2016-2017 OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
A Doll’s House, Part 2
Indecent
Oslo WINNER
Sweat

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
Anastasia
A Bronx Tale
Come From Away WINNER
Groundhog Day
Holiday Inn

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
If I Forget WINNER
Incognito
A Life
Linda
Love, Love, Love

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
The Band’s Visit WINNER
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 WINNER

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 WINNER

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
The Front Page
Jitney WINNER
The Little Foxes
Othello
The Price

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL 0(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Finian’s Rainbow
Hello, Dolly! WINNER
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 WINNER
Kate Whoriskey Sweat

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Christopher Ashley Come From Away WINNER
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! WINNER
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 WINNER
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 WINNER

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 WINNER
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 WINNER
Tal Yarden Indecent

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN (Play or Musical)
Gareth Fry & Pete Malkin The Encounter
Gareth Owen Come From Away WINNER
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! WINNER
Jamshied Sharifi The Band’s Visit

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Daniel Craig Othello
Michael Emerson Wakey, Wakey
Kevin Kline Present Laughter WINNER
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 WINNER
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 WINNER
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! WINNER

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Michael Aronov Oslo
Danny DeVito The Price WINNER
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 WINNER

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
John Bolton Anastasia
Jeffry Denman Kid Victory
Gavin Creel Hello, Dolly! WINNER
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 WINNER
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 WINNER

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 WINNER


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