2022 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Winners and nominees from the Outer Critics Circle Awards.
2022 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| John Gassner Award | Erika Dickerson-Despenza | cullud wattah |
| John Gassner Award | Sanaz Toossi | English |
| John Gassner Award | Sylvia Khoury | Selling Kabul |
| John Gassner Award | Dave Harris | Tambo & Bones |
| John Gassner Award | Keenan Scott II | Thoughts of a Colored Man |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Jaquel Spivey | A Strange Loop |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Chip Zien | Harmony |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Justin Cooley | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Myles Frost | MJ the Musical |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Rob McClure | Mrs. Doubtfire |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Sam Rockwell | American Buffalo |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Patrick J. Adams | Take Me Out |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley, Adrian Lester | The Lehman Trilogy |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Sharon D Clarke | Caroline, Or Change |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Carmen Cusack | Flying Over Sunset |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Kearstin Piper Brown | Intimate Apparel |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Victoria Clark | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Joaquina Kalukango | Paradise Square |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Debra Messing | Birthday Candles |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Edie Falco | Morning Sun |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Stephanie Berry | On Sugarland |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Betsy Aidem | Prayer for the French Republic |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | LaChanze | Trouble in Mind |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Bruce Sussman | Harmony |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Lynn Nottage | Intimate Apparel |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | David Lindsay-Abaire | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel | Mr. Saturday Night |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Karey Kirkpatrick, John O'Farrell | Mrs. Doubtfire |
| Outstanding Choreography | Camille A. Brown | for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf |
| Outstanding Choreography | Warren Carlyle | Harmony |
| Outstanding Choreography | Christopher Wheeldon, Rich + Tone Talauega | MJ the Musical |
| Outstanding Choreography | Bill T. Jones, Alex Sanchez, Garrett Coleman, Jason Oremus | Paradise Square |
| Outstanding Choreography | Warren Carlyle | The Music Man |
| Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Catherine Zuber | Mrs. Doubtfire |
| Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Jane Greenwood | Plaza Suite |
| Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Gabriella Slade | SIX |
| Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Santo Loquasto | The Music Man |
| Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Emilio Sosa | Trouble in Mind |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Warren Carlyle | Harmony |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Jessica Stone | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Christopher Wheeldon | MJ the Musical |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Jerry Zaks | Mrs. Doubtfire |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Moisés Kaufman | Paradise Square |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Camille A. Brown | for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Skeleton Crew |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Scott Ellis | Take Me Out |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Sam Mendes | The Lehman Trilogy |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Anna D. Shapiro | The Minutes |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Will Swenson, Steven Pasquale | Assassins |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Matt Doyle | Company |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Quentin Earl Darrington | MJ the Musical |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | A.J. Shively | Paradise Square |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Brandon J. Dirden | Skeleton Crew |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Michael Oberholtzer | Take Me Out |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Austin Pendleton | The Minutes |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Chuck Cooper | Trouble in Mind |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Judy Kuhn | Assassins |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Patti LuPone | Company |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Bonnie Milligan | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Shoshana Bean | Mr. Saturday Night |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Jenn Colella | Suffs |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Uzo Aduba | Clyde's |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Francis Benhamou, Nancy Robinette | Prayer for the French Republic |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Chanté Adams, Phylicia Rashad | Skeleton Crew |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Bradley King | Flying Over Sunset |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Jen Schreiver | Lackawanna Blues |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Natasha Katz | MJ the Musical |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Jon Clark | The Lehman Trilogy |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Brian MacDevitt | The Minutes |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | MJ the Musical | MJ the Musical |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Mr. Saturday Night | Mr. Saturday Night |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Mrs. Doubtfire | Mrs. Doubtfire |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Paradise Square | Paradise Square |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | SIX | SIX |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | Birthday Candles | Birthday Candles |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | Clyde's | Clyde's |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | Skeleton Crew | Skeleton Crew |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | The Lehman Trilogy | The Lehman Trilogy |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | The Minutes | The Minutes |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Black No More | Black No More |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Harmony | Harmony |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Intimate Apparel | Intimate Apparel |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Kimberly Akimbo | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Little Girl Blue | Little Girl Blue |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Morning Sun | Morning Sun |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | On Sugarland | On Sugarland |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Prayer for the French Republic | Prayer for the French Republic |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Sanctuary City | Sanctuary City |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | The Chinese Lady | The Chinese Lady |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Greg Jarrett | Assassins |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Doug Walter | Harmony |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | John Clancy | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Jason Michael Webb, David Holcenberg | MJ the Musical |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Jason Howland | Paradise Square |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Assassins | Assassins |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Caroline, or Change | Caroline, or Change |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Company | Company |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | The Music Man | The Music Man |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | The Streets of New York | The Streets of New York |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | A Touch of the Poet | A Touch of the Poet |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf | for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | How I Learned to Drive | How I Learned to Drive |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Take Me Out | Take Me Out |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Trouble in Mind | Trouble in Mind |
| Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | Scott Pask | American Buffalo |
| Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | Beowulf Boritt | Flying Over Sunset |
| Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | Es Devlin | The Lehman Trilogy |
| Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | David Zinn | The Minutes |
| Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | Adam Rigg | The Skin of Our Teeth |
| Outstanding Score | Bruce Sussman, Barry Manilow | Harmony |
| Outstanding Score | Jeanine Tesori, David Lindsay-Abaire | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Outstanding Score | Karey Kirkpatrick, Wayne Kirkpatrick | Mrs. Doubtfire |
| Outstanding Score | Masi Asare, Nathan Tysen, Jason Howland | Paradise Square |
| Outstanding Score | Lucy Moss, Toby Marlow | SIX |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Jenn Murray | A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Alex Edelman | Just for Us |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Kristina Wong | Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Arturo Luís Soria | Ni Mi Madre |
| Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical) | Matt Stine, Sam Kusnetz | Assassins |
| Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical) | Ben Ringham, Max Ringham | Blindness |
| Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical) | Dan Moses Schreier | Harmony |
| Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical) | Nick Powell, Dominic Bilkey | The Lehman Trilogy |
| Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical) | André Pluess | The Minutes |
| Outstanding Video/Projection Design (Play or Musical) | Benjamin Pearcy, 59 Productions | Flying Over Sunset |
| Outstanding Video/Projection Design (Play or Musical) | Shawn Duan | Letters of Suresh |
| Outstanding Video/Projection Design (Play or Musical) | Jeff Sugg | Mr. Saturday Night |
| Outstanding Video/Projection Design (Play or Musical) | Stefania Bulbarella, Alex Basco Koch | Space Dogs |
| Outstanding Video/Projection Design (Play or Musical) | Luke Halls | The Lehman Trilogy |
| Special Achievement Awards | Johanna Day, David Morse, Mary-Louise Parker | How I Learned to Drive |
| Special Achievement Awards | Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Lackawanna Blues |
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