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2025 Dorian Theater Awards
OUTSTANDING BROADWAY MUSICAL
Death Becomes Her
Dead Outlaw
Just in Time
⭐ Maybe Happy Ending
Operation Mincemeat
Real Women Have Curves
OUTSTANDING BROADWAY PLAY
English
The Hills of California
⭐ John Proctor is the Villain
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Purpose
OUTSTANDING BROADWAY MUSICAL REVIVAL
Floyd Collins
Gypsy
Pirates! The Penzance Musical
⭐ Sunset Blvd.
OUTSTANDING BROADWAY PLAY REVIVAL
⭐ Eureka Day
Our Town
Romeo + Juliet
Yellow Face
OUTSTANDING LGBTQ BROADWAY PRODUCTION
Cult of Love
⭐ Death Becomes Her
Purpose
Redwood
SMASH
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A BROADWAY MUSICAL
Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending
Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw
Tom Francis, Sunset Blvd.
Jonathan Groff, Just in Time
Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her
⭐ Audra McDonald, Gypsy
Jasmine Amy Rogers, BOOP! The Musical
Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd.
Helen J. Shen, Maybe Happy Ending
Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A BROADWAY PLAY
Kit Connor, Romeo + Juliet
Laura Donnelly, The Hills of California
Mia Farrow, The Roommate
Daniel Dae Kim, Yellow Face
Sydney Lemmon, JOB
Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Jon Michael Hill, Purpose
LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Purpose
Sadie Sink, John Proctor is the Villain
⭐ Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray
OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A BROADWAY MUSICAL
Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club
Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw
Gracie Lawrence, Just in Time
Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves
⭐ Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat
Jinkx Monsoon, Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Lea Salonga, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends
Christopher Sieber, Death Becomes Her
Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins
David Thaxton, Sunset Blvd.
Michael Urie, Once Upon a Mattress
Joy Woods, Gypsy
OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A BROADWAY PLAY
Alana Arenas, Purpose
Tala Ashe, English
Molly Bernard, Cult of Love
Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day
Francis Jue, Yellow Face
Marjan Neshat, English
Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross
Zachary Quinto, Cult of Love
⭐ Fina Strazza, John Proctor is the Villain
Amalia Yoo, John Proctor is the Villain
Kara Young, Purpose
OUTSTANDING BROADWAY ENSEMBLE
Cult of Love
Death Becomes Her
⭐ John Proctor is the Villain
– Sadie Sink, Nihar Duvvuri, Gabriel Ebert, Molly Griggs, Maggie Kuntz, Hagan Oliveras, Morgan Scott, Fina Strazza, Amalia Yoo
Real Women Have Curves
Sunset Blvd.
THE BROADWAY SHOWSTOPPER AWARD
— To a standout production number or scene
Death Becomes Her – “For the Gaze”
⭐ Gypsy – “Rose’s Turn” (TIE)
John Proctor Is the Villain – “Green Light”
Maybe Happy Ending – “Chasing Fireflies”
⭐ Sunset Blvd. – “Sunset Boulevard” (TIE)
OUTSTANDING OFF-BROADWAY PRODUCTION
⭐ Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Grangeville
Liberation
Vanya
Wine in the Wilderness
OUTSTANDING LGBTQ OFF-BROADWAY PRODUCTION
⭐ Cats: The Jellicle Ball
DRAG: The Musical
Grangeville
The Fires
We Had a World
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN AN OFF-BROADWAY PRODUCTION
Patsy Ferran, A Streetcar Named Desire
Susannah Flood, Liberation
Brandon Flynn, Kowalski
Joanna Gleason, We Had a World
Marla Mindelle, The Big Gay Jamboree
Paul Mescal, A Streetcar Named Desire
⭐ Andrew Scott, Vanya
Paul Sparks, Grangeville
Alaska Thunderfuck, DRAG: The Musical
Olivia Washington, Wine in the Wilderness
OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN AN OFF-BROADWAY PRODUCTION
Betsy Aidem, Liberation
Billy Crudup, Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts
⭐ André De Shields, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Drew Elhamalawy, We Live in Cairo
Sydney James Harcourt, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Jujubee, DRAG: The Musical
Ahmad Kamal, SUMO
Julia Lester, All Nighter
Paris Nix, The Big Gay Jamboree
Jeanine Serralles, We Had a World
Kyra Sedgwick, All of Me
“Tempress” Chastity Moore, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Jenny Lee Stern, Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole A Song
Jason Veasey, The Fires
Natalie Walker, The Big Gay Jamboree
LGBTQ THEATER ARTIST OF THE SEASON
Michael Arden
Tommy Dorfman
⭐ Jonathan Groff (TIE)
⭐ Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (TIE)
Jinkx Monsoon
LGBTQIA+ THEATER TRAILBLAZER
— For a lifelong commitment to creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity
⭐ André De Shields
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Jinkx Monsoon
Andrew Scott
Paul Tazewell
George C. Wolfe
2025 Dorian Film Awards
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FILM OF THE YEAR
Anora (Neon)
Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios)
I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
⭐️ The Substance (Mubi)
LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR
Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios)
Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
⭐️ I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
Love Lies Bleeding (A24)
Queer (A24)
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist (A24)
⭐️ Coralie Fargeat, The Substance (Mubi)
Luca Guadagnino, Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios)
RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR
Original or adapted
Sean Baker, Anora (Neon)
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance (Mubi)
⭐️ Justin Kuritzkes, Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios)
Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
Peter Straughan, Conclave (Focus Features)
LGBTQ SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR
Rose Glass and Weronika Tofilska, Love Lies Bleeding (A24)
Justin Kuritzkes, Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios)
Justin Kuritzkes, Queer (A24)
⭐️ Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
Julio Torres, Problemista (A24)
NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
All We Imagine as Light (Sideshow / Janus Films)
Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
Flow (Sideshow / Janus Films)
⭐️ I’m Still Here (Sony Pictures Classics)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Neon)
LGBTQ NON-ENGLISH FILM OF THE YEAR
Crossing (Mubi)
⭐️ Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
Queendom (Greenwich Entertainment)
Vermiglio (Sideshow / Janus Films)
All Shall Be Well (Strand Releasing)
UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR
To an exceptional movie worthy of greater attention
Didi (Focus Features)
Hundreds of Beavers (Cineverse, Vinegar Syndrome)
My Old Ass (Amazon MGM Studios)
⭐️ Problemista (A24)
Thelma (Magnolia)
UNSUNG LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR
Femme (Utopia)
My Old Ass (Amazon MGM Studios)
National Anthem (Variance, LD Entertainment)
⭐️ The People’s Joker (Altered Innocence)
Problemista (A24)
FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist (A24)
Daniel Craig, Queer (A24)
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing (A24)
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked (Universal)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths (Bleecker Street)
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl (A24)
Mikey Madison, Anora (Neon)
⭐️ Demi Moore, The Substance (Mubi)
Justice Smith, I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Michele Austin, Hard Truths (Bleecker Street)
Yura Borisov, Anora (Neon)
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures)
⭐️ Ariana Grande, Wicked (Universal)
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Jack Haven, I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing (A24)
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist (A24)
Margaret Qualley, The Substance (Mubi)
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Dahomey (Mubi)
Daughters (Netflix)
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (Netflix)
Sugarcane (National Geographic)
⭐️ Will & Harper (Netflix)
LGBTQ DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Chasing Chasing Amy (Level 33)
Frida (Amazon MGM Studios)
Merchant Ivory (Cohen Media Group)
Queendom (Greenwich Entertainment)
⭐️ Will & Harper (Netflix)
ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR
⭐️ Flow (Sideshow / Janus Films)
Inside Out 2 (Disney)
Memoir of a Snail (IFC Films)
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Netflix)
The Wild Robot (Universal, DreamWorks)
GENRE FILM OF THE YEAR
For excellence in science fiction, fantasy and horror
Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.)
I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
Nosferatu (Focus Features)
⭐️ The Substance (Mubi)
Wicked (Universal)
FILM MUSIC OF THE YEAR
The Brutalist (A24) – Daniel Blumberg
⭐️ Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios) – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Emilia Pérez (Netflix) – Clément Ducol and Camille
I Saw the TV Glow (A24) – Alex G
Wicked (Universal) – John Powell and Stephen Schwartz, et al.
VISUALLY STRIKING FILM OF THE YEAR
The Brutalist (A24)
Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.)
Nosferatu (Focus Features)
⭐️ Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
The Substance (Mubi)
CAMPIEST FLICK
Hundreds of Beavers (Cineverse, Vinegar Syndrome)
Madame Web (Sony)
Megalopolis (Lionsgate)
⭐️ The Substance (Mubi)
Trap (Warner Bros.)
“WE’RE WILDE ABOUT YOU!” RISING STAR AWARD
⭐️ Jonathan Bailey
Vera Drew
Karla Sofía Gascón
Jack Haven
Mikey Madison
Katy O’Brian
Drew Starkey
WILDE ARTIST AWARD
To a truly groundbreaking force in entertainment
⭐️ Colman Domingo
Luca Guadagnino
Coralie Fargeat
Jane Schoenbrun
Tilda Swinton
GALECA LGBTQIA+ FILM TRAILBLAZER
For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity
Vera Drew
⭐️ Cynthia Erivo
Luca Guadagnino
Jane Schoenbrun
Julio Torres
TIMELESS STAR AWARD
Honoring an exemplary career marked by character, wisdom and wit
⭐️ Demi Moore
2024 Dorian TV Awards
BEST TV DRAMA
⭐️ Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
The Curse (Showtime/Paramount+)
Fallout (Amazon Prime)
The Gilded Age (HBO)
Heartstopper (Netflix)
Shōgun (FX/Hulu)
BEST TV COMEDY
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
The Bear (FX/Hulu)
⭐️ Hacks (Max)
Reservation Dogs (FX/Hulu)
What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
BEST WRITTEN TV SHOW (new category)
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
The Bear (FX/Hulu)
Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+)
⭐️ Hacks (Max)
BEST LGBTQ TV SHOW
⭐️ Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+)
Hacks (Max)
Heartstopper (Netflix)
BEST TV MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES
⭐️ Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+)
Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans (FX/Hulu)
Ripley (Netflix)
True Detective: Night Country (HBO)
BEST UNSUNG TV SHOW
Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
Chucky (Syfy/USA)
Our Flag Means Death (Max)
⭐️ Reservation Dogs (FX/Hulu)
We Are Lady Parts (Peacock)
BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TV SHOW
Elite (Netflix)
Lupin (Netflix)
⭐️ Shōgun (FX/Hulu)
Tore (Netflix)
Young Royals (Netflix)
BEST LGBTQ NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TV SHOW (new category)
Drag Latina (Revry/LATV+)
Elite (Netflix)
Past Lies (Hulu)
Tore (Netflix)
⭐️ Young Royals (Netflix)
BEST TV PERFORMANCE—DRAMA
Jacob Anderson, Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
⭐️ Matt Bomer, Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+)
Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country (HBO)
Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Ncuti Gatwa, Doctor Who (Disney+)
Lily Gladstone, Under the Bridge (Hulu)
Tom Hollander, Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans (FX/Hulu)
Anna Sawai, Shōgun (FX/Hulu)
Andrew Scott, Ripley (Netflix)
Emma Stone, The Curse (Showtime/Paramount+)
BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE—DRAMA
⭐️ Jonathan Bailey, Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+)
Christine Baranski, The Gilded Age (HBO)
Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown (Netflix)
Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Moeka Hoshi, Shōgun (FX/Hulu)
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Fargo (FX)
Nava Mau, Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Jinkx Monsoon, Doctor Who (Disney+)
Kali Reis, True Detective: Night Country (HBO)
Benny Safdie, The Curse (Showtime/Paramount+)
BEST TV PERFORMANCE—COMEDY
Matt Berry, What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear (FX/Hulu)
Renée Elise Goldsberry, Girls5Eva (Netflix)
Devery Jacobs, Reservation Dogs (FX/Hulu)
Maya Rudolph, Loot (Apple TV+)
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
⭐️ Jean Smart, Hacks (Max)
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear (FX/Hulu)
Kristen Wiig, Palm Royale (Apple TV+)
BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE—COMEDY
Joel Kim Booster, Loot (Apple TV+)
Carol Burnett, Palm Royale (Apple TV+)
⭐️ Hannah Einbinder, Hacks (Max)
Harvey Guillén, What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Jamie Lee-Curtis, The Bear (FX/Hulu)
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear (FX/Hulu)
Megan Stalter, Hacks (Max)
Meryl Streep, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
BEST TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
Miley Cyrus, “Flowers,” 66th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS / Paramount+)
Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell, What Was I Made For?,” 96th Academy Awards (ABC)
⭐️ Ryan Gosling, “I’m Just Ken,” 96th Academy Awards (ABC)
Steve Martin, “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?,” Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Maya Rudolph, “Mother,” Saturday Night Live (NBC)
BEST TV DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Black Twitter: A People’s History (Hulu)
Girls State (Apple TV+)
The Greatest Night in Pop (Netflix)
Jim Henson Idea Man (Disney+)
⭐️ Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (Investigation Discovery)
BEST LGBTQ TV DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later (Showtime)
Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show (HBO)
⭐️ Last Call: When A Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York (HBO)
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (HBO)
The Stroll (HBO)
BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOW
The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
Hot Ones (YouTube)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
⭐️ Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
BEST REALITY SHOW
Rupaul’s Drag Race (MTV)
Queer Eye (Netflix)
Top Chef (Bravo)
⭐️ The Traitors (Peacock)
We’re Here (HBO)
BEST GENRE TV SHOW (new category)
⭐️ Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
The Fall of the House of Usher (Netflix)
Fallout (Amazon Prime)
What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Chucky (SyFy/USA)
BEST ANIMATED SHOW
Blue Eye Samurai (Netflix)
Bobs Burgers (Fox)
Harley Quinn (Max)
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix)
⭐️ X-Men ’97 (Disney+)
MOST VISUALLY STRIKING TV SHOW
Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
Fallout (Amazon Prime)
Palm Royale (Apple TV+)
⭐️ Ripley (Netflix)
Shōgun (FX/Hulu)
True Detective: Night Country (HBO)
CAMPIEST TV SHOW
Bridgerton (Netflix)
⭐️ Chucky (SyFy / USA)
Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans (FX/Hulu)
Palm Royale (Apple TV+)
The Traitors (Peacock)
WILDE WIT AWARD
To a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse
Joel Kim Booster
Quinta Brunson
Ayo Edebiri
Hannah Einbinder
⭐️ Julio Torres
GALECA TV ICON AWARD
To a uniquely talented star we adore
Gillian Anderson
Angela Bassett
⭐️ Carol Burnett
LeVar Burton
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
GALECA LGBTQIA+ TV TRAILBLAZER AWARD
For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity
RuPaul Charles
Margaret Cho
⭐️ Alan Cumming
Emma D’Arcy
Ncuti Gatwa
The Substance photo courtesy of MUBI
