2003 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Winners and nominees from the Outer Critics Circle Awards.
2003 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | Louis Mustillo | Bartenders |
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | Matthew Barber | Enchanted April |
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | Stephen Adly Guirgis | Our Lady of 121st Street |
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | Erik Jensen, Jessica Blank | The Exonerated |
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | Dael Orlandersmith | Yellowman |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Jason Petty | Hank Williams: Lost Highway |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Roger Rees | A Man of No Importance |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Harvey Fierstein | Hairspray |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Brian Stokes Mitchell | Man of La Mancha |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Antonio Banderas | Nine |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Eddie Izzard | A Day in the Death of Joe Egg |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Daniel Sunjata | Take Me Out |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Brian Bedford | Tartuffe |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Jochum ten Haaf | Vincent in Brixton |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Howard W. Overshown | Yellowman |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | Man of La Mancha |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Chita Rivera | Nine |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Melissa Errico | Amour |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Marissa Jaret Winokur | Hairspray |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Jenn Colella | Urban Cowboy |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Victoria Hamilton | A Day in the Death of Joe Egg |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Christine Ebersole | Dinner at Eight |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Jayne Atkinson | Enchanted April |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Marylouise Burke | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Clare Higgins | Vincent in Brixton |
| Outstanding Broadway Musical | Amour | |
| Outstanding Broadway Musical | Hairspray | |
| Outstanding Broadway Musical | Movin' Out | |
| Outstanding Broadway Musical | Urban Cowboy | |
| Outstanding Broadway Play | Enchanted April | |
| Outstanding Broadway Play | Take Me Out | |
| Outstanding Broadway Play | The Play What I Wrote | |
| Outstanding Broadway Play | Vincent in Brixton | |
| Outstanding Choreography | Twyla Tharp | - Movin' Out |
| Outstanding Choreography | Robert Longbottom | Flower Drum Song |
| Outstanding Choreography | Jerry Mitchell | Hairspray |
| Outstanding Choreography | Jonathan Butterell | Nine |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Catherine Zuber | Dinner at Eight |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Jess Goldstein | Enchanted April |
| Outstanding Costume Design | William Ivey Long | Hairspray |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Catherine Martin, Angus Strathie | La Bohme |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Vicki Mortimer | Nine |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Sam Mendes | Gypsy |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Jack O'Brien | Hairspray |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Baz Luhrmann | La Bohme |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Randal Myler | Lost Highway |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | David Leveaux | Nine |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Gerald Gutierrez | Dinner at Eight |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Michael Wilson | Enchanted April |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Joe Mantello | Take Me Out |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Michael Engler | Talking Heads |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Steven Pasquale | A Man of No Importance |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Randall Duk Kim | Flower Drum Song |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Dick Latessa | Hairspray |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Matthew Morrison, Corey Reynolds | Hairspray |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Walter Bobbie | Polish Joke |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Michael Cumpsty, Daniel Gerroll | Enchanted April |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | B.D. Wong | Shanghai Moon |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Denis O'Hare | Take Me Out |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Jane Krakowski | Nine |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Kerry Butler | Hairspray |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Mary Beth Peil | Nine |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Mary Stuart Masterson, Laura Benanti | Nine |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Linda Emond | Life (x) 3 |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Emily Skinner | Dinner at Eight |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Marian Seldes | Dinner at Eight |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Kathryn Meisle | Tartuffe |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | J. Smith-Cameron | Tartuffe |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Paul Gallo | Man of La Mancha |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Rui Rita | Enchanted April |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Kenneth Posner | Hairspray |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Nigel Levings | La Bohme |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Brian MacDevitt | Nine |
| Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical | A Man of No Importance | |
| Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical | Avenue Q | |
| Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical | Hank Williams: Lost Highway | |
| Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical | Radiant Baby | |
| Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical | Zanna Don't | |
| Outstanding Off-Broadway Play | Kimberly Akimbo | |
| Outstanding Off-Broadway Play | Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme | |
| Outstanding Off-Broadway Play | Talking Heads | |
| Outstanding Off-Broadway Play | The Exonerated | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Gypsy | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | La Bohme | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Man of La Mancha | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Nine | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | A Day in the Death of Joe Egg | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Dinner at Eight | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Our Town | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Tartuffe | |
| Outstanding Set Design | John Lee Beatty | Dinner at Eight |
| Outstanding Set Design | Tony Straiges | Enchanted April |
| Outstanding Set Design | David Rockwell | Hairspray |
| Outstanding Set Design | Catherine Martin | La Bohme |
| Outstanding Set Design | Scott Pask | Nine |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Tovah Feldshuh | Golda's Balcony |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Charlayne Woodard | In Real Life |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Frank Gorshin | Say Goodnight Gracie |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Kate Mulgrew | Tea at Five |
| Special Awards | Talking Heads | |
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