On Monday, April 21st the Outer Critics Circle Awards Nominees were announced at the Algonquin Hotel in Manhattan. The Outer Circle Awards are chosen by a group a theater critics and writers covering Broadway for publications outside of the New York City area.
This year,
Young Frankenstein picked up the most nominations scoring a total of ten. The revival of
Les Liasons Dangereuses came in at nine,
South Pacific just below at eight.
Glory Days was the only production in the nominating committee that was unable to attend because they missed the cut-off, and will therefore be considered for next years nominations.
On Thursday, May 22 2008 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m the Outer Critics Circle annual awards celebration dinner will be held at Sardi's Restaurant.
The nominees are as follows:
Outstanding New Broadway PlayAugust: Osage County Rock 'n' Roll
The Seafarer
The 39 Steps Outstanding New Broadway MusicalA Catered Affair Cry-Baby The Musical
Xanadu Young Frankenstein Outstanding New Off-Broadway PlayDividing the Estate
The Drunken City
From Up Here
The Receptionist
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical Adding Machine
The Glorious Ones
Make Me a SongThe Music of
William Finn Next to Normal
Outstanding New ScoreAdding Machine
Next to Normal
Passing Strange Young Frankenstein Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)Come Back, Little Sheba
Cyrano de Bergerac The Homecoming Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) Gypsy South Pacific Sunday in the Park with George Take Me Along
Outstanding Director of a Play Maria Aitken,
The 39 Steps Rupert Goold,
Macbeth Rufus Norris ,
Les Liaisons Dangereuses Anna D. Shapiro,
August: Osage County Outstanding Director of a MusicalDavid Cromer, Adding Machine
Arthur Laurents ,
Gypsy Bartlett Sher ,
South Pacific Susan Stroman ,
Young Frankenstein Outstanding Choreographer Rob Ashford ,
Cry-Baby The Musical
Graciela Daniele, The Glorious Ones
Christopher Gattelli ,
South Pacific Susan Stroman ,
Young Frankenstein Outstanding 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 PlayKevin Ander son, Come Back Little Sheba
Ben Daniels,
Les Liaisons Dangereuses Kevin Kline ,
Cyrano de Bergerac Patrick Stewart ,
Macbeth Outstanding Actress in a PlayEve Best ,
The Homecoming Deanna Dunagan ,
August: Osage County Laura Linney ,
Les Liaisons Dangereuses S. Epatha Merkerson , Come Back, Little Sheba
Outstanding Actor in a MusicalRoger 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 Roof
Jim Norton , The Seafarer
David Pittu , Is He Dead?
Outstanding Featured Actress in a PlayJessica Collins,
Les Liaisons Dangereuses Jayne Houdyshell , The New Century
Laurie Metcalf , November
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 Mermaid Amy Warren, Adding Machine
Outstanding Solo PerformanceLaurence Fishburne ,
Thurgood Stephen 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
For more information please
www.outercritics.org.
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