A lot going on today: “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Play. The British import also won the Broadway.com Audience Award along with “Finding Neverland” for Best Musical.
The Outer Critics Prizes are listed below. Alex Sharp wins Best Actor for “Curious Incident.” It’s first ever Broadway show, or any legit show, I think. A year ago he was graduating from theater school at Juilliard. “An American In Paris” won Best Musical. “Hamilton” won a lot of awards in its off Broadway run. Therefore it won’t be eligible next year. Robert Fairchild won Best Actor in a Musical, because of that ballet thing he does so well. My personal choice would have been Brian d’Arcy James in “Something Rotten,” but what can you do?
The OCC is good predictor of Tony Awards. Keep that in mind.
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
The Audience
*The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Wolf Hall
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
*An American in Paris
It Shoulda Been You
The Last Ship
Something Rotten!
The Visit
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
*Between Riverside and Crazy
The City of Conversation
The Nether
Rasheeda Speaking
The Village Bike
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
A Christmas Memory
Disenchanted
The Fortress of Solitude
*Hamilton
Lonesome Traveler
OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
*Hamilton
It Shoulda Been You
The Last Ship
Something Rotten!
The Visit
OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
*Hamilton
It Shoulda Been You
The Last Ship
Something Rotten!
The Visit
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
The Elephant Man
Fashions for Men
The Heidi Chronicles
Skylight
*You Can’t Take It With You
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Into the Woods
*The King and I
On the Town
On the Twentieth Century
Side Show
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Stephen Daldry The Audience
*Marianne Elliott The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Scott Ellis The Elephant Man
Scott Ellis You Can’t Take It With You
Jeremy Herrin Wolf Hall
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Scott Ellis On the Twentieth Century
Thomas Kail Hamilton
Casey Nicholaw Something Rotten!
David Hyde Pierce It Shoulda Been You
*Christopher Wheeldon An American in Paris
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
Joshua Bergasse On the Town
Andy Blankenbuehler Hamilton
Warren Carlyle On the Twentieth Century
Casey Nicholaw Something Rotten!
*Christopher Wheeldon An American in Paris
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
*Bunny Christie The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Bob Crowley An American in Paris
Scott Pask Something Rotten!
David Rockwell On the Twentieth Century
Michael Yeargan The King and I
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Gregg Barnes Something Rotten!
Bob Crowley The Audience
William Ivey Long On the Twentieth Century
Christopher Oram Wolf Hall
*Catherine Zuber The King and I
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
*Paule Constable The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Jeff Croiter Something Rotten!
Rick Fisher The Audience
Natasha Katz An American in Paris
Japhy Weideman The Visit
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Reed Birney I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard
Bradley Cooper The Elephant Man
Stephen McKinley Henderson Between Riverside and Crazy
Ben Miles Wolf Hall
*Alex Sharp The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Greta Gerwig The Village Bike
Jan Maxwell The City of Conversation
*Helen Mirren The Audience
Elisabeth Moss The Heidi Chronicles
Tonya Pinkins Rasheeda Speaking
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Christian Borle Something Rotten!
Brian d’Arcy James Something Rotten!
*Robert Fairchild An American in Paris
Peter Gallagher On the Twentieth Century
Tony Yazbeck On the Town
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
*Kristin Chenoweth On the Twentieth Century
Leanne Cope An American in Paris
Tyne Daly It Shoulda Been You
Kelli O’Hara The King and I
Chita Rivera The Visit
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Paul Jesson Wolf Hall
*Richard McCabe The Audience
Alessandro Nivola The Elephant Man
Nathaniel Parker Wolf Hall
Bryce Pinkham The Heidi Chronicles
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
*Annaleigh Ashford You Can’t Take It With You
Patricia Clarkson The Elephant Man
Francesca Faridany The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Julie Halston You Can’t Take It With You
Lydia Leonard Wolf Hall
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
John Cariani Something Rotten!
Josh Grisetti It Shoulda Been You
*Andy Karl On the Twentieth Century
Paul Alexander Nolan Doctor Zhivago
Max von Essen An American in Paris
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Heidi Blickenstaff Something Rotten!
Victoria Clark Gigi
Megan Fairchild On the Town
*Ruthie Ann Miles The King and I
Mary Louise Wilson On the Twentieth Century
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Joe Assadourian The Bullpen
*Jim Dale Just Jim Dale
Tom Dugan Wiesenthal
Cush Jumbo Josephine and I
Benjamin Scheuer The Lion
JOHN GASSNER AWARD
(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
*Ayad Akhtar The Invisible Hand
Halley Feiffer I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard
Elizabeth Irwin My Mañana Comes
Markus Potter Stalking the Bogeyman
Benjamin Scheuer The Lion
