2008 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Winners and nominees from the Outer Critics Circle Awards.
2008 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | George Packer | Betrayed |
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | Liz Flahive | From Up Here |
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | Michael Hollinger | Opus |
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | Bob Clyman | Secret Order |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Boyd Gaines | Gypsy |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Paulo Szot, Paulo Szot | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Daniel Evans | Sunday in the Park With George |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Roger Bart | Young Frankenstein |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Kevin Anderson | Come Back, Little Sheba |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Kevin Kline | Cyrano de Bergerac |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Ben Daniels | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Patrick Stewart | Macbeth |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Faith Prince | A Catered Affair |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Patti LuPone | Gypsy |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Alice Ripley | Next to Normal |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Kelli O'Hara | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Deanna Dunagan | August: Osage County |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | S. Epatha Merkerson | Come Back, Little Sheba |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Laura Linney | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Eve Best | The Homecoming |
| Outstanding Choreography | Rob Ashford | Cry-Baby The Musical |
| Outstanding Choreography | Christopher Gattelli | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Choreography | Graciela Daniele | The Glorious Ones |
| Outstanding Choreography | Susan Stroman | Young Frankenstein |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Jessica Jahn, Michael Bottari, Ronald Case | Die Mommie Die! |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Katrina Lindsay | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Catherine Zuber | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Costume Design | David Farley | Sunday in the Park With George |
| Outstanding Costume Design | William Ivey Long | Young Frankenstein |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | David Cromer | Adding Machine |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Arthur Laurents | Gypsy |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Bartlett Sher | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Susan Stroman | Young Frankenstein |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Anna D. Shapiro | August: Osage County |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Rufus Norris | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Rupert Goold | Macbeth |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Maria Aitken | The 39 Steps |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Tony Yazbeck | Gypsy |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Danny Burstein | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Christopher Fitzgerald, Shuler Hensley | Young Frankenstein |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | James Earl Jones | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | David Pittu | Is He Dead? |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Ral Esparza | The Homecoming |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Jim Norton | The Seafarer |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Amy Warren | Adding Machine |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Harriet Harris | Cry-Baby The Musical |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Laura Benanti | Gypsy |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Sherie Rene Scott | The Little Mermaid |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Jessica Collins, Sian Phillips | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Laurie Metcalf | November |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Jayne Houdyshell | The New Century |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Ken Billington | Sunday in the Park With George |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Donald Holder | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Kevin Adams | The 39 Steps |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Peter Kaczorowski | Young Frankenstein |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | A Catered Affair | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Cry-Baby The Musical | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Xanadu | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Young Frankenstein | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | August: Osage County | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | Rock 'N' Roll | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | The 39 Steps | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | The Seafarer | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Adding Machine | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Make Me a Song -- The Music of William Finn | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Next to Normal | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | The Glorious Ones | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Dividing the Estate | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | From Up Here | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | The Drunken City | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | The Receptionist | |
| Outstanding New Score | Adding Machine | |
| Outstanding New Score | Next to Normal | |
| Outstanding New Score | Passing Strange | |
| Outstanding New Score | Young Frankenstein | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Gypsy | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | South Pacific | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Sunday in the Park With George | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Take Me Along | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Come Back, Little Sheba | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Cyrano de Bergerac | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | The Homecoming | |
| Outstanding Set Design | Scott Pask | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Outstanding Set Design | Michael Yeargan | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Set Design | David Farley, Timothy Bird | Sunday in the Park With George |
| Outstanding Set Design | Robin Wagner | Young Frankenstein |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Chazz Palminteri | A Bronx Tale |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Stephen Lang | Beyond Glory |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | April Yvette Thompson | Liberty City |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Laurence Fishburne | Thurgood |
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