The Dorian Broadway Showstopper Award
The Dorian Broadway Showstopper Award is a theatre award given annually to honor the best standout production number or scene in a play or musical on Broadway by GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics since 2010 (the group was initially named the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association). The category was introduced in 2023 when the awards began honoring Broadway theatre.
List of winners
- Key
2020s
Year |
Number/Scene |
Performer |
Production |
Ref. |
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2023 |
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"Independently Owned" |
Alex Newell |
Shucked |
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"Better" |
Victoria Clark |
Kimberly Akimbo |
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"You Coulda Knocked Me Over with a Feather" |
J. Harrison Ghee |
Some Like It Hot |
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2024 |
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"Franklin Shepard Inc" |
Daniel Radcliffe |
Merrily We Roll Along |
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Epilogue: The Plantation Decays |
N/A |
Appropriate |
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"Chicago" |
Shara Nova, Tasha and Elijah Lyons |
Illinoise |
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"Woman Is" |
Eden Espinosa |
Lempicka |
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The Rumble |
Various |
The Outsiders |
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2025 |
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"Rose's Turn" (tie) |
Audra McDonald |
Gypsy |
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"Sunset Boulevard" (tie) |
Tom Francis |
Sunset Blvd. |
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"For the Gaze" |
Megan Hilty |
Death Becomes Her |
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"Green Light" |
Lorde (recording), Various |
John Proctor is the Villain |
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"Chasing Fireflies" |
Darren Criss and Helen J. Shen |
Maybe Happy Ending |
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2026 |
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"Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat" |
Emma Sofia |
Cats: The Jellicle Ball |
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"Memory" |
“Tempress” Chasity Moore |
Cats: The Jellicle Ball |
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"Songs of the Jellicles and the Jellicle Ball" |
Company of Cats: The Jellicle Ball |
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"Anthem" |
Nicholas Christopher |
Chess |
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"River Deep, Mountain High" |
Layton Williams |
Titanique |