Outer Critics Circle Awards 2015 – 2016 Season

Outer Critics Circle is the official organization of writers on the New York theater for out-of-town newspapers, national publications, and other media beyond Broadway.

 

• John Gassner Playwriting Award (Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
  • Lindsey Ferrentino Ugly Lies the Bone
  • Lauren Gunderson I and You
  • Martyna Majok Ironbound
  • Marco Ramirez The Royale
  • Anna Ziegler Boy
• Outstanding Actor in a Play
  • Reed Birney The Humans
  • Gabriel Byrne Long Day’s Journey Into Night
  • Frank Langella The Father
  • Mark Strong A View From the Bridge
  • Ben Whishaw The Crucible
• Outstanding Actress in a Musical
  • Laura Benanti She Loves Me
  • Carmen Cusack Bright Star
  • Cynthia Erivo The Color Purple the Musical
  • Jessie Mueller Waitress
  • Ana Villafañe On Your Feet!
• Outstanding Actress in a Play
  • Jayne Houdyshell The Humans
  • Jessica Lange Long Day’s Journey Into Night
  • Lupita Nyong’o Eclipsed
  • Nicola Walker A View From the Bridge
  • Michelle Williams Blackbird
• Outstanding Book Of A Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
  • Bright Star
  • Daddy Long Legs
  • Dear Evan Hansen
  • Lazarus
  • On Your Feet!

• Outstanding Choreographer
  • Joshua Bergasse Cagney
  • Spencer Liff Spring Awakening
  • Josh Rhodes Bright Star
  • Randy Skinner Dames at Sea
  • Sergio Trujillo On Your Feet!
• Outstanding Costume Design
  • ESosa On Your Feet!
  • Jane Greenwood Bright Star
  • Katrina Lindsay American Psycho the Musical
  • Jeff Mahshie She Loves Me
  • Tom Scutt King Charles III
• Outstanding Director of a Musical
  • Michael Arden Spring Awakening
  • Walter Bobbie Bright Star
  • Scott Ellis She Loves Me
  • Rupert Goold American Psycho the Musical
  • Michael Greif Dear Evan Hansen
• Outstanding Director of a Play (The Lucille Lortel Award)
  • Evan Cabnet Gloria
  • Mike Donahue The Legend of Georgia McBride
  • Rupert Goold King Charles III
  • Joe Mantello The Humans
  • Ivo van Hove A View From the Bridge
• Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
  • Nicholas Barasch She Loves Me
  • Roger Bart Disaster!
  • Michael Esper Lazarus
  • Christopher Fitzgerald Waitress
  • Terrence Mann Tuck Everlasting the Musical
• Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
  • Sanjit De Silva Dry Powder
  • Matt McGrath The Legend of Georgia McBride
  • Jim Norton The Crucible
  • Robert Sella Sylvia
  • Michael Shannon Long Day’s Journey Into Night
• Outstanding Actor in a Musical
  • Alex Brightman School of Rock the Musical
  • Danny Burstein Fiddler on the Roof
  • Robert Creighton Cagney
  • Ben Platt Dear Evan Hansen
  • Benjamin Walker American Psycho the Musical
• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
  • Danielle Brooks The Color Purple the Musical
  • Andrea Burns On Your Feet!
  • Sophia Anne Caruso Lazarus
  • Jane Krakowski She Loves Me
  • Heléne Yorke American Psycho the Musical
• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
  • Pascale Armand Eclipsed
  • Zainab Jah Eclipsed
  • Judith Light Thérèse Raquin
  • Saycon Sengbloh Eclipsed
  • Myra Lucretia Taylor Familiar
• Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)
  • Donald Holder She Loves Me
  • Natasha Katz Long Day’s Journey Into Night
  • Kenneth Posner On Your Feet!
  • Ben Stanton Spring Awakening
  • Justin Townsend American Psycho the Musical
• Outstanding New Broadway Musical
  • American Psycho the Musical
  • Bright Star
  • On Your Feet!
  • Tuck Everlasting the Musical
  • Waitress
• Outstanding New Broadway Play
  • Eclipsed
  • The Father
  • The Humans
  • King Charles III
  • Thérèse Raquin
• Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
  • Cagney
  • Daddy Long Legs
  • Dear Evan Hansen
  • Lazarus
  • Southern Comfort
• Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
  • The Christians
  • Familiar
  • Gloria
  • Hold On to Me Darling
  • The Legend of Georgia McBride
• Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) (The Marjorie Gunner Award)
  • American Psycho the Musical
  • Bright Star
  • Daddy Long Legs
  • Dear Evan Hansen
  • Waitress
• Outstanding Projection Design (Play or Musical)
  • Lucy MacKinnon Spring Awakening
  • Peter Nigrini Grounded
  • Peter Nigrini Dear Evan Hansen
  • Finn Ross American Psycho the Musical
  • Tal Yarden Lazarus
• Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
  • The Color Purple the Musical
  • Dames at Sea
  • Fiddler on the Roof
  • She Loves Me
  • Spring Awakening
• Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
  • Blackbird
  • The Crucible
  • Fool for Love
  • Long Day’s Journey Into Night
  • A View From the Bridge
• Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical)
  • Beowulf Boritt Thérèse Raquin
  • David Korins Misery
  • Mimi Lien John
  • David Rockwell She Loves Me
  • Walt Spangler Tuck Everlasting the Musical
• Outstanding Solo Performance
  • Mike Birbiglia Thank God For Jokes
  • Kathleen Chalfant Rose
  • Anne Hathaway Grounded
  • James Lecesne The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
  • Daphne Rubin-Vega Empanada Loca

 

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