2015-2016 OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD
NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
Eclipsed
The Father
THE HUMANS - WINNER
King Charles III
Thérèse Raquin
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
American Psycho the Musical
BRIGHT STAR - WINNER
On Your Feet!
Tuck Everlasting the Musical
Waitress
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
THE CHRISTIANS - WINNER
Familiar
Gloria
Hold On to Me Darling
The Legend of Georgia McBride
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Cagney
Daddy Long Legs
DEAR EVAN HANSEN - WINNER
Lazarus
Southern Comfort
OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Bright Star
Daddy Long Legs
DEAR EVAN HANSEN - WINNER
Lazarus
On Your Feet!
OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
American Psycho the Musical
BRIGHT STAR - WINNER
Daddy Long Legs
Dear Evan Hansen
Waitress
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Blackbird
The Crucible
Fool for Love
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT - WINNER
A View From the Bridge
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
The Color Purple the Musical
Dames at Sea
Fiddler on the Roof
SHE LOVES ME - WINNER
Spring Awakening
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
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 - WINNER
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 CHOREOGRAPHER
Joshua Bergasse Cagney
Spencer Liff Spring Awakening
Josh Rhodes Bright Star
Randy Skinner Dames at Sea
SERGIO TRUJILLO - ON YOUR FEET! - WINNER
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Beowulf Boritt Thérèse Raquin
David Korins Misery
Mimi Lien John
DAVID ROCKWELL - SHE LOVES ME - WINNER
Walt Spangler Tuck Everlasting the Musical
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
ESosa On Your Feet!
Jane Greenwood Bright Star
Katrina Lindsay American Psycho the Musical
JEFF MAHSHIE - SHE LOVES ME - WINNER
Tom Scutt King Charles III
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 PROJECTION DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Lucy MacKinnon Spring Awakening
Peter Nigrini Grounded
Peter Nigrini Dear Evan Hansen
FINN ROSS - AMERICAN PSYCHO THE MUSICAL - WINNER
Tal Yarden Lazarus
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Reed Birney The Humans
Gabriel Byrne Long Day’s Journey Into Night
FRANK LANGELLA - THE FATHER - WINNER
Mark Strong A View From the Bridge
Ben Whishaw The Crucible
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Jayne Houdyshell The Humans
JESSICA LANGE - LONGDAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT - WINNER
Lupita Nyong’o Eclipsed
Nicola Walker A View From the Bridge
Michelle Williams Blackbird
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Alex Brightman School of Rock the Musical
DANNY BURSTEIN - FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - WINNER
Robert Creighton Cagney
Ben Platt Dear Evan Hansen
Benjamin Walker American Psycho the Musical
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Laura Benanti She Loves Me
Carmen Cusack Bright Star
CYNTHIA ERIVO - THE COLOR PURPLE THE MUSICAL - WINNER
Jessie Mueller Waitress
Ana Villafañe On Your Feet!
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 FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY (TIE VOTE)
PASCALE ARMAND - ECLIPSED - WINNER
Zainab Jah Eclipsed
JUDITH LIGHT - THERESE RAQUIN - WINNER
Saycon Sengbloh Eclipsed
Myra Lucretia Taylor Familiar
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Nicholas Barasch She Loves Me
Roger Bart Disaster!
Michael Esper Lazarus
CHRISTOPHER FITZGERALD - WAITRESS - WINNER
Terrence Mann Tuck Everlasting 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 - WINNER
Heléne Yorke American Psycho 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 - WINNER
Daphne Rubin-Vega Empanada Loca
JOHN GASSNER 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 - WINNER
Anna Ziegler Boy
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
James Houghton Signature Theatre Company
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