The Outer Critics Circle Award nominees are in!
Of the Broadway musicals, Anastasia received the greatest number of nominations (13), followed by Hello, Dolly! (10), Come From Away (7), Groundhog Day (5), A Bronx Tale (4), War Paint (4), and Bandstand, Holiday Inn and Natasha, Pierre And The Great Comet Of 1812 of 1812 all with 3 a piece.
The winners for the Outer Critics Circle Awards will be announced on May 8, with a ceremony celebrating the winners held on May 25.
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Without further ado, here’s the list of nominees:
2017 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Outstanding New Broadway Musical
Anastasia
A Bronx Tale
Come From Away
Groundhog Day
Holiday Inn
Outstanding New Broadway Play
A Doll’s House, Part 2
Indecent
Oslo
Sweat
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
The Band’s Visit
Hadestown
Himself and Nora
Kid Victory
Spamilton
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
If I Forget
Incognito
A Life
Linda
Love, Love, Love
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 And 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 And 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 And 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
NOTE: The Off-Broadway productions of Dear Evan Hansen, In Transit, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, and Significant Other were evaluated, nominated and/ or received awards from Outer Critics Circle in previous seasons and therefore were not considered for this year. In the case of the Broadway musical Sunset Boulevard, Glenn Close won the Outstanding Actress Award in a Musical for her original performance. Any new elements for these current productions were assessed for this year’s awards. In addition, due to OCC’s nomination deadline last season, the producers of the Broadway musical Shuffle Along, asked to be included with this year’s entries.
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