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Outer Critics Circle Award 2024 Nominations – New York Theater

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Apr 24, 2024 / 2286 Views

Evan Walker

“Useless Outlaw” leads the nominations for the 73rd annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, introduced this by Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez. (video beneath)

The winners might be introduced Could 13, with a personal ceremony happening Could 23 on the Bruno Walter Auditorium of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Heart.

Don’t know the distinction between the Outer Critics Circle Awards and the New York Drama Circle Awards and the Drama Desk Awards? Take a look at my New York Theater Awards 2024: Calendar and Information

Full listing of nominations:

Excellent New Broadway Play
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding by Jocelyn Bioh
Mom Play: A Play in 5 Evictions by Paula Vogel
Patriots by Peter Morgan
Stereophonic by David Adjmi
The Shark Is Damaged by Joseph Nixon and Ian Shaw

Excellent New Broadway Musical

Days of Wine and Roses
Suffs
The Nice Gatsby
The Outsiders
Water for Elephants

Excellent New Off-Broadway Musical
Buena Vista Social Membership
Useless Outlaw
Illinoise
Enamel
The Connector

Excellent New Off-Broadway Play
Dig by Theresa Rebeck
King of the Jews by Leslie Epstein
King James by Rajiv Joseph
Main Trust by Eboni Sales space
Swing State by Rebecca Gilman

John Gassner Award (new American play ideally by a brand new playwright)
Job by Max Wolf Friedlich
Manahatta by Mary Kathryn Nagle
Oh, Mary! by Cole Escola
The Apiary by Kate Douglas
Moist Mind by John J. Caswell Jr.

Excellent Revival of a Musical
Cabaret
Right here Lies Love

I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Monty Python’s Spamalot
The Who’s Tommy

Excellent Revival of a Play
An Enemy of the Individuals
Acceptable
Doubt: A Parable
Mary Jane
Philadelphia, Right here I Come!
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Accomplice Romp By way of the Cotton Patch

Excellent Lead Performer in a Broadway Play
Jessica Lange – Mom Play
Rachel McAdams – Mary Jane
Sarah Paulson – Acceptable
Jeremy Sturdy – An Enemy of the Individuals
Michael Stuhlbarg – Patriots

Excellent Featured Performer in a Broadway Play
Billy Eugene Jones – Purlie Victorious
Celia Keenan-Bolger – Mom Play
Alex Moffat – The Cottage
Jim Parsons – Mom Play
Sarah Pidgeon – Stereophonic
Kara Younger – Purlie Victorious

Excellent Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical
Ali Louis Bourzgui – The Who’s Tommy
Brian d’Arcy James – Days of Wine and Roses
Casey Likes – Again to the Future
Kelli O’Hara – Days of Wine and Roses
Maryann Plunkett – The Pocket book

Excellent Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical
Roger Bart – Again to the Future
Justin Guarini – As soon as Upon a One Extra Time
Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer – Spamalot
Kecia Lewis – Hell’s Kitchen
Bebe Neuwirth – Cabaret

Excellent Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical
Jeb Brown – Useless Outlaw
Andrew Durand – Useless Outlaw
Alyse Alan Louis – Enamel
Ben Levi Ross – The Connector
Ricky Ubeda – Illinoise

Excellent Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical
Ben Prepare dinner – Illinoise
Hannah Cruz – The Connector
Julia Knitel – Useless Outlaw
Judy Kuhn – I Can Get It For You Wholesale
Jessica Molaskey – The Connector
Thom Sesma – Useless Outlaw

Excellent Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play
Cole Escola – Oh, Mary!
Mary Beth Fisher – Swing State
William Jackson Harper – Main Belief
Marie Mullen – The Saviour
Paul Sparks – Ready for Godot

Excellent Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play
Gus Birney – Our Class
April Matthis – Main Belief
Conrad Ricamora – Oh, Mary!
Jay O. Sanders – Main Belief
Bubba Weiler – Swing State

Excellent Solo Efficiency
Eddie Izzard – Hamlet
Patrick Web page – All of the Devils are Right here
Mona Pirnot – I Love You So A lot I Might Die
Robert Montano – Small
John Rubenstein – Eisenhower: This Piece of Floor

Excellent E-book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Justin Peck and Jackie Sibblies Drury – Illinoise
Anna Okay. Jacobs and Michael R. Jackson – Enamel
Itamar Moses – Useless Outlaw
Jonathan Marc Sherman – The Connector
Shaina Taub – Suffs

Excellent Rating (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Jason Robert Brown – The Connector
Will Butler – Stereophonic
Adam Guettel – Days of Wine and Roses
David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna – Useless Outlaw
Shaina Taub – Suffs

Excellent Orchestrations (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Timo Andres – Illinoise
Adam Guettel and Jamie Lawrence – Days of Wine and Roses
Marco Paguia – Buena Vista Social Membership
Michael Starobin – Suffs
Erik Della Penna, Dean Sharenow, and David Yazbek – Useless Outlaw

Excellent Course of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
David Cromer – Useless Outlaw
Michael Greif – Days of Wine and Roses
Daisy Prince – The Connector
Leigh Silverman – Suffs
Jessica Stone – Water for Elephants

I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Monty Python’s Spamalot
The Who’s Tommy

Excellent Course of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Knud Adams – Main Belief
Daniel Aukin – Stereophonic
Robert Falls – Swing State
Kenny Leon – Purlie Victorious
Lila Neugebauer – Acceptable

Excellent Choreography (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll – Water for Elephants
Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman – The Outsiders
Lorin Latarro – The Who’s Tommy
Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck – Buena Vista Social Membership
Justin Peck — Illinoise

Excellent Scenic Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Paul Tate dePoo III – The Cottage
Paul Tate dePoo III – The Nice Gatsby
Dots – Acceptable
David Korins – Right here Lies Love
David Zinn – Stereophonic

Excellent Costume Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Dede Ayite – Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Enver Chakartash – Stereophonic
Enver Chakartash – Enamel
Linda Cho – The Nice Gatsby
Sydney Maresca – The Cottage

Excellent Lighting Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Bradley King – Water for Elephants
Brian MacDevitt – The Outsiders
Justin Townsend – Right here Lies Love
Tim Lutkin and Hugh Vanstone – Again to the Future
Amanda Zieve – The Who’s Tommy

Excellent Sound Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Tom Gibbons – Gray Home
Gareth Owen – Again to the Future
Gareth Owen – The Who’s Tommy
Ryan Rumery – Stereophonic
M.L. Dogg and Cody Spencer – Right here Lies Love

Excellent Video/Projections (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
David Bengali – Water for Elephants
Paul Tate dePoo III — The Nice Gatsby
Peter Nigrini – The Who’s Tommy
Finn Ross – Again to the Future
Ash J. Woodward – Patriots

Broadway Productions Thought of in Full
Gray Home, As soon as Upon a One Extra Time, The Cottage, Again to the Future, The Shark Is Damaged, Purlie Victorious, Melissa Etheridge: My Window, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Merrily We Roll Alongside, Gutenberg! The Musical!, I Want That, Monty Python’s Spamalot, How one can Dance in Ohio, Acceptable, Days of Wine and Roses, Doubt, The Pocket book, An Enemy of the Individuals, Water for Elephants, The Who’s Tommy, The Outsiders, Lempicka, The Wiz, Suffs, Stereophonic, Hell’s Kitchen, Cabaret, The Coronary heart of Rock and Roll, Patriots, Uncle Vanya, The Nice Gatsby, Mom Play

Solely New Components of the Following Productions WereConsidered
Only for Us, Right here Lies Love, Merrily We Roll Alongside, Concord, Prayer for the French Republic, Mary Jane

Extra Eligibility Issues
As a result of its Broadway timeline, Illinoise was seen throughout its Park Avenue Armory run and thought of in off-Broadway classes, the place relevant.

The Broadway mounting of Suffs was decided to be a minimum of 50% completely different than its unique off-Broadway iteration. Due to this fact, it has been deemed eligible in all manufacturing classes and choose appearing classes.

Artists with A number of Nominations
Paul Tate dePoo III – 3 (scenic: The Nice Gatsby & The Cottage; projection: The Nice Gatsby)
Justin Peck – 3 (ebook: Illinoise; choreography: Illinoise and Buena Vista Social Membership)
Cole Escola – 2 (Gassner Award & Lead Efficiency Off-Broadway Play for Oh, Mary!)
Enver Chakartash – 2 (costume design: Stereophonic and Enamel)
David Yazbek and Eric Della Penna – 2 (rating and orchestrations for Useless Outlaw)
Adam Guettel – 2 (rating and orchestrations for Days of Wine and Roses)
Gareth Owen – 2 (sound design: Again to the Future and The Who’s Tommy)
Shaina Taub – 2 (ebook and rating for Suffs)

Exhibits with A number of Nominations
9: Useless Outlaw
7: The Connector, Stereophonic
6: Days of Wine and Roses, Illinoise, The Who’s Tommy
5: Again to the Future, Suffs, Main Belief, Water for Elephants
4: Acceptable, The Nice Gatsby, Right here Lies Love, Mom Play, Purlie Victorious, Swing State, Enamel
3: Buena Vista Social Membership, Oh, Mary!, Patriots, The Cottage, The Outsiders
2: Cabaret, An Enemy of the Individuals, I Can Get It for You Wholesale, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Mary Jane, Monty Python’s Spamalot