Outer Critics Circle Awards Announced

And the winners are. . .  (in red)

 

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

Cock

* 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 & 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 & 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, Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director and Ciarán O’Reilly, Producing Director in recognition of 25 years of producing outstanding theatre