Announce

2017-18 Award Winners!

“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”

Tops Win List with 6 Awards!

Followed by

“My Fair Lady” with 5 Awards, “SpongeBob SquarePants” with 4 Awards, “Angels in America” & “Carousel” with 3 Awards Each! 

New York, NY  (May 7, 2018)  Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators for media covering New York theatre, announced today its award winners for the 2017-18 season in 27 categories.

Broadway stars Jenn Colella, Jim Dale, Christine Ebersole and Martha Plimpton will serve as gala award presenters at the upcoming 68^th Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards ceremony on May 24th (3PM) at the legendary Sardi’s Restaurant.

Celebrating its 68th season of bestowing awards of excellence in the field of theatre, the Outer Critics Circle, is an association with members affiliated with more than ninety newspapers, magazines, web sites, radio and television stations, and theatre publications in America and abroad.

(Winners names are in bold preceded by an asterisk. *)

Outer Critics Circle

2017-2018 Awards

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY

The Children

Farinelli and the King

*Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

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‘SPONGBOB SQUAREPANTS’: 2017-18 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Musical. Photo: Joan Marcus

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL

Escape to Margaritaville

Frozen

Mean Girls

Prince of Broadway

*SpongeBob SquarePants

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY

*Admissions

Cost of Living

Hangmen

The Low Road

Mlima’s Tale

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL

Cruel Intentions

*Desperate Measures

Jerry Springer- The Opera

Miss You Like Hell

Woody Sez

OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL

(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

*Tina Fey     Mean Girls

Quiara Alegría Hudes     Miss You Like Hell

Kyle Jarrow     SpongeBob SquarePants

Peter Kellogg     Desperate Measures

 OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE

(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

* Jonathan Coulton, David Bowie and Brian Eno, Plain White T’s, T.I., Domani Harris, and Darwin Quinn, Brendon Urie of Panic! At the Disco, Alexander Ebert of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Cyndi Lauper and Rob Hyman, Yolanda Adams, The Flaming Lips, Sara Bareilles, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Lady Antebellum, John Legend, They Might Be Giants, Andy Paley and Tom Kenny, Derek Drymon, Mark Harrison, Stephen Hillenburg, and Blaise Smith, and Tom Kitt –  SpongeBob SquarePants

David Friedman & Peter Kellogg          Desperate Measures

Imogen Heap                   Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Erin McKeown & Quiara Alegría Hudes            Miss You Like Hell

Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez              Frozen

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY

(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

*Angels in America

Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train

Lobby Hero

Three Tall Women

Travesties

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL

(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Carousel

*My Fair Lady

Once on This Island

Pacific Overtures

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY

Jo Bonney     Cost of Living

Marianne Elliott     Angels in America

Patrick Marber     Travesties

Joe Mantello     Three Tall Women

*John Tiffany     Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL

Michael Arden     Once on This Island

Bill Castellino     Desperate Measures

*Tina Landau     SpongeBob SquarePants  (tie)

Casey Nicholaw     Mean Girls

*Bartlett Sher     My Fair Lady  (tie)

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER

Camille A. Brown     Once on This Island

Christopher Gattelli     My Fair Lady

Christopher Gattelli     SpongeBob SquarePants

Steven Hoggett     Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

*Justin Peck     Carousel

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN

(Play or Musical)

Miriam Buether     Three Tall Women

Myung Hee Cho     In the Body of the World

*Christine Jones     Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Michael Yeargan     My Fair Lady

David Zinn     SpongeBob SquarePants

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN

(Play or Musical)

Katrina Lindsay     Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Clint Ramos     Once on This Island

Paloma Young     Time and the Conways

David Zinn     SpongeBob SquarePants

*Catherine Zuber     My Fair Lady

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN

(Play or Musical)

Kevin Adams     SpongeBob SquarePants

*Neil Austin     Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Paule Constable     Angels in America

Paul Russell     Farinelli and the King

Lap Chi Chu     Mlima’s Tale

OUTSTANDING PROJECTION DESIGN

(Play or Musical)

Tim Reid     1984

Finn Ross     Frozen

Finn Ross     In the Body of the World

Finn Ross & Adam Young     Mean Girls

*Finn Ross & Ash Woodward     Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN

(Play or Musical)

*Gareth Fry     Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Kate Marvin     [Porto]

Fitz Patton     Napoli, Brooklyn

Marc Salzberg     My Fair Lady

Darron L. West     Mlima’s Tale

OUTSTANDING ORCHESTRATIONS

Jason Robert Brown, Charlie Rosen, Larry Blank, & Sam Davis          Prince of Broadway

Tom Kitt     SpongeBob SquarePants

AnnMarie Milazzo & Michael Starobin     Once on This Island

*Jonathan Tunick     Carousel

Claire van Kampen     Farinelli and the King

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY

Sean Carvajal     Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train

*Andrew Garfield     Angels in America

Tom Hollander     Travesties

Gregg Mozgala     Cost of Living

Michael Urie     The Government Inspector

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY

MaameYaa Boafo     School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play

Jessica Hecht     Admissions

*Glenda Jackson     Three Tall Women

Lauren Ridloff     Children of a Lesser God

Katy Sullivan     Cost of Living

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Harry Hadden-Paton     My Fair Lady

Joshua Henry     Carousel

David M. Lutken     Woody Sez

Conor Ryan     Desperate Measures

*Ethan Slater     SpongeBob SquarePants

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

*Lauren Ambrose     My Fair Lady

Erika Henningsen     Mean Girls

Hailey Kilgore     Once On This Island

Taylor Louderman     Mean Girls

Patti Murin     Frozen

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY

Anthony Boyle     Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Johnny Flynn     Hangmen

*Nathan Lane     Angels in America

David Morse     The Iceman Cometh

Paul Sparks     At Home at the Zoo

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY

Jamie Brewer     Amy and the Orphans

Denise Gough     Angels in America

Harriet Harris     The Low Road

* Laurie Metcalf     Three Tall Women

Mary Testa     The Government Inspector

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

*Norbert Leo Butz     My Fair Lady

Alexander Gemignani     Carousel

Gavin Lee     SpongeBob SquarePants

Nick Wyman     Desperate Measures

Tony Yazbeck     Prince of Broadway

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Kerry Butler    Mean Girls

*Lindsay Mendez     Carousel

Lauren Molina     Desperate Measures

Ashley Park     Mean Girls  

Emily Skinner     Prince of Broadway

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE

*Billy Crudup     Harry Clarke

Eve Ensler     In the Body of the World

Alison Fraser     Squeamish

John Lithgow     Stories By Heart

Sharon Washington     Feeding the Dragon

JOHN GASSNER AWARD

(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)

Kate Benson     [Porto]

*Jocelyn Bioh     School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play

Lindsey Ferrentino     Amy and the Orphans

Meghan Kennedy     Napoli, Brooklyn

Dominique Morisseau     Pipeline

Awards Talley for 3 or more:

“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” – 6; “My Fair Lady” – 5; “SpongeBob SquarePants” – 4; “Angels in America” – 3; and “Carousel” – 3.

***Please Note:   “The Band’s Visit” was nominated for and received multiple awards from the Outer Critics Circle last season and therefore was not considered again for this year.

2017-18 Outer Critics Circle Nominating Committee

Simon Saltzman, Stanley L. Cohen, Patrick Hoffman, Joseph Cervelli,  Aubrey Reuben, David Gordon & Harry Haun

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For Immediate Release:
67th Annual Awards
Outer Critics Circle
Announce
2016-17 Season Nominees
“Anastasia” Heads the List with 13 Nominations!
Followed by
“Hello, Dolly!” with 10 Nominations!
“The Band’s Visit” & “Come From Away”
with 7 Nominations each!
The First Broadway/Off-Broadway Award Nominees of the Season!

Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators covering New York theater for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, announced today (April 25, 2017) its nominees for the 2016-17 season. Broadway’s “Fiddler on the Roof” star Danny Burstein along with last season’s high-kicking “She Loves Me” sensation and TV favorite Jane Krakowski presided over the (11AM) announcement ceremony in the Oak Room at New York’s renowned Algonquin Hotel (59 W 44th Street).

This season Outer Critics Circle is proud to post two new award categories, “Outstanding Sound Design” and “Outstanding Orchestrations” increasing award nominations to 27 categories.

Please Note: The Off-Broadway productions of “Dear Evan Hansen,” “InTransit,” “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812” and “Significant Other” were evaluated, nominated and/ or received awards from Outer Critics Circle in previous seasons and therefore were not considered for this year. In the case of the Broadway musical “Sunset Boulevard,” Glenn Close won the Outstanding Actress Award in a Musical for her original performance. Any new elements for these current productions were assessed for this year’s awards. In addition, due to OCC’s nomination deadline last season, the producers of the Broadway musical “Shuffle Along,” asked to be included with this year’s entries.

Celebrating its 67th season of bestowing awards of excellence in the field of theatre, the Outer Critics Circle is an association with members affiliated with more than ninety newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, internet, and theatre publications in America and abroad.

The winners will be announced on Monday, May 8th. The annual Gala Awards Dinner and presentation of awards to the winners will be held on Thursday, May 25th (3PM) at the legendary Sardi’s Restaurant.

Outer Critics Circle 2016-2017 Award Nominations

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY

A Doll’s House, Part 2

Indecent

Oslo

Sweat

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL

Anastasia

A Bronx Tale

Come From Away

Groundhog Day

Holiday Inn

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY

If I Forget

Incognito

A Life

Linda

Love, Love, Love

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL

The Band’s Visit

Hadestown

Himself and Nora

Kid Victory

Spamilton

OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL

(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Terrence McNally, Anastasia

Itamar Moses, The Band’s Visit

Chazz Palminteri, A Bronx Tale

Danny Rubin, Groundhog Day

Irene Sankoff & David Hein, Come From Away

OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE

(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens, Anastasia

Alan Menken & Glenn Slater, A Bronx Tale

Tim Minchin, Groundhog Day

Irene Sankoff & David Hein, Come From Away

David Yazbek, The Band’s Visit

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY

(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

The Front Page

Jitney

The Little Foxes

Othello

The Price

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL

(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Finian’s Rainbow

Hello, Dolly!

Miss Saigon

Sunset Boulevard

Sweeney Todd

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY

Lila Neugebauer, The Wolves

Jack O’Brien, The Front Page

Daniel Sullivan, The Little Foxes

Rebecca Taichman, Indecent

Kate Whoriskey, Sweat

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL

Christopher Ashley, Come From Away

David Cromer, The Band’s Visit

Darko Tresnjak, Anastasia

Matthew Warchus, Groundhog Day

Jerry Zaks Hello, Dolly!

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER

Andy Blankenbuehler, Bandstand

Warren Carlyle, Hello, Dolly!

Savion Glover, Shuffle Along

Kelly Devine, Come From Away

Denis Jones, Holiday Inn

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN

(Play or Musical)

Alexander Dodge, Anastasia

Nigel Hook, The Play That Goes Wrong

Mimi Lien Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Scott Pask, The Little Foxes

Douglas W. Schmidt, The Front Page

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN

(Play or Musical)

Linda Cho, Anastasia

Susan Hilferty, Present Laughter

Santo Loquasto, Hello, Dolly!

Ann Roth, Shuffle Along

Catherine Zuber, War Paint

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN

(Play or Musical)
Christopher Akerlind, Indecent

Donald Holder, Anastasia

Natasha Katz, Hello, Dolly!

Bradley King, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Kenneth Posner War Paint

OUTSTANDING PROJECTION DESIGN

(Play or Musical)

Duncan McLean. Privacy

Jared Mezzocchi, Vietgone

Benjamin Pearcy for 59 Productions Oslo

Aaron Rhyne, Anastasia

Tal Yarden, Indecent

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN

(Play or Musical)
Gareth Fry & Pete Malkin, The Encounter

Gareth Owen, Come From Away

Nicholas Pope Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Matt Stine, Sweeney Todd

Nevin Steinberg, Bandstand

OUTSTANDING ORCHESTRATIONS

Doug Besterman, Anastasia

Larry Blank, Holiday Inn

Bill Elliott & Greg Anthony Rassen, Bandstand

Larry Hochman, Hello, Dolly!

Jamshied Sharifi, The Band’s Visit

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY

Daniel Craig, Othello

Michael Emerson, Wakey, Wakey

Kevin Kline, Present Laughter

David Oyelowo, Othello

David Hyde Pierce, A Life

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY

Janie Dee, Linda

Sally Field, The Glass Menagerie

Allison Janney , Six Degrees of Separation

Laura Linney, The Little Foxes

Laurie Metcalf A Doll’s House, Part 2

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Christian Borle, Falsettos

Nick Cordero, A Bronx Tale

Andy Karl, Groundhog Day

David Hyde Pierce, Hello, Dolly!

Tony Shalhoub, The Band’s Visit

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Christy Altomare, Anastasia

Christine Ebersole, War Paint

Katrina Lenk, The Band’s Visit

Patti LuPone, War Paint

Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly!

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY

Michael Aronov, Oslo

Danny DeVito, The Price

Nathan Lane, The Front Page

Richard Thomas, The Little Foxes

Richard Topol, Indecent

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY

Johanna Day, Sweat

Jayne Houdyshell A Doll’s House, Part 2

Katrina Lenk, Indecent

Nana Mensah, Man From Nebraska

Cynthia Nixon, The Little Foxes

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

John Bolton, Anastasia

Jeffry Denman, Kid Victory

Gavin Creel, Hello, Dolly!

Shuler Hensley, Sweet Charity

Andrew Rannells, Falsettos

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Kate Baldwin, Hello, Dolly!

Stephanie J. Block, Falsettos

Jenn Colella, Come From Away

Caroline O’Connor, Anastasia

Mary Beth Peil, Anastasia

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE

Ed Dixon Georgie: My Adventures with George Rose

Marin Ireland, On the Exhale

Sarah Jones, Sell / Buy / Date

Judith Light, All the Ways to Say I Love You

Simon McBurney, The Encounter

JOHN GASSNER AWARD

(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)

Jaclyn Backhaus, Men on Boats

Sarah DeLappe, The Wolves

Paola Lázaro, Tell Hector I Miss Him

Qui Nguyen, Vietgone

Bess Wohl, Small Mouth Sounds

2016-17 Outer Critics Circle Executive / Nominating Committee

Simon Saltzman (President)

Mario Fratti (Vice-President) Stanley L. Cohen (Treasurer)

Patrick Hoffman (Corresponding Secretary) Joseph Cervelli (Recording Secretary)

Glenn Loney (Historian & Member-at-Large)

And Aubrey Reuben, David Gordon & Harry Haun (Members-at-Large)

Nominations Talley for 3 or more:

Anastasia – 13; Hello, Dolly! – 10; The Band’s Visit – 7; Come From Away – 7; Indecent – 6; The Little Foxes – 6; Groundhog Day – 5; A Bronx Tale – 4; The Front Page – 4; War Paint – 4; Bandstand – 3; A Doll’s House – 3; Holiday Inn – 3; Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 – 3; Oslo – 3; Sweat – 3

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