2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Winners and nominees from the Outer Critics Circle Awards.
2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| John Gassner Award for New American Play | Ryan J. Haddad | Dark Disabled Stories |
| John Gassner Award for New American Play | Brian Watkins | Epiphany |
| John Gassner Award for New American Play | James Ijames | Fat Ham |
| John Gassner Award for New American Play | Hansol Jung | Wolf Play |
| John Gassner Award for New American Play | Noah Diaz | You Will Get Sick |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | David West Read | & Juliet |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Robert Horn | Schucked |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Matthew Lopez | Some Like It Hot |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Amber Ruffin | Some Like it Hot |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Suzan-Lori Parks | The Harder They Come |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli | Titanique |
| Outstanding Choreography | Jennifer Weber | & Juliet |
| Outstanding Choreography | Susan Stroman | New York, New York |
| Outstanding Choreography | Andy Blankenbuehler | Only Gold |
| Outstanding Choreography | Casey Nicholaw | Some Like It Hot |
| Outstanding Choreography | Edgar Godineaux | The Harder They Come |
| Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Paloma Young | & Juliet |
| Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Brigitte Reiffenstuel | Leopoldstadt |
| Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Donna Zakowska | New York, New York |
| Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Gregg Barnes | Some Like It Hot |
| Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Dede Ayite | Topdog/Underdog |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Maria Friedman | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Susan Stroman | New York, New York |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Michael Arden | Parade |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Jack O'Brien | Shucked |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Casey Nicholaw | Some Like It Hot |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Pam MacKinnon | Downstate |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Patrick Marber | Leopoldstadt |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Max Webster | Life of Pi |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Adam Meggido | Peter Pan Goes Wrong |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Kenny Leon | Topdog/Underdog |
| Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical | Betsy Wolfe | & Juliet |
| Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical | Julia Lester | Into the Woods |
| Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical | Alex Newell | Shucked |
| Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical | NaTasha Yvette Williams | Some Like it Hot |
| Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical | Kevin Del Aguila | Some Like It Hot |
| Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play | David Zayas | Cost of Living |
| Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play | Sharon D Clarke | Death of a Salesman |
| Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play | Brandon Uranowitz | Leopoldstadt |
| Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play | Michael Potts, Danielle Brooks | The Piano Lesson |
| Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical | Mare Winningham, A.J. Shively | A Man of No Importance |
| Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical | Vicki Lewis | Between the Lines |
| Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical | Lindsay Mendez | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical | Daniel Radcliffe | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play | Todd Freeman | Downstate |
| Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play | Susanna Guzman, Glenn Davis, Francis Guinan | Downstate |
| Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play | Conrad Ricamora | Oh, Mary! |
| Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play | Gus Birney | Our Class |
| Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play | April Matthis, Jay O. Sanders | Primary Trust |
| Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play | Bubba Weiler | Swing State |
| Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play | Veanne Cox | Wedding Band |
| Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical | Anna Uzele, Colton Ryan | New York, New York |
| Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical | Micaela Diamond | Parade |
| Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical | Caroline Innerbichler | Shucked |
| Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical | J. Harrison Ghee | Some Like it Hot |
| Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play | Jessica Chastain | A Doll's House |
| Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play | Sean Hayes | Good Night, Oscar |
| Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play | Hiran Abeysekera | Life of Pi |
| Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play | Audra McDonald | Ohio State Murders |
| Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play | Corey Hawkins | Topdog/Underdog |
| Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical | Callum Francis | Kinky Boots |
| Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical | Jonathan Groff | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical | Nicholas Barasch | The Butcher Boy |
| Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical | Natey Jones | The Harder They Come |
| Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical | Marla Mindelle | Titanique |
| Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play | Emma Pfitzer Price | Becomes a Woman |
| Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play | Ephraim Birney | Chester Bailey |
| Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play | Bill Irwin | Endgame |
| Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play | Marylouise Burke | Epiphany |
| Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play | Brittany Bradford | Wedding Band |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Ken Elliott, Ben Stanton | A Christmas Carol |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Neil Austin | Leopoldstadt |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Tim Lutkin | Life of Pi |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Ken Billington | New York, New York |
| Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Natasha Katz | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | & Juliet | & Juliet |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | A Beautiful Noise | A Beautiful Noise |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | New York, New York | New York, New York |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Shucked | Shucked |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Some Like it Hot | Some Like it Hot |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | Good Night, Oscar | Good Night, Oscar |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | Leopoldstadt | Leopoldstadt |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | Life of Pi | Life of Pi |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | Peter Pan Goes Wrong | Peter Pan Goes Wrong |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | Summer, 1976 | Summer, 1976 |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Between the Lines | Between the Lines |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Only Gold | Only Gold |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | The Bedwetter | The Bedwetter |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | The Harder They Come | The Harder They Come |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Without You | Without You |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | A Case for the Existence of God | A Case for the Existence of God |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Becomes a Woman | Becomes a Woman |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Chester Bailey | Chester Bailey |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Downstate | Downstate |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Letters from Max, a ritual | Letters from Max, a ritual |
| Outstanding New Score | Kate Anderson, Elyssa Samsel | Between The Lines |
| Outstanding New Score | Lin-Manuel Miranda, John Kander | New York, New York |
| Outstanding New Score | Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally | Shucked |
| Outstanding New Score | Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman | Some Like It Hot |
| Outstanding New Score | Sarah Silverman, Adam Schlesinger | The Bedwetter |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Bill Sherman | & Juliet |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Jonathan Tunick | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Daryl Waters, Sam Davis | New York, New York |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Jason Howland | Shucked |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen | Some Like It Hot |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | A Man of No Importance | A Man of No Importance |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Into the Woods | Into the Woods |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Merrily We Roll Along | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Parade | Parade |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Death of a Salesman | Death of a Salesman |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Endgame | Endgame |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Ohio State Murders | Ohio State Murders |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Topdog/Underdog | Topdog/Underdog |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Wedding Band | Wedding Band |
| Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | John Lee Beatty | Epiphany |
| Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | Beowulf Boritt | New York, New York |
| Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | Simon Scullion | Peter Pan Goes Wrong |
| Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | Mimi Lien | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | Jason Ardizzone-West | Wedding Band |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Jefferson Mays | A Christmas Carol |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Jodie Comer | Prima Facie |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Sam Morrison | Sugar Daddy |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Mike Birbiglia | The Old Man & The Pool |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Anthony Rapp | Without You |
| Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical) | Joshua D. Reid | A Christmas Carol |
| Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical) | Daniel Kluger | Epiphany |
| Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical) | Andre Pluess | Good Night, Oscar |
| Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical) | John Gromada | Jasper |
| Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical) | Kai Harada | New York, New York |
| Outstanding Video or Projection Design (Play or Musical) | Lucy Mackinnon | A Christmas Carol |
| Outstanding Video or Projection Design (Play or Musical) | Isaac Madge | Leopoldstadt |
| Outstanding Video or Projection Design (Play or Musical) | Andrzej Goulding | Life of Pi |
| Outstanding Video or Projection Design (Play or Musical) | Christopher Ash, Beowulf Boritt | New York, New York |
| Outstanding Video or Projection Design (Play or Musical) | Sven Ortel | Parade |
| Special Achievement Award | B.H. Barry | |
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