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{{Out of date|date=May 2024}}
{{Short description|American NYC theater awards, since 1950}}
The '''Outer Critics Circle Awards''' are presented annually for theatrical achievements both on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and [[Off-Broadway]]. They are presented by the Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of New York theater writers for out-of-town newspapers, digital and national publications, and other media beyond Broadway. The awards were first presented during the 1949–50 theater season, celebrating their 70th anniversary in 2020. David Gordon,
==History==
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In the early 1960s, the awards and forums of the OCC were supervised by Broadway veteran Charles K. Freeman and Joseph Kay, Manhattan reporter/critic for the ''Kansas City Star''. This team was succeeded by Marjorie Gunner, who guided the group for 25 years before retiring in 2004. Simon Saltzman, a New Jersey-based theater critic, served as President until 2018, when he was succeeded by David Gordon of TheaterMania.
In addition to Gordon (president) and Saltzman (now
==Categories==
Awards are currently{{When|date=May 2023}} given in the following categories:
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*Outstanding Broadway Play
*Outstanding Broadway Musical
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*Outstanding Orchestrations
*John Gassner Award (presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
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==Winners and nominees==
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===2014–2015 season===
The nominees included ''[[Something Rotten!]]'' – 12, ''[[On the Twentieth Century]]'' – 9, ''[[An American in Paris]]'' – 8, ''[[Wolf Hall Parts One & Two|Wolf Hall]]'' – 7, ''It Shoulda Been You'' – 6, ''[[The Audience (play)|The Audience]]'' – 6, ''[[The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time]]'' – 6, ''[[Hamilton (musical)|Hamilton]]'' – 5, ''[[The Elephant Man (play)|The Elephant Man]]'' – 5, ''[[The King and I]]'' – 5, ''[[The Visit (musical)|The Visit]]'' – 5, ''[[On the Town (musical)|On The Town]]'' – 4, ''[[You Can't Take It with You (play)|You Can't Take It with You]]'' – 4, ''[[The Heidi Chronicles]]'' – 3 and ''[[The Last Ship (musical)|The Last Ship]]'' – 3.<ref name="noms15">Gans, Andrew and Viagas, Robert. [http://www.playbill.com/article/outer-critics-circle-nominees-announced-something-rotten-leads-the-pack-com-347165 "Outer Critics Circle Nominees Announced; 'Something Rotten!' Leads the Pack"] playbill.com, April 20, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2018.</ref>
Multiple winners: ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'' (5, including Outstanding New Broadway Play), ''An American in Paris'' (3, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical), ''Hamilton'' (3, including Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical), ''The King and I'' (3), ''The Audience'' (2), ''On the 20th Century'' (2) and ''You Can't Take It With You'' (2).<ref name="olivia15">Clement, Olivia. [http://www.playbill.com/article/curious-incident-top-winner-at-outer-critics-circle-awards-com-348762 " 'Curious Incident' Top Winner at Outer Critics Circle Awards"] playbill.com, May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2018.</ref>
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The award winners were announced on May 7, 2018. Multiple winners are: ''Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'' with six awards, including Outstanding New Broadway Play, and ''My Fair Lady'' with five awards, including Outstanding Revival of a Musical. ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' won the Outstanding New Broadway Musical, with two additional awards. [[Jocelyn Bioh]], for ''School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play'' won the
John Gassner Award.<ref>McPhee, Ryan. [http://www.playbill.com/article/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-my-fair-lady-win-big-at-2018-outer-critics-circle-awards " 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child', 'My Fair Lady' Win Big at 2018 Outer Critics Circle Awards"] Playbill, May 7, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2018.</ref>
===2018–2019 season===
The Outer Critics Circle Award winners for the 2018–19 season include ''[[Hadestown (musical)|Hadestown]]'' (Musical), ''[[The Ferryman (play)|The Ferryman]]'' (Play), ''[[Girl from the North Country (musical)|Girl From the North Country]]'' (Off-Broadway Musical), and ''[[Suzan-Lori Parks|White Noise]]'' (Off-Broadway Play).
=== 2019-2020 season<ref>{{Cite web |title=2019-2020 – Outer Critics Circle |url=https://outercritics.org/awards/2019-2020/ |access-date=2023-11-16 |language=en-US}}</ref> ===
{| class="wikitable"
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!
!Honorees
|-
|'''Outstanding New Broadway Play'''
|
* Grand Horizons
* [[The Height of the Storm]]
* [[The Inheritance (play)|The Inheritance]]
* Linda Vista
* [[The Sound Inside (play)|The Sound Inside]]
|-
|'''Outstanding New Broadway Musicals'''
|
* [[Jagged Little Pill (musical)|Jagged Little Pill]]
* [[Moulin Rouge! (musical)|Moulin Rouge!]]
* [[Tina: The Tina Turner Musical]]
|-
|'''Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play'''
|
* Cambodian Rock Band
* Greater Clements
* Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven
* Make Believe
* [[Seared (play)|Seared]]
|-
|'''Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical'''
|
* Darling Grenadine
* [[Octet (musical)|Octet]]
* The Secret Life of Bees
* [[Soft Power (musical)|Soft Power]]
* [[A Strange Loop]]
|-
|'''Outstanding Revival of a Play'''
'''(Broadway or Off-Broadway)'''
|
* [[Betrayal (play)|Betrayal]]
* [[Fires in the Mirror]]
* [[For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf|For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf]]
* [[Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune]]
* [[A Soldier's Play]]
|-
|'''Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)'''
|
* [[Little Shop of Horrors (musical)|Little Shop of Horrors]]
* [[The Unsinkable Molly Brown (musical)|The Unsinkable Molly Brown]]
* [[West Side Story]]
|-
|'''John Gassner Award'''
|
* Catya McMullen, ''Georgia Mertching Is Dead''
* [[Will Arbery]], ''[[Heroes of the Fourth Turning]]''
* Alexis Scheer, ''Our Dear Dead Drug Lord''
* Eboni Booth, ''Paris''
|-
|'''Outstanding Book of a Musical'''
'''(Broadway or Off-Broadway)'''
|
* [[Diablo Cody]], [[Jagged Little Pill (musical)|''Jagged Little Pill'']]
* [[David Henry Hwang]], [[Soft Power (musical)|''Soft Power'']]
* [[Michael R. Jackson]], ''[[A Strange Loop]]''
* [[Lynn Nottage]], ''The Secret Life of Bees''
* [[Mark Saltzman]], ''Romeo and Bernadette''
|-
|'''Outstanding New Score'''
'''(Broadway or Off-Broadway)'''
|
* [[Susan Birkenhead]] and [[Duncan Sheik]], ''The Secret Life of Bees''
* [[Ross Golan]], ''The Wrong Man''
* [[Michael R. Jackson]], ''[[A Strange Loop]]''
* [[Dave Malloy]], ''[[Octet (musical)|Octet]]''
* [[Jeanine Tesori]] and [[David Henry Hwang]], ''[[Soft Power (musical)|Soft Power]]''
|-
|'''Outstanding Director of a Play'''
|
* [[David Cromer]], ''[[The Sound Inside (play)|The Sound Inside]]''
* [[Stephen Daldry]], ''[[The Inheritance (play)|The Inheritance]]''
* [[Kenny Leon]], ''[[A Soldier's Play|A Soldier’s Play]]''
* [[Jamie Lloyd (director)|Jamie Lloyd]], ''[[Betrayal (play)|Betrayal]]''
* [[John Ortiz]], ''Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven''
|-
|'''Outstanding Director of a Musical'''
|
* [[Stephen Brackett]], ''[[A Strange Loop]]''
* [[Michael Mayer (director)|Michael Mayer]], ''[[Little Shop of Horrors (musical)|Little Shop of Horrors]]''
* [[Diane Paulus]], ''[[Jagged Little Pill (musical)|Jagged Little Pill]]''
* [[Alex Timbers]], ''[[Moulin Rouge! (musical)|Moulin Rouge!]]''
* [[Ivo van Hove]], ''[[West Side Story]]''
|-
|'''Outstanding Choreographer'''
|
* [[Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui|Sidi Larbi Cherakoui]], ''[[Jagged Little Pill (musical)|Jagged Little Pill]]''
* [[Raja Feather Kelly]], ''[[A Strange Loop]]''
* [[Sonya Tayeh]], ''[[Moulin Rouge! (musical)|Moulin Rouge!]]''
* [[Anthony Van Laast]], ''[[Tina (musical)|Tina: The Tina Turner Musical]]''
* [[Travis Wall]], ''The Wrong Man''
|-
|'''Outstanding Orchestrations'''
|
* [[Tom Kitt (musician)|Tom Kitt]], ''[[Jagged Little Pill (musical)|Jagged Little Pill]]''
* [[Alex Lacamoire]], ''The Wrong Man''
* [[Justin Levinson|Justin Levine]], with Matt Stine, Katie Kresek, and [[Charlie Rosen (musician)|Charlie Rosen]], ''[[Moulin Rouge! (musical)|Moulin Rouge!]]''
* Christopher Nightingale, ''A Christmas Carol''
* [[Duncan Sheik]] and John Clancy, The Secret Life of Bees
|-
|'''Outstanding Actor in a Play'''
|
* [[Ian Barford]], ''Linda Vista''
* [[Edmund Donovan]], ''Greater Clements''
* [[Raúl Esparza]], ''[[Seared (play)|Seared]]''
* [[Tom Hiddleston]], ''[[Betrayal (play)|Betrayal]]''
* Will Hochman, ''[[The Sound Inside (play)|The Sound Inside]]''
* [[Jonathan Pryce]], ''[[The Height of the Storm]]''
|-
|'''Outstanding Actress in a Play'''
|
* [[Eileen Atkins]],''[[The Height of the Storm]]''
* [[Judith Ivey]], ''Greater Clements''
* [[Joaquina Kalukango]], ''[[Slave Play]]''
* April Matthis, ''Toni Stone''
* [[Mary-Louise Parker]], ''[[The Sound Inside (play)|The Sound Inside]]''
* Portia, ''Stew''
|-
|'''Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play'''
|
* [[David Alan Grier]], ''[[A Soldier's Play|A Soldier’s Play]]''
* [[John Benjamin Hickey]], ''[[The Inheritance (play)|The Inheritance]]''
* [[Paul Hilton (actor)|Paul Hilton]], ''[[The Inheritance (play)|The Inheritance]]''
* Samuel H. Levine, ''[[The Inheritance (play)|The Inheritance]]''
* Andrew Morrison, ''Blues for an Alabama Sky''
* [[Chris Perfetti]], ''Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow''
|-
|'''Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play'''
|
* [[Liza Colón-Zayas]], ''Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven''
* [[Montego Glover]], ''All the Natalie Portmans''
* [[Marsha Mason]], ''[[Little Gem]]''
* [[Krysta Rodriguez]], ''[[Seared (play)|Seared]]''
* [[Lois Smith]], ''[[The Inheritance (play)|The Inheritance]]''
* Jennifer Van Dyck, ''The Confession of Lily Dare''
|-
|'''Outstanding Solo Performance'''
|
* [[David Cale]], ''We’re Only Alive For a Short Amount of''
* ''Time''
* [[Laura Linney]], ''My Name Is Lucy Barton''
* [[Aedin Moloney]], ''Yes! Reflections of Molly Bloom''
* [[Deirdre O'Connell (actress)|Deirdre O’Connell]], ''[[Dana H.]]''
* [[Michael Benjamin Washington]], ''[[Fires in the Mirror]]''
|-
|'''Outstanding Actor in a Musical'''
|
* [[Jonathan Groff]], ''[[Little Shop of Horrors (musical)|Little Shop of Horrors]]''
* [[Joshua Henry]], ''The Wrong Man''
* [[Adam Kantor]], ''Darling Grenadine''
* [[Larry Owens (actor)|Larry Owens]], ''[[A Strange Loop]]''
* [[Isaac Cole Powell|Isaac Powell]], ''[[West Side Story]]''
* [[Aaron Tveit]], ''[[Moulin Rouge! (musical)|Moulin]] Rouge!''
|-
|'''Outstanding Actress in a Musical'''
|
* [[Beth Malone]], ''[[The Unsinkable Molly Brown (musical)|The Unsinkable Molly Brown]]''
* Janelle McDermoth, [[We're Gonna Die|''We’re Gonna Die'']]
* [[Karen Olivo]], [[Moulin Rouge! (musical)|''Moulin Rouge!'']]
* Shereen Pimentel, ''[[West Side Story]]''
* [[Elizabeth Stanley (actress)|Elizabeth Stanley]], ''[[Jagged Little Pill (musical)|Jagged Little Pill]]''
* [[Adrienne Warren]], ''[[Tina (musical)|Tina: The Tina Turner Musical]]''
|-
|'''Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical'''
|
* [[Christian Borle]], ''[[Little Shop of Horrors (musical)|Little Shop of Horrors]]''
* [[Danny Burstein]], ''[[Moulin Rouge! (musical)|Moulin Rouge!]]''
* Gus Halper, ''[[Sing Street (musical)|Sing Street]]''
* [[Jay Armstrong Johnson]], ''Scotland, PA''
* [[Francis Jue]], ''[[Soft Power (musical)|Soft Power]]''
* [[Daniel J. Watts]], ''[[Tina (musical)|Tina: The Tina Turner Musical]]''
|-
|'''Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical'''
|
* [[Eisa Davis]], ''The Secret Life of Bees''
* [[Kathryn Gallagher]], ''[[Jagged Little Pill (musical)|Jagged Little Pill]]''
* [[LaChanze]], ''The Secret Life of Bees''
* Judy McLane, ''Romeo & Bernadette''
* [[Lauren Patten]], ''[[Jagged Little Pill (musical)|Jagged Little Pill]]''
* [[Saycon Sengbloh]], ''The Secret Life of Bees''
|-
|'''Outstanding Scenic Design'''
|
* [[Rob Howell]], ''A Christmas Carol''
* Tim Mackabee, ''[[Seared (play)|Seared]]''
* [[Derek McLane]], ''[[Moulin Rouge! (musical)|Moulin Rouge!]]''
* [[Clint Ramos]], ''Grand Horizons''
* [[Anthony Ward]], ''[[The Height of the Storm]]''
|-
|'''Outstanding Costume Design'''
|
* Vanessa Leuck, ''[[Emojiland]]''
* Jeff Mahshie, ''Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice''
* Mark Thompson, ''[[Tina (musical)|Tina: The Tina Turner Musical]]''
* [[Rachel Townsend]] & Jessica Jahn, ''The Confession of Lily Dare''
* [[Catherine Zuber]], ''[[Moulin Rouge! (musical)|Moulin Rouge!]]''
|-
|'''Outstanding Lighting Design'''
|
* [[Isabella Byrd]], ''[[Heroes of the Fourth Turning]]''
* Heather Gilbert, ''[[The Sound Inside (play)|The Sound Inside]]''
* Justin Townsend, ''[[Moulin Rouge! (musical)|Moulin Rouge!]]''
* [[Hugh Vanstone]], A Christmas Carol
* [[Hugh Vanstone]], ''[[The Height of the Storm]]''
|-
|'''Outstanding Projection Design'''
|
* Luke Halls, ''[[West Side Story]]''
* Brad Peterson, ''Broadway Bounty Hunter''
* Lisa Renkel and Possible Productions, ''Emojiland''
* [[Aaron Rhyne]], ''[[The Sound Inside (play)|The Sound Inside]]''
* Hannah Wasileski, ''[[Fires in the Mirror]]''
|-
|'''Outstanding Sound Design'''
|
* Simon Baker, ''A Christmas Carol''
* [[Mikhail Fiksel]], ''[[Dana H.]]''
* [[Peter Hylenski]], ''[[Moulin Rouge! (musical)|Moulin Rouge!]]''
* Lee Kinney and Sanae Yamada, ''Is This A Room''
* Daniel Kluger, ''[[The Sound Inside (play)|The Sound Inside]]''
|}
==See also==
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==External links==
* {{Official website}}
[[Category:American theater awards]]
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