NEW YORK CITY: The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the organization of writers on New York theatre for national and out-of-town publications, has announced the 2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards. The awards honor the 2022-23 Broadway and Off-Broadway season.
An awards ceremony honoring the winners will be held Thursday, May 25 at Lincoln Center’s New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. It will be executive produced by Lauren Yarger.
As previously announced, this is the first season of acting categories without gender specifications. The acting categories have also been expanded to honor Off-Broadway performers separately rather than combining them with actors in Broadway productions.
Here is the full list of winners:
THE MARJORIE GUNNER AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
Some Like It Hot
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
Leopoldstadt
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
The Harder They Come
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Downstate
THE JOHN GASSNER AWARD FOR NEW AMERICAN PLAY (PREFERABLY BY A NEW PLAYWRIGHT)
Fat Ham by James Ijames
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY (BROADWAY OR OFF-BROADWAY)
Topdog/Underdog
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL (BROADWAY OR OFF-BROADWAY)
Parade
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMER IN A BROADWAY MUSICAL
J. Harrison Ghee – Some Like It Hot
OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMER IN A BROADWAY MUSICAL
Alex Newell – Shucked
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMER IN A BROADWAY PLAY
Sean Hayes – Good Night, Oscar
OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMER IN A BROADWAY PLAY
Brandon Uranowitz – Leopoldstadt
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMER IN AN OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Bill Irwin – Endgame
OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMER IN AN OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
K. Todd Freeman – Downstate
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMER IN AN OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Jonathan Groff – Merrily We Roll Along
OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMER IN AN OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Lindsay Mendez – Merrily We Roll Along
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Jodie Comer – Prima Facie
OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman – Some Like It Hot
OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Robert Horn – Shucked
OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN (PLAY OR MUSICAL)
Beowulf Boritt – New York, New York
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN (PLAY OR MUSICAL)
Gregg Barnes – Some Like it Hot
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN (PLAY OR MUSICAL)
Tim Lutkin – Life of Pi
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN (PLAY OR MUSICAL)
Joshua D. Reid – A Christmas Carol
OUTSTANDING VIDEO OR PROJECTION DESIGN (PLAY OR MUSICAL)
Andrzej Goulding – Life of Pi
OUTSTANDING ORCHESTRATIONS
Bryan Carter and Charlie Rosen – Some Like It Hot
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Michael Arden – Parade
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY
Susan Stroman – New York, New York
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Patrick Marber – Leopoldstadt
Additionally, the OCC will honor B.H. Barry with the Special Achievement Award for his six-decade career in fight choreography, including in the current production of Camelot.
The Outer Critics Circle was founded during the 1949-50 Broadway season by theatre journalist John Gassner and boasts members affiliated with more than 90 newspapers, magazines, broadcast stations, and online new organizations in the United States and abroad. It is led by current president David Gordon.
