NEW YORK CITY: The Outer Critics Circle has selected the winners of the 2016 Outer Critics Circle Awards, which honor New York productions both on and Off-Broadway. Leading the pack is Roundabout Theatre Company‘s Broadway revival of She Loves Me, with four awards.
The winners will be honored on May 26 at the 66th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards at Sardi’s Restaurant.
The Outer Critics Circle is made up of writers and commentators who cover New York theatre but who live and work outside the city. Its members represent more than 90 newspapers, magazines, websites, radio and television stations, and theatre publications in America and abroad.
The winners’ list is below.
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
The Humans
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
Bright Star
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
The Christians
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Dear Evan Hansen
OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Dear Evan Hansen
OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Bright Star
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
A View From the Bridge
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
She Loves Me
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Ivo van Hove, A View From the Bridge
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Michael Arden, Spring Awakening
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
Sergio Trujillo, On Your Feet!
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN (Play or Musical)
David Rockwell, She Loves Me
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN (Play or Musical)
Jeff Mahshie, She Loves Me
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN (Play or Musical)
Justin Townsend, American Psycho the Musical
OUTSTANDING PROJECTION DESIGN (Play or Musical)
Finn Ross, American Psycho the Musical
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Frank Langella, The Father
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Jessica Lange, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Danny Burstein, Fiddler on the Roof
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Cynthia Erivo, The Color Purple the Musical
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Michael Shannon, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY (tie)
Pascale Armand, Eclipsed
Judith Light, Thérèse Raquin
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Christopher Fitzgerald, Waitress
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Jane Krakowski, She Loves Me
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
James Lecesne, The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
JOHN GASSNER AWARD
(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Marco Ramirez, The Royale
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
James Houghton, Signature Theatre Company
