{"id":494,"date":"2009-05-11T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-11T16:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clients.chrisvanpatten.com\/theatreaficionado.com\/2009\/05\/outer-critics-circle-award-winners.html"},"modified":"2009-05-11T12:40:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-11T16:40:00","slug":"outer-critics-circle-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/?p=494","title":{"rendered":"Outer Critics Circle Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Outstanding New Broadway Play<\/b>
*God of Carnage<\/i><\/b>
Irena’s Vow<\/i>
reasons to be pretty<\/i>
33 Variations<\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n

Outstanding New Broadway Musical<\/b>
*Billy Elliot: The Musical<\/i><\/b>
Rock of Ages<\/i>
Shrek the Musical<\/i>
A Tale of Two Cities<\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play<\/b>
Becky Shaw<\/i>
Farragut North<\/i>
*Ruined<\/i><\/b>
Shipwrecked! The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told By Himself)<\/i>
Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them<\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical<\/b>
Happiness<\/i>
Rooms: A Rock Romance<\/i>
*The Toxic Avenger<\/i><\/b>
What’s That Smell? The Music of Jacob Sterling<\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n

Outstanding New Score<\/b> (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
*Billy Elliot: The Musical<\/i><\/b>
Happiness<\/i>
Rooms: A Rock Romance<\/i>
Shrek The Musical<\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n

Outstanding Revival of a Play<\/b> (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Blithe Spirit<\/i>
The Cripple of Inishmaan<\/i>
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone<\/i>
*The Norman Conquests<\/i><\/b>
Waiting for Godot<\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n

Outstanding Revival of a Musical<\/b> (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Enter Laughing<\/i>
*Hair<\/i><\/b>
Pal Joey<\/i>
West Side Story<\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n

Outstanding Director of a Play<\/b>
Garry Hynes, The Cripple of Inishmaan<\/i>
Anthony Page, Waiting for Godot<\/i>
Bartlett Sher, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone<\/i>
*Matthew Warchus, The Norman Conquests<\/i><\/b>
Moises Kaufman, 33 Variations<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Outstanding Director of a Musical<\/b>
*Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot the Musical<\/i><\/b>
Arthur Laurents, West Side Story<\/i>
Jason Moore, Shrek the Musical<\/i>
Diane Paulus, Hair<\/i>
Susan Stroman, Happiness<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Outstanding Choreographer<\/b>
Karole Armitage, Hair<\/i>
Andy Blankenbuehler, 9 to 5<\/i>
*Peter Darling, Billy Elliot the Musical<\/i><\/b>
Josh Prince, Shrek the Musical<\/i>
Susan Stroman, Happiness<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical)<\/b>
*Tim Hatley, Shrek the Musical<\/i><\/b>
Santo Loquasto, Waiting for Godot<\/i>
Derek McLane, 33 Variations<\/i>
Ian MacNeil, Billy Elliot the Musical<\/i>
Walt Spangler, Desire Under the Elms<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical)<\/b>
Nicky Gillibrand, Billy Elliot the Musical<\/i>
*Tim Hatley, Shrek the Musical<\/i><\/b>
John Napier, Equus<\/i>
Martin Pakledinaz, Blithe Spirit<\/i>
Catherine Zuber, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)<\/b>
Kevin Adams, Hair<\/i>
*Rick Fisher, Billy Elliot the Musical<\/i><\/b>
David Hersey, Equus<\/i>
Peter Kaczorowski, Ruined<\/i>
David Lander, 33 Variations<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Outstanding Actor in a Play<\/b>
Ra\u00fal Esparza, Speed-the-Plow<\/i>
Bill Irwin, Waiting for Godot<\/i>
Nathan Lane, Waiting for Godot<\/i>
*Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King<\/i><\/b>
Thomas Sadoski, reasons to be pretty<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Outstanding Actress in a Play<\/b>
Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Ruined<\/i>
Carla Gugino, Desire Under the Elms<\/i>
*Marcia Gay Harden, God of Carnage<\/i><\/b>
Janet McTeer, Mary Stuart<\/i>
Harriet Walter, Mary Stuart<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Outstanding Actor in a Musical<\/b>
James Barbour, A Tale of Two Cities<\/i>
Matt Cavenaugh, West Side Story<\/i>
*Brian d’Arcy James, Shrek the Musical<\/i><\/b>
Josh Grisetti, Enter Laughing<\/i>
David Pittu, What’s That Smell? The Music of Jacob Sterling<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Outstanding Actress in a Musical<\/b> (tie)
*Sutton Foster, Shrek the Musical<\/i><\/b>
Megan Hilty, 9 to 5<\/i>
Leslie Kritzer, Rooms A Rock Romance<\/i>
Nancy Opel, The Toxic Avenger<\/i>
*Josefina Scaglione, West Side Story<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play<\/b>
Zach Grenier, 33 Variations<\/i>
John Benjamin Hickey, Mary Stuart<\/i>
Russell G. Jones, Ruined<\/i>
Patrick Page, A Man for All Seasons<\/i>
*David Pearse, The Cripple of Inishmaan<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play<\/b>
*Angela Lansbury, Blithe Spirit<\/i><\/b>
Andrea Martin, Exit the King<\/i>
Kristine Nielsen, Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them<\/i>
Susan Louise O’Connor, Blithe Spirit<\/i>
Condola Rashad, Ruined<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical<\/b>
Daniel Breaker, Shrek the Musical<\/i>
Aaron Simon Gross, 13<\/i>
*Gregory Jbara, Billy Elliot the Musical<\/i><\/b>
Christopher Sieber, Shrek the Musical<\/i>
Wesley Taylor, Rock of Ages<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical<\/b>
Kathy Fitzgerald, 9 to 5<\/i>
*Haydn Gwynne, Billy Elliot the Musical<\/i><\/b>
Karen Olivo, West Side Story<\/i>
Martha Plimpton, Pal Joey<\/i>
Carole Shelley, Billy Elliot the Musical<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Outstanding Solo Performance<\/b>
Mike Birbiglia, Sleepwalk With Me<\/i>
Mike Burstyn, Lansky<\/i>
Mike Daisey, If You See Something, Say Something<\/i>
*Lorenzo Pisoni, Humor Abuse<\/i><\/b>
Matt Sax, Clay<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Outstanding Ensemble Performance<\/b>
*The cast of The Norman Conquests<\/i>: Amelia Bullmore, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Mangan, Ben Miles, Paul Ritter, Amanda Root<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

John Gassner Award (Presented for an American Play, Preferably by a New Playwright)<\/b>
Annie Baker, Body Awareness<\/i>
*Gina Gionfriddo, Becky Shaw<\/i><\/b>
Beau Willimon, Farragut North<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Special Achievement Award<\/b>
*For their performances in Billy Elliot<\/i>: David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, Kiril Kulish<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Outstanding New Broadway Play*God of CarnageIrena’s Vowreasons to be pretty33 Variations Outstanding New Broadway Musical*Billy Elliot: The MusicalRock of AgesShrek the MusicalA Tale of Two Cities Outstanding New Off-Broadway PlayBecky ShawFarragut North*RuinedShipwrecked! The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told By Himself)Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them Outstanding New Off-Broadway … Continue reading Outer Critics Circle Award Winners<\/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-494","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\/494","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=494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}