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The 2024 Outer Critics Circle Award Winners Announced!

Jenn Colella as Carrie Chapman Catt and the Company of Broadway’s Suffs. Photo by Joan Marcus.

The New York Theatre Report: Outer Critics Circle Awards 2024

Announced today, the winners will be presented with their awards at a luncheon (that I sadly will not be able to attend this year) on Thursday, May 23rd at the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Winners noted with a 🏆

Sarah Pidgeon, Juliana Canfield, and Tom Pecinka in Stereophonic on Broadway. Photo by Julieta Cervantes.

Outstanding New Broadway Play

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding

Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions

Patriots

🏆 Stereophonic

The Shark Is Broken

Nadia Dandash, Shaina Taub, Kim Blanck, Ally Bonino, and Hannah Cruz in Broadway’s Suffs. Photo by Joan Marcus.

Outstanding New Broadway Musical

Days of Wine and Roses

🏆 Suffs

The Great Gatsby

The Outsiders

Water for Elephants

 

Andrew Durand and Julia Knitel in Audible Theater’s World Premiere of Dead Outlaw at the Minetta Lane Theatre. Photo by Matthew Murphy (2024).

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical

Buena Vista Social Club

🏆 Dead Outlaw

Illinoise

Teeth

The Connector

Jay O. Sanders and William Jackson Harper in Primary Trust. Photo credit: Joan Marcus

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play

Dig

King of the Jews

King James

🏆Primary Trust

Swing State

Conrad Ricamora and Cole Escola in “Oh, Mary!” Photo by Emilio Madrid.

John Gassner Award (new American play preferably by a new playwright)

Job

Manahatta

🏆 Oh, Mary!

The Apiary

Wet Brain

 

Julia Lester (up on the table) and the cast of CSC’s production of I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE. Photo by Julieta Cervantes.

Outstanding Revival of a Musical

Cabaret

Here Lies Love

🏆 I Can Get It for You Wholesale

Monty Python’s Spamalot

The Who’s Tommy

Natalie Gold, Alyssa Emily Marvin, Michael Esper, Sarah Paulson, and Corey Stoll in 2ST’s Appropriate. Photo by Joan Marcus.

Outstanding Revival of a Play

An Enemy of the People

🏆Appropriate

Doubt: A Parable

Mary Jane

Philadelphia, Here I Come!

Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch

 

Celia Keenan-Bolger and Jessica Lange in 2ST Broadway’s Mother Play. Photo by Joan Marcus.

Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play

🏆Jessica Lange – Mother Play

Rachel McAdams – Mary Jane

Sarah Paulson – Appropriate

Jeremy Strong – An Enemy of the People

Michael Stuhlbarg – Patriots

 

Leslie Odom, Jr. and Kara Young in PURLIE VICTORIOUS – Photo by Marc J. Franklin.

Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play

Billy Eugene Jones – Purlie Victorious

Celia Keenan-Bolger – Mother Play

Alex Moffat – The Cottage

Jim Parsons – Mother Play

Sarah Pidgeon – Stereophonic

🏆Kara Young – Purlie Victorious

 

Brian d’Arcy James and Kelli O’Hara in Broadway’s Days of Wine and Roses. Photo by Joan Marcus.

Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical

Ali Louis Bourzgui – The Who’s Tommy

Brian d’Arcy James – Days of Wine and Roses

Casey Likes – Back to the Future

🏆Kelli O’Hara – Days of Wine and Roses

Maryann Plunkett – The Notebook

 

Kecia Lewis and Maleah Joi Moon in Hell’s Kitchen on Broadway. Photo by Marc J. Franklin.

Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical

Roger Bart – Back to the Future

Justin Guarini – Once Upon a One More Time

Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer – Spamalot

🏆Kecia Lewis – Hell’s Kitchen

Bebe Neuwirth – Cabaret

 

Trent Saunders, Andrew Durand, and Eddie Cooper in Audible Theater’s World Premiere of Dead Outlaw at the Minetta Lane Theatre. Photo by Matthew Murphy (2024).

Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical

Jeb Brown – Dead Outlaw

🏆Andrew Durand – Dead Outlaw

Alyse Alan Louis – Teeth

Ben Levi Ross – The Connector

Ricky Ubeda – Illinoise

 

Judy Kuhn (purple hat) and the cast of CSC’s I Can Get It For You Wholesale. Photo by Julieta Cervantes.

Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical (tie)

Ben Cook – Illinoise

Hannah Cruz – The Connector

Julia Knitel – Dead Outlaw

🏆Judy Kuhn – I Can Get It For You Wholesale

Jessica Molaskey – The Connector

🏆Thom Sesma – Dead Outlaw

 

Cole Escola and Bianca Leigh in “Oh, Mary!” Photo by Emilio Madrid.

Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play (tie)

🏆Cole Escola – Oh, Mary!

Mary Beth Fisher – Swing State

🏆William Jackson Harper – Primary Trust

Marie Mullen – The Saviour

Paul Sparks – Waiting for Godot

 

Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play

Gus Birney – Our Class

April Matthis – Primary Trust

Conrad Ricamora –Oh, Mary!

🏆Jay O. Sanders – Primary Trust

Bubba Weiler – Swing State

 

Patrick Page in All The Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented The Villain. Photo by Julieta Cervantes.

Outstanding Solo Performance

Eddie Izzard – Hamlet

🏆Patrick Page – All the Devils are Here

Mona Pirnot – I Love You So Much I Could Die

Robert Montano – Small

John Rubenstein – Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground

 

Outstanding Book of a Musical 

Justin Peck and Jackie Sibblies Drury – Illinoise

Anna K. Jacobs and Michael R. Jackson – Teeth

Itamar Moses – Dead Outlaw

Jonathan Marc Sherman – The Connector

🏆Shaina Taub – Suffs

Shaina Taub and the Company of Broadway’s Suffs. Photo by Joan Marcus.

Outstanding Score

Jason Robert Brown – The Connector

Will Butler – Stereophonic

Adam Guettel – Days of Wine and Roses

David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna – Dead Outlaw

🏆Shaina Taub – Suffs

Jared Machado, Kenya Browne, and Olly Sholotan in ATC’s Buena Vista Social Club. Photo by Ahron R. Foster.

Outstanding Orchestrations

Timo Andres – Illinoise

Adam Guettel and Jamie Lawrence – Days of Wine and Roses

🏆Marco Paguia – Buena Vista Social Club

Michael Starobin – Suffs

Erik Della Penna, Dean Sharenow, and David Yazbek – Dead Outlaw

Paul Alexander Nolan (center, arms outstretched) with the cast of WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at the Imperial Theatre. Photo by Matthew Murphy.

Outstanding Direction of a Musical 

David Cromer – Dead Outlaw

Michael Greif – Days of Wine and Roses

Daisy Prince – The Connector

Leigh Silverman – Suffs

🏆Jessica Stone – Water for Elephants

Outstanding Direction of a Play

Knud Adams – Primary Trust

🏆Daniel Aukin – Stereophonic

Robert Falls – Swing State

Kenny Leon – Purlie Victorious

Lila Neugebauer – Appropriate 

Ricky Ubeda and Ben Cook of Broadway’s Illinoise. Photo by Liz Lauren.

Outstanding Choreography

Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll – Water for Elephants

Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman – The Outsiders

Lorin Latarro – The Who’s Tommy

Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck – Buena Vista Social Club

🏆Justin Peck — Illinoise

 

The cast of Stereophonic on Broadway. Photo by Julieta Cervantes.

Outstanding Scenic Design (tie)

David Korins – Here Lies Love

🏆David Zinn – Stereophonic

Dots – Appropriate

Paul Tate dePoo III – The Cottage

🏆Paul Tate dePoo III – The Great Gatsby

 

Jeremy Jordan, Eva Noblezada, and the cast of The Great Gatsby. Photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman

Outstanding Costume Design

Dede Ayite – Jaja’s African Hair Braiding

Enver Chakartash – Stereophonic

Enver Chakartash – Teeth

🏆Linda Cho – The Great Gatsby

Sydney Maresca – The Cottage

The cast of The Outsiders. Photo by Matthew Murphy.

Outstanding Lighting Design

Bradley King – Water for Elephants

🏆Brian MacDevitt – The Outsiders

Justin Townsend – Here Lies Love

Tim Lutkin and Hugh Vanstone – Back to the Future

Amanda Zieve – The Who’s Tommy

 

Andrew R. Butler and Eli Gelb in Stereophonic on Broadway. Photo by Julieta Cervantes

Outstanding Sound Design

Tom Gibbons – Grey House

Gareth Owen – Back to the Future

Gareth Owen – The Who’s Tommy

🏆Ryan Rumery – Stereophonic

M.L. Dogg and Cody Spencer – Here Lies Love

 

(Center) Ali Louis Bourzgui (Tommy) and the ensemble of The Who’s Tommy on Broadway. Photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman

Outstanding Video/Projections

David Bengali – Water for Elephants

Paul Tate dePoo III — The Great Gatsby

🏆Peter Nigrini – The Who’s Tommy

Finn Ross – Back to the Future

Ash J. Woodward – Patriots

 

Shows with Multiple Award Wins

4: Stereophonic

3: Dead Outlaw, Primary Trust, Suffs

2: I Can Get It For You Wholesale, Oh, Mary!, The Great Gatsby

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