Monday, May 9, 2016

Outer Critics Circle Award Winners 2016

She Loves Me, Long Day’s Journey into Night Top Award Winners

The Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators for media covering New York theater outside of Manhattan has announced the 2016 winners.

Marlo Thomas, Alex Sharp, Sheldon Harnick and Victoria Clark will serve as gala award presenters at the upcoming 66th Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards ceremony May 26 at Sardi's Restaurant.

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

Outer Critics Circle
2015-2016 Award Winners

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
Eclipsed
The Father
* The Humans
King Charles III
Thérèse Raquin

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
American Psycho the Musical
* Bright Star
On Your Feet!
Tuck Everlasting the Musical
Waitress

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
* The Christians
Familiar
Gloria
Hold On to Me Darling
The Legend of Georgia McBride

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Cagney
Daddy Long Legs
* Dear Evan Hansen
Lazarus
Southern Comfort

OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Bright Star
Daddy Long Legs
* Dear Evan Hansen
Lazarus
On Your Feet!

OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
American Psycho the Musical
* Bright Star
Daddy Long Legs
Dear Evan Hansen
Waitress


OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Blackbird
The Crucible
Fool for Love
* Long Day’s Journey Into Night
A View From the Bridge


OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
The Color Purple the Musical
Dames at Sea
Fiddler on the Roof
* She Loves Me
Spring Awakening

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Evan Cabnet     Gloria
Mike Donahue     The Legend of Georgia McBride
Rupert Goold     King Charles III
Joe Mantello     The Humans
* Ivo van Hove     A View From the Bridge

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
* Michael Arden     Spring Awakening
Walter Bobbie     Bright Star
Scott Ellis     She Loves Me
Rupert Goold     American Psycho the Musical
Michael Greif     Dear Evan Hansen

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
Joshua Bergasse   Cagney
Spencer Liff     Spring Awakening
Josh Rhodes     Bright Star
Randy Skinner     Dames at Sea
* Sergio Trujillo     On Your Feet!

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Beowulf Boritt     Thérèse Raquin
David Korins     Misery
Mimi Lien     John
* David Rockwell     She Loves Me
Walt Spangler     Tuck Everlasting the Musical

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
ESosa     On Your Feet!
Jane Greenwood     Bright Star
Katrina Lindsay     American Psycho the Musical
* Jeff Mahshie     She Loves Me
Tom Scutt     King Charles III

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
(Play or Musical)Donald Holder     She Loves Me
Natasha Katz     Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Kenneth Posner     On Your Feet!
Ben Stanton     Spring Awakening
* Justin Townsend     American Psycho the Musical

OUTSTANDING PROJECTION DESIGN
(Play or Musical)Lucy MacKinnon     Spring Awakening
Peter Nigrini     Grounded
Peter Nigrini     Dear Evan Hansen
* Finn Ross     American Psycho the Musical
Tal Yarden     Lazarus

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Reed Birney    The Humans
Gabriel Byrne     Long Day’s Journey Into Night
* Frank Langella     The Father
Mark Strong     A View From the Bridge
Ben Whishaw     The Crucible

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Jayne Houdyshell     The Humans
* Jessica Lange     Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Lupita Nyong’o     Eclipsed
Nicola Walker     A View From the Bridge
Michelle Williams     Blackbird

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Alex Brightman     School of Rock the Musical
* Danny Burstein     Fiddler on the Roof
Robert Creighton     Cagney
Ben Platt     Dear Evan Hansen
Benjamin Walker     American Psycho the Musical

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Laura Benanti     She Loves Me
Carmen Cusack    Bright Star
* Cynthia Erivo     The Color Purple the Musical
Jessie Mueller     Waitress
Ana Villafañe     On Your Feet!

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Sanjit De Silva     Dry Powder
Matt McGrath     The Legend of Georgia McBride
Jim Norton     The Crucible
Robert Sella     Sylvia
* Michael Shannon     Long Day’s Journey Into Night

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY (TIE VOTE!)
* Pascale Armand     Eclipsed
Zainab Jah     Eclipsed
* Judith Light     Thérèse Raquin
Saycon Sengbloh     Eclipsed
Myra Lucretia Taylor     Familiar      

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Nicholas Barasch     She Loves Me
Roger Bart     Disaster!
Michael Esper     Lazarus
* Christopher Fitzgerald     Waitress
Terrence Mann     Tuck Everlasting the Musical

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Danielle Brooks     The Color Purple the Musical
Andrea Burns     On Your Feet!
Sophia Anne Caruso     Lazarus
* Jane Krakowski     She Loves Me  
Heléne Yorke     American Psycho the Musical

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Mike Birbiglia    Thank God For Jokes
Kathleen Chalfant     Rose
Anne Hathaway     Grounded    
 * James Lecesne     The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
Daphne Rubin-Vega     Empanada Loca

JOHN GASSNER AWARD
(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Lindsey Ferrentino     Ugly Lies the Bone
Lauren Gunderson     I and You
Martyna Majok     Ironbound
* Marco Ramirez     The Royale
Anna Ziegler     Boy

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
James Houghton     Signature Theatre Company

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