| Announcing the Winners of the 2024 OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 10:14 am EDT 05/13/24 | |
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| ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS OF THE 2024 OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS COMMEMORATING THE 2023-24 BROADWAY & OFF-BROADWAY SEASON STEREOPHONIC Leads With 4 Wins, including Outstanding New Broadway Play, Followed by SUFFS With 3 Awards, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical Off-Broadway’s DEAD OUTLAW and PRIMARY TRUST also score 3 Wins each, and the 2024 John Gassner Award for New American Play goes to Cole Escola’s OH, MARY! (NEW YORK, NY – Monday, May 13, 2024) The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers and national publications, today announced the winners of the 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards, honoring the 2023-2024 Broadway and Off-Broadway season. The awards ceremony for the winners will be held on Thursday, May 23, 2024, in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center’s New York Public Library for The Performing Arts (111 Amsterdam Avenue, NYC). Founded during the 1949-50 Broadway season by respected theater journalist John Gassner, The Outer Critics Circle is an esteemed association with members affiliated with more than ninety newspapers, magazines, broadcast stations, and online news organizations, in America and abroad. Led by its current President David Gordon, the OCC Board of Directors also includes Vice President Richard Ridge, Recording Secretary Joseph Cervelli, Corresponding Secretary Patrick Hoffman, Treasurer David Roberts, Cynthia Allen, Harry Haun, Dan Rubins, Janice Simpson and Doug Strassler. Simon Saltzman is President Emeritus & Board Member (Non-nominating) and Stanley L. Cohen serves as Financial Consultant & Board Member (Non-nominating). Lauren Yarger serves as the Outer Critics Circle Awards ceremony executive producer. 2024 OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNERS (winners marked with asterisks) Outstanding New Broadway Play: Jaja's African Hair Braiding Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions Patriots **Stereophonic** The Shark Is Broken Outstanding New Broadway Musical: Days of Wine and Roses **Suffs** The Great Gatsby The Outsiders Water for Elephants Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical: Buena Vista Social Club **Dead Outlaw** Illinoise Teeth The Connector Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play: Dig King of the Jews King James **Primary Trust** Swing State John Gassner Award for New American Play (preferably by a new playwright): Job Manahatta **Oh, Mary! ** The Apiary Wet Brain Outstanding Revival of a Musical: Cabaret Here Lies Love **I Can Get It for You Wholesale** Monty Python's Spamalot The Who's Tommy Outstanding Revival of a Play: An Enemy of the People **Appropriate** Doubt: A Parable Mary Jane Philadelphia, Here I Come! Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play: **Jessica Lange – Mother Play** Rachel McAdams – Mary Jane Sarah Paulson – Appropriate Jeremy Strong – An Enemy of the People Michael Stuhlbarg – Patriots Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play: Billy Eugene Jones – Purlie Victorious Celia Keenan-Bolger – Mother Play Alex Moffat – The Cottage Jim Parsons – Mother Play Sarah Pidgeon - Stereophonic **Kara Young – Purlie Victorious** Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical: Ali Louis Bourzgui – The Who's Tommy Brian d'Arcy James – Days of Wine and Roses Casey Likes – Back to the Future **Kelli O'Hara – Days of Wine and Roses** Maryann Plunkett – The Notebook Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical: Roger Bart – Back to the Future Justin Guarini – Once Upon a One More Time Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer – Spamalot **Kecia Lewis – Hell's Kitchen** Bebe Neuwirth – Cabaret Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical: Jeb Brown – Dead Outlaw **Andrew Durand – Dead Outlaw** Alyse Alan Louis - Teeth Ben Levi Ross – The Connector Ricky Ubeda - Illinoise Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical (tie): Ben Cook – Illinoise Hannah Cruz – The Connector Julia Knitel – Dead Outlaw **Judy Kuhn – I Can Get It For You Wholesale** Jessica Molaskey – The Connector **Thom Sesma – Dead Outlaw** Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play (tie): **Cole Escola – Oh, Mary! ** Mary Beth Fisher – Swing State **William Jackson Harper – Primary Trust** Marie Mullen – The Saviour Paul Sparks – Waiting for Godot Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play: Gus Birney – Our Class April Matthis – Primary Trust Conrad Ricamora – Oh, Mary! **Jay O. Sanders – Primary Trust** Bubba Weiler – Swing State Outstanding Solo Performance: Eddie Izzard – Hamlet **Patrick Page – All the Devils are Here** Mona Pirnot – I Love You So Much I Could Die Robert Montano – Small John Rubenstein – Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground Outstanding Book of a Musical: Justin Peck and Jackie Sibblies Drury - Illinoise Anna K. Jacobs and Michael R. Jackson – Teeth Itamar Moses – Dead Outlaw Jonathan Marc Sherman – The Connector **Shaina Taub - Suffs** Outstanding Score Jason Robert Brown – The Connector Will Butler – Stereophonic Adam Guettel – Days of Wine and Roses David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna – Dead Outlaw **Shaina Taub - Suffs** Outstanding Orchestrations Timo Andres - Illinoise Adam Guettel and Jamie Lawrence – Days of Wine and Roses **Marco Paguia – Buena Vista Social Club** Michael Starobin – Suffs Erik Della Penna, Dean Sharenow, and David Yazbek – Dead Outlaw Outstanding Direction of a Musical David Cromer – Dead Outlaw Michael Greif – Days of Wine and Roses Daisy Prince – The Connector Leigh Silverman - Suffs **Jessica Stone – Water for Elephants** Outstanding Direction of a Play Knud Adams – Primary Trust **Daniel Aukin – Stereophonic** Robert Falls – Swing State Kenny Leon – Purlie Victorious Lila Neugebauer – Appropriate Outstanding Choreography (Broadway or Off-Broadway) Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll – Water for Elephants Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman – The Outsiders Lorin Latarro – The Who's Tommy Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck – Buena Vista Social Club **Justin Peck — Illinoise** Outstanding Scenic Design (tie) David Korins – Here Lies Love **David Zinn – Stereophonic** Dots – Appropriate Paul Tate dePoo III – The Cottage **Paul Tate dePoo III – The Great Gatsby** Outstanding Costume Design Dede Ayite – Jaja's African Hair Braiding Enver Chakartash – Stereophonic Enver Chakartash – Teeth **Linda Cho – The Great Gatsby** Sydney Maresca – The Cottage Outstanding Lighting Design Bradley King – Water for Elephants **Brian MacDevitt – The Outsiders** Justin Townsend – Here Lies Love Tim Lutkin and Hugh Vanstone – Back to the Future Amanda Zieve – The Who's Tommy Outstanding Sound Design Tom Gibbons – Grey House Gareth Owen – Back to the Future Gareth Owen – The Who's Tommy **Ryan Rumery – Stereophonic** M.L. Dogg and Cody Spencer – Here Lies Love Outstanding Video/Projections David Bengali – Water for Elephants Paul Tate dePoo III — The Great Gatsby **Peter Nigrini – The Who's Tommy** Finn Ross – Back to the Future Ash J. Woodward - Patriots Shows with Multiple Award Wins 4: Stereophonic 3: Dead Outlaw, Primary Trust, Suffs 2: The Great Gatsby, I Can Get It For You Wholesale, Oh, Mary! Broadway Productions Considered in Full: Grey House, Once Upon a One More Time, The Cottage, Back to the Future, The Shark Is Broken, Purlie Victorious, Melissa Etheridge: My Window, Jaja's African Hair Braiding, Gutenberg! The Musical!, I Need That, Monty Python's Spamalot, How to Dance in Ohio, Appropriate, Days of Wine and Roses, Doubt, The Notebook, An Enemy of the People, Water for Elephants, The Who's Tommy, The Outsiders, Lempicka, The Wiz, Suffs, Stereophonic, Hell's Kitchen, Cabaret, The Heart of Rock and Roll, Patriots, Uncle Vanya, The Great Gatsby, Mother Play Only New Elements of the Following Productions Were Considered: Just for Us, Here Lies Love, Merrily We Roll Along, Harmony, Prayer for the French Republic, Mary Jane |
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