Broadway's Liberation, Oedipus, Purpose, Redwood, Smash Nominated for 2026 GLAAD Media Awards | Playbill

Awards Broadway's Liberation, Oedipus, Purpose, Redwood, Smash Nominated for 2026 GLAAD Media Awards

Since 1990, the honors have grown to be the most visible annual LGBTQIA+ awards show in the world.

GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, has revealed the nominees for the 37th GLAAD Media Awards. The ceremony will be held in Los Angeles March 5.

This year's class include 291 nominees across 32 categories, honoring outstanding fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues in film, television, gaming, music, podcasting, journalism, Spanish-Language media, and more, all work that was published, released, or broadcast in 2025.

"The most popular series and media appear on this year’s list of nominees because LGBTQ stories are a winning strategy for a global audience who demands bold and original storytelling. As the media landscape shifts, gaming, local news, and podcasts have also emerged as proud homes to LGBTQ talent and narratives,” said GLAAD President & CEO, Sarah Kate Ellis. “In the face of rising anti-LGBTQ disinformation, GLAAD remains relentless in our mission to work across all forms of media and to tell the fair and accurate stories that protect values of family, fairness, and freedom for all."

The nominees for Outstanding Broadway Production are LiberationOedipusPurposeRedwood, and Smash.

Additional nominees including Breaking the Binary Theatre, receiving a non-competitive special recognition award for The Drowsy Chaperone in Concert; Blue Moon and Kiss of the Spider Woman, both up for Outstanding Film – Wide Theatrical Release; A Nice Indian Boy (starring Jonathan Groff), nominated for Outstanding Film – Limited Theatrical Release; Hedda, up for Outstanding Film – Streaming or TV; Mid-Century Modern (starring Nathan Lane, Matt Bomer, Nathan Lee Graham, and Linda Lavin), nominated for Outstanding New TV Series; Abbott Elementary, Hacks, and Hazbin Hotel, all featuring Broadway talent and up for Outstanding Comedy Series; the Broadway star-packed The Gilded Age, nominated for Outstanding Drama Series; and Mean Girls star Renée Rapp, up for Outstanding Music Artist for Bite Me.

    For the complete list of nominees, visit GLAAD.org.

     
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