2016 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Winners and nominees from the Outer Critics Circle Awards.
2016 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| John Gassner Playwrighting Award (Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright) | Anna Ziegler | Boy |
| John Gassner Playwrighting Award (Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright) | Lauren Gunderson | I and You |
| John Gassner Playwrighting Award (Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright) | Martyna Majok | Ironbound |
| John Gassner Playwrighting Award (Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright) | Marco Ramirez | The Royale |
| John Gassner Playwrighting Award (Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright) | Lindsey Ferrentino | Ugly Lies the Bone |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Benjamin Walker | American Psycho |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Robert Creighton | Cagney |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Ben Platt | Dear Evan Hansen |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Danny Burstein | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Alex Brightman | School of Rock |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Mark Strong | A View From the Bridge |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Gabriel Byrne | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Ben Whishaw | The Crucible |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Frank Langella | The Father |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Reed Birney | The Humans |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Carmen Cusack | Bright Star |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Ana Villafane | On Your Feet |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Laura Benanti | She Loves Me |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Cynthia Erivo | The Color Purple |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Jessie Mueller | Waitress |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Nicola Walker | A View From the Bridge |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Michelle Williams | Blackbird |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Lupita Nyong'o | Eclipsed |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Jessica Lange | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Jayne Houdyshell | The Humans |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or off-Broadway) | Steve Martin | Bright Star |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or off-Broadway) | John Caird, John Caird | Daddy Long Legs |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or off-Broadway) | Steven Levenson | Dear Evan Hansen |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or off-Broadway) | Edna Walsh, David Bowie, Edna Walsh, David Bowie, David Bowie | Lazarus |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or off-Broadway) | Alexander Dinelaris | On Your Feet |
| Outstanding Choreography | Josh Rhodes | Bright Star |
| Outstanding Choreography | Joshua Bergasse | Cagney |
| Outstanding Choreography | Randy Skinner | Dames at Sea |
| Outstanding Choreography | Sergio Trujillo | On Your Feet |
| Outstanding Choreography | Spencer Liff | Spring Awakening |
| Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Katrina Lindsay | American Psycho |
| Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Jane Greenwood | Bright Star |
| Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Tom Scutt | King Charles III |
| Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | ESosa | On Your Feet |
| Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Jeff Mahshie | She Loves Me |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Rupert Goold | American Psycho |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Walter Bobbie | Bright Star |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Michael Greif | Dear Evan Hansen |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Scott Ellis | She Loves Me |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Michael Arden | Spring Awakening |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Ivo van Hove | A View From the Bridge |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Evan Cabnet | Gloria |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Rupert Goold | King Charles III |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Joe Mantello | The Humans |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Mike Donahue | The Legend of Georgia McBride |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Roger Bart | Disaster |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Michael Esper | Lazarus |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Nicholas Barasch | She Loves Me |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Terrence Mann | Tuck Everlasting |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Christopher Fitzgerald | Waitress |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Sanjit De Silva | Dry Powder |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Michael Shannon | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Robert Sella | Sylvia |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Jim Norton | The Crucible |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Matt McGrath | The Legend of Georgia McBride |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Helene Yorke | American Psycho |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Sophia Anne Caruso | Lazarus |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Andrea Burns | On Your Feet |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Jane Krakowski | She Loves Me |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Danielle Brooks | The Color Purple |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Pascale Armand | Eclipsed |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Zainab Jah, Saycon Sengbloh | Eclipsed |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Myra Lucretia Taylor | Familiar |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Judith Light | Therese Raquin |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Justin Townsend | American Psycho |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Natasha Katz | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Kenneth Posner | On Your Feet |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Donald Holder | She Loves Me |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Ben Stanton | Spring Awakening |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | American Psycho | American Psycho |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Bright Star | Bright Star |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | On Your Feet! | On Your Feet! |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Tuck Everlasting | Tuck Everlasting |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Waitress | Waitress |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | Danai Gurira | Eclipsed |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | Mike Bartlett | King Charles III |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | Florian Zeller | The Father |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | Stephen Karam | The Humans |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | Helen Edmundson | Therese Raquin |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Cagney | Cagney |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Daddy Long Legs | Daddy Long Legs |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Dear Evan Hansen | Dear Evan Hansen |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Lazarus | Lazarus |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Southern Comfort | Southern Comfort |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Danai Gurira | Familiar |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Branden Jacobs-Jenkins | Gloria |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Kenneth Lonergan | Hold On to Me Darling |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Lucas Hnath | The Christians |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Matthew Lopez | The Legend of Georgia McBride |
| Outstanding New Score (Broadway or off-Broadway) | Duncan Sheik | American Psycho |
| Outstanding New Score (Broadway or off-Broadway) | Steve Martin, Edie Brickell | Bright Star |
| Outstanding New Score (Broadway or off-Broadway) | Paul Gordon | Daddy Long Legs |
| Outstanding New Score (Broadway or off-Broadway) | Benj Pasek, Justin Paul | Dear Evan Hansen |
| Outstanding New Score (Broadway or off-Broadway) | Sara Bareilles | Waitress |
| Outstanding Projection Design (Play or Musical) | Finn Ross | American Psycho |
| Outstanding Projection Design (Play or Musical) | Peter Nigrini | Dear Evan Hansen |
| Outstanding Projection Design (Play or Musical) | Peter Nigrini | Grounded |
| Outstanding Projection Design (Play or Musical) | Tal Yarden | Lazarus |
| Outstanding Projection Design (Play or Musical) | Lucy Mackinnon | Spring Awakening |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or off-Broadway) | Dames at Sea | Dames at Sea |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or off-Broadway) | Fiddler on the Roof | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or off-Broadway) | She Loves Me | She Loves Me |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or off-Broadway) | Spring Awakening | Spring Awakening |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or off-Broadway) | The Color Purple | The Color Purple |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or off-Broadway) | A View From the Bridge | A View From the Bridge |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or off-Broadway) | Blackbird | Blackbird |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or off-Broadway) | Fool for Love | Fool for Love |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or off-Broadway) | Long Day's Journey Into Night | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or off-Broadway) | The Crucible | The Crucible |
| Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | Mimi Lien | John |
| Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | David Korins | Misery |
| Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | David Rockwell | She Loves Me |
| Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | Beowulf Boritt | Therese Raquin |
| Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | Walt Spangler | Tuck Everlasting |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Daphne Rubin-Vega | Empanada Loca |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Anne Hathaway | Grounded |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Kathleen Chalfant | Rose |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Mike Birbiglia | Thank God for Jokes |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | James Lecesne | The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey |
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