The winners of the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award were announced today (6 May), with NHB author Conor McPherson's play The Night Alive named Best New Play.

An inimitably warm and stylish play that deftly mines the humanity to be found in the most unlikely of situations, The Night Alive tells the story of down-on-his-luck Tommy. Renting a run-down room in his uncle Maurice’s house and lurching from one get-rich-quick scheme to the next, he starts to hope for a brighter future when he comes to the aid of similarly troubled Aimee.

The play premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in June 2013 to critical praise, with WhatsOnStage describing it as 'superb, vivid and violent... a brilliantly fused improvisation on Harold Pinter and David Mamet'. It later transferred to the Atlantic Theater, New York, where it ran from November 2013 to February 2014.

The Night Alive was also recently nominated for Best New Play at this year's Olivier Awards.

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