2011 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Winners and nominees from the Outer Critics Circle Awards.
2011 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | David West Read | The Dream of the Burning Boy |
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | Matthew Lopez | The Whipping Man |
| John Gassner Playwriting Award | Kim Rosenstock | Tigers Be Still |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Aaron Tveit, Norbert Leo Butz | Catch Me If You Can |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Daniel Radcliffe | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Tony Sheldon | Priscilla, Queen of the Desert |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Josh Gad | The Book of Mormon |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Mark Rylance | Jerusalem |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Reed Birney | The Dream of the Burning Boy |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Al Pacino | The Merchant of Venice |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Bobby Cannavale | The Motherf**cker With the Hat |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Joe Mantello | The Normal Heart |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Sutton Foster | Anything Goes |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Beth Leavel | Baby It's You! |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Patina Miller, Victoria Clark | Sister Act |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Donna Murphy | The People in the Picture |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Nina Arianda | Born Yesterday |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Frances McDormand | Good People |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Judith Light | Lombardi |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Edie Falco | The House of Blue Leaves |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Laurie Metcalf | The Other People |
| Outstanding Choreography | Kathleen Marshall | Anything Goes |
| Outstanding Choreography | Rob Ashford | How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| Outstanding Choreography | Ross Coleman | Priscilla Queen of the Desert |
| Outstanding Choreography | Casey Nicholaw | The Book of Mormon |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Lizz Wolf | Baby It's You! |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Tim Chappel & Lizzy Gardiner | Priscilla Queen of the Deser |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Lez Brotherston | Sister Act |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Desmond Heeley | The Importance of Being Earnest |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Kathleen Marshall | Anything Goes |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Rob Ashford | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Jerry Zaks | Sister Act |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker | The Book of Mormon |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Emma Rice | Brief Encounter |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Daniel Sullivan | Good People |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Anna D. Shapiro | Motherf**cker With the Hat |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Marianne Elliott, Tom Morris | War Horse |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Adam Godley | Anything Goes |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Colin Donnell, John McMartin | Anything Goes |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | John Larroquette | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Chester Gregory | Sister Act |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Evan Jonigkeit | High |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Stacy Keach | Other Desert Cities |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Brian Bedford | The Importance of Being Earnest |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Yul Vazquez | The Motherf**cker With the Hat |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Seth Numrich | War Horse |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Laura Osnes | Anything Goes |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Marla Mindelle | Sister Act |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Nikki M. James | The Book of Mormon |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Laura Benanti | Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Patti LuPone | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Estelle Parsons | Good People |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Renee Elise | Good People |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Linda Lavin | Other Desert Cities |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Alison Pill | The House of Blue Leaves |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Elizabeth Rodriguez | The Motherf**cker With the Hat |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | David Lander | Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Malcolm Rippeth | Brief Encounter |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Malcolm Rippeth | Brief Encounter |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Natasha Katz | Sister Act |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Paule Constable | War Horse |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Sister Act | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | The Book of Mormon | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Women on the Berge of a Nervous Breakdown | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | Good People | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | The Motherf**ker With the Hat | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | War Horse | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Freckleface Strawberry | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | In Transit | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | The Kid | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Tomorrow Morning | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Blood From a Stone | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Kin | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Other Desert Cities | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | The Other Place | |
| Outstanding New Score | Catch Me If You Can | |
| Outstanding New Score | Sister Act | |
| Outstanding New Score | The Book of Mormon | |
| Outstanding New Score | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Anything Goes | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Hello Again | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Born Yesterday | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | The Importance of Being Earnest | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | The Merchant of Venice | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | The Normal Heart | |
| Outstanding Set Design | Derek McLane | Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo |
| Outstanding Set Design | Neil Murray | Brief Encounter |
| Outstanding Set Design | Desmond Heeley | The Importance of Being Earnest |
| Outstanding Set Design | Todd Rosentha | The Motherf**cker With the Hat |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | John Leguizamo | Ghetto Klown |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Mike Birbiglia | Mike Birbiglia's My Girlfriend's Boyfriend |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Michael Shannon | Mistakes Were Made |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Daniel Beaty | Through the Night |
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