Winners of the 62nd annual Outer Critics Circle Awards were announced May 14. Once, the new musical based on the film of the same name, and the London import One Man, Two Guvnors each won three awards apiece, the most of any production of the season.
Outer Critics Circle Awards honor the best of Broadway and Off-Broadway. Jeff Talbott's acclaimed Off-Broadway, race-themed play, The Submission, was awarded the John Gassner Award, which is presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright.
Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, along with Josh Gad, last year's OCC winner for Outstanding Actor in a Musical (The Book of Mormon); Montego Glover, 2010 OCC winner for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Memphis); and playwright Jon Robin Baitz, last year’s OCC winner for Other Desert Cities will serve as presenters at the organization's 62nd Annual Award ceremony May 24 at Sardi's Restaurant.
Outer Critics will present an honorary award to The Public Theater on its 50th anniversary presenting free theatre at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Stiller and Meara, alumni of Shakespeare in the Park and Public Theater productions, will present the special award to Public artistic director Oskar Eustis and executive director Patrick Willingham.
Winners follow (winners are in bold, preceded by an asterisk):
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY The Lyons *One Man, Two Guvnors Seminar Stick Fly
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL Bonnie & Clyde Newsies *Once Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY Blood and Gifts The School for Lies *Sons of the Prophet Tribes
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL Death Takes a Holiday Lucky Guy Play It Cool *Queen of the Mist
OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL (Broadway or Off-Broadway) Newsies Nice Work If You Can Get It *Once Queen of the Mist
OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE (Broadway or Off-Broadway) Bonnie & Clyde Death Takes a Holiday *Newsies Queen of the Mist
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY (Broadway or Off-Broadway) The Best Man *Death of a Salesman The Lady From Dubuque Private Lives
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL (Broadway or Off-Broadway) Carrie Evita *Follies Porgy and Bess
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY Mark Brokaw The Lyons David Cromer Tribes *Nicholas Hytner One Man, Two Guvnors Mike Nichols Death of a Salesman
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL Jeff Calhoun Newsies Michael Grandage Evita Kathleen Marshall Nice Work If You Can Get It *John Tiffany Once
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER Rob Ashford Evita *Christopher Gattelli Newsies Steven Hoggett Once Kathleen Marshall Nice Work If You Can Get It
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN (Play or Musical) Bob Crowley Once Derek McLane Nice Work If You Can Get It Christopher Oram Evita *George Tsypin Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN (Play or Musical) Gregg Barnes Follies *Eiko Ishioka Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark William Ivey Long Don’t Dress for Dinner Martin Pakledinaz Nice Work If You Can Get It
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN (Play or Musical) Neil Austin Evita Donald Holder Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Brian MacDevitt Death of a Salesman *Hugh Vanstone Ghost: The Musical
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY *James Corden One Man, Two Guvnors Santino Fontana Sons of the Prophet Russell Harvard Tribes Philip Seymour Hoffman Death of a Salesman Hamish Linklater The School for Lies
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY *Tracie Bennett End of the Rainbow Tyne Daly Master Class Linda Lavin The Lyons Nicole Ari Parker A Streetcar Named Desire Laila Robins The Lady From Dubuque
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL *Danny Burstein Follies Raúl Esparza Leap of Faith Jeremy Jordan Newsies Steve Kazee Once Norm Lewis Porgy and Bess
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Jan Maxwell Follies Marin Mazzie Carrie *Audra McDonald Porgy and Bess Cristin Milioti Once Kelli O’Hara Nice Work If You Can Get It
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY Will Brill Tribes Tom Edden One Man, Two Guvnors Andrew Garfield Death of a Salesman *James Earl Jones The Best Man Jefferson Mays Blood and Gifts
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY Joanna Gleason Sons of the Prophet *Spencer Kayden Don’t Dress for Dinner Angela Lansbury The Best Man Judith Light Other Desert Cities Daphne Rubin-Vega A Streetcar Named Desire
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL Phillip Boykin Porgy and Bess Andrew Keenan-Bolger Newsies *Michael McGrath Nice Work If You Can Get It Patrick Page Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Chris Sullivan Nice Work If You Can Get It
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Jayne Houdyshell Follies *Judy Kaye Nice Work If You Can Get It Rebecca Luker Death Takes a Holiday Da’Vine Joy Randolph Ghost: The Musical Melissa Van Der Schyff Bonnie & Clyde
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE Judy Gold My Life as a Sitcom David Greenspan The Patsy *Denis O’Hare An Iliad Stephen Spinella An Iliad
JOHN GASSNER AWARD (Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright) Robert Askins Hand to God Gabe McKinley CQ/CX Erika Sheffer Russian Transport *Jeff Talbott The Submission
Outer Critics Circle is the organization of writers covering New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway. Celebrating its 62nd season, the members of the Outer Critics Circle are affiliated with more than 90 newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, and theatre publications in America and abroad.