PIPPIN tops the Outer Critics Circle nominations with 11 nods

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 11:30am

And the awards season begins! http://playbill.com/news/article/177151-Outer-Critics-Circle-Nominees-Announced-Pippin-Earns-11-Nominations


Aaaand as usual, these nominations (and some glaring omissions) mostly amount to a giant "...what?" This list isn't as bizarre as it has been in recent years, though.
Updated On: 4/22/13 at 11:30 AM

[bjh2114]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 11:37am

I'll post the list just for fun:

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
Grace
Lucky Guy
The Nance
The Testament of Mary
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
Chaplin: The Musical
A Christmas Story
Hands on a Hardbody
Kinky Boots
Matilda the Musical

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Bad Jews
Cock
My Name is Asher Lev
Really Really
The Whale

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
February House
Dogfight
Giant
Here Lies Love
Murder Ballad

OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Cinderella
Chaplin: The Musical
Dogfight
Kinky Boots
Matilda the Musical

OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Chaplin: The Musical
Dogfight
Hands on a Hardbody
Here Lies Love
Kinky Boots

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Golden Boy
Orphans
The Piano Lesson
The Trip to Bountiful
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Annie
Cinderella
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Passion
Pippin

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Pam MacKinnon Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Nicholas Martin Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Jack O'Brien The Nance
Bartlett Sher Golden Boy
Michael Wilson The Trip to Bountiful

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Warren Carlyle Chaplin: The Musical
Scott Ellis The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Jerry Mitchell Kinky Boots
Diane Paulus Pippin
Alex Timbers Here Lies Love

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
Warren Carlyle Chaplin: The Musical
Peter Darling Matilda the Musical
Jerry Mitchell Kinky Boots
Josh Rhodes Cinderella
Chet Walker Pippin

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
John Lee Beatty The Nance
Rob Howell Matilda the Musical
David Korins Here Lies Love
Scott Pask Pippin
Michael Yeargan Golden Boy

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Amy Clark & Martin Pakledinaz Chaplin: The Musical
Gregg Barnes Kinky Boots
Dominique Lemieux Pippin
William Ivey Long Cinderella
William Ivey Long The Mystery of Edwin Drood

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Ken Billington Chaplin: The Musical
Paul Gallo Dogfight
Donald Holder Golden Boy
Kenneth Posner Cinderella
Kenneth Posner Pippin

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Tom Hanks Lucky Guy
Shuler Hensley The Whale
Nathan Lane The Nance
Tracy Letts Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
David Hyde Pierce Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Tracee Chimo Bad Jews
Amy Morton Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Vanessa Redgrave The Revisionist
Joely Richardson Ivanov
Cicely Tyson The Trip to Bountiful

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Bertie Carvel Matilda the Musical
Santino Fontana Cinderella
Rob McClure Chaplin: The Musical
Billy Porter Kinky Boots
Matthew James Thomas Pippin

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Lilla Crawford Annie
Valisia LeKae Motown: The Musical
Lindsay Mendez Dogfight
Patina Miller Pippin
Laura Osnes Cinderella

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Danny Burstein Golden Boy
Richard Kind The Big Knife
Jonny Orsini The Nance
Tony Shalhoub Golden Boy
Tom Sturridge Orphans

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Cady Huffman The Nance
Judith Ivey The Heiress
Judith Light The Assembled Parties
Kristine Nielsen Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Vanessa Williams The Trip to Bountiful

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Will Chase The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Dan Lauria A Christmas Story
Raymond Luke Motown: The Musical
Terrence Mann Pippin
Daniel Stewart Sherman Kinky Boots

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Annaleigh Ashford Kinky Boots
Victoria Clark Cinderella
Charlotte d'Amboise Pippin
Andrea Martin Pippin
Keala Settle Hands on a Hardbody

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Bette Midler I'll Eat You Last
Martin Moran All the Rage
Fiona Shaw The Testament of Mary
Holland Taylor Ann
Michael Urie Buyer & Cellar

JOHN GASSNER AWARD
(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Ayad Akhtar Disgraced
Paul Downs Colaizzo Really Really
Joshua Harmon Bad Jews
Samuel D. Hunter The Whale
Aaron Posner My Name is Asher Lev

Updated On: 4/22/13 at 11:37 AM

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 11:37am

Absolutely thrilled for Tracee Chimo and her marvelous performance in BAD JEWS.

[broadwayfreak4]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 11:38am

No Best Actress nom for the Matilda girls?

[Princeton Returns]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 11:38am

No score for Matilda either

[bjh2114]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 11:39am

No Best Actress nom for the Matilda girls?

The Billys weren't nominated for this in 2009 either. The OCC doesn't usually recognize group performances.

[willrogers2008]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 11:39am

Bravo CHAPLIN!!!!

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 11:40am

The biggest MATILDA snub, by FAR (for me) is not nominating Warchus for director!

WHAT?!? His staging was some of the most ingenious work I've seen onstage in the last few years, not even just in this season!

[dreaming]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 11:40am

Bravo, Pippin! It deserves the nods. Truly the most magical night I've had in the theater this season.

[TheaterBoy7777]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 11:43am

Glad to see many Dogfight noms!

[bjh2114]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 11:47am

Notable omissions:

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
The Assembled Parties

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
The Flick

OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE
Matilda
A Christmas Story

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Matthew Warchus, Matilda

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
I mean... REALLY?!

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Rachel Bay Jones, Pippin (they nominated Charlotte instead... really?)

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Alan Cumming, Macbeth

Updated On: 4/22/13 at 11:47 AM

[Freckles1329]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 11:47am

It's a shame that "The Other Place" was considered and nominated last season when it was produced Off Broadway.

Laurie Metcalf was incredible.

[Freckles1329]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 11:49am

bjh2114, Macbeth isn't a solo performance, there are 2 other actors in the play.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 11:49am

The Other Place was eligible last season when it was off-Broadway.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 11:50am

bjh2114, Macbeth isn't a solo performance, there are 2 other actors in the play.

OK, then he was still left out of the Leading Actor category... where he would be for the Tonys. That's even MORE telling.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 11:51am

The biggest MATILDA snub, by FAR (for me) is not nominating Warchus for director!

Agreed. I don't understand how you nominate Jerry Mitchell for direction of Kinky Boots (choreography I understand) over Warchus.

[Sauja]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 11:53am

Ahahahahahahaha. Oh, OCC. You are delightfully daft. Yes, let us recognize the acting, direction, and score of the virtually unwatchable Chaplin while choosing to lay the smack down on Matilda and nominate it for as few awards as possible.

Leaving Matilda out of Score and Direction are the most ridiculous omissions. But while we're at it: Charlotte D'Amboise for Pippin? Alex Timbers for Here Lies Love? The book of Chaplin? The COSTUMES in Chaplin?! No Disgraced for Off-Broadway Play but Really Really gets in? Valisia LeKae's wooden acting in Motown?

These are truly embarrassing nominations. As per usual.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 11:53am

I'm surprised Judith Ivey got a nod while Carrie Coon did not for her incredible performance in Virginia Woolf.

[Freckles1329]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 11:53am

I completely agree that Alan Cumming was snubbed. The whole show was snubbed! He should get some recognition for that performance.

Updated On: 4/22/13 at 11:53 AM

[SondheimFan5]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 11:53am

Remember that time Young Frank swept the OCC's?

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 11:54am

Most thrilled about the HARDBODY love! Also happy about all the PIPPIN and DOGFIGHT noms. I think DOGFIGHT should have made the transfer to Broadway...or at least another Off-Broadway theatre.

It seems kind of silly that Cumming wasn't nominated for solo performance since those other two people barely do anything.

Agreed that Rachel Bay Jones was about one million times better than Charlotte. Since she had to play, ya know, emotions.

[dave1606]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 11:54am

Cinderella is nominated for that insufferable book? What?! That alone disqualifies this whole list for me. I guess I am happy Pippin is leading though!

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 11:56am

No nom for Judy Kuhn? Really?!

These are just bizarre as usual.

[jetts7]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 11:59am

I am very surprised that "Bring It On" wasn't nominated for anymore, especially best choreography.

[jetts7]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 12:01pm

^
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