OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS
The Outer Critics Circle Award Winners were announced today.
The awards ceremony will take place on May 27, 2010.
Winners are noted with asterisk *
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
Next Fall
* Red
Superior Donuts
Time Stands Still
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
American Idiot
Come Fly Away
Fela!
* Memphis
Sondheim on Sondheim
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Clybourne Park
* The Orphans' Home Cycle
The Pride
The Temperamentals
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
* Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
* The Scottsboro Boys
Tin Pan Alley Rag
Yank!
OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
* Memphis
The Scottsboro Boys
Yank!
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
* Fences
Lend Me a Tenor
The Royal Family
A View From the Bridge
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
* La Cage aux Folles
Finian's Rainbow
A Little Night Music
Promises, Promises
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Doug Hughes The Royal Family
Kenny Leon Fences
Stanley Tucci Lend Me a Tenor
* Michael Wilson The Orphans' Home Cycle
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Christopher Ashley Memphis
* Terry Johnson La Cage aux Folles
Susan Stroman The Scottsboro Boys
Alex Timbers Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
Rob Ashford Promises, Promises
* Bill T. Jones Fela!
Susan Stroman The Scottsboro Boys
* Sergio Trujillo Memphis
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
John Lee Beatty The Royal Family
Beowulf Boritt Sondheim on Sondheim
* Phelim McDermott & Julian Crouch The Addams Family
Donyale Werle Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Jane Greenwood Present Laughter
Martin Pakledinaz Lend Me a Tenor
* Matthew Wright La Cage aux Folles
Catherine Zuber The Royal Family
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
* Kevin Adams American Idiot
Kevin Adams The Scottsboro Boys
Ken Billington Sondheim on Sondheim
Justin Townsend Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Bill Heck The Orphans' Home Cycle
Jude Law Hamlet
Liev Schreiber A View From the Bridge
Christopher Walken A Behanding in Spokane
* Denzel Washington Fences
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Nina Arianda Venus in Fur
Laura Benanti In the Next Room, or the vibrator play
* Viola Davis Fences
Laura Linney Time Stands Still
Jan Maxwell The Royal Family
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Brandon Victor Dixon The Scottsboro Boys
Sean Hayes Promises, Promises
* Douglas Hodge La Cage aux Folles
Chad Kimball Memphis
Nathan Lane The Addams Family
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Kate Baldwin Finian's Rainbow
Barbara Cook Sondheim on Sondheim
* Montego Glover Memphis
Bebe Neuwirth The Addams Family
* Catherine Zeta-Jones A Little Night Music
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
James Demarse The Orphans' Home Cycle
* Jon Michael Hill Superior Donuts
David Pittu Equivocation
Noah Robbins Brighton Beach Memoirs
Reg Rogers The Royal Family
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Hallie Foote The Orphans' Home Cycle
RoseMary Harris The Royal Family
Marin Ireland A Lie of the Mind
* Jan Maxwell Lend Me a Tenor
Alicia Silverstone Time Stands Still
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Kevin Chamberlin The Addams Family
Christopher Fitzgerald Finian's Rainbow
* Levi Kreis Million Dollar Quartet
Dick Latessa Promises, Promises
Bobby Steggert Ragtime
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Carolee Carmello The Addams Family
* Katie Finneran Promises, Promises
Angela Lansbury A Little Night Music
Cass Morgan Memphis
Terri White Finian's Rainbow
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Jim Brochu Zero Hour
* Carrie Fisher Wishful Drinking
Judith Ivey The Lady With All the Answers
Anna Deavere Smith Let Me Down Easy
John Gassner AWARD
(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
John Logan Red
Jon Marans The Temperamentals
* Geoffrey Nauffts Next Fall
Bruce Norris Clybourne Park
2009-2010 Outer Critics Circle Executive / Nominating Committee
Simon Saltzman (President)
Mario Fratti (Vice-President) Patrick Hoffman (Corresponding Secretary)
Louis A. Rachow (Treasurer) Glenn Loney (Historian & Member-at-Large)
Rosalind Friedman (Recording Secretary) and Aubrey Reuben, Thomás Gentile & Harry Haun (Members-at-Large)
