2009 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Winners and nominees from the Outer Critics Circle Awards.
2009 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | Beau Willimon | Farragut North |
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | Gina Gionfriddo | Becky Shaw |
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | Annie Baker | Body Awareness |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | James Barbour | A Tale of Two Cities |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Josh Grisetti | Enter Laughing |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Brian d’Arcy James | Shrek the Musical |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Matt Cavenaugh | West Side Story |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | David Pittu | What’s That Smell? The Music of Jacob Sterling |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Geoffrey Rush | Exit the King |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Thomas Sadoski | Reasons to be Pretty |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Raúl Esparza | Speed-the-Plow |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Nathan Lane, Bill Irwin | Waiting for Godot |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Megan Hilty | 9 to 5 |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Leslie Kritzer | Rooms A Rock Romance |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Sutton Foster | Shrek the Musical |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Nancy Opel | The Toxic Avenger |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Josefina Scaglione | West Side Story |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Carla Gugino | Desire Under the Elms |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Marcia Gay Harden | God of Carnage |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Harriet Walter | Mary Stuart |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Saidah Arrika Ekulona | Ruined |
| Outstanding Choreography | Andy Blankenbuehler | 9 to 5 |
| Outstanding Choreography | Peter Darling | Billy Elliot the Musical |
| Outstanding Choreography | Karole Armitage | Hair |
| Outstanding Choreography | Susan Stroman | Happiness |
| Outstanding Choreography | Josh Prince | Shrek the Musical |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Nicky Gillibrand | Billy Elliot |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Martin Pakledinaz | Blithe Spirit |
| Outstanding Costume Design | John Napier | Equus |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Catherine Zuber | Joe Turner’s Come and Gone |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Tim Hatley | Shrek the Musical |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Stephen Daldry | Billy Elliot the Musical |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Stephen Daldry | Billy Elliot the Musical |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Diane Paulus | Hair |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Susan Stroman | Happiness |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Jason Moore | Shrek the Musical |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Arthur Laurents | West Side Story |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Moisés Kaufman | 33 Variations |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Bartlett Sher | Joe Turner’s Come and Gone |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Garry Hynes | The Cripple of Inishmaan |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Matthew Warchus | The Norman Conquests |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Anthony Page | Waiting for Godot |
| Outstanding Ensemble Performance | Amelia Bullmore, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Mangan, Ben Miles, Paul Ritter, Amanda Root | The Norman Conquests |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Gregory Jbara | Billy Elliot |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Aaron Simon | Gross 13 |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Wesley Taylor | Rock of Ages |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Christopher Sieber, Daniel Breaker | Shrek the Musical |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Zach Grenier | 33 Variations |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Patrick Page | A Man For All Seasons |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | John Benjamin Hickey | Mary Stuart |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Russell G. Jones | Ruined |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | David Pearse | The Cripple of Inishmaan |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Martha Plimpton | Pal Joey |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Kathy Fitzgerald | 9 to 5 |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Haydn Gwynne | Billy Elliot the Musical |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Carole Shelley | Billy Elliot the Musical |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Karen Olivo | West Side Story |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Andrea Martin | Exit the King |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Angela Lansbury | Blithe Spirit |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Susan Louise | Blithe Spirit |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Condola Rashad | Ruined |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Kristine Nielsen | the People Who Love Them |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Kristine Nielsen | Why Torture is Wrong |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | David Lander | 33 Variations |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Rick Fisher | Billy Elliot the Musical |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | David Hersey | Equus |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Kevin Adams | Hair |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Peter Kaczorowski | Ruined |
| Outstanding New Broadway | Rock of Ages | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | A Tale of Two Cities | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Billy Elliot the Musical | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Shrek the Musical | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | 33 Variations | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | God of Carnage | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | Irena’s Vow | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | Reasons to be Pretty | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Happiness | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Rooms: a Rock Romance | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | The Toxic Avenger | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | What’s That Smell? The Music of Jacob Sterling | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Becky Shaw | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Farragut North | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Ruined | |
| Outstanding New Score | Billy Elliot | |
| Outstanding New Score | Billy Elliot the Musical | |
| Outstanding New Score | Happiness | |
| Outstanding New Score | Rooms: a Rock Romance | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Enter Laughing | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Hair | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Pal Joey | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | West Side Story | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Blithe Spirit | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Joe Turner’s Come and Gone | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | The Cripple of Inishmaan | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | The Norman Conquests | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Waiting for Godot | |
| Outstanding Set Design | Tim Hatley | Shrek the Musical |
| Outstanding Set Design | Derek McLane | 33 Variations |
| Outstanding Set Design | Ian MacNeil | Billy Elliot |
| Outstanding Set Design | Walt Spangler | Desire Under the Elms |
| Outstanding Set Design | Santo Loquasto | Waiting for Godot |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Matt Sax | Clay |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Lorenzo Pisoni | Humor Abuse |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Mike Daisey | If You See Something Say Something |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Mike Burstyn | Lansky |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Mike Birbiglia | Sleepwalk With Me |
| Special Achievement Award | Kiril Kulish | Billy Elliot |
| Special Achievement Award | Trent Kowalik | Billy Elliot |
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