Arts & Entertainment
‘Call Me By Your Name’ wins big at Dorian Awards
Greta Gerwig, ‘Get Out’ also receive top honors
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GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics revealed the winners of its ninth annual Dorian Awards, which recognizes achievements in film and television, on Wednesday.
“Call Me By Your Name” earned Film of the Year while Timothée Chalamet received Film Performance of the Year for his role as Elio. Chalamet also was honored as the Dorian’s Rising Star.
Greta Gerwig was named Best Director for her coming-of-age film “Lady Bird” and the critically acclaimed film “Get Out” won for Screenplay of the Year.
For television, HBO’s hit series “Big Little Lies” won TV Drama of the Year and fantasy series “American Gods” won Unsung TV Show.
Meryl Streep was honored as the Dorian Awards’ Timeless Star. Previous receipets have included Jane Fonda, Dame Angela Lansbury and Sir Ian McKellen.
The winners will be celebrated at GALECA’s annual Winners Toast on Feb. 24 in Beverly Hills.
FILM OF THE YEAR
“BPM (Beats Per Minute)” – The Orchard
“Call Me By Your Name” – Sony Pictures Classics (WINNER)
“Get Out” – Universal
Lady Bird” – A24
The Shape of Water – Fox Searchlight
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (FILM OR TELEVISION)
Sean Baker, “The Florida Project” – A24
Guillermo del Toro, “The Shape of Water” – Fox Searchlight
Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird” – A24 (WINNER)
Luca Guadagnino, “Call Me By Your Name” – Sony Pictures Classics
Christopher Nolan, “Dunkirk” – Warner Bros.
Jordan Peele, “Get Out” – Universal
BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR — ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins, “The Shape of Water” – Fox Searchlight (WINNER)
Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” – Fox Searchlight
Margot Robbie, “I, Tonya” – Neon
Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird” – A24
Daniela Vega, “A Fantastic Woman” – Sony Pictures Classics
BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTOR
Nahuel Perez Biscayart, “BPM (Beats Per Minute)” — The Orchard
Timothée Chalamet, “Call Me By Your Name” – Sony Pictures Classics (WINNER)
James Franco, “The Disaster Artist” – A24
Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out” – Universal
Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour” – Focus Features
SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR — ACTRESS
Mary J. Blige, “Mudbound” – Netflix
Tiffany Haddish, “Girls Trip” – Universal
Allison Janney, “I, Tonya” – Neon
Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird” – A24 (WINNER)
Michelle Pfeiffer, “mother!” – Paramount
SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR — ACTOR
Willem Dafoe, “The Florida Project” – A24
Armie Hammer, “Call Me By Your Name”- Sony Pictures Classics
Richard Jenkins, “The Shape of Water” – Fox Searchlight
Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” – Fox Searchlight
Michael Stuhlbarg, “Call Me By Your Name” – Sony Pictures Classics (WINNER)
LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR
“BPM (Beats Per Minute)” — The Orchard
“Battle of the Sexes” – Fox Searchlight
“Call Me By Your Name “- Sony Pictures Classics (WINNER)
“A Fantastic Woman” – Sony Pictures Classics
“God’s Own Country” – Samuel Goldwyn Films
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
“BPM (Beats Per Minute)” — The Orchard (WINNER)
“A Fantastic Woman” – Sony Pictures Classics
“First They Killed My Father” – Netflix
“The Square” – Magnolia Pictures
“Thelma” – The Orchard
SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR (ORIGINAL OR ADAPTED)
James Ivory, “Call Me By Your Name” – Sony Pictures Classics
Jordan Peele, “Get Out” – Universal (WINNER)
Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird” – A24
Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor, “The Shape of Water” – Fox Searchlight
Martin McDonagh, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” – Fox Searchlight
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
(theatrical release, TV airing or DVD release)
“Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story” – Zeitgeist/Kino Lorber
“The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson” – Netflix
“Faces Places” – Cohen Media Group (WINNER)
“Jane” – National Geographic/Abramorama
“Kedi” – Oscilloscope
VISUALLY STRIKING FILM OF THE YEAR
(honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography)
“Blade Runner 2049” – Warner Bros.
“Call Me By Your Name” – Sony Pictures Classics
“Dunkirk” – Warner Bros.
“The Shape of Water” – Fox Searchlight (WINNER)
“Wonderstruck” – Amazon
UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR
“BPM (Beats Per Minute)” – The Orchard
“Beach Rats” – Neon
“God’s Own Country” – Samuel Goldwyn Films (WINNER)
“Professor Marston and the Wonder Women” – Annapurna
“Wonderstruck” – Amazon
CAMPY FLICK OF THE YEAR
“Baywatch” – Paramount
“The Disaster Artist” – A24
“The Greatest Showman” – 20th Century Fox
“I, Tonya” – Neon
“mother!” – Paramount (WINNER)
TV DRAMA OF THE YEAR
“Big Little Lies” – HBO – HBO (WINNER)
“The Crown” – Netflix
“Feud: Bette and Joan” – FX
“The Handmaid’s Tale” – Hulu
“Twin Peaks: The Return” – Showtime
TV COMEDY OF THE YEAR
“Better Things” – FX
“GLOW” – Netflix
“The Good Place” – NBC
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” – Amazon (WINNER)
“Will & Grace” – NBC
TV PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTRESS
Clare Foy, “The Crown” – Netflix
Nicole Kidman, “Big Little Lies” – HBO (WINNER)
Jessica Lange, “Feud: Bette and Joan” – FX
Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale” – Hulu
Reese Witherspoon, “Big Little Lies” – HBO
TV PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR — ACTOR
Aziz Ansari, “Master of None” – Netflix
Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us” – NBC
Jonathan Groff, “Mindhunter” – Netflix
Kyle MacLachlan, “Twin Peaks: The Return” – Showtime (WINNER)
Alexander Skaarsgård, “Big Little Lies” – HBO
TV CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOW OF THE YEAR
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee – TBS (WINNER)
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” – HBO
“Late Night with Seth Meyers” – NBC
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” – CBS
“The Rachel Maddow Show” – MSNBC
TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Lady Gaga, “God Bless America,” “Born This Way,” etc., Super Bowl LI – Fox
Kate McKinnon, “(Kellyanne) Conway!” “Saturday Night Live” – NBC (WINNER)
Brendan McCreary, John Mulaney, “I’m Gay,” “Big Mouth” – Netflix
Pink, “Beautiful Trauma,” American Music Awards – ABC
Sasha Velour, “So Emotional,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race” – VH1
LGBTQ SHOW OF THE YEAR
“Difficult People” – Hulu
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” – VH1 (WINNER)
“Sense8” – Netflix
“Transparent”– Amazon
“Will & Grace” – NBC
UNSUNG TV SHOW OF THE YEAR
“American Gods” – Starz (WINNER)
“Dear White People” – Netflix
“Difficult People” – Hulu
“At Home with Amy Sedaris” – TruTV
“The Leftovers” – HBO
CAMPY TV SHOW OF THE YEAR
“Dynasty”
“Feud: Betty and Joan” (WINNER)
“Riverdale”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race”
“Will & Grace”
‘WE’RE WILDE ABOUT YOU!’ RISING STAR AWARD
Timothée Chalamet (WINNER)
Harris Dickinson
Tiffany Haddish
Daniel Kaluuya
Daniela Vega
WILDE WIT OF THE YEAR AWARD
(honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse)
Samantha Bee
Stephen Colbert
Kate McKinnon (WINNER – TIE)
John Oliver
Jordan Peele (WINNER – TIE)
WILDE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
(honoring a truly groundbreaking force in the fields of film, theater and/or television)
Guillermo del Toro
Greta Gerwig
Patty Jenkins
David Lynch
Jordan Peele (WINNER)
Theater
Reggie White relishing first season as artistic director of Woolly Mammoth
First five shows a reminder that ‘pressure is a privilege’
Madly talented and preternaturally energetic, Reggie D. White, 38, is about to launch his first season as artistic director of D.C.’s boundary-pushing Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.
White brings a lot to the job. As actor, playwright, and director, his varied resume includes a 2019 Broadway acting debut in Matthew López’s Tony Award–winning play “The Inheritance,” his semi-autobiographic play “Fremont Ave.” that opened to acclaim last season at Arena Stage, and a number of exciting regional directing credits.
A longtime admirer of Woolly, the out theater-maker was selected from a pool of candidates before receiving the offer last November and starting work in January. His season of five world premieres kicks off with gay playwright Steve Yockey’s “Venus” (Sept. 9-Oct. 4), a darkly funny study of modern relationships told through two lesbians looking back on their first encounter.
White was introduced to Woolly Mammoth as a pre-law student at Cal State Hayward in the San Francisco Bay Area, long before he foresaw a life in the arts. “As part of a random theater history course, I was assigned to write a paper on a counterculture company called Woolly Mammoth,” he recalls “Strange name. I was like what the hell is that?”
Nineteen-year-old White was intrigued. Research acquainted him with Howard Shalwitz who co-founded Woolly in 1980, and the company’s commitment to living playwrights and new work. He also learned how theater could be used as a tool for difficult conversations and shape the way people thought about social issues by employing imagination and rigor.
“Never in a million years did young me envision that one day I’d be Woolly’s third artistic director in its 46-year history,” says White. “It’s kind of serendipitously insane.”
WASHINGTON BLADE: Was there a moment when the enormity of the job hit you?
REGGIE D. WHITE: After I’d signed my contract and finished all the paperwork, I got my keys and sat in the theater by myself in the dark and thought about what an incredible honor it is to be trusted with what happens in this beautiful space [in D.C.’s Penn Quarter]. I might have cried. Sometimes I have to pinch myself to remember it’s real.
BLADE: Are you curating the upcoming 2026–2027 season?
WHITE: Yes, I am. It’s very rare that an incoming artistic director gets to program their first season, but I was lucky in terms of time. After being hired late last year, I asked Woolly’s managing director Kimberly E. Douglas, if she thought it would be crazy if I programmed the season. She warned me it would be hard.
I invoked tennis legend Billie Jean King’s maxim “pressure is a privilege” and got to work.
These plays [dubbed White’s “first five”] represent both the kind of theater that Woolly can do really well and speak directly to my voice as curator and how I want to contribute to the larger theatrical conversation in the DMV.
Getting here has meant a lot of late nights. But I knew the juice would be worth the squeeze.
BLADE: As a queer artistic director, what makes you unique?
WHITE: When I was playing in “Inheritance” on Broadway, after a performance, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sotomayer came backstage to meet the cast. She spoke about how her lens on the world as a Puerto Rican woman shapes her decisions. Similarly, because I’m a queer Black man I see through a lens that shapes my work.
I know I’m not the only queer artistic director in town. For me, it influences how I make editorial decisions. Out of this season’s five plays there are explicitly queer characters in four [“Venus,” “Chanukkah Spectacular,” “Ten Grand,” and “Love I Awethu Further”] and I’m directing two [“Venus,” “Ten Grand”].
BLADE: Will we see familiar faces?
WHITE: Every show this season will feature a Woolly Mammoth company member in its cast. Our company also includes designers and directors who we’ll include. I’m invested in continuing to provide a showcase for their work.
BLADE: How do you think queer audiences will receive the season?
WHITE: Very well, I think. For queer people who’ve had to navigate the world subversively and solve problems in unique ways, I think it will be especially interesting. I find theater a potent place for questions.
Like all artistic directors. I’ll show up for the job in my own way. I’m just excited that I’ve been invited to bring the fullness of myself to the role.
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