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{{Out of date|date=May 2024}}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==
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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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* [[Isabella Byrd]], ''[[Heroes of the Fourth Turning]]''
* Heather Gilbert, ''[[The Sound Inside (play)|The Sound Inside]]''
* Justin Townsend, ''[[Moulin Rouge! (musical)|Moulin Rouge!]]''
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