Samuel D. Hunter’s Little Bear Ridge Road was named Best Play of the 2025-2026 season by the New York Drama Critics’ Circle tonight for the Broadway staging starring Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock, directed by Joe Mantello and produced by Scott Rudin and Barry Diller.
The award for Best Individual Performance went to Alden Ehrenreich for his outstanding Broadway debut in Gina Gionfriddo’s play Becky Shaw.
And if there were any doubts that Rudin, returning to New York’s theater landscape after a prolonged hiatus following allegations of workplace bullying, has resumed his considerable place of impact on Broadway
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