Thursday, April 21, 2016

The Outer Critics Circle Nominations for the 2015-2016 Theatre Season Are Official


Although many theater insiders mostly focus on the upcoming Tony Award nominations for the current Broadway Theatre season, we are pleased to share with you a first look at this years Outer Critics Circle nominations.  The 66th annual Outer Critics Circle nominations are voted on by an organization of journalists that cover the Broadway and Off Broadway Theater in New York City.  The nominations were announced on Tuesday April 19, 2016.  And the awards will be announced on Monday May 9, 2016.  
Interesting to note is that American Psycho and She Loves Me received the most nominations (8 each), Bright Star and On Your Feet (7 nominations each), and Eclipsed and Long Day's Journey Into Night each received 5 nominations.  This years "off the charts" hit Broadway show Hamilton was not included in these nominations as it won several Outer Critics Circle Awards in 2015 when it played at New York's Public Theater Off Broadway.

Off Broadway's new show called Dear Evan Hanson just received 6 Outer Critics Circle nominations for 2016.  Theatergoers are loving this show and there are already rumors that it may transfer to play in one of the Broadway Theaters in the not too distant future.

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Cheers to all the Outer Critics Circle 2016 nominees.  Best of luck!
Rich Gladstone
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Here is the complete list of 2015-16 Outer Critics Circle Awards Nominations:
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
Eclipsed- see the link above
King Charles III
Therese Raquin
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
American Psycho the Musical-see the link above
Bright Star-see the link above
On Your Feet!-see the link above
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
The Christians
Familiar
Gloria
Hold On to Me Darling
The Legend of Georgia McBride
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Daddy Long Legs
Dear Evan Hansen
Lazarus
Southern Comfort
OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Bright Star
Daddy Long Legs
Dear Evan Hansen
Lazarus
On Your Feet!
OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
American Psycho the Musical
Bright Star
Daddy Long Legs
Dear Evan Hansen
Waitress
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Fool for Love
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
A View From the Bridge
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Dames at Sea
She Loves Me
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
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!
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN (Play or Musical)
Beowulf Boritt     Therese Raquin
David Korins     Misery
Mimi Lien     John
David Rockwell     She Loves Me
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
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
Tal Yarden     Lazarus
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Reed Birney    The Humans
Gabriel Byrne     Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Frank Langella     The Father
Mark Strong     A View From the Bridge
Ben Whishaw     The Crucible
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Jayne Houdyshell     The Humans
Jessica Lange     Long Day’s Journey Into Night
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
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
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
Pascale Armand     Eclipsed
Zainab Jah     Eclipsed
Judith Light     Therese Raquin
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
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  
Helene 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
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
Anna Ziegler     Boy
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
James Houghton     Signature Theater Company

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