2006 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Winners and nominees from the Outer Critics Circle Awards.
2006 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | Danai Gurira, Nikkole Salter | In the Continuum |
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | Adam Rapp | Red Light Winter |
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | Rinne GrOff | Rinne GrOff The Ruby Sunrise |
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | Rolin Jones | The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | John Lloyd Young | Jersey Boys |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Hugh Panaro | Lestat |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Michael Cerveris | Sweeney Todd |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Harry Connick, Jr. | The Pajama Game |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Gabriel Byrne | A Touch of the Poet |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Ian McDiarmid | Faith Healer |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Zeljko Ivanek | The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | David Wilmot | The Lieutenant of Inishmore |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Christine Ebersole | Grey Gardens |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Patti LuPone | Sweeney Todd |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | La Chanze | The Color Purple |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Kelli O'Hara | The Pajama Game |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Zo Wanamaker | Awake and Sing! |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Cynthia Nixon | Rabbit Hole |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Julie White | The Little Dog Laughed |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Lois Smith | The Trip to Bountiful |
| Outstanding Broadway Musical | Jersey Boys | |
| Outstanding Broadway Musical | The Color Purple | |
| Outstanding Broadway Musical | The Drowsy Chaperone | |
| Outstanding Broadway Musical | The Woman in White | |
| Outstanding Broadway Play | Festen | |
| Outstanding Broadway Play | Primo | |
| Outstanding Broadway Play | The History Boys | |
| Outstanding Broadway Play | The Lieutenant of Inishmore | |
| Outstanding Choreography | Graciela Daniele | Bernarda Alba |
| Outstanding Choreography | Sergio Trujillo | Jersey Boys |
| Outstanding Choreography | Casey Nicholaw | The Drowsy Chaperone |
| Outstanding Choreography | Kathleen Marshall | The Pajama Game |
| Outstanding Costume Design | William Ivey Long | Grey Gardens |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Gregg Barnes | The Drowsy Chaperone |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Martin Pakledinaz | The Pajama Game |
| Outstanding Costume Design | William Dudley | The Woman in White |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Michael Greif | Grey Gardens |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Des McAnuff | Jersey Boys |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | John Doyle | Sweeney Todd |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Kathleen Marshall | The Pajama Game |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Bartlett Sher | Awake and Sing ! |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Jerry Zaks | The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Nicholas Hytner | The History Boys |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Wilson Milam | The Lieutenant of Inishmore |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Christian Hoff | Jersey Boys |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Peter Benson | The Pajama Game |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Jim Dale | The Threepenny Opera |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Michael Ball | The Woman in White |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Mark Ruffalo | Awake and Sing! |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Richard Easton | Entertaining Mr. Sloane |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Richard Griffiths | The History Boys |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Peter Gerety | The Lieutenant of Inishmore |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Mary Louise Wilson | Grey Gardens |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Elisabeth Withers-Mendes | The Color Purple |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Beth Leavel | The Drowsy Chaperone |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Megan Lawrence | The Pajama Game |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Jan Maxwell | Entertaining Mr. Sloane |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Lynn Redgrave | The Constant Wife |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Frances de la Tour | The History Boys |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Hallie Foote | The Trip to Bountiful |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Howell Binkley | Jersey Boys |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Howell Binkley | Jersey Boys |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Richard G. Jones | Sweeney Todd |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Richard G. Jones | Sweeney Todd |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Paul Pyant | The Woman in White |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Jeff Nellis | Tryst |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Jeff Nellis | Tryst |
| Outstanding New Score | Grey Gardens | |
| Outstanding New Score | See What I Wanna See | |
| Outstanding New Score | The Color Purple | |
| Outstanding New Score | The Drowsy Chaperone | |
| Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical | Bernarda Alba | |
| Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical | Grey Gardens | |
| Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical | See What I Wanna See | |
| Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical | Thrill Me The Leopold & Loeb Story | |
| Outstanding Off-Broadway Play | Beauty of the Father | |
| Outstanding Off-Broadway Play | In the Continuum | |
| Outstanding Off-Broadway Play | Stuff Happens | |
| Outstanding Off-Broadway Play | Tryst | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Sweeney Todd | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | The Pajama Game | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Two Gentlemen of Verona | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Awake and Sing! | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | The Constant Wife | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | The Trip to Bountiful | |
| Outstanding Set Design | Allen Moyer | Grey Gardens |
| Outstanding Set Design | John Lee Beatty | The Color Purple |
| Outstanding Set Design | David Gallo | The Drowsy Chaperone |
| Outstanding Set Design | William Dudley | The Woman in White |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Marga Gomez | Los Big Names |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Antony Sher | Primo |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Jack Holmes | RFK |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Steven Fales | Steven Fales Confessions of a Mormon Boy |
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