Outer Circle Critics Awards

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Winners (underlined) were announced last night.  Predicatbly, Stoppard’s The Coast of Utopia walked away with the most honors for a straight play, and Spring Awakening had the most awards for a musical.  More from Playbill

(BTW – Tony nominations are announced tomorrow….)

John Gassner Playwriting Award
Foote, Daisy Bhutan
Glaudini, Bob Jack Goes Boating
Norris, Bruce The Pain and the Itch
Sun, Nilaja No Child . . .

Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Cerveris, Michael LoveMusik
Esparza, Raul Company
Lee, Gavin Mary Poppins
Pierce, David Hyde Curtains

Outstanding Actor in a Play
Langella, Frank Frost/Nixon
O’Byrne, Brian F. The Coast of Utopia
Plummer, Christopher Inherit the Wind
Schreiber, Liev Talk Radio

Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Brown, Ashley Mary Poppins
Chenoweth, Kristin The Apple Tree
McDonald, Audra 110 in the Shade
Murphy, Donna LoveMusik

Outstanding Actress in a Play
Best, Eve A Moon for the Misbegotten
Ehle, Jennifer The Coast of Utopia
Gugino, Carla Suddenly Last Summer
Pill, Allison Blackbird

Outstanding Choreography
Ashford, Rob Curtains
Blankenbuehler, Andy In the Heights
Bourne, Matthew & Mear, Stephen Mary Poppins
Leavy, Carol Joyce & Graciela, Daniele The Pirate Queen

Outstanding Costume Design
Crowley, Bob Mary Poppins
Dolan, Judith LoveMusik
Pakledinaz, Martin The Pirate Queen
Zuber, Catherine The Coast of Utopia

Outstanding Director of a Musical
Doyle, John Company
Eyre, Richard & Bourne, Matthew Mary Poppins
Kail, Thomas In the Heights
Mayer, Michael Spring Awakening

Outstanding Director of a Play
Grandage, Michael Frost/Nixon
Grindley, David Journey’s End
O’Brien, Jack The Coast of Utopia
Still, Melly Coram Boy

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Danieley, Jason Curtains
Jenkins, Daniel Mary Poppins
Pittu, David LoveMusik
Steggert, Bobby 110 in the Shade

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Crudup, Billy The Coast of Utopia
Gaines, Boyd Journey’s End
Greenspan, David Some Men
Kunken, Stephen Frost/Nixon

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
d’Amboise, Charlotte A Chorus Line
Luker, Rebecca Mary Poppins
Orfeh Legally Blonde
Ziemba, Karen Curtains

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Bartlett, Robin Prelude to a Kiss
Clayburgh, Jill The Clean House
Plimpton, Martha The Coast of Utopia
Rabe, Lily Heartbreak House

Outstanding Lighting Design
Austin, Neil Frost/Nixon
Constable, Paule Coram Boy
Howard Harrison Mary Poppins
MacDevitt, Brian/Posner, Kenneth/Katz, Natasha The Coast of Utopia

Outstanding New Broadway Musical
Curtains
LoveMusik
Mary Poppins
Spring Awakening

Outstanding New Broadway Play
Coast of Utopia, The
Coram Boy
Frost/Nixon
Radio Golf

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
Exits and Entrances
Indian Blood
Pain and the Itch, The
Scene, The

Outstanding New Score
Curtains
In the Heights
Mary Poppins
Spring Awakening

Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical
Evil Dead The Musical
Floyd and Clea
Gutenberg! The Musical!
In the Heights

Outstanding Revival of a Musical
110 in the Shade
Apple Tree, The
Chorus Line, A
Company

Outstanding Revival of a Play
Inherit the Wind
Journey’s End
Talk Radio
Voysey Inheritance, The

Outstanding Set Design
Crowley, Bob Mary Poppins
Crowley, Bob & Pask, Scott The Coast of Utopia
Green, Ti & Still, Melly Coram Boy
McLane, Derek The Voysey Inheritance

Outstanding Solo Performance
Beaty, Daniel Emergence-See
Harris, Ed Wrecks
Johnson, Jay The Two and Only
Sun, Nilaja No Child . . .