This afternoon , Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez (the fabulous old friends from the current revival of Merrily We Roll Along) announced the list of Outer Critics Circle nominees from the Museum of Broadway.
Leading the pack was the Off Broadway musical Dead Outlaw with nine total nominations, followed by The Connector with seven.
The Outer Critics Circle Award winners will be announced on May 13 and celebrated in a ceremony on May 23.
Stay up to date on all of the nominations for the various awards on the Broadway Musical Home Awards page and the total nominations per musical right here on the blog. Be sure to subscribe to be sure you get the latest updates direct to your inbox, and follow us on the socials for more fun.
Take a look at the nominees below:
Outstanding New Broadway Play
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Mother Play
Patriots
Stereophonic
The Shark is Broken
Outstanding New Broadway Musical
Days of Wine and Roses
Suffs
The Great Gatsby
The Outsiders
Water for Elephants
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
Dig
King of the Jews
King James
Primary Trust
Swing State
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
Buena Vista Social Club
Dead Outlaw
Illinoise
Teeth
The Connector
John Gassner Award (presented to a new American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Job by Max Wolf Friedlich
Manahatta by Mary Kathryn Nagle
Oh, Mary! by Cole Escola
The Apiary by Kate Douglas
Wet Brain by John J. Caswell Jr.
Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Cabaret
Here Lies Love
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Spamalot
The Who’s Tommy
Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
An Enemy of the People
Appropriate
Doubt
Mary Jane
Philadelphia, Here I Come!
Purlie Victorious
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
Outstanding New 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
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
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
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
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
Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play
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
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
Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical
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
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 Direction of a Play
Knud Adams – Primary Trust
Daniel Aukin – Stereophonic
Robert Falls – Swing State
Kenny Leon – Purlie Victorious
Lila Neugebauer – Appropriate
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 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
Outstanding Scenic Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Paul Tate DePoo III – The Cottage
Paul Tate DePoo III – The Great Gatsby
Dots – Appropriate
David Korins – Here Lies Love
David Zinn – Stereophonic
Outstanding Costume Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Dede Ayite – Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Enver Chakartash – Stereophonic
Enver Chakartash – Teeth
Linda Cho – The Great Gatsby
Sydney Maresca – The Cottage
Outstanding Lighting Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
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
Outstanding Video or Projection Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
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
Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical)
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
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
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