Stars of the Broadway musical hits Come From Away (Jenn Colella) and The Band’s Visit (Katrina Lenk) were on hand to announce the nominees of the Outer Critics Awards in the Oak Room at New York’s renowned Algonquin Hotel.
I am a proud member of this esteemed organization, which is celebrating its 68th season of bestowing awards of excellence in the field of theater.
The winners will be announced on May 7, and the annual Gala Wards Dinner will be held on May 24th at Sardis Restaurant. Yours Truly will be in attendance and will post photos at Upstage-Downstage.
Meanwhile, here are the nominees:
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
The Children
Farinelli and the King
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Junk
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
Escape to Margaritaville
Frozen
Mean Girls
Prince of Broadway
SpongeBob SquarePants
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Admissions
Cost of Living
Hangmen
The Low Road
Mlima’s Tale
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Cruel Intentions
Desperate Measures
Jerry Springer- The Opera
Miss You Like Hell
Woody Sez
OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Tina Fey for Mean Girls
Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes for Miss You Like Hell
Kyle Jarrow for SpongeBob SquarePants
Peter Kellogg for Desperate Measures
OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE - Musical or Play
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Desperate Measures
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Miss You Like Hell
Frozen
SpongeBob SquarePants
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Angels in America
Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train
Lobby Hero
Three Tall Women
Travesties
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Carousel
My Fair Lady
Once on This Island
Pacific Overtures
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Jo Bonney for Cost of Living
Marianne Elliott for Angels in America
Patrick Marber for Travesties
Joe Mantello for Three Tall Women
John Tiffany for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Michael Arden for Once on This Island
Bill Castellino for Desperate Measures
Tina Landau for SpongeBob SquarePants
Casey Nicholaw for Mean Girls
Bartlett Sher for My Fair Lady
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Camille A. Brown for Once on This Island
Christopher Gattelli for My Fair Lady
Christopher Gattelli for SpongeBob SquarePants
Steven Hoggett for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Justin Peck for Carousel
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Miriam Buether for Three Tall Women
Myung Hee Cho for In the Body of the World
Christine Jones for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Michael Yeargan for My Fair Lady
David Zinn for SpongeBob SquarePants
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Katrina Lindsay for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Clint Ramos for Once on This Island
Paloma Young for Time and the Conways
David Zinn for SpongeBob SquarePants
Catherine Zuber for My Fair Lady
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Kevin Adams for SpongeBob SquarePants
Neil Austin for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Paule Constable for Angels in America
Paul Russell for Farinelli and the King
Lap Chi Chu for Mlima’s Tale
OUTSTANDING PROJECTION DESIGN
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Tim Reid for 1984
Finn Ross for Frozen
Finn Ross for In the Body of the World
Finn Ross and Adam Young for Mean Girls
Finn Ross and Ash Woodward for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Gareth Fry for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Kate Marvin for [Porto]
Fitz Patton for Napoli, Brooklyn
Marc Salzberg for My Fair Lady
Darron L. West for Mlima’s Tale
OUTSTANDING ORCHESTRATIONS
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Jason Robert Brown for Prince of Broadway
Tom Kitt for SpongeBob SquarePants
AnnMarie Milazzo and Michael Starobin for Once/Island
Jonathan Tunick for Carousel
Claire Van Kampen for Farinelli and the King
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Sean Carvajal in Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train
Andrew Garfield in Angels in America
Tom Hollander in Travesties
Gregg Mozgala in Cost of Living
Michael Urie in The Government Inspector
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
MaameYaa Boafo in School Girls/African Mean Girls Play
Jessica Hecht in Admissions
Glenda Jackson in Three Tall Women
Lauren Ridloff in Children of a Lesser God
Katy Sullivan in Cost of Living
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Harry Hadden-Paton in My Fair Lady
Joshua Henry in Carousel
David M. Lutken in Woody Sez
Conor Ryan in Desperate Measures
Ethan Slater in SpongeBob SquarePants
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Lauren Ambrose in My Fair Lady
Erika Henningsen in Mean Girls
Hailey Kilgore in Once On This Island
Taylor Louderman in Mean Girls
Patti Murin in Frozen
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Anthony Boyle in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Johnny Flynn in Hangmen
Nathan Lane in Angels in America
David Morse in The Iceman Cometh
Paul Sparks in At Home at the Zoo
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Jamie Brewer in Amy and the Orphans
Denise Gough in Angels in America
Harriet Harris in The Low Road
Laurie Metcalf in Three Tall Women
Mary Testa in The Government Inspector
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Norbert Leo Butz in My Fair Lady
Alexander Gemignani in Carousel
Gavin Lee in SpongeBob SquarePants
Nick Wyman in Desperate Measures
Tony Yazbeck in Prince of Broadway
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Kerry Butler in Mean Girls
Lindsay Mendez in Carousel
Lauren Molina in Desperate Measures
Ashley Park in Mean Girls
Emily Skinner in Prince of Broadway
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Billy Crudup in Harry Clarke
Eve Ensler in In the Body of the World
Alison Fraser in Squeamish
John Lithgow in Stories By Heart
Sharon Washington in Feeding the Dragon
JOHN GASSNER AWARD
(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Kate Benson for [Porto]
Jocelyn Bioh for School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play
Lindsey Ferrentino for Amy and the Orphans
Meghan Kennedy for Napoli, Brooklyn
Dominique Morisseau for Pipeline
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