Today is a big day for theatre awards: the Outer Critics Circle nominations have been announced and later this afternoon, the Puliter Prize for Drama will be announced.<\/p>\n
Outstanding New Broadway Play Outstanding New Broadway Musical Outstanding Director of a Musical Outstanding Choreographer Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) Outstanding Actor in a Play Outstanding Actress in a Play Outstanding Actor in a Musical Outstanding Actress in a Musical Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Outstanding Solo Performance Outstanding Ensemble Performance John Gassner Award (Presented for an American Play, Preferably by a New Playwright) Special Achievement Award Also: Dividing the Estate, next to normal <\/em>and [title of show] <\/em>were previously eligible for the Outer Critics Circle awards when their shows were first presented in their off-Broadway berth. They will, however, turn up come Tony time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today is a big day for theatre awards: the Outer Critics Circle nominations have been announced and later this afternoon, the Puliter Prize for Drama will be announced. Outstanding New Broadway PlayGod of CarnageIrena’s Vowreasons to be pretty33 Variations Outstanding New Broadway MusicalBilly Elliot: The MusicalRock of AgesShrek the MusicalA Tale of Two CitiesOutstanding New … Continue reading Outer Critics Circle Nominations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2148,2147],"class_list":["post-458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-awards-season","tag-outer-critics-circle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
God of Carnage
Irena’s Vow
reasons to be pretty
33 Variations<\/em><\/p>\n
Billy Elliot: The Musical
Rock of Ages
Shrek the Musical
A Tale of Two Cities
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Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
Becky Shaw
Farragut North
Ruined
Shipwrecked! The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told By Himself)
Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them
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Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
Happiness
Rooms: A Rock Romance
The Toxic Avenger
What’s That Smell? The Music of Jacob Sterling
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Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Billy Elliot: The Musical
Happiness
Rooms: A Rock Romance
Shrek The Musical
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Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Blithe Spirit
The Cripple of Inishmaan
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
The Norman Conquests
Waiting for Godot
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Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Enter Laughing
Hair
Pal Joey
West Side Story
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Outstanding Director of a Play
Garry Hynes, The Cripple of Inishmaan<\/em>
Anthony Page, Waiting for Godot <\/em>
Bartlett Sher, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone<\/em>
Matthew Warchus, The Norman Conquests<\/em>
Moises Kaufman, 33 Variations<\/em><\/p>\n
Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot the Musical<\/em>
Arthur Laurents, West Side Story<\/em>
Jason Moore, Shrek the Musical<\/em>
Diane Paulus, Hair<\/em>
Susan Stroman, Happiness<\/em><\/p>\n
Karole Armitage, Hair<\/em>
Andy Blankenbuehler, 9 to 5<\/em>
Peter Darling, Billy Elliot the Musical<\/em>
Josh Prince, Shrek the Musical<\/em>
Susan Stroman, Happiness<\/em><\/p>\n
Tim Hatley, Shrek the Musical<\/em>
Santo Loquasto, Waiting for Godot<\/em>
Derek McLane, 33 Variations<\/em>
Ian MacNeil, Billy Elliot the Musical<\/em>
Walt Spangler, Desire Under the Elms <\/em><\/p>\n
Nicky Gillibrand, Billy Elliot the Musical<\/em>
Tim Hatley, Shrek the Musical<\/em>
John Napier, Equus<\/em>
Martin Pakledinaz, Blithe Spirit<\/em>
Catherine Zuber, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone<\/em><\/p>\n
Kevin Adams, Hair<\/em>
Rick Fisher, Billy Elliot the Musical<\/em>
David Hersey, Equus<\/em>
Peter Kaczorowski, Ruined<\/em>
David Lander, 33 Variations<\/em><\/p>\n
Ra\u00fal Esparza, Speed-the-Plow<\/em>
Bill Irwin, Waiting for Godot<\/em>
Nathan Lane, Waiting for Godot<\/em>
Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King<\/em>
Thomas Sadoski, reasons to be pretty<\/em><\/p>\n
Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Ruined<\/em>
Carla Gugino, Desire Under the Elms<\/em>
Marcia Gay Harden, God of Carnage<\/em>
Janet McTeer, Mary Stuart<\/em>
Harriet Walter, Mary Stuart <\/em><\/p>\n
James Barbour, A Tale of Two Cities<\/em>
Matt Cavenaugh, West Side Story<\/em>
Brian d’Arcy James, Shrek the Musical<\/em>
Josh Grisetti, Enter Laughing<\/em>
David Pittu, What’s That Smell? The Music of Jacob Sterling<\/em><\/p>\n
Sutton Foster, Shrek the Musical<\/em>
Megan Hilty, 9 to 5<\/em>
Leslie Kritzer, Rooms A Rock Romance <\/em>
Nancy Opel, The Toxic Avenger<\/em>
Josefina Scaglione, West Side Story<\/em><\/p>\n
Zach Grenier, 33 Variations <\/em>
John Benjamin Hickey, Mary Stuart <\/em>
Russell G. Jones, Ruined<\/em>
Patrick Page, A Man for All Seasons
<\/em>David Pearse, The Cripple of Inishmaan<\/em><\/p>\n
Angela Lansbury, Blithe Spirit<\/em>
Andrea Martin, Exit the King<\/em>
Kristine Nielsen, Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them<\/em>
Susan Louise O’Connor, Blithe Spirit<\/em>
Condola Rashad, Ruined<\/em><\/p>\n
Daniel Breaker, Shrek the Musical<\/em>
Aaron Simon Gross, 13<\/em>
Gregory Jbara, Billy Elliot the Musical<\/em>
Christopher Sieber, Shrek the Musical <\/em>
Wesley Taylor, Rock of Ages<\/em><\/p>\n
Kathy Fitzgerald, 9 to 5<\/em>
Haydn Gwynne, Billy Elliot the Musical <\/em>
Karen Olivo, West Side Story<\/em>
Martha Plimpton, Pal Joey<\/em>
Carole Shelley, Billy Elliot the Musical <\/em><\/p>\n
Mike Birbiglia, Sleepwalk With Me<\/em>
Mike Burstyn, Lansky <\/em>
Mike Daisey, If You See Something, Say Something<\/em>
Lorenzo Pisoni, Humor Abuse<\/em>
Matt Sax, Clay<\/em><\/p>\n
The cast of The Norman Conquests<\/em>: Amelia Bullmore, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Mangan, Ben Miles, Paul Ritter, Amanda Root<\/p>\n
Annie Baker, Body Awareness <\/em>
Gina Gionfriddo, Becky Shaw
<\/em>Beau Willimon, Farragut North<\/em><\/p>\n
For their performances in Billy Elliot the Musical<\/em>: David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, Kiril Kulish<\/p>\n