2025 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations- Page 2

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 4/25/25 at 1:30pm

Don't have "it out" for MHE.  The scenic is great (if not derivative) and there are a few enjoyable moments in a blander show masked by nice stagecraft.  Dez is giving a fantastic vocal.  The show itself, not production, felt after-school-special rom-com cheesy for us when the artifice is removed.  

Jonathan is great in the show and working hard. Jordan, Francis and Groff are giving the best vocal performances of the season.  Hoping Jordan takes Best Actor.  He's doing the best leading male work on Broadway this season.

Updated On: 4/25/25 at 01:30 PM

[DanS3]

Posted: 4/25/25 at 1:40pm

CoffeeBreak said: "The show itself, not production, felt after-school-special rom-com cheesy for us when the artifice is removed."
 

To each their own.  I found it delightful and fresh and like nothing I've seen.  I was charmed by it...whether it was a cheesy from-com or not.

And I saw this show with three friends over a weekend where we took in 4 shows total (the others being Death Becomes Her; Gypsy; Sunset Blvd) and each one of us felt that MHE was our favorite.

Updated On: 4/25/25 at 01:40 PM

[cap21alum0]

Posted: 4/25/25 at 1:58pm

Where's Eureka Day? Jake Gyllenhaal? Sheesh

[Synecdoche2]

Posted: 4/25/25 at 2:14pm

Of the ten shows nominated for their direction, only one of them was off-Broadway, and even that was a multi-million dollar spectacle. Isn't the point of this voting body to highlight work that would otherwise go unrecognized? There was some great small-scale direction this season from artists like Eric Ting or Raja Feather Kelly that would have been well-suited for acknowledgement from this organization.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 4/25/25 at 2:29pm

cap21alum0 said: "Where's Eureka Day? Jake Gyllenhaal? Sheesh"

Re Jake Gyllenhaal

With only five spots covering for ALL the lead actors of Bway shows, lots of people wouldn't get recognized here.

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 4/25/25 at 2:38pm

Synecdoche2 said: "Of the ten shows nominated for their direction, only one of them was off-Broadway, and even that was a multi-million dollar spectacle. Isn't the point of this voting body to highlight work that would otherwise go unrecognized? There was some great small-scale direction this seasonfrom artists like Eric Ting or Raja Feather Kelly that would have been well-suited for acknowledgement from this organization."

Legitimate question but where do they state that the point is to highlight lower profile work? The voting body is just made up of critics from out of town newspapers, and as far as I know that's the only distinction of this group

[BCfitasafiddle]

Posted: 4/25/25 at 2:57pm

As always, a crazy list.

[witchoftheeast2]

Posted: 4/25/25 at 3:11pm

Kad said: "witchoftheeast2 said: "Was Jonathan Groff shut out?"

He was- but again, since it's a non-gendered category of only 6 performers, it's hard to think of who would've been left off to include him, particularly in a year in which quite a few slots nominees were more or less locks."

You're right. In such an incredibly strong season, while I loved his performance I'm not sure he would have replaced others who were nominated. 

[Jarethan]

Posted: 4/25/25 at 6:08pm

For once, I did not think these were as strange as they usually are.  I think a lot of omissions can be attributed to the elimination of the sex (whatever that is) of the person.  In a year in which there were an amazing number of musicals, many of which were well-reviewed, it seems to me that, if you are going to combine categories, you should increase the number of nominees to double what they would have been in the past.

I am not clear about one show: was The Buena Vista Social Club not eligible.  If it was, that seems weird, given the reviews.

Re the shock a couple of people expressed re Robyn Hurder not being nominated, the only thing I can think to say is 'Really???'.  

The truly glaring issue to me was the failure to nominate Jamie Lloyd.  I fully expect him to win the Tony and here he did nt even get nominated.  Seems totally absurd to me.

[Kad]

Posted: 4/25/25 at 6:12pm

Buena Vista was eligible- and nominated- last year for its run at the Atlantic (similar to how Dead Outlaw and Oh Mary were likewise ineligible for this year due to their respective off-Broadway runs last year).

Updated On: 4/25/25 at 06:12 PM