2012 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Winners and nominees from the Outer Critics Circle Awards.
2012 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| John Gassner Award (for American Play) | Gabe McKinley | CQ/CX |
| John Gassner Award (for American Play) | Robert Askins | Hand to God |
| John Gassner Award (for American Play) | Erika Sheffer | Russian Transport |
| John Gassner Award (for American Play) | Jeff Talbot | The Submission |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Danny Burstein | Follies |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Raúl Esparza | Leap of Faith |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Jeremy Jordan | Newsies |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Steve Kazee | Once |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Norm Lewis | Porgy and Bess |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Death of a Salesman |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | James Corden | One Man, Two Guvnors |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Santino Fontana | Sons of the Prophet |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Hamish Linklater | The School for Lies |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Russell Harvard | Tribes |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Marin Mazzie | Carrie |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Jan Maxwell | Follies |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Kelli O’Hara | Nice Work If You Can Get It |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Cristin Milioti | Once |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Audra McDonald | Porgy and Bess |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Nicole Ari Parker | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Tracie Bennett | End of the Rainbow |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Tyne Daly | Master Class |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Laila Robins | The Lady From Dubuque |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Linda Lavin | The Lyons |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical ((Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Newsies | |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Nice Work If You Can Get It | |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Once | |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Queen of the Mist | |
| Outstanding Choreographer | Rob Ashford | Evita |
| Outstanding Choreographer | Christopher Gattelli | Newsies |
| Outstanding Choreographer | Kathleen Marshall | Nice Work If You Can Get It |
| Outstanding Choreographer | Steven Hoggett | Once |
| Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | William Ivey Long | Don't Dress for Dinner |
| Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Gregg Barnes | Follies |
| Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Martin Pakledinaz | Nice Work If You Can Get It |
| Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Eiko Ishioka | Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Michael Grandage | Evita |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Jeff Calhoun | Newsies |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Kathleen Marshall | Nice Work If You Can Get It |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | John Tiffany | Once |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Mike Nichols | Death of a Salesman |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Nicholas Hytner | One Man, Two Guvnors |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Mark Brokaw | The Lyons |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | David Cromer | Tribes |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Andrew Keenan-Bolger | Newsies |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Michael McGrath | Nice Work If You Can Get It |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Chris Sullivan | Nice Work If You Can Get It |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Phillip Boykin | Porgy and Bess |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Patrick Page | Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Jefferson Mays | Blood and Gifts |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Andrew Garfield | Death of a Salesman |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Tom Edden | One Man, Two Guvnors |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | James Earl Jones | The Best Man |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Will Brill | Tribes |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Melissa Van Der Schyff | Bonnie & Clyde |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Rebecca Luker | Death Takes a Holiday |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Jayne Houdyshell | Follies |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Da'Vine Joy Randolph | Ghost: The Musical |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Judy Kaye | Nice Work If You Can Get It |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Daphne Rubin-Vega | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Spencer Kayden | Don’t Dress for Dinner |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Judith Light | Other Desert Cities |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Joanna Gleason | Sons of the Prophet |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Angela Lansbury | The Best Man |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Brian MacDevitt | Death of a Salesman |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Neil Austin | Evita |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Hugh Vanstone | Ghost: The Musical |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Donald Holder | Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Bonnie & Clyde | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Newsies | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Once | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | One Man, Two Guvnors | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | Seminar | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | Stick Fly | |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | The Lyons | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Blood and Gifts | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Sons of the Prophet | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | The School for Lies | |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Tribes | |
| Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Bonnie & Clyde | |
| Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Death Takes a Holiday | |
| Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Newsies | |
| Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Queen of the Mist | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Carrie | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Evita | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Follies | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Porgy and Bess | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Death of a Salesman | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Private Lives | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | The Best Man | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | The Lady From Dubuque | |
| Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) | Christopher Oram | Evita |
| Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) | Derek McLane | Nice Work If You Can Get It |
| Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) | Bob Crowley | Once |
| Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) | George Tsypin | Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Denis O’Hare | An Iliad |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Stephen Spinella | An Iliad |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Judy Gold | My Life as a Sitcom |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | David Greenspan | The Patsy |
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