Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners

[Rob]

Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#0

Posted: 5/8/05 at 4:02pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/l.cfm?id=71447

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#1

Posted: 5/8/05 at 4:04pm

These nominees sucked anyway. :)

Happy for NLB, though. :)

[Elizabeth_DeBris]

re: Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#2

Posted: 5/8/05 at 4:04pm

Wooo! Altar Boyz for Off-Broadway musical, and La Cage for Revival of a Musical. Yay!

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#3

Posted: 5/8/05 at 4:07pm

Was Bee not eligible for OffBway musical?

[Act4ever]

re: Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#4

Posted: 5/8/05 at 4:08pm

Wow... anyone think the Tony's will reflect similarly? Anyone know how it compared last year?

[smartpenguin78]

re: Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#5

Posted: 5/8/05 at 4:09pm

I guess that's what I expected, way too much Spamalot.
I must second the yay for Norbert Leo Butz though!
The nominees were a little on the "blah" side.
Amy Ryan and Twelve Angry Men I am happy about, too.
Have to put a general Bleh out for the most part though.

I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.

Updated On: 5/8/05 at 04:09 PM

[luvtheEmcee]

re: Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#6

Posted: 5/8/05 at 4:10pm

Kind of what I expected, I think.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[Plum]

re: Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#7

Posted: 5/8/05 at 4:11pm

A big fat "bleh" to many of the major choices. Good thing the OCC doesn't mean much.

[Elizabeth_DeBris]

re: Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#8

Posted: 5/8/05 at 4:13pm

I'm a little surprised that Spamalot won for costumes. I mean, they were creative and all, but... not THAT great.
Was Pacific Overtures nominated for Revival of a Musical? As much as I wanted La Cage to win, I was expecting Pacific Overtures to (if it was nominated).

[ozdustgirl2]

re: Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#9

Posted: 5/8/05 at 4:16pm

great for Norbert. He deserves it

"There are times when were dirt broke, and hungry and freezing and I ask myself why the hell am I still living here?...And then they call!" ~ Mark Cohen RENT movie

[BreakingTheCircle07]

re: Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#10

Posted: 5/8/05 at 4:17pm

Woot for Victoria, Dan, Sara, & Altar Boyz!!! Nobert deserves all his good exposure, but it's a less than hearty role. I'm actually kinda surprised the critics are honoring Spamalot as much as they're doing. It really was a weak year. Not that I disliked Spam, but it's not the strongest show.

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[BWayBoy88]

re: Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#11

Posted: 5/8/05 at 4:17pm

I wasnt really surprised by anything either. Spamalot's costumes, in my opinion copied the Producers a lot. The whole Camelot showgirls costumes reminded me of the Springtime for Hitler costumes with the pretzel or the beer.

[smartpenguin78]

re: Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#12

Posted: 5/8/05 at 4:21pm

I did dislike Spamalot, but I'm not surprised it keeps getting honored.
Norbert's role may not have been "meaty" but it certainly was not "easy" and in a lesser actors hands really could have been a mess. There were not a lot of "heavy" dramatic roles in Musicals this year, and Norbert knocked the comedy out of the park.
Spamalot's costumes were very much like the Producer's with the costumes from the movie thrown in.

I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.

[wendy72]

re: Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#13

Posted: 5/8/05 at 4:22pm

Yeah for Norbs...hope this is the beginning of many awards and recognition for him, he got the best reviews of any musical actor this year..and I second that.

[Tiny-Toon]

re: Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#14

Posted: 5/8/05 at 4:24pm

No!! La cage can not win!
Now Sweet Charity needs to win the Drama Desk and Tonys..

http://www.BrooklynTheMusical.info

[Plum]

re: Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#15

Posted: 5/8/05 at 4:27pm

Because Pacific Overtures doesn't exist, of course.

[GovernorSlaton]

re: Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#16

Posted: 5/8/05 at 4:28pm

Pacific Overtures was nominated -- it won't win anything, because it closed in January, but those of us who remember it know that it was the best revival of the year.

[aspiringguy715]

re: Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#17

Posted: 5/8/05 at 4:34pm

I hope that shows like "...Spelling Bee" and "The Light in the Piazza" will get recognized. Looks like it's a "Spamalot" sweep this year.

[ShuQ]

re: Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#18

Posted: 5/8/05 at 4:36pm

Hooray Norbert, Sara, Spamalot, Billy Crystal! These people know what they're doing!

[bwaysinger]

re: Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#19

Posted: 5/8/05 at 4:41pm

I have to give my whooping hollers out to the four winners of acting in musical categories...all of my top choices! YAY!

[MadeofGold]

re: Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#20

Posted: 5/8/05 at 4:51pm

YAY for Altar Boyz and Norbert! Very well deserved!

"... Still a little bit of your taste in my mouth. Still a little bit of you laced with my doubt. Still a little hard to say what's going on..." Damien Rice

[BreakingTheCircle07]

re: Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#21

Posted: 5/8/05 at 4:55pm

I agree with the sass about ignoring Pacific Overtures. I mean holy crap, it was an amazing production of one of Sondheim's lushest, and most complicated, scores. Its overall design was gorgeous and the cast (go women!) were perfection.

(Wow, I realized I've posyed a lot today and most of my comments are lovey dovey and complimentary. I'm not a shill.)

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[zippyjen]

re: Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#22

Posted: 5/8/05 at 5:19pm

yay victoria clark won! and i am happy that nlb also picked up the award. but more importantlly voctoria won!

"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!

[sabrelady]

re: Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#23

Posted: 5/8/05 at 5:26pm

Good for Norb! This should be the start of a bee yoo ti ful collection of awards!! Much deserved!

[iluvtheatertrash]

re: Outer Critics Circle Announces 2004-05 Theatre Award Winners#24

Posted: 5/8/05 at 5:47pm

Go Victoria!!!

"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman