On May 22nd, 2008 the winners of the 2008 Outer Critics Circle Awards were announced at Sardi's Restaurant (234 W 44th Street). The Outer Critics Circle Awards are chosen by theater critics outside of the New York City area.
The winners are as follows(in bold):
Outstanding New Broadway Play
August: Osage County Rock 'n' Roll
The Seafarer
The 39 StepsOutstanding New Broadway Musical
A Catered AffairCry-Baby The Musical
TIE: Xanadu
Young FrankensteinOutstanding New Off-Broadway Play
Dividing the EstateThe Drunken City
From Up Here
The Receptionist
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
Adding MachineThe Glorious Ones
Make Me a Song—The Music of
William FinnNext to NormalOutstanding New Score
TIE: Adding Machine
Next to NormalPassing StrangeYoung FrankensteinOutstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Come Back, Little Sheba
Cyrano de BergeracThe HomecomingLes 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 StepsRupert 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 FrankensteinOutstanding Choreographer
Rob Ashford, Cry-Baby The MusicalGraciela Daniele, The Glorious Ones
Christopher Gattelli,
South PacificSusan Stroman,
Young Frankenstein
Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical)
David Farley, Timothy Bird, Sunday in the Park with GeorgeScott Pask,
Les Liaisons DangereusesRobin Wagner,
Young FrankensteinMichael Yeargan,
South PacificOutstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical)
David Farley,
Sunday in the Park with GeorgeKatrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons DangereusesWilliam Ivey Long,
Young FrankensteinJessica Jahn, Michael Bottari and Ronald Case, Die Mommie Die!
Catherine Zuber,
South PacificOutstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)
Kevin Adams,
The 39 StepsKen Billington, Sunday in the Park with GeorgeDonald Holder,
Les Liaisons DangereusesPeter Kaczorowski,
Young FrankensteinOutstanding Actor in a Play
Kevin Anderson, Come Back Little Sheba
Ben Daniels,
Les Liaisons DangereusesKevin Kline, Cyrano de BergeracPatrick Stewart,
MacbethOutstanding Actress in a Play
Eve Best, The Homecoming
Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage CountyLaura Linney,
Les Liaisons DangereusesS. Epatha Merkerson, Come Back, Little Sheba
Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Roger Bart,
Young FrankensteinDaniel Evans,
Sunday in the Park with GeorgeBoyd Gaines,
GypsyPaulo Szot, South Pacific
Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Patti LuPone, GypsyKelli O'Hara,
South PacificFaith Prince,
A Catered AffairAlice Ripley,
Next to NormalOutstanding 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 DangereusesJayne Houdyshell, The New Century
Laurie Metcalf, NovemberSian Phillips,
Les Liaisons DangereusesOutstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Danny Burstein, South PacificChristopher Fitzgerald,
Young FrankensteinShuler Hensley,
Young FrankensteinTony Yazbeck,
GypsyOutstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Laura Benanti, GypsyHarriet 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 HereMichael Hollinger, Opus
George Packer, Betrayed
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