1998 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Winners and nominees from the Outer Critics Circle Awards.
1998 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Best Actor - Musical | Alan Cumming | Cabaret |
| Best Actor - Musical | John Cameron Mitchell | Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
| Best Actor - Musical | Brian Stokes Mitchell | Ragtime |
| Best Actor - Musical | Douglas Sills | The Scarlet Pimpernel |
| Best Actor - Play | Sam Trammell | Ah, Wilderness |
| Best Actor - Play | Anthony LaPaglia | A View from the Bridge |
| Best Actor - Play | Michael Emerson, Gross Indecency | The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde |
| Best Actor - Play | Eli Wallach | Visiting Mr. Green |
| Best Actress - Musical | Natasha Richardson | Cabaret |
| Best Actress - Musical | Melissa Errico | High Society |
| Best Actress - Musical | Marin Mazzie | Ragtime |
| Best Actress - Musical | Rebecca Luker | The Sound of Music |
| Best Actress - Play | J. Smith Cameron | As Bees in Honey Drown |
| Best Actress - Play | Anna Manahan | The Beauty Queen of Leenane |
| Best Actress - Play | Marie Mullen | The Beauty Queen of Leenane |
| Best Broadway Musical | High Society | |
| Best Broadway Musical | Ragtime | |
| Best Broadway Musical | The Lion King | |
| Best Broadway Musical | The Scarlet Pimpernel | |
| Best Choreography | Rob Marshall | Cabaret |
| Best Choreography | The Dancers | Forever Tango |
| Best Choreography | Graciela Daniele | Ragtime |
| Best Choreography | Garth Fagan | The Lion King |
| Best Costume Design | William Ivey Long | Cabaret |
| Best Costume Design | Santo Loquasto | Ragtime |
| Best Costume Design | Julie Taymor | The Lion King |
| Best Costume Design | Jane Greenwood | The Scarlet Pimpernel |
| Best Director - Musical | Scott Ellis | 1776 |
| Best Director - Musical | Rob Marshall | Cabaret |
| Best Director - Musical | Sam Mendes | Cabaret |
| Best Director - Musical | Frank Galati | Ragtime |
| Best Director - Musical | Julie Taymor | The Lion King |
| Best Director - Play | Michael Mayer | A View from the Bridge / Side Man |
| Best Director - Play | Matthew Warchus | Art |
| Best Director - Play | Ethan McSweeny | Never the Sinner |
| Best Director - Play | Garry Hynes | The Beauty Queen of Leenane |
| Best Featured Actor - Musical | Gregg Edelman | 1776 |
| Best Featured Actor - Musical | Ron Rifkin | Cabaret |
| Best Featured Actor - Musical | John McMartin | High Society |
| Best Featured Actor - Musical | Peter Friedman | Ragtime |
| Best Featured Actor - Play | Adam Alexi-Malle | Goose Pimples |
| Best Featured Actor - Play | Robert Hogan | Never the Sinner |
| Best Featured Actor - Play | Tom Murphy | The Beauty Queen of Leenane |
| Best Featured Actor - Play | Harris Yulin | The Diary of Anne Frank |
| Best Featured Actress - Musical | Michele Pawk | Cabaret |
| Best Featured Actress - Musical | Audra McDonald | Ragtime |
| Best Featured Actress - Musical | Tsidii Le Loka | The Lion King |
| Best Featured Actress - Musical | Jan Maxwell | The Sound of Music |
| Best Featured Actress - Play | Allison Janney | A View from the Bridge |
| Best Featured Actress - Play | Julyana Soelistyo | Golden Child |
| Best Featured Actress - Play | Patricia Clarkson | The Maiden's Prayer |
| Best Featured Actress - Play | Linda Lavin | The Diary of Anne Frank |
| Best Lighting Design | Jules Fisher | Ragtime |
| Best Lighting Design | Mike Baldassari | Cabaret |
| Best Lighting Design | Peggy Eisenhauer | Cabaret |
| Best Lighting Design | Peggy Eisenhauer | Ragtime |
| Best Lighting Design | Donald Holder | The Lion King |
| Best Lighting Design | Natasha Katz | The Scarlet Pimpernel |
| Best Off Broadway Musical | Dinah Was | |
| Best Off Broadway Musical | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | |
| Best Off Broadway Musical | The Last Session | |
| Best Off Broadway Musical | The Show Goes On | |
| Best Off Broadway Play | Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde | |
| Best Off Broadway Play | Never the Sinner | |
| Best Off Broadway Play | Side Man | |
| Best Off Broadway Play | The Cripple of Inishmaan | |
| Best Revival - Musical | 1776 | |
| Best Revival - Musical | Cabaret | |
| Best Revival - Musical | On the Town | |
| Best Revival - Musical | The Sound of Music | |
| Best Revival - Play | A View from the Bridge | |
| Best Revival - Play | Ah, Wilderness! | |
| Best Revival - Play | The Diary of Anne Frank | |
| Best Revival - Play | The Sunshine Boys | |
| Best Set Design | Eugene Lee | - Ragtime |
| Best Set Design | Tony Straiges | Golden Child |
| Best Set Design | Richard Hudson - | The Lion King |
| Best Set Design | Heidi Ettinger | The Sound of Music |
| Best Solo Performance | Tyne Daly - | Mystery School |
| Best Solo Performance | John Leguizamo - | Freak |
| Best Solo Performance | Sandra Bernhard | I'm Still Here... Damn It! |
| Best Solo Performance | Brian Cox - | St. Nicholas |
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | Douglas Carter Beane | As Bees in Honey Drown |
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | John Logan | Never the Sinner |
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | Warren Leight - | Side Man |
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | Nicky Silver - | The Maiden's Prayer |
| Outstanding Broadway Play | Art | |
| Outstanding Broadway Play | Golden Child | |
| Outstanding Broadway Play | Jackie: An American Life | |
| Outstanding Broadway Play | The Beauty Queen of Leenane | |
| Special Awards | Alan Alda, Victor Garber, Alfred Molina | Art |
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