OCC Awards: Who should win?

[PhantomMag234]

Posted: 4/23/07 at 9:48pm

I think the name of the post says it all.

[MungoGypsy8232]

Posted: 4/23/07 at 10:07pm

don't know about the play noms, but I'm pulling for between the following two's:

Leading Actor: Raul Esparza / Gavin Lee
Leading Actress: Kristin Chenoweth / Audra McDonald
Featured Actor: Jason Danieley / David Pittu
Featured Actress: Orfeh / Karen Ziemba
Musical: Mary Poppins / Spring Awakening
Revival: A Chorus Line / 110 in the Shade

[jv92]

Posted: 4/23/07 at 10:09pm

Not Mary Poppins.

Musical- Curtains
Score- Curtains
Actor- EsparzaCerveris (really don't care)
Actress- Murphy
Director- Doyle (Hal Prince really, really should have been nominated. It's his best work since Kiss of the Spider Woman.)
That's all I can think of four now.

[MungoGypsy8232]

Posted: 4/23/07 at 10:15pm

Curtains is a much better show than Mary Poppins, I was just referring from a commercial point of view that Mary Poppins would appeal more. Mary Poppins received the most nominations, so they had to have liked 'something' about it. But I do hope Curtains or Spring Awakening wins.

[jv92]

Posted: 4/23/07 at 10:16pm

Your predictions are perfectly valid Mungo. I didn't say anything about them. And you could be right.

[theaterdude87]

Posted: 4/23/07 at 10:27pm

some of these nomiantions make me barf.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 4/23/07 at 10:36pm

Outstanding New Broadway Play
The Coast of Utopia

Outstanding New Broadway Musical
Spring Awakening

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
The Scene

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
Gutenberg! The Musical!

Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off Broadway)
Spring Awakening

Outstanding Revival of a Play
Journey’s End

Outstanding Revival of a Musical
110 in the Shade

Outstanding Director of a Play (Lucille Lortel Award)
Jack O’Brien, The Coast of Utopia

Outstanding Director of a Musical
Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening

Outstanding Choreography
Carol Leavy Joyce & Graciela Daniele, The Pirate Queen

Outstanding Set Design
Bob Crowley, Mary Poppins

Outstanding Costume Design
Catherine Zuber, The Coast of Utopia

Outstanding Lighting Design
Brian MacDevitt/ Kenneth Posner/ Natasha Katz, The Coast of Utopia

Outstanding Actor in a Play
Christopher Plummer, Inherit the Wind

Outstanding Actress in a Play
Jennifer Ehle, The Coast of Utopia

Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Michael Cerveris, LoveMusik

Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Audra McDonald, 110 in the Shade

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Billy Crudup, The Coast of Utopia

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Martha Plimpton, The Coast of Utopia

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Jason Danieley, Curtains

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Karen Ziemba, Curtains

Outstanding Solo Performance
Jay Johnson, The Two and Only

John Gassner Award (Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Nilaja Sun, No Child

[MungoGypsy8232]

Posted: 4/23/07 at 10:47pm

Haha, sorry if that came off as hostile jv92. I didn't mean it that way, I guess I'm just in a debate-y mood

Edit: Why isn't Best Book a choice for Outer Critics? Updated On: 4/23/07 at 10:47 PM

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 4/23/07 at 11:42pm

I agree with theaterdude. By the way, only the Tony's Best Musical award is about commercial value.
Updated On: 4/23/07 at 11:42 PM

[Weez]

Posted: 4/24/07 at 1:16pm

I really want Jason Danieley and Frank Langella to win in their categories. I tried to pick my favourite Outstanding Actor in a Musical, but it was like choosing a favourite out of my children, and I couldn't do it. The only thing I knew was that I'd prefer Gavin Lee to *not* take it. ^_^

[jordangirl]

Posted: 4/24/07 at 1:48pm

I have to go with Nilaja for Solo Performance. What she creates on that stage alone ~ with only chairs and a broom is amazing. Of course, to really understand it, you probably have to be a teacher, so... Seriously on Friday night the UFT bought the theatre out for new teachers ~ we packed it. And the show ran 30 minutes over because we reacted to EVERYthing because we understood. Unlike a woman who Nilaja said sat in the front row a couple of weeks ago and read her playbill the whole show.

[FosterChild]

Posted: 4/24/07 at 3:25pm

I'm still confused at some of the nominations but would love to see Spring Awakening win as it's the only musical to take any real risks and breath some much needed life in to the season and Orfeh because she flat out deserves it and gave the best performance of the women. Now and again, it should be about the best, no? And yes, I've seen all of the female nominees and would easily have filled the other slots differently. Murphy and Cerveris are, in my opinion, a lock.

[bryan]

Posted: 4/24/07 at 3:50pm

i would love to see rebca lucker win because she is a great actess.

[jv92]

Posted: 4/24/07 at 4:02pm

Lucker? Well, Ms. Luker is "lucky" to get a nomination.

[LaCageAuxFollesFan]

Posted: 4/24/07 at 4:58pm

Hoping for a DAVID PITTU win! He's great as Brecht, and that category is pathetic. He gives the best supporting performance this year in a musical imo.

[MungoGypsy8232]

Posted: 4/24/07 at 5:42pm

Actors and actresses aside, who has the best role?

[bjh2114]

Posted: 4/24/07 at 5:55pm

What exactly do you mean by that Mungo?

[MungoGypsy8232]

Posted: 4/24/07 at 6:02pm

Who, out of all the performers nominated, has the best role? Like:

Kurt Weill v. Bobby v. Bert V. Lt. Frank Cioffi

etc...

Sorry for the confusion!

[bjh2114]

Posted: 4/24/07 at 6:13pm

I still don't know what you mean by "best". If you mean the "most interesting to perform", I would say the 4 musical awards for best role go to Bert, Lizzie, George Banks, and Cassie. For plays, I would say Nixon, Jennifer Ehle's characters in Utopia, Uncle, and Martha Plimpton's characters in Utopia.

[MungoGypsy8232]

Posted: 4/24/07 at 6:40pm

Hahah, I guess explaining it is harder than I thought but along those lines bjh2114! Who has the most interesting, juiciest, most fulfilling role? I agree with all of your choices for musical, except I'm still hesitant about George Banks, but I'll take your word for it!

[jordangirl]

Posted: 4/24/07 at 6:43pm

Going along those lines, I definitely stand by my earlier statement about Nilaja for solo performance. The number of characters she portrays, the differences between them, and the fluency with which she switches ~ literally from one moment to another ~ is simply amazing.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 4/24/07 at 9:02pm

Well Mungo, I don't think George Banks is a particularly juicy role either, but neither are Brecht (who's just perverted) and Bobby (who's just stupid and bubbly). I think of the 4 characters nominated in that category, George Banks goes through the greatest number of emotions and states of mind. But I agree that none of them are THAT juicy.

[PhantomMag234]

Posted: 4/24/07 at 9:59pm

And Ashley Brown is not the new Sutton Foster?

[bjh2114]

Posted: 4/24/07 at 10:05pm

And Ashley Brown is not the new Sutton Foster?

No?? I can't tell, was that a rhetorical question?

[theatreguy]

Posted: 4/24/07 at 11:00pm

My picks:

Outstanding New Broadway Play
The Coast of Utopia

Outstanding New Broadway Musical
Curtains

Outstanding Off-Broadway Play
The Pain and the Itch

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
Gutenberg! The Musical!

Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Curtains

Outstanding Revival of a Play
Journey's End

Outstanding Revival of Musical
110 in the Shade

Outstanding Director of a Play (Lucille Lortel Award)
Jack O'Brien, The Coast of Utopia

Oustanding Director of a Musical
John Doyle, Company

Outstanding Choreography
Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear, Mary Poppins

Outstanding Actor in a Play
Christopher Plummer, Inherit the Wind

Outstanding Actress in a Play
Jennifer Ehle, The Coast of Utopia

Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Raúl Esparza, Company

Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Audra McDonald, 110 in the Shade

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Billy Crudup, The Coast of Utopia

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Martha Plimpton, The Coast of Utopia

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Bobby Steggert, 110 in the Shade

Oustanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Orfeh, Legally Blonde

Outstanding Solo Performance
Jay Johnson, The Two and Only

Outstanding Set Design
Bob Crowley & Scott Pask, The Coast of Utopia

Outstanding Costume Design
Bob Crowley, Mary Poppins

Outstanding Lighting Design
Brian MacDevitt, Kenneth Posner & Natasha Katz, The Coast of Utopia

John Gassner Award (for an American play, preferably by a new playwright
Nilaja Sun, No Child…