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The 17th Dorian Awards FILM: Nominations 14.Jan.26 • Winners 3.Mar.26 TV: Nominations 17.Jun.26 • Winners 15.Aug.26 THEATRE: Nominations 13.May.26 • Winners 1.Jun.26 The Dorian Awards aim to honour film and television "from mainstream to gaystream". Galeca: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics is comprised of more 100 professional entertainment journalists globally, with an aim to generate camaraderie in an unsettling media environment, preserve and champion the art of constructive criticism, and remind the world the LGBTQ community has a significant history of enhancing culture at large. Notes by Rich: Since 2020, the Dorians have had separate film, television and theatre awards, with categories that look at quality, camp-value and position in the LGBTQ community. So of course these are never your normal sets of nominees! There's an intriguing mix of queer titles throughout all of the nominations (even outside the increasing number of LGBTQ categories, which seem oddly redundant when they echo mainstream nominees and winners). And there's a general willingness to look outside the popular productions ("Unsung" nominees are particularly worth seeking out). Yes, it's fun to vote for these! And the winners tend to represent my tastes more than other awards I vote in. See also: Galeca TOP TENS • Words and pics from the 2017 DORIANS WINNERS' TOAST Rich Cline has been a member of Galeca since January 2014 • Galeca is a founding member of CGEM
Dorian Film Awards W I N N E R S . . . 7/9 SINNERS 2/5 SORRY, BABY 2/3 WEAPONS 1/4 SENTIMENTAL VALUE TWINLESS 1/2 COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU KPOP DEMON HUNTERS PILLION 1/1 MISERICORDIA THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR PETER HUJAR'S DAY N O M I N E E S . . . 10 ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER 6 MARTY SUPREME 4 HAMNET HEDDA 3 BLUE MOON FRANKENSTEIN KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE 2 IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT WICKED: FOR GOOD 1 28 YEARS LATER • ARCO • AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH • BLACK BAG • BRING HER BACK • CACTUS PEARS • COVER-UP • ELIO • FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES • HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY • THE HOUSEMAID • I WAS BORN THIS WAY • THE LIBRARIANS • LITTLE AMELIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN • LIZA: A TRULY TERRIFIC ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY • LURKER • MY MOM JAYNE • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO • A NICE INDIAN BOY • NO OTHER CHOICE • PLAINCLOTHES • PREDATORS • SAUNA • THE SECRET AGENT • SIRAT • TRAIN DREAMS • VIET AND NAM • THE WEDDING BANQUET • ZOOTOPIA 2	2 0 2 6 F I L M N O M I N E E S
	F I L M Hamnet Marty Supreme One Battle After Another Sinners Sorry, Baby	L G B T Q F I L M Blue Moon Hedda Pillion Sorry, Baby Twinless
	N O N - E N G L I S H F I L M It Was Just an Accident No Other Choice Sentimental Value Sirat The Secret Agent	L G B T Q N O N - E N G L I S H F I L M Cactus Pears Misericordia Sauna The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo Viet and Nam
	D O C U M E N T A R Y Come See Me in the Good Light Cover-Up My Mom Jayne The Perfect Neighbor Predators	L G B T Q D O C U M E N T A R Y Come See Me in the Good Light Heightened Scrutiny I Was Born This Way The Librarians Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
	A N I M A T E D F I L M Arco Elio KPop Demon Hunters Little Amelie or the Character of Rain Zootopia 2	G E N R E F I L M 28 Years Later Bring Her Back Frankenstein Sinners Weapons
	U N S U N G F I L M Black Bag If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Lurker The Testament of Ann Lee Twinless	U N S U N G L G B T Q F I L M A Nice Indian Boy Kiss of the Spider Woman Peter Hujar's Day Plainclothes The Wedding Banquet
	L E A D I N G P E R F O R M A N C E Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Timothee Chalamet - Marty Supreme Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another Jessie Buckley - Hamnet Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon Michael B Jordan - Sinners Dylan O'Brien - Twinless Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value Amanda Seyfried - The Testament of Ann Lee Tessa Thompson - Hedda	S U P P O R T I N G P E R F O R M A N C E Benicio del Toro - One Battle After Another Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein Ariana Grande-Butera - Wicked: For Good Nina Hoss - Hedda Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value Amy Madigan - Weapons Wunmi Mosaku - Sinners Sean Penn - One Battle After Another Stellan Skarsgard - Sentimental Value Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another
	D I R E C T O R Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another Ryan Coogler - Sinners Jafar Panahi - It Was Just an Accident Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme Chloe Zhao - Hamnet	S C R E E N P L A Y Hamnet - Chloe Zhao, Maggie O'Farrell Marty Supreme - Josh Safdie, Ronald Bronstein One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson Sinners - Ryan Coogler Sorry, Baby - Eva Victor
	F I L M M U S I C KPop Demon Hunters - Marcelo Zarvos, Ejae, et al Marty Supreme - Daniel Lopatin One Battle After Another - Jonny Greenwood Sinners - Ludwig Goransson The Testament of Ann Lee - Daniel Blumberg	L G B T Q S C R E E N P L A Y Blue Moon - Robert Kaplow Hedda - Nia DeCosta Pillion - Harry Lighton Sorry, Baby - Eva Victor Twinless - James Sweeney
	V I S U A L L Y S T R I K I N G F I L M Avatar: Fire and Ash Frankenstein One Battle After Another Sinners Train Dreams	C A M P I E S T F L I C K Final Destination: Bloodlines Kiss of the Spider Woman The Housemaid Weapons Wicked: For Good
	R I S I N G S T A R Odessa A'zion - Marty Supreme Miles Caton - Sinners Chase Infiniti - One Battle After Another Tonatiuh - Kiss of the SPider Woman Eva Victor - Sorry, Baby	W I L D E A R T I S T A W A R D Ryan Coogler Cynthia Erivo Jinkx Monsoon Jafar Panahi Pedro Pascal
	L G B T Q T R A I L B L A Z E R Gregg Araki Jonathan Bailey Kristen Stewart Tessa Thompson Eva Victor Previous winners: Pedro Almodovar, Colman Domingo, Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monae, Isabel Sandoval	T I M E L E S S S T A R Tim Curry Previous winners: Harvey Fierstein, Jane Fonda, Jodie Foster, Nathan Lane, Angela Lansbury, Cloris Leachman, Ian McKellen, Demi Moore, Catherine O'Hara, Meryl Streep, George Takei, Lily Tomlin, John Waters, Betty White, Leslie Jordan, Rita Moreno
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Dorian TV Awards M U L T I - N O M I N E E S . . . 8 HACKS 7 HEATED RIVALRY THE PITT PLURIBUS 5 THE COMEBACK 4 HALF MAN INDUSTRY WIDOW'S BAY 3 ABBOTT ELEMENTARY EUPHORIA THE GILDED AGE 2 ALIEN: EARTH BEEF THE BOYFRIEND THE FOUR SEASONS THE MUPPET SHOW THE SUMMER HIKARU DIED THE TRAITORS	2 0 2 6 T V N O M I N E E S
	T V D R A M A Heated Rivalry Industry The Gilded Age Pluribus The Pitt	T V C O M E D Y Abbott Elementary The Comeback Hacks Shrinking Widow's Bay
	M O V I E / M I N I S E R I E S All Her Fault Beef DTF St Louis Half Man Love Story	L G B T Q T V S H O W The Comeback Hacks Half Man Heated Rivalry Pluribus
	D R A M A P E R F O R M A N C E Marisa Abela, Industry Jamie Bell, Half Man Carrie Coon, The Gilded Age Myha'la Herrold, Industry Mark Ruffalo, Task Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus Connor Storrie, Heated Rivalry Hudson Williams, Heated Rivalry Noah Wyle, The Pitt Zendaya, Euphoria	C O M E D Y P E R F O R M A N C E Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Wonder Man Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary Ayo Edebiri, The Bear Elle Fanning, Margo's Got Money Troubles Ethan Hawke, The Lowdown Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback Dan Levy, Big Mistakes Matthew Rhys, Widow's Bay Tim Robinson, The Chair Company Jean Smart, Hacks
	D R A M A S U P P O R T I N G Francois Arnaud, Heated Rivalry Patrick Ball, The Pitt Isa Briones, The Pitt Richard Gadd, Half Man Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt Ken Leung, Industry Charles Melton, Beef Sepideh Moafi, The Pitt Colman Domingo, Euphoria Karolina Wydra, Pluribus	C O M E D Y S U P P O R T I N G Leslie Bibb, Hacks Colman Domingo, The Four Seasons Paul W Downs, Hacks Hannah Einbinder, Hacks Harrison Ford, Shrinking Janelle James, Abbott Elementary Kate O'Flynn, Widow's Bay Ashley Padilla, Saturday Night Live Michelle Pfeiffer, Margo's Got Money Troubles Meg Stalter, Hacks
	N O N - E N G L I S H S H O W Blossoms of Shanghai Dan Da Dan Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Mussolini: Son of the Century Squid Game The Summer Hikaru Died	L G B T Q N O N - E N G L I S H The Boyfriend Chosen Home Go For It, Nakamura-kun! The Summer Hikaru Died Tremembe
	T V D O C U M E N T A R Y Kylie Mr Scorsese Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television Selena y Los Dinos The Yogurt Shop Murders	L G B T Q D O C U M E N T A R Y Club Cumming Enigma It's Dorothy! Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery Murder in Glitterball City
	C U R R E N T A F F A I R S S H O W The Daily Show Hot Ones Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Late Night with Seth Meyers The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	R E A L I T Y S H O W The Boyfriend Love on the Spectrum RuPaul's Drag Race Top Chef The Traitors
	A N I M A T E D S H O W Bob's Burgers Invincible Hazbin Hotel Long Story Short South Park	G E N R E S H O W Alien: Earth The Boys IT: Welcome to Derry Pluribus Widow's Bay
	U N S U N G T V S H O W Boots English Teacher The Four Seasons From Murderbot	C A M P I E S T T V S H O W All's Fair The Comeback The Hunting Wives Palm Royale The Traitors
	B E S T W R I T T E N S H O W The Comeback Hacks Heated Rivalry Pluribus The Pitt	V I S U A L L Y S T R I K I N G T V Alien: Earth Euphoria The Gilded Age Heated Rivalry Pluribus
	T V M U S I C P E R F O R M A N C E Rose's Turn - Audra McDonald at the 78th Tony Awards Super Bowl LX Halftime Show - Bad Bunny I Lied to You - Miles Caton, Raphael Saadiq, Misty Copeland, Eric Gales, Buddy Guy, Brittany Howard, Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram, Jayme Lawson, Li Jun Li, Bobby Rush, Shaboozey and Alice Smith at the 98th Academy Awards Manchild - Sabrina Carpenter and The Muppets on The Muppet Show Islands in the Stream - Sabrina Carpenter, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy on The Muppet Show	W I L D E W I T A W A R D tbc
	L G B T Q T R A I L B L A Z E R tbc Previous winners: Jerrod Carmichael, Alan Cumming, Ncuti Gatwa, Elliot Page	T V I C O N tbc Previous winners: Christine Baranski, Carol Burnett, Jennifer Coolidge, Cassandra Peterson, Jean Smart
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4th Dorian Theater Awards W I N N E R S . . . 5/6: PRINCE FAGGOT 3/6: RAGTIME 2/9: SCHMIGADOON! 2/8: THE LOST BOYS 2/4: THE BALUSTERS 2/3: GIANT 1/7: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW 1/5: DEATH OF A SALESMAN 1/4: CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL SATURDAY CHURCH 1/3: BECKY SHAW TITANIQUE THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE 1/1: HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL MASQUERADE MEXODUS WELL I'LL LET YOU GO M U L T I - N O M I N E E S . . . 4: BOWL EP COLD WAR CHOIR PRACTICE TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK) 3: BEAU: THE MUSICAL BECOMING EVE CHESS FALLEN ANGELS HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD OEDIPUS PUNCH 2: BUG THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES
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	B R O A D W A Y M U S I C A L The Lost Boys Schmigadoon! Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)	B R O A D W A Y P L A Y The Balusters Giant Little Bear Ridge Road Punch
	M U S I C A L R E V I V A L Chess Ragtime The Rocky Horror Show	P L A Y R E V I V A L Death of a Salesman Becky Shaw Fallen Angels Marjorie Prime Oedipus
	M U S I C A L L E A D P E R F O R M A N C E 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	M U S I C A L F E A T U R E D P E R F O R M A N C E Melissa Barrera, Titanique 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, Titanique
	P L A Y L E A D P E R F O R M A N C E 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	P L A Y F E A T U R E D P E R F O R M A N C E 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, Joe Turner's Come and Gone June Squibb, Marjorie Prime
	B R O A D W A Y E N S E M B L E Death of a Salesman The Balusters Ragtime The Rocky Horror Show Schmigadoon!	B R O A D W A Y S H O W S T O P P E R Anthem - Chess Memory - Cats: The Jellicle Ball River Deep, Mountain High - Titanique Songs of the Jellicles and the Jellicle Ball - Cats: The Jellicle Ball Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat - Cats: The Jellicle Ball
	B R O A D W A Y S C O R E 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	B R O A D W A Y B O O K 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
	B R O A D W A Y S C R I P T The Balusters by David Lindsay-Abaire Giant by Mark Rosenblatt Little Bear Ridge Road by Samuel D Hunter Punch by James Graham	B R O A D W A Y D E S I G N Bug Cats: The Jellicle Ball The Lost Boys The Rocky Horror Show Schmigadoon!
	L G B T Q P R O D U C T I O N B R O A D W A Y Little Bear Ridge Road The Rocky Horror Show Schmigadoon! The Lost Boys	L G B T Q P R O D U C T I O N O F F – B R O A D W A Y Beau: The Musical Becoming Eve Bowl EP Prince Faggot Saturday Church Ta-dah!
	O F F – B R O A D W A Y M U S I C A L Beau: The Musical The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse Mexodus Saturday Church The Seat of Our Pants	O F F – B R O A D W A Y P L A Y Are the Bennett Girls OK? Bowl EP Cold War Choir Practice Meet the Cartozians Prince Faggot
	O F F – B R O A D W A Y R E V I V A L Bat Boy: The Musical Heathers: The Musical Oratorio for Living Things Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Park) The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee	O F F – B R O A D W A Y W R I T I N G Becoming Eve by Eve Weinstein Bowl EP by Nazareth Hassan Caroline by Preston Max Allen Cold War Choir Practice by Ro Reddick Practice by Keenan Tyler Oliphant Prince Faggot by Jordan Tannahill
	O F F – B R O A D W A Y L E A D P E R F O R M A N C E Bryson Battle, Saturday Church Quincy Tyler Bernstein, 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	O F F – B R O A D W A Y F E A T U R E D P E R F O R M A N C E 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
	O F F – B R O A D W A Y D E S I G N Beau: The Musical Bowl EP Cold War Choir Practice Masquerade Prince Faggot	L G B T Q T H E A T E R A R T I S T Michael Arden Shayok Misha Chowdhury Luke Evans Qween Jean Constantine Rousouli Brandon Uranowitz Previous winners: Jonathan Groff, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
	L G B T Q T R A I L B L A Z E R Michael Arden Junior LaBeija Nathan Lane Joe Mantello Sam Pinkleton Previous winners: Andre De Shields, J Harrison Ghee, Paula Vogel
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