Outer Critics Circle Awards 2017

2016-2017 Award Winners and Nominations

Now don’t be upset, Dear Evan Hansen, Heisenberg, and Glenn Close’s performance all were evaluated, nominated and/or received nomination from previous seasons so they were not considered for this year. So when doing your Tony Award Nomination guessing game, figure out what nominations will disappear beyond the obvious off-broadway names to be replaced by Dear Evan Hansen, the front runner in a few of these categories.

Now that we got that out of the way, here are the nominations for the Outer Critics Circle Awards. Winners will be announced Monday, May 8th, while the awards will be given out at Sardi’s Restaurant on May 25th.

🏆 here are the winners

Here’s a few notables. Click on the titles of the productions to link to my reviews. A few are still on their way. A Doll’s House, Part 2, Bandstand, and hopefully I’ll get to see the most nominated show, Anastasia (I did manage to see it, so check out my review).

Thrilled for their numerous nominations: The Band’s Visit, Kid Victory, Come From Away, A Doll’s House Part 2, Indecent, and Oslo.

Notably missing from the list:  Latin History for Morons, Ride the Cyclone, Dead Poet’s Society, Cate Blanchett, and Notes from the Field.

Not Surprised that they didn’t make the cut: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Amelie, Significant Other, and Cats!

 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!

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY

Michael Aronov     Oslo

🏆Danny DeVito     The Price

Nathan Lane     The Front Page

Richard Thomas     The Little Foxes

Richard Topol     Indecent

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY

Johanna Day     Sweat

Jayne Houdyshell     A Doll’s House, Part 2

Katrina Lenk     Indecent

Nana Mensah     Man From Nebraska

🏆Cynthia Nixon     The Little Foxes

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

John Bolton     Anastasia

Jeffry Denman     Kid Victory

🏆Gavin Creel     Hello, Dolly!

Shuler Hensley     Sweet Charity

Andrew Rannells     Falsettos

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Kate Baldwin     Hello, Dolly!

Stephanie J. Block     Falsettos

🏆Jenn Colella     Come From Away

Caroline O’Connor     Anastasia   

Mary Beth Peil     Anastasia

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE

Ed Dixon     Georgie: My Adventures with George Rose

Marin Ireland     On the Exhale

Sarah Jones     Sell / Buy / Date

Judith Light     All the Ways to Say I Love You

🏆Simon McBurney     The Encounter

JOHN GASSNER AWARD

(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)

Jaclyn Backhaus     Men on Boats

Sarah DeLappe     The Wolves

Paola Lázaro     Tell Hector I Miss Him

Qui Nguyen     Vietgone

🏆Bess Wohl     Small Mouth Sounds

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2016-17 Outer Critics Circle Executive / Nominating Committee

Simon Saltzman (President)

Mario Fratti (Vice-President) Stanley L. Cohen (Treasurer)

Patrick Hoffman (Corresponding Secretary)  Joseph Cervelli (Recording Secretary)

Glenn Loney (Historian & Member-at-Large)