2017 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Winners and nominees from the Outer Critics Circle Awards.
2017 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| John Gassner Award | Jaclyn Backhaus | Men on Boats |
| John Gassner Award | Bess Wohl | Small Mouth Sounds |
| John Gassner Award | Paolo Lazaro | Tell Hector I Miss Him |
| John Gassner Award | Sarah DeLappe | The Wolves |
| John Gassner Award | Qui Nguyen | Vietgone |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Nick Cordero | A Bronx Tale |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Christian Borle | Falsettos |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Andy Karl | Groundhog Day |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | David Hyde Pierce | Hello, Dolly! |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Tony Shalhoub | The Band's Visit |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | David Hyde Pierce | A Life |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Daniel Craig, David Oyelowo | Othello |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Kevin Kline | Present Laughter |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Michael Emerson | Wakey, Wakey |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Christy Altomare | Anastasia |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Bette Midler | Hello, Dolly! |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Katrina Lenk | The Band's Visit |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Patti LuPone, Christine Ebersole | War Paint |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Laurie Metcalf | A Doll's House, Part 2 |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Janie Dee | Linda |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Allison Janney | Six Degrees of Separation |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Sally Field | The Glass Menagerie |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Laura Linney | The Little Foxes |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Chazz Palminteri | A Bronx Tale |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Terrence McNally | Anastasia |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Irene Sankoff, David Hein | Come From Away |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Danny Rubin | Groundhog Day |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Itamar McNally | The Band's Visit |
| Outstanding Choreographer | Andy Blankenbuehler | Bandstand |
| Outstanding Choreographer | Kelly Devine | Come From Away |
| Outstanding Choreographer | Warren Carlyle | Hello, Dolly! |
| Outstanding Choreographer | Denis Jones | Holiday Inn |
| Outstanding Choreographer | Savion Glover | Shuffle Along |
| Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Linda Cho | Anastasia |
| Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Santo Loquasto | Hello, Dolly! |
| Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Susan Hilferty | Present Laughter |
| Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Ann Roth | Shuffle Along |
| Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Catherine Zuber | War Paint |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Darko Tresnjak | Anastasia |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Christopher Ashley | Come From Away |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Matthew Warchus | Groundhog Day |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Jerry Zaks | Hello, Dolly! |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | David Cromer | The Band's Visit |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Rebecca Taichman | Indecent |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Kate Whoriskey | Sweat |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Jack O'Brien | The Front Page |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Daniel Sullivan | The Little Foxes |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Lila Neugebauer | The Wolves |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | John Bolton | Anastasia |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Andrew Rannells | Falsettos |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Gavin Creel | Hello, Dolly! |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Jeffry Denman | Kid Victory |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Shuler Hensley | Sweet Charity |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Richard Topol | Indecent |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Michael Aronov | Oslo |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Nathan Lane | The Front Page |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Richard Thomas | The Little Foxes |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Danny DeVito | The Price |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Mary Beth Peil, Caroline O'Connor | Anastasia |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Jenn Colella | Come From Away |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Stephanie J. Block | Falsettos |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Kate Baldwin | Hello, Dolly! |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Jayne Houdyshell | A Doll's House, Part 2 |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Katrina Lenk | Indecent |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Nana Mensah | Man From Nebraska |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Johanna Day | Sweat |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Cynthia Nixon | The Little Foxes |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Donald Holder | Anastasia |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Natasha Katz | Hello, Dolly! |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Christopher Akerlind | Indecent |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Bradley King | Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Kenneth Posner | War Paint |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | A Bronx Tale | A Bronx Tale |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Anastasia | Anastasia |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Come From Away | Come From Away |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Groundhog Day | Groundhog Day |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Holiday Inn | Holiday Inn |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | A Doll's House, Part 2 | A Doll's House, Part 2 |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | Indecent | Indecent |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | Oslo | Oslo |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | Sweat | Sweat |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Hadestown | Hadestown |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Himself and Nora | Himself and Nora |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Kid Victory | Kid Victory |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Spamilton | Spamilton |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | The Band's Visit | The Band's Visit |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | A Life | A Life |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | If I Forget | If I Forget |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Incognito | Incognito |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Linda | Linda |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Love, Love, Love | Love, Love, Love |
| Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Alan Menken, Glenn Slater | A Bronx Tale |
| Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens | Anastasia |
| Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | David Hein, Irene Sankoff | Come From Away |
| Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Tim Minchin | Groundhog Day |
| Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | David Yazbek | The Band's Visit |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Doug Besterman | Anastasia |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Greg Anthony Rassen, Bill Elliott | Bandstand |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Larry Hochman | Hello, Dolly! |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Larry Blank | Holiday Inn |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Jamshied Sharifi | The Band's Visit |
| Outstanding Projection Design (Play or Musical) | Aaron Rhyne | Anastasia |
| Outstanding Projection Design (Play or Musical) | Tal Yarden | Indecent |
| Outstanding Projection Design (Play or Musical) | Benjamin Pearcy | Oslo |
| Outstanding Projection Design (Play or Musical) | Duncan McLean | Privacy |
| Outstanding Projection Design (Play or Musical) | Jared Mazzocchi | Vietgone |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Finian's Rainbow | Finian's Rainbow |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Hello, Dolly! | Hello, Dolly! |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Miss Saigon | Miss Saigon |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Sunset Boulevard | Sunset Boulevard |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Sweeney Todd | Sweeney Todd |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Jitney | Jitney |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Othello | Othello |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | The Front Page | The Front Page |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | The Little Foxes | The Little Foxes |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | The Price | The Price |
| Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) | Alexander Dodge | Anastasia |
| Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) | Mimi Lien | Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 |
| Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) | Douglas W. Schmidt | The Front Page |
| Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) | Scott Pask | The Little Foxes |
| Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) | Nigel Hook | The Play The Goes Wrong |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Judith Light | All the Ways to Say I Love You |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Ed Dixon | Georgie: My Adventures with George Ross |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Marin Ireland | On the Exhale |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Sarah Jones | Sell/Buy/Date |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Simon McBurney | The Encounter |
| Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical) | Nevin Steinberg | Bandstand |
| Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical) | Gareth Owen | Come From Away |
| Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical) | Nicholas Pope | Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 |
| Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical) | Matt Stine | Sweeney Todd |
| Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical) | Pete Malkin, Gareth Fry | The Encounter |
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