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OCC Nominations Announced

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OCC Nominations Announced#1
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:36am
Outstanding New Broadway Play
August: Osage County
Rock 'n' Roll
The Seafarer
The 39 Steps

Outstanding New Broadway Musical
A Catered Affair
Cry-Baby The Musical
Xanadu
Young Frankenstein

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
Dividing the Estate
The Drunken City
From Up Here
The Receptionist

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
Adding Machine
The Glorious Ones
Make Me a Song—The Music of William Finn
Next to Normal

Outstanding New Score
Adding Machine
Next to Normal
Passing Strange
Young Frankenstein

Outstanding Revival of a Play
Come Back, Little Sheba
Cyrano de Bergerac
The Homecoming
Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Gypsy
South Pacific
Sunday in the Park with George
Take Me Along

Outstanding Director of a Play
Maria Aitken, The 39 Steps
Rupert Goold, Macbeth
Rufus Norris, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County

Outstanding Director of a Musical
David Crorner, Adding Machine
Arthur Laurents, Gypsy
Bartlett Sher, South Pacific
Susan Stroman, Young Frankenstein

Outstanding Choreographer
Rob Ashford, Cry-Baby The Musical
Graciela Daniele, The GLorious Ones
Christopher Gattelli, South Pacific
Susan Stroman, Young Frankenstein

Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical)
David Farley, Timothy Bird, Sunday in the Park with George
Scott Pask, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Robin Wagner, Young Frankenstein
Michael Yeargan, South Pacific

Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical)
David Farley, Sunday in the Park with George
Katrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
William Ivey Long, Young Frankenstein
Jessica Jahn, Michael Bottari and Ronald Case, Die Mommie Die!
Catherine Zuber, South Pacific

Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)
Kevin Adams, THe 39 Steps
Ken Billington, Sunday in the Park with George
Donald Holder, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Peter Kaczorowski, Young Frankenstein

Outstanding Actor in a Play
Kevin Anderson, Come Back Little Sheba
Ben Daniels, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Kevin Kline, Cyrano de Bergerac
Patrick Stewart, Macbeth

Outstanding Actress in a Play
Eve Best, The Homecoming
Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
Laura Linney, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
S. Epatha Merkerson, Come Back, Little Sheba

Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Roger Bart, Young Frankenstein
Daniel Evans, Sunday in the Park with George
Boyd Gaines, Gypsy
Paulo Szot, South Pacific

Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Patti LuPone, Gypsy
Kelli O'Hara, South Pacific
Faith Prince, A Catered Affair
Alice Ripley, Next to Normal

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Raul Esparza, The Homecoming
James Earl Jones, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof
Jim Norton, The Seafarer
David Pittu, Is He Dead?


(more to come)

Updated On: 4/21/08 at 11:36 AM
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re: OCC Nominations Announced#2
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:38am
Sooo...out of the Best Musical noms, only one got half decent reviews? Hmm.
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re: OCC Nominations Announced#2
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:39am
I'm shocked and saddened by Passing Strange's snub...and with both ITH and Glory Days being ineligible.

Hope this isn't a sign of things to come!
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re: OCC Nominations Announced#3
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:40am
I thought Passing Strange was ineligible as well..
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re: OCC Nominations Announced#4
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:40am
Cry Baby! Nice!
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re: OCC Nominations Announced#5
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:40am
Princeton, Xanadu got raves almost across the board and has this in the bag!

Exciting!
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re: OCC Nominations Announced#6
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:40am
I'm amazed that Cry-Baby & Young Frankenstein both got nominated!!
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re: OCC Nominations Announced#7
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:42am
Passing Strange opened off-Broadway in late May, too late to be considered in any 06/07 awards.

At least it got a score nom so far....
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re: OCC Nominations Announced#8
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:42am
I think the fanadus can be optimistic. I'm not too thrilled that Young Frank got all those nods, but that doesn't mean it will win them.

Where are the acting nominations listed?
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re: OCC Nominations Announced#9
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:43am
Cry Baby and YF for best musical? Yikes, talk about a lack of choices.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but Xanadu should win that award.
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re: OCC Nominations Announced#10
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:44am
Jeez, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is getting nominated for everything.
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re: OCC Nominations Announced#11
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:44am
Go 'Young Frankenstein' Go! 10 nominations!
After all the bitterness about this show on this board i hope to god it wins! (Personally i want 'A Catered Affair' to win!)
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re: OCC Nominations Announced#12
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:45am
Xanadu is actually very well done. I think it is clever, well-written and well executed. I didn't think I was going to like it but I've seen it many times and continue to love it. Good for Xanadu! I hope it wins.
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re: OCC Nominations Announced#13
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:46am
Amy Morton being left out of Best Actress in a Play is an absolute travesty.
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re: OCC Nominations Announced#14
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:46am
Boyd Gaines...Best ACTOR?

Roger Bart?!?!

(Yay Alice Ripley!!)
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Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:47am
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re: OCC Nominations Announced#16
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:48am
Maybe Morton is considered Featured...who knows?! Gaines got a Best Actor nod and Herbie is clearly and always has been a featured role.
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re: OCC Nominations Announced#17
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:48am
Ugh...I can't believe Jenna Russell got snubbed.
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re: OCC Nominations Announced#18
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:49am
Go Harriet Harris!!
But I am surprised no Testa/Hoffman.
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re: OCC Nominations Announced#19
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:50am
Perhaps Amy Morton is best featured for the Outer Critics'. Also, I can't believe Faith Prince slipped in past Jenna Russell, as did Alice Ripley. Jenna totally deserved that nomination.

And is there a best book of a musical category?
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re: OCC Nominations Announced#20
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:50am
where is Jenna Russell on that Best Actress in a Musical list?
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re: OCC Nominations Announced#21
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:51am
Morton is not in Featured. She was unjustly snubbed.

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

Jessica Collins, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Jayne Houdyshell, The New Century
Laurie Metcalf, November
Sian Phillips, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 4/21/08 at 11:51 AM
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Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:51am
Nice! David Pittu was GREAT in Is He Dead? I'm surprised Norbert didn't get a nom though.
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re: OCC Nominations Announced#23
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:52am
Entire list up on playbill.com now.

Wow, those featured musical categories are gross!

Tony Yazbeck is fine in gypsy, but he's in that show for all of 5 minutes.
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re: OCC Nominations Announced#24
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:53am
Cheyenne Jackson being snubbed for Xanadu is a crying shame.
Roger Bart for Young Frankenstein!? What the heck.
I hope Christopher Fitzgerald atleast gets a supporting actor nomination for his work in YF.

I hope Xanadu beats YF in the Best New Musical category.