2015 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations

Outstanding New Broadway Play
The Audience
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Wolf Hall

Outstanding New Broadway Musical
An American in Paris
It Shoulda Been You
The Last Ship
Something Rotten!
The Visit

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
Between Riverside and Crazy
The City of Conversation
The Nether
Rasheeda Speaking
The Village Bike

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
A Christmas Memory
Disenchanted
The Fortress of Solitude
Hamilton
Lonesome Traveler

Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Hamilton
It Shoulda Been You
The Last Ship
Something Rotten!
The Visit

Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Hamilton
It Shoulda Been You
The Last Ship
Something Rotten!
The Visit

Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
The Elephant Man
Fashions for Men
The Heidi Chronicles
Skylight
You Can’t Take It With You

Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Into the Woods
The King and I
On the Town
On the Twentieth Century
Side Show

Outstanding Director of a Play
Stephen Daldry "The Audience"
Marianne Elliott "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"
Scott Ellis "The Elephant Man"
Scott Ellis "You Can’t Take It With You"
Jeremy Herrin "Wolf Hall"

Outstanding Director of a Musical
Scott Ellis "On the Twentieth Century"
Thomas Kail "Hamilton"
Casey Nicholaw "Something Rotten!"
David Hyde Pierce "It Shoulda Been You"
Christopher Wheeldon "An American in Paris"

Outstanding Choreographer
Joshua Bergasse "On the Town"
Andy Blankenbuehler "Hamilton"
Warren Carlyle "On the Twentieth Century"
Casey Nicholaw "Something Rotten!"
Christopher Wheeldon "An American in Paris"

Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical)
Bunny Christie "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"
Bob Crowley "An American in Paris"
Scott Pask "Something Rotten!"
David Rockwell "On the Twentieth Century"
Michael Yeargan "The King and I"

Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical)
Gregg Barnes "Something Rotten!"
Bob Crowley "The Audience"
William Ivey Long "On the Twentieth Century"
Christopher Oram "Wolf Hall"
Catherine Zuber "The King and I"

Outstanding Lightning Design (Play or Musical)
Paule Constable "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"
Jeff Croiter "Something Rotten!"
Rick Fisher "The Audience"
Natasha Katz "An American in Paris"
Japhy Weideman "The Visit"

Outstanding Actor in a Play
Reed Birney "I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard"
Bradley Cooper "The Elephant Man"
Stephen McKinley Henderson "Between Riverside and Crazy"
Ben Miles "Wolf Hall"
Alex Sharp "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"

Outstanding Actress in a Play
Greta Gerwig "The Village Bike"
Jan Maxwell "The City of Conversation"
Helen Mirren "The Audience"
Elisabeth Moss "The Heidi Chronicles"
Tonya Pinkins "Rasheeda Speaking"

Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Christian Borle "Something Rotten!"
Brian d’Arcy James "Something Rotten!"
Robert Fairchild "An American in Paris"
Peter Gallagher "On the Twentieth Century"
Tony Yazbeck "On the Town"

Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Kristin Chenoweth "On the Twentieth Century"
Leanne Cope "An American in Paris"
Tyne Daly "It Shoulda Been You"
Kelli O’Hara "The King and I"
Chita Rivera "The Visit"

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Paul Jesson "Wolf Hall"
Richard McCabe "The Audience"
Alessandro Nivola "The Elephant Man"
Nathaniel Parker "Wolf Hall"
Bryce Pinkham "The Heidi Chronicles"

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Annaleigh Ashford "You Can’t Take It With You"
Patricia Clarkson "The Elephant Man"
Francesca Faridany "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"
Julie Halston "You Can’t Take It With You"
Lydia Leonard "Wolf Hall"

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
John Cariani "Something Rotten!"
Josh Grisetti "It Shoulda Been You"
Andy Karl "On the Twentieth Century"
Paul Alexander Nolan "Doctor Zhivago"
Max von Essen "An American in Paris"

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Heidi Blickenstaff "Something Rotten!"
Victoria Clark "Gigi"
Megan Fairchild "On the Town"
Ruthie Ann Miles "The King and I"
Mary Louise Wilson "On the Twentieth Century"

Outstanding Solo Performance
Joe Assadourian "The Bullpen"
Jim Dale "Just Jim Dale"
Tom Dugan "Wiesenthal"
Cush Jumbo "Josephine and I"
Benjamin Scheuer "The Lion"

John Gassner Award (Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Ayad Akhtar "The Invisible Hand"
Halley Feiffer "I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard"
Elizabeth Irwin "My Mañana Comes"
Markus Potter "Stalking the Bogeyman"
Benjamin Scheuer "The Lion"