazareth Hassan
Caroline by Preston Max Allen
Cold War Choir Practice by Ro Reddick
Practice by Nazareth Hassan
Prince Faggot by Jordan Tannahill
Outstanding Design for an Off-Broadway Production
Beau: The Musical
Bowl EP
Cold War Choir Practice
Masquerade
Prince Faggot
LGBTQ Theater Artist of the Season
Michael Arden
Shayok Misha Chowdhury
Luke Evans
Qween Jean
Constantine Rousouli
Brandon Uranowitz
LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer
— For a lifelong commitment to creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity
Michael Arden
Junior LaBeija
Nathan Lane
Joe Mantello
Sam Pinkleton
Broadway Productions with Multiple Nominations
Schmigadoon! — 9
The Lost Boys — 8
The Rocky Horror Show — 7
Ragtime — 6
Death of a Salesman — 5
The Balusters — 4
Cats: The Jellicle Ball — 4
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) — 4
Becky Shaw — 3
Chess — 3
Fallen Angels — 3
Giant — 3
Little Bear Ridge Road — 3
Oedipus — 3
Punch — 3
Titaníque — 3
Bug — 2
The Queen of Versailles — 2
Off-Broadway Productions with Multiple Nominations
Prince Faggot — 7
Bowl EP — 4
Cold War Choir Practice — 4
Saturday Church — 4
Beau: The Musical — 3
Becoming Eve — 3
Heathers, The Musical — 3
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee — 3
