Anastasia Leads Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations

Anastasia at Hartford Stage. Photo: Joan Marcus

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!