The first Broadway nominations are here from the Outer Critics Circle. They already handled “Dear Evan Hansen” and “Natasha and Pierre” in off Broadway incarnations, so they’re not included. (I think they should change that rule, but no one asked me.) Because of that, next year’s big Broadway winner, “The Band’s Visit,” is going to get gypped when it comes to Broadway. I’ll bet that David Cromer wins Best Director of a Musical this year for its off Broadway debut.
Glenn Close already won Best Actress 23 years ago for “Sunset Boulevard,” so she’s out, too (and out of the Tonys, although she deserves to win again).
Without “Evan Hansen” the musicals are slight. But the group totally snubbed “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” which cost a fortune to mount, and “Bandstand,” which I’m kind of looking forward to. Best Actor in a Drama should go to Kevin Kline for “Present Laughter.” No awards should go to “Hello, Dolly!” for the obnoxious way they’ve treated the press.
Outstanding revival of a play should go to “Jitney.” I’d say “Othello,” which was magnificent, but few people got to see it.
Outer Critics Circle
2016-2017 Award Nominations
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
A Doll’s House, Part 2
Indecent
Oslo
Sweat
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
Anastasia
A Bronx Tale
Come From Away
Groundhog Day
Holiday Inn
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
If I Forget
Incognito
A Life
Linda
Love, Love, Love
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
The Band’s Visit
Hadestown
Himself and Nora
Kid Victory
Spamilton
OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Terrence McNally    Anastasia
Itamar Moses    The Band’s Visit
Chazz Palminteri    A Bronx Tale
Danny Rubin    Groundhog Day
Irene Sankoff & David Hein    Come From Away
OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens    Anastasia
Alan Menken & Glenn Slater    A Bronx Tale
Tim Minchin    Groundhog Day
Irene Sankoff & David Hein    Come From Away
David Yazbek    The Band’s Visit
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
The Front Page
Jitney
The Little Foxes
Othello
The Price
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Finian’s Rainbow
Hello, Dolly!
Miss Saigon
Sunset Boulevard
Sweeney Todd
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Lila Neugebauer    The Wolves
Jack O’Brien    The Front Page
Daniel Sullivan    The Little Foxes
Rebecca Taichman    Indecent
Kate Whoriskey    Sweat
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Christopher Ashley    Come From Away
David Cromer    The Band’s Visit
Darko Tresnjak    Anastasia
Matthew Warchus    Groundhog Day
Jerry Zaks    Hello, Dolly!
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
Andy Blankenbuehler    Bandstand
Warren Carlyle    Hello, Dolly!
Savion Glover    Shuffle Along
Kelly Devine    Come From Away
Denis Jones    Holiday Inn
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Alexander Dodge    Anastasia
Nigel Hook    The Play That Goes Wrong
Mimi Lien    Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Scott Pask    The Little Foxes
Douglas W. Schmidt    The Front Page
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Linda Cho    Anastasia
Susan Hilferty    Present Laughter
Santo Loquasto    Hello, Dolly!
Ann Roth    Shuffle Along
Catherine Zuber    War Paint
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Christopher Akerlind    Indecent
Donald Holder    Anastasia
Natasha Katz    Hello, Dolly!
Bradley King    Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Kenneth Posner    War Paint
OUTSTANDING PROJECTION DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Duncan McLean    Privacy
Jared Mezzocchi    Vietgone
Benjamin Pearcy for 59 Productions    Oslo
Aaron Rhyne    Anastasia
Tal Yarden    Indecent
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Gareth Fry & Pete Malkin    The Encounter
Gareth Owen    Come From Away
Nicholas Pope    Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Matt Stine    Sweeney Todd
Nevin Steinberg    Bandstand
OUTSTANDING ORCHESTRATIONS
Doug Besterman    Anastasia
Larry Blank    Holiday Inn
Bill Elliott & Greg Anthony Rassen    Bandstand
Larry Hochman    Hello, Dolly!
Jamshied Sharifi    The Band’s Visit
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Daniel Craig    Othello
Michael Emerson    Wakey, Wakey
Kevin Kline    Present Laughter
David Oyelowo    Othello
David Hyde Pierce    A Life
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Janie Dee    Linda
Sally Field    The Glass Menagerie
Allison Janney    Six Degrees of Separation
Laura Linney    The Little Foxes
Laurie Metcalf    A Doll’s House, Part 2
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Christian Borle    Falsettos
Nick Cordero    A Bronx Tale
Andy Karl    Groundhog Day
David Hyde Pierce    Hello, Dolly!
Tony Shalhoub    The Band’s Visit
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Christy Altomare    Anastasia
Christine Ebersole    War Paint
Katrina Lenk    The Band’s Visit
Patti LuPone    War Paint
Bette Midler    Hello, Dolly!
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Michael Aronov    Oslo
Danny DeVito    The Price
Nathan Lane    The Front Page
Richard Thomas    The Little Foxes
Richard Topol    Indecent
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Johanna Day    Sweat
Jayne Houdyshell    A Doll’s House, Part 2
Katrina Lenk    Indecent
Nana Mensah    Man From Nebraska
Cynthia Nixon    The Little Foxes   Â
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
John Bolton    Anastasia
Jeffry Denman    Kid Victory
Gavin Creel    Hello, Dolly!
Shuler Hensley    Sweet Charity
Andrew Rannells    Falsettos
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Kate Baldwin    Hello, Dolly!
Stephanie J. Block    Falsettos
Jenn Colella    Come From Away
Caroline O’Connor    Anastasia Â
Mary Beth Peil    Anastasia
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Ed Dixon    Georgie: My Adventures with George Rose
Marin Ireland    On the Exhale
Sarah Jones    Sell / Buy / Date   Â
Judith Light    All the Ways to Say I Love You
Simon McBurney    The Encounter
JOHN GASSNER AWARD
(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Jaclyn Backhaus    Men on Boats
Sarah DeLappe    The Wolves
Paola Lázaro    Tell Hector I Miss Him
Qui Nguyen    Vietgone
Bess Wohl    Small Mouth Sounds
