We were fortunate to have seen 17 different productions in 2025: 14 on Broadway and 3 off-Broadway. These are the shows we considered in all categories this year: Bat Boy: The Musical. Buena Vista Social Club, Dead Outlaw, Death Becomes Her, Floyd Collins, Gypsy, Heathers, John Proctor is the Villain, Operation Mincemeat, The Queen of Versailles, Ragtime, Real Women Have Curves, Redwood, Romeo + Juliet, Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) and Urinetown. There were two productions we paid another visit to: Hadestown and Sunset Boulevard and considered only those elements which were new to us this time around. We made our selections separately, so below you'll see where we agreed, where we differed, and those things we each just had to include. Our selections are arranged in alphabetical order below.
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2025 in Review:
Our Favorite Writing and Direction
FAVORITE NEW BROADWAY SONG
"Dear Bill" from Operation Mincemeat
Sung by Jak Malone
Music and Lyrics by David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts
HONORABLE MENTION
Jeff and Mike
"Dead" from Dead Outlaw
Sung by the Company
Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna
"If I Were a Bird" from Real Women Have Curves
Sung by Aline Mayagoitia and Tatianna Córdoba
Music by Benjamin Velez and Joy Huerta
"New York" from Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Sung by Sam Tutty
Music and Lyrics by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan
HONORABLE MENTION
Jeff
"For the Gaze" from Death Becomes Her
Sung by Megan Hilty and the Ensemble
Music and Lyrics by Julia Mattison and Noel Carey
Mike
"Millicent's Song" from Dead Outlaw
Sung by the Julia Knitel
Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna
FAVORITE NEW SCORE
TIE
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Dead Outlaw
Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna
Real Women Have Curves
Music by Benjamin Velez and Joy Huerta
HONORABLE MENTION
Jeff and Mike
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Music and Lyrics by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan
FAVORITE ORCHESTRATIONS
TIE
Floyd Collins
Orchestrations by Bruce Coughlin
Ragtime
Orchestrations by William David Brohn
HONORABLE MENTION
Mike
Sunset Blvd.**
Orchestrations by David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber
HONORABLE MENTION
Jeff
Buena Vista Social Club
Orchestrations by Marco Paguia
FAVORITE NEW BOOK OF A MUSICAL
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Operation Mincemeat
Book by David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts
HONORABLE MENTION
Jeff and Mike
Dead Outlaw
Book by Itamar Moses
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Book by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan
FAVORITE CHOREOGRAPHY
Buena Vista Social Club
Choreography by Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck
HONORABLE MENTION
Jeff and Mike
Death Becomes Her
Choreography by Christopher Gattelli
FAVORITE DIRECTION - PLAY
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Danya Taymor
John Proctor is the Villain
FAVORITE DIRECTION - MUSICAL
Lear deBessonet
Ragtime
HONORABLE MENTION
Jeff and Mike
David Cromer
Dead Outlaw
Tina Landau
Floyd Collins
** - Mike saw Sunset Boulevard in 2025 and he will consider the show for this year's review. I saw it for the first time in 2024, and I will not be considering it for any honors unless it is a new-in-2025 element.
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