Nominations for the 58th Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards were announced April 21 at the Algonquin Hotel in Manhattan. The new Mel Brooks musical Young Frankenstein leads the nominations with ten, the most of any show this season. The Outer Critics Circle Awards are decided upon by a group of writers "covering New York theatre for out-of town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway." Other big winners were Les Liaisons Dangereuses and South Pacific.
Nominees for the 58th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards are as follows:
Outstanding New Broadway Play
August: Osage CountyRock 'n' Roll
The Seafarer
The 39 StepsOutstanding New Broadway Musical
A Catered AffairCry-Baby The MusicalXanaduYoung FrankensteinOutstanding New Off-Broadway Play
Dividing the Estate
The Drunken City
From Up Here
The Receptionist
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
Adding Machine
The Glorious Ones
Make Me a Song—The Music of William Finn
Next to Normal
Outstanding New Score
Adding Machine
Next to Normal
Passing StrangeYoung FrankensteinOutstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Come Back, Little Sheba
Cyrano de Bergerac
The Homecoming
Les Liaisons DangereusesOutstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
GypsySouth PacificSunday in the Park with GeorgeTake Me Along
Outstanding Director of a Play Maria Aitken, The 39 Steps
Rupert Goold,
MacbethRufus Norris,
Les Liaisons DangereusesAnna D. Shapiro,
August: Osage CountyOutstanding Director of a Musical
David Cromer, Adding Machine
Arthur Laurents,
GypsyBartlett Sher,
South PacificSusan Stroman, Young Frankenstein
Outstanding Choreographer
Rob Ashford, Cry-Baby The Musical
Graciela Daniele, The Glorious Ones
Christopher Gattelli, South Pacific
Susan Stroman,
Young FrankensteinOutstanding Set Design (Play or Musical)
David Farley, Timothy Bird, Sunday in the Park with George
Scott Pask, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Robin Wagner, Young Frankenstein
Michael Yeargan, South Pacific
Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical)
David Farley, Sunday in the Park with George
Katrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
William Ivey Long, Young Frankenstein
Jessica Jahn, Michael Bottari and Ronald Case, Die Mommie Die!
Catherine Zuber, South Pacific
Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)
Kevin Adams, The 39 Steps
Ken Billington, Sunday in the Park with George
Donald Holder, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Peter Kaczorowski, Young Frankenstein
Outstanding Actor in a Play
Kevin Anderson, Come Back Little Sheba
Ben Daniels, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Kevin Kline, Cyrano de Bergerac
Patrick Stewart, Macbeth
Outstanding Actress in a Play
Eve Best, The Homecoming
Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
Laura Linney, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
S. Epatha Merkerson, Come Back, Little Sheba
Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Roger Bart, Young Frankenstein
Daniel Evans, Sunday in the Park with George
Boyd Gaines, Gypsy
Paulo Szot, South Pacific
Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Patti LuPone, Gypsy
Kelli O'Hara, South Pacific
Faith Prince, A Catered Affair
Alice Ripley, Next to Normal
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Raul Esparza, The Homecoming
James Earl Jones,
Cat On a Hot Tin RoofJim Norton, The Seafarer
David Pittu, Is He Dead?
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Jessica Collins, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Jayne Houdyshell, The New Century
Laurie Metcalf, NovemberKaren Ziemba and Sandy Duncan at the OCC announcement.
Sian Phillips, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Danny Burstein, South Pacific
Christopher Fitzgerald, Young Frankenstein
Shuler Hensley, Young Frankenstein
Tony Yazbeck, Gypsy
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Laura Benanti, Gypsy
Harriet Harris, Cry-Baby The Musical
Sherie Rene Scott,
The Little MermaidAmy Warren, Adding Machine
Outstanding Solo Performance
Laurence Fishburne,
ThurgoodStephen Lang, Beyond Glory
Chazz Palminteri, A Bronx Tale
April Yvette Thompson, Liberty City
John Gassner Award (Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Bob Clyman, Secret Order
Liz Flahive, From Up Here
Michael Hollinger, Opus
George Packer, Betrayed
Shows with three or more nominations:
Young Frankenstein, 10
Les Liaisons Dangereuses, 9
South Pacific, 8
Gypsy, 6
Sunday in the Park with George, 5
Adding Machine, 4
August: Osage County, 3
The 39 Steps, 3
Cry-Baby The Musical, 3
Next to Normal, 3
Come Back, Little Sheba, 3
The Homecoming, 3
For more information visit www.outercritics.org.