The Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations

The last two weeks have been hectic with two final papers due, and I have missed all, I mean ALL of the Tony precursors, and since final nomination predictions are tomorrow, and the nominations are due out Tuesday, it is time for me to look at all three precursors. First up is the Outer Critics Circle. Remember, Hamilton wasn't eligible here this year, as it swept last years as an off-Broadway production:

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
Eclipsed
The Father
The Humans
King Charles III
Thérèse Raquin

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
American Psycho: The Musical
Bright Star
On Your Feet!
Tuck Everlasting: The Musical
Waitress

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
The Christians
Familiar
Gloria
Hold On to Me Darling
The Legend of Georgia McBride

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Cagney
Daddy Long Legs
Dear Evan Hansen
Lazarus
Southern Comfort

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Reed Birney "The Humans"
Gabriel Byrne "Long Day’s Journey Into Night"
Frank Langella "The Father"
Mark Strong "A View From the Bridge"
Ben Whishaw "The Crucible"

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Jayne Houdyshell "The Humans"
Jessica Lange "Long Day’s Journey Into Night"
Lupita Nyong’o "Eclipsed"
Nicola Walker "A View From the Bridge"
Michelle Williams "Blackbird"

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Alex Brightman "School of Rock: The Musical"
Danny Burstein "Fiddler on the Roof"
Robert Creighton "Cagney"
Ben Platt "Dear Evan Hansen"
Benjamin Walker "American Psycho: The Musical"

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Laura Benanti "She Loves Me"
Carmen Cusack "Bright Star"
Cynthia Erivo "The Color Purple: The Musical"
Jessie Mueller "Waitress"
Ana Villafañe "On Your Feet!"

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Sanjit De Silva "Dry Powder"
Matt McGrath "The Legend of Georgia McBride"
Jim Norton "The Crucible"
Robert Sella "Sylvia"
Michael Shannon "Long Day’s Journey Into Night"

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Pascale Armand "Eclipsed"
Zainab Jah "Eclipsed"
Judith Light "Thérèse Raquin"
Saycon Sengbloh "Eclipsed"
Myra Lucretia "Taylor Familiar"

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Nicholas Barasch "She Loves Me"
Roger Bart "Disaster!"
Michael Esper "Lazarus"
Christopher Fitzgerald "Waitress"
Terrence Mann "Tuck Everlasting: The Musical"

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Danielle Brooks "The Color Purple: The Musical"
Andrea Burns "On Your Feet!"
Sophia Anne Caruso "Lazarus"
Jane Krakowski "She Loves Me"
Heléne Yorke "American Psycho: The Musical"

OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Bright Star
Daddy Long Legs
Dear Evan Hansen
Lazarus
On Your Feet!

OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
American Psycho the Musical
Bright Star
Daddy Long Legs
Dear Evan Hansen
Waitress

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Blackbird
The Crucible
Fool for Love
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
A View From the Bridge

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
The Color Purple: The Musical
Dames at Sea
Fiddler on the Roof
She Loves Me
Spring Awakening

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Evan Cabnet "Gloria"
Mike Donahue "The Legend of Georgia McBride"
Rupert Goold "King Charles III"
Joe Mantello "The Humans"
Ivo Van Hove "A View From the Bridge"

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Michael Arden "Spring Awakening"
Walter Bobbie "Bright Star"
Scott Ellis "She Loves Me"
Rupert Goold "American Psycho: The Musical"
Michael Greif "Dear Evan Hansen"

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
Cagney
Spring Awakening
Bright Star
Dames at Sea
On Your Feet!

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN (Play or Musical)
Thérèse Raquin
Misery
John
She Loves Me
Tuck Everlasting: The Musical

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN (Play or Musical)
On Your Feet!
Bright Star
American Psycho: The Musical
She Loves Me
King Charles III

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN (Play or Musical)
She Loves Me
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
On Your Feet!
Spring Awakening
American Psycho: The Musical

OUTSTANDING PROJECTION DESIGN (Play or Musical)
Spring Awakening
Grounded
Dear Evan Hansen
American Psycho: The Musical
Lazarus

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Mike Birbiglia "Thank God For Jokes"
Kathleen Chalfant "Rose"
Anne Hathaway "Grounded "
James Lecesne "The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey"
Daphne Rubin-Vega "Empanada Loca"

JOHN GASSNER AWARD (Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Lindsey Ferrentino "Ugly Lies the Bone"
Lauren Gunderson "I and You"
Martyna Majok "Ironbound"
Marco Ramirez "The Royale"
Anna Ziegler "Boy"

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
James Houghton Signature Theatre Company