Overview
- Awards from the New York Drama Critics’ Circle named Little Bear Ridge Road Best Play, honored Alden Ehrenreich with Best Individual Performance for Becky Shaw, and cited Death of a Salesman for Best Ensemble.
- Special citations went to Lincoln Center Theater’s Ragtime revival, to Wallace Shawn and André Gregory for career achievement, and to Qween Jean for costumes on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Liberation, and Saturday Church.
- No Best Musical was named for 2025–26, in keeping with the group’s practice that the musical award is optional.
- The honors will be presented at a private ceremony on May 7, and the Best Play carries a $2,500 prize funded by the Lucille Lortel Foundation.
- The 22-member critics’ group, which has given annual awards since 1936, made its selections at its 90th voting meeting at the offices of Time Out New York.