As 2012 wraps up, critics and audiences are reflecting on a fascinating and dynamic year on New York stages. Drama League Directors Project alumni productions featured heavily on this year’s Best Of… lists.

The Drama League congratulates all  of our alumni on the work they produced this year in theatres across the country. From our newest graduates and their work in DirectorFest 2012 earlier this month; to our most established alums, such as Pam MacKinnon who had two shows well represented on critics’ Top Ten 2012 lists.

Here is a round-up of other alum productions that made those lists:

• 3C (dir. Jackson Gay):
  Adam Feldman (Time Out NY); Elizabeth Vincentelli (New York Post)

• A Christmas Story: The Musical (dir. John Rando):
  Mark Kennedy (AP); Richard Zoglin (TIME Magazine)

• Clybourne Park (dir. Pam MacKinnon):
  John Lahr (The New Yorker); Mark Kennedy (AP); Charles McNulty (L.A. Times); Scott Brown (New York Magazine)

• Detroit (dir. Anne Kaufmann):
  David Cote (Time Out NY); Charles Isherwood (New York Times); Richard Zoglin (TIME Magazine); Elizabeth Vincentelli (New York Post)

• The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (dir. Diane Paulus):
  Thom Geier (Entertainment Weekly)

• Grace (dir. Dexter Bullard):
  Richard Zoglin (TIME Magazine)

• Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (dir. Rachel Chavkin):
  Adam Feldman (Time Out NY); David Cote (Time Out NY); Scott Brown (New York Magazine); Elizabeth Vincentelli (New York Post)

• Peter and the Starcatcher (dir. Alex Timbers & Roger Rees*):
  John Lahr (The New Yorker); Ben Brantley (New York Times); Scott Brown (New York Magazine)

• Restoration Comedy (dir. Ed Sylvanus Iskander)
  Bess Rowan (Huffington Post)

• The Whale (dir.Davis McCallum):
  John Lahr (The New Yorker)

• Uncle Vanya (dir. Sam Gold):
  David Cote (Time Out NY); Charles Isherwood (New York Times); Scott Brown (New York Magazine)

• Who’s Afraid of Virigina Woolf? (dir. Pam MacKinnon):
  David Cote (Time Out NY); Charles Isherwood (New York Times); Mark Kennedy (AP); Charles McNulty (L.A. Times); Scott Brown (New York Magazine); Richard Zoglin      (TIME Magazine);  Thom Geier (Entertainment Weekly); Elizabeth Vincentelli (New York Post)

* Not a Directors Project alum