In 1989, the newspaper's executive editor decreed that their critics could no longer participate in any awards. Īlthough Brooks Atkinson of the New York Times was the first President of the NYDCC, Times critics are no longer permitted to be members of the Drama Critics' Circle. The award for Best Play includes a cash prize of $2,500, and a cash award of $1,000 is given to the playwright who receives the award for Best American or Foreign Play. Special Citations may also be awarded for actors, companies or work of special merit. Since 1945, the Circle has also given out awards for Best Musical. The awards are later presented in a small ceremony.

If the winner of that award is American, the Circle then votes on whether to give an award for Best Foreign Play as well if the Best Play winner is of foreign origin, the Circle may give out an award for Best American Play. At the end of each theater season, it votes on the annual New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards, the second oldest theater award in the United States (after the Pulitzer Prize). The New York Drama Critics' Circle meets twice a year.

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