| Announcing the 2024 OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD Nominations | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 03:43 pm EDT 04/23/24 | |
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| Off-Broadway's Dead Outlaw leads the musical pack with nine nominations. Stereophonic is the most nominated Broadway show, with seven. Nominees for the 2024 John Gassner Award for New American Play are Job by Max Wolf Friedlich Manahatta by Mary Kathryn Nagle Oh, Mary! by Cole Escola The Apiary by Kate Douglas (NEW YORK, NY – Tuesday, April 23, 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 nominees for the 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards, honoring the 2023-2024 Broadway and Off-Broadway season. The announcement was made by the stars of the hit revival of Merrily We Roll Along, Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez, and livestreamed by BroadwayWorld.com from the Museum of Broadway. Leading the pack with the most honors of the season is the Off-Broadway musical Dead Outlaw, with nine nominations, followed by The Connector with seven nominations. Stereophonic leads in the play categories with seven nominations, followed by Primary Trust, with five nominations. Nominees for the annual John Gassner Award — for a new American play, preferably by a new playwright — are Job by Max Wolf Friedlich, Manahatta by Mary Kathryn Nagle, Oh, Mary! by Cole Escola, The Apiary by Kate Douglas, and Wet Brain by John J. Caswell Jr. Winners of the 2024 Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards will be announced via press release on Monday, May 13, followed by an awards ceremony held on Thursday, May 23, 2024. 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 NOMINATIONS Outstanding New Broadway Play Jaja's African Hair Braiding by Jocelyn Bioh Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions by Paula Vogel Patriots by Peter Morgan Stereophonic by David Adjmi The Shark Is Broken by Joseph Nixon and Ian Shaw 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 by Theresa Rebeck King of the Jews by Leslie Epstein King James by Rajiv Joseph Primary Trust by Eboni Booth Swing State by Rebecca Gilman John Gassner Award (new American play preferably by a new playwright) Job by Max Wolf Friedlich Manahatta by Mary Kathryn Nagle Oh, Mary! by Cole Escola The Apiary by Kate Douglas Wet Brain by John J. Caswell Jr. 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 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 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 (Broadway or Off-Broadway) 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 (Broadway or Off-Broadway) 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 (Broadway or Off-Broadway) 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 (Broadway or Off-Broadway) 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 (Broadway or Off-Broadway) 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 (Broadway or Off-Broadway) Paul Tate dePoo III – The Cottage Paul Tate dePoo III – The Great Gatsby Dots – Appropriate David Korins – Here Lies Love David Zinn – Stereophonic Outstanding Costume Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway) 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 (Broadway or Off-Broadway) 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 (Broadway or Off-Broadway) 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 (Broadway or Off-Broadway) 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 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, Merrily We Roll Along, 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 Additional Eligibility Considerations Due to its Broadway timeline, Illinoise was viewed during its Park Avenue Armory run and considered in off-Broadway categories, where applicable. The Broadway mounting of Suffs was determined to be at least 50% different than its original off-Broadway iteration. Therefore, it has been deemed eligible in all production categories and select acting categories. Nominators were not invited to the off-Broadway runs of Here We Are, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, and Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice. Therefore, those productions were not in consideration for awards this season. Artists with Multiple Nominations Paul Tate dePoo III – 3 (scenic: The Great Gatsby & The Cottage; projection: The Great Gatsby) Justin Peck – 3 (book: Illinoise; choreography: Illinoise and Buena Vista Social Club) Cole Escola – 2 (Gassner Award & Lead Performance Off-Broadway Play for Oh, Mary!) Enver Chakartash – 2 (costume design: Stereophonic and Teeth) David Yazbek and Eric Della Penna – 2 (score and orchestrations for Dead Outlaw) Adam Guettel – 2 (score and orchestrations for Days of Wine and Roses) Gareth Owen – 2 (sound design: Back to the Future and The Who's Tommy) Shaina Taub – 2 (book and score for Suffs) Shows with Multiple Nominations 9: Dead Outlaw 7: The Connector, Stereophonic 6: Days of Wine and Roses, Illinoise, The Who's Tommy 5: Back to the Future, Suffs, Primary Trust, Water for Elephants 4: Appropriate, The Great Gatsby, Here Lies Love, Mother Play, Purlie Victorious, Swing State, Teeth 3: Buena Vista Social Club, Oh, Mary!, Patriots, The Cottage, The Outsiders 2: Cabaret, An Enemy of the People, I Can Get It for You Wholesale, Jaja's African Hair Braiding, Mary Jane, Monty Python's Spamalot |
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