Well, the Outer Critics Circle nominations are really Out There.
The group made itself unimportant instantly by snubbing everyone famous on Broadway, and all the hits. They totally ignored “Funny Girl” and all its elements. They pissed on Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, but gave “The Music Man” a nod for Best Revival of a Musical.
The Outers also socked it to Mary Louise Parker and David Morse for their revival of “How I Learned to Drive” but threw them a bone with a special award for coming back to Broadway 25 years after their original production.
The OCC also totally overlooked Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker in the revival of “Plaza Suite.” Not nice, kids.
“Macbeth” starring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga will be considered next year, which is utterly ridiculous. And because they include off Broadway productions before they go to Broadway, shows like “Girl from the North Country” and “Strange Loop” are ineligible. This is really stupid. So you’re teling me that “Girl” is not as good as “Paradise Square” or “Mrs, Doubtfire”? Huh?
Let’s hope the Tony Awards don’t go in this direction. It will be a very lonely night at Radio City if so.
| The 2021-2022 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical MJ the Musical Mr. Saturday Night Mrs. Doubtfire Paradise Square Six Outstanding New Broadway Play Birthday Candles Clyde’s Skeleton Crew The Lehman Trilogy The Minutes Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical Black No More Harmony Intimate Apparel Kimberly Akimbo Little Girl Blue Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play Morning Sun On Sugarland Prayer for the French Republic Sanctuary City The Chinese Lady John Gassner Award (presented to a new American play, preferably by a new playwright) Cullud Wattah by Erika Dickerson-Despenza English by Sanaz Toossi Selling Kabul by Sylvia Khoury Tambo and Bones by Dave Harris Thoughts of a Colored Man by Keenan Scott II Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) Assassins Caroline, or Change Company The Music Man The Streets of New York Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf How I Learned to Drive Take Me Out A Touch of the Poet Trouble in Mind Outstanding Actor in a Musical Justin Cooley, Kimberly Akimbo Myles Frost, MJ the Musical Rob McClure, Mrs. Doubtfire Jaquel Spivey, A Strange Loop Chip Zien, Harmony Outstanding Actress in a Musical Kearstin Piper Brown, Intimate Apparel Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo Sharon D Clarke, Caroline, or Change Carmen Cusack, Flying Over Sunset Joaquina Kalukango, Paradise Square Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Quentin Earl Darrington, MJ the Musical Matt Doyle, Company Steven Pasquale, Assassins A.J. Shively, Paradise Square Will Swenson, Assassins Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Shoshana Bean, Mr. Saturday Night Jenn Colella, Suffs Judy Kuhn, Assassins Patti LuPone, Company Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo Outstanding Actor in a Play Patrick J. Adams, Take Me Out Simon Russell Beale, The Lehman Trilogy Adam Godley, The Lehman Trilogy Adrian Lester, The Lehman Trilogy Sam Rockwell, American Buffalo Outstanding Actress in a Play Betsy Aidem, Prayer for the French Republic Stephanie Berry, On Sugarland Edie Falco, Morning Sun LaChanze, Trouble in Mind Debra Messing, Birthday Candles Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Chuck Cooper, Trouble in Mind Brandon J. Dirden, Skeleton Crew Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Take Me Out Michael Oberholtzer, Take Me Out Austin Pendleton, The Minutes Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Chanté Adams, Skeleton Crew Uzo Aduba, Clyde’s Francis Benhamou, Prayer for the French Republic Phylicia Rashad, Skeleton Crew Nancy Robinette, Prayer for the French Republic Outstanding Solo Performance Alex Edelman, Just For Us Jenn Murray, A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing Arturo LuÃs Soria, Ni Mi Madre Kristina Wong, Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord Outstanding Director of a Play Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Scott Ellis, Take Me Out Sam Mendes, The Lehman Trilogy Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Skeleton Crew Anna D. Shapiro, The Minutes Outstanding Director of a Musical Warren Carlyle, Harmony Moisés Kaufman, Paradise Square Jessica Stone, Kimberly Akimbo Christopher Wheeldon, MJ the Musical Jerry Zaks, Mrs. Doubtfire Outstanding Choreography Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Warren Carlyle, Harmony Warren Carlyle, The Music Man Bill T. Jones, Alex Sanchez, Garrett Coleman, and Jason Oremus, Paradise Square Christopher Wheeldon and Rich + Tone Talauega, MJ the Musical Outstanding Book of a Musical Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz, and Babaloo Mandel, Mr. Saturday Night Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell, Mrs. Doubtfire David Lindsay-Abaire, Kimberly Akimbo Lynn Nottage, Intimate Apparel Bruce Sussman, Harmony Outstanding Score Jason Howland, Nathan Tysen, and Masi Asare, Paradise Square Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Doubtfire Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman, Harmony Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, Six Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire, Kimberly Akimbo Outstanding Orchestrations John Clancy, Kimberly Akimbo David Holcenberg and Jason Michael Webb, MJ the Musical Greg Jarrett, Assassins Jason Howland, Paradise Square Doug Walter, Harmony Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) Beowulf Boritt, Flying Over Sunset Es Devlin, The Lehman Trilogy Scott Pask, American Buffalo Adam Rigg, The Skin of Our Teeth David Zinn, The Minutes Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) Jane Greenwood, Plaza Suite Santo Loquasto, The Music Man Gabriella Slade, Six Emilio Sosa, Trouble in Mind Catherine Zuber, Mrs. Doubtfire Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) Jon Clark, The Lehman Trilogy Natasha Katz, MJ the Musical Bradley King, Flying Over Sunset Brian MacDevitt, The Minutes Jen Schreiver, Lackawanna Blues Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical) Nick Powell and Dominic Bilkey, The Lehman Trilogy André Pluess, The Minutes Ben and Max Ringham, Blindness Dan Moses Schreier, Harmony Matt Stine, Assassins Outstanding Video/Projection Design (Play or Musical) 59 Productions and Benjamin Pearcy, Flying Over Sunset Stefania Bulbarella and Alex Basco Koch, Space Dogs Shawn Duan, Letters of Suresh Luke Halls, The Lehman Trilogy Jeff Sugg, Mr. Saturday Night Special Achievement Awards are presented to: Johanna Day, David Morse, Mary-Louise Parker, and Ruben Santiago-Hudson for reprising their outstanding performances in How I Learned to Drive and Lackawanna Blues two decades later. All had been eligible in previous seasons. Outer Critics Circle Commendations are presented to:· The Standbys, Understudies, and Swings of the theatrical community who step up to perform, often on hours’ notice, to keep their shows running.· To the Covid Safety Supervisors, Managers, and Compliance Officers who put themselves in harm’s way eight times a week to keep the curtains up.This season’s fully eligible Broadway productions included Pass Over, Six, Lackawanna Blues, Chicken & Biscuits, Thoughts of a Colored Man, The Lehman Trilogy, Caroline, or Change, Diana, Trouble in Mind, Clyde’s, Mrs. Doubtfire, Company, Flying Over Sunset, Skeleton Crew, MJ the Musical, The Music Man, Plaza Suite, Paradise Square, Take Me Out, Birthday Candles, The Little Prince, American Buffalo, The Minutes, How I Learned to Drive, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, Funny Girl, The Skin of Our Teeth, Mr. Saturday Night, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive.After consideration in previous seasons, only new elements of the following productions were eligible for awards: Girl from the North Country, Is This A Room, Dana H., Hangmen, A Strange Loop.By mutual agreement with the production, owing to Covid-19-related delays, the Broadway revival of Macbeth will be considered for awards during the 2022-2023 season. |
