Pippin Leads Outer Critics Circle Nominations with 11

Pippin leads The Outer Critics Circle Nominations for the 2012-2013 season with 11. Kinky Boots follows with nine and Chaplin and Cinderella both have eight.

The nominations are:

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
Grace
Lucky Guy
The Nance
The Testament of Mary
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
Chaplin: The Musical
A Christmas Story
Hands on a Hardbody
Kinky Boots
Matilda the Musical 

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Bad Jews
The Cockfight Play
My Name is Asher Lev
Really Really
The Whale 

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
February House
Dogfight
Giant
Here Lies Love
Murder Ballad 

OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or off-Broadway)
Cinderella
Chaplin: The Musical
Dogfight
Kinky Boots
Matilda the Musical 

OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE
(Broadway or off-Broadway)
Chaplin: The Musical
Dogfight
Hands on a Hardbody
Here Lies Love
Kinky Boots 

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
(Broadway or off-Broadway)
Golden Boy
Orphans
The Piano Lesson
The Trip to Bountiful
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or off-Broadway)
Annie
Cinderella
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Passion
Pippin 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Pam MacKinnon — Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Nicholas Martin — Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Jack O'Brien — The Nance
Bartlett Sher — Golden Boy
Michael Wilson — The Trip to Bountiful 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Warren Carlyle — Chaplin: The Musical
Scott Ellis — The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Jerry Mitchell — Kinky Boots
Diane Paulus — Pippin
Alex Timbers — Here Lies Love

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
Warren Carlyle — Chaplin: The Musical
Peter Darling — Matilda the Musical
Jerry Mitchell — Kinky Boots
Josh Rhodes — Cinderella
Chet Walker — Pippin 

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
John Lee Beatty — The Nance
Rob Howell — Matilda the Musical
David Korins — Here Lies Love
Scott Pask — Pippin
Michael Yeargan — Golden Boy 

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Amy Clark and Martin Pakledinaz — Chaplin: The Musical
Gregg Barnes — Kinky Boots
Dominique Lemieux — Pippin
William Ivey Long — Cinderella
William Ivey Long — The Mystery of Edwin Drood 

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Ken Billington — Chaplin: The Musical
Paul Gallo — Dogfight
Donald Holder — Golden Boy
Kenneth Posner — Cinderella
Kenneth Posner — Pippin 

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Tom Hanks — Lucky Guy
Shuler Hensley — The Whale
Nathan Lane — The Nance
Tracy Letts — Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
David Hyde Pierce — Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike 

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Tracee Chimo — Bad Jews
Amy Morton — Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Vanessa Redgrave — The Revisionist
Joely Richardson — Ivanov
Cicely Tyson — The Trip to Bountiful 

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Bertie Carvel — Matilda the Musical
Santino Fontana — Cinderella
Rob McClure — Chaplin: The Musical
Billy Porter — Kinky Boots
Matthew James Thomas — Pippin 

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Lilla Crawford — Annie
Valisia LeKae — Motown: The Musical
Lindsay Mendez — Dogfight
Patina Miller — Pippin
Laura Osnes — Cinderella 

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Danny Burstein — Golden Boy
Richard Kind — The Big Knife
Jonny Orsini — The Nance
Tony Shalhoub — Golden Boy
Tom Sturridge — Orphans 

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Cady Huffman — The Nance
Judith Ivey — The Heiress
Judith Light — The Assembled Parties
Kristine Nielsen — Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Vanessa Williams — The Trip to Bountiful 

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Will Chase — The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Dan Lauria — A Christmas Story
Raymond Luke — Motown: The Musical
Terrence Mann — Pippin
Daniel Stewart Sherman — Kinky Boots 

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Annaleigh Ashford — Kinky Boots
Victoria Clark — Cinderella
Charlotte d'Amboise — Pippin
Andrea Martin — Pippin
Keala Settle — Hands on a Hardbody 

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Bette Midler — I'll Eat You Last
Martin Moran — All the Rage
Fiona Shaw — The Testament of Mary
Holland Taylor — Ann
Michael Urie — Buyer and Cellar 

JOHN GASSNER AWARD
(presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Ayad Akhtar — Disgraced
Paul Downs Colaizzo — Really Really
Joshua Harmon — Bad Jews
Samuel D. Hunter — The Whale
Aaron Posner — My Name is Asher Lev 

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Irish Repertory Theatre Artistic Director Charlotte Moore and Producing Director Ciarán O'Reilly in recognition of 25 years of producing outstanding theater.