Raúl Esparza and Katie Finneran Announce Outer Critics Circle Nominees Today

[Robbie2]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 12:25am

Multiple Tony nominee Raúl Esparza and two-time Tony winner Katie Finneran announce the nominees for the 2014-15 Outer Critics Circle Awards, which celebrate shows, both on Broadway and off, today April 20 at 11 AM at The Friars Club in New York.

 

The winners will be announced May 11, and the annual Gala Awards Dinner will be held 4 PM May 21 at Sardi's Restaurant.

The Outer Critics Circle is the organization of writers covering New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway. The Outer Critics Circle nominees are the first major Broadway/Off-Broadway award nominees of the New York theatre season.

Outer Critics Circle members are affiliated with more than 90 newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, Internet websites, and theatre publications in America and abroad.

Updated On: 4/20/15 at 12:25 AM

[_IrisTInkerbell]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 10:23am

Will the nominees be live updated or tweeted or something somewhere? Or a live stream even?

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 10:41am

Can't wait to see what nonsense they come up with this year.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 11:24am

They'll be particularly meaningless given that Fun Home was eligible last year, not this year. 

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 11:26am

And HAMILTON is eligible this year. 

Updated On: 4/20/15 at 11:26 AM

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 11:27am

They will probably be dominated by Hamilton, which won't have any bearing on the Tonys this year. Still, I'm sure the nominators will be able to throw a few whacky surprises our way. They always do!

[LYLS3637]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 11:33am

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY

The Audience

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Wolf Hall

 

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL

An American in Paris

It Shoulda Been You

The Last Ship

Something Rotten!

The Visit

 

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY

Between Riverside and Crazy

The City of Conversation

The Nether

Rasheeda Speaking

The Village Bike

 

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL

A Christmas Memory

Disenchanted

The Fortress of Solitude

Hamilton

Lonesome Traveler

 

OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL

(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Hamilton

It Shoulda Been You

The Last Ship

Something Rotten!

The Visit

 

OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE

(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Hamilton

It Shoulda Been You

The Last Ship

Something Rotten!

The Visit

 

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY

(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

The Elephant Man

Fashions for Men

The Heidi Chronicles

Skylight

You Can’t Take It With You

 

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL

(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Into the Woods

The King and I

On the Town

On the Twentieth Century

Side Show

 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY

Stephen Daldry    The Audience

Marianne Elliott    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Scott Ellis   The Elephant Man

Scott Ellis    You Can’t Take It With You

Jeremy Herrin    Wolf Hall

 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL

Scott Ellis    On the Twentieth Century

Thomas Kail    Hamilton

Casey Nicholaw    Something Rotten!

David Hyde Pierce    It Shoulda Been You

Christopher Wheeldon    An American in Paris

 

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER

Joshua Bergasse   On the Town

Andy Blankenbuehler    Hamilton

Warren Carlyle    On the Twentieth Century

Casey Nicholaw    Something Rotten!

Christopher Wheeldon    An American in Paris

 

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN

(Play or Musical)

Bunny Christie    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Bob Crowley    An American in Paris

Scott Pask    Something Rotten!

David Rockwell    On the Twentieth Century

Michael Yeargan    The King and I

 

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN

(Play or Musical)

Gregg Barnes    Something Rotten!

Bob Crowley    The Audience

William Ivey Long    On the Twentieth Century

Christopher Orem    Wolf Hall

Catherine Zuber    The King and I

 

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN

(Play or Musical)
Paule Constable    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Jeff Croiter     Something Rotten!

Rick Fisher     The Audience

Natasha Katz     An American in Paris

Japhy Weideman    The Visit

 

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY

Reed Birney    I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard

Bradley Cooper    The Elephant Man

Stephen McKinley Henderson    Between Riverside and Crazy

Ben Miles    Wolf Hall

Alex Sharp    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

 

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY

Greta Gerwig     The Village Bike

Jan Maxwell    The City of Conversation

Helen Mirren    The Audience

Elisabeth Moss    The Heidi Chronicles

Tonya Pinkins    Rasheeda Speaking

 

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Christian Borle    Something Rotten!

Brian d’Arcy James    Something Rotten!

Robert Fairchild    An American in Paris

Peter Gallagher    On the Twentieth Century

Tony Yazbeck    On the Town

 

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Kristin Chenoweth    On the Twentieth Century

Leanne Cope    An American in Paris

Tyne Daly    It Shoulda Been You

Kelli O’Hara    The King and I

Chita Rivera    The Visit

 

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY

Paul Jesson     Wolf Hall

Richard McCabe   The Audience

Alessandro Nivola   The Elephant Man

Nathaniel Parker    Wolf Hall

Bryce Pinkham     The Heidi Chronicles   

 

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY

Annaleigh Ashford   You Can’t Take It With You

Patricia Clarkson   The Elephant Man

Francesca Faridany   The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Julie Halston   You Can’t Take It With You

Lydia Leonard   Wolf Hall

 

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

John Cariani   Something Rotten!

Josh Grisetti   It Shoulda Been You

Andy Karl   On the Twentieth Century

Paul Alexander Nolan   Doctor Zhivago

Max von Essen   An American in Paris

 

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Heidi Blickenstaff   Something Rotten!

Victoria Clark   Gigi

Megan Fairchild   On the Town

Ruthie Ann Miles    The King and I  

Mary Louise Wilson   On the Twentieth Century

 

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE

Joe Assadourian     The Bullpen

Jim Dale    Just Jim Dale

Tom Dugan    Wiesenthal

Cush Jumbo    Josephine and I

Benjamin Scheuer    The Lion

 

JOHN GASSNER AWARD

(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)

Ayad Akhtar     The Invisible Hand

Halley Feiffer     I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard

Elizabeth Irwin     My Mañana Comes

Markus Potter     Stalking the Bogeyman

Benjamin Scheuer     The Lion

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 11:34am

The Nominations Are In...

[Sauja]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 11:35am

ZERO acting nominations for Hamilton is my biggest surprise.

 

They sure loved It Shoulda Been You!

 

All that said, if the Best Featured Actor in a Musical nominations were the same at the Tony's, I'd be happy. That's a really good selection.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 11:37am

These nominations never cease to amaze me.

[rjm516]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 11:39am

These are so weird.

[jv92]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 11:41am

These awards always scream...BROADWAY! BROADWAY! MIDDLEBROW! MIDDLEBROW!

I'm sorry that they completely overlooked the best new play I saw this season, FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (PARTS 1, 2 & 3). I'm sorrier that the excellent Phillipa Soo was overlooked in the Actress in a Musical (or Featured Actress in a Musical) category. 

It baffles me that THE LAST SHIP got a nomination for Best Book. I can understand Score-- some nice tunes. Didn't someone call these awards the Outer Space Critics Awards one year? This year isn't so strange, but there are always bound to be weird omissions. And lots of love for lots of crap. 

Let's see what wins. Then we can really be dumbfounded. 

 

 

 

[Kad]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 11:41am

I assume Fun Home and Hand to God were ineligible for any of these, so they're even LESS useful of an indicator than they usually are.

Hamilton's lack of representation in the performance categories is galling, even by these low standards. 

Updated On: 4/20/15 at 11:41 AM

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 11:42am

No acting nods for Hamilton is truly strange. And with all the love for Something Rotten!, no nod for Brad Oscar, who gets the flashiest number in the show. 

[ebontoyan]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 11:43am

I'm glad to see The Last Ship get some noms!!!

[philly03]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 11:44am

They usually seem to love those bombastic shows in the past (A Tale of Two Cities, Bonnie & Clyde, etc.), so I was surprised to see so little of Dr. Zhivago LOL. 

[jv92]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 11:44am

FUN HOME was indeed ineligible this year, as was HAND TO GOD. 

Whoever gave the loudest, flashiest performance of their category-- and if they happen to be a big name, even better-- will win the musical acting categories. And SOMETHING ROTTEN! will win everything else because, well...BROADWAY! MIDDLEBROW! 

Just an early prediction. I'm far more curious to see what happens with the Pulitzer this afternoon. 

 

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 11:46am

No nominations for Nighy or Mulligan.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 11:49am

Nominations I'm excited about:

Productions:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
An American in Paris
Hamilton
The Elephant Man
Skylight
You Can't Take It With You
The King & I
On the Town
Side Show

Directing:
Marianne Elliott-The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Scott Ellis-The Elephant Man/You Can't Take It With You
Casey Nicholaw-Something Rotten!
Christopher Wheeldon-An American in Paris

Choreography:
Joshua Bergasse-On the Town
Casey Nicholaw-Something Rotten!
Christopher Wheeldon-An American in Paris

Performances:
Bradley Cooper-The Elephant Man
Helen Mirren-The Audience
Tony Yazbeck-On the Town
Kelli O'Hara-The King & I
Bryce Pinkham-The Heidi Chronicles
Annaleigh Ashford-You Can't Take It With You
Paul Alexander Nolan-Doctor Zhivago
Megan Fairchild-On the Town

[jv92]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 11:52am

Was FINDING NEVERLAND really completely snubbed? I thought for sure this would be the only awards where that show would rack up several nominations. Unless the Tony nominators sell out/give in... 

 

 

[Kad]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 11:54am

I didn't even notice! It does look like Finding Neverland was thoroughly snubbed. Ouch! 

[adamgreer]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 12:02pm

And it doesn't get more middlebrow than Finding Neverland!!!

 

Every year when the Outer Space Critics announce their nominations and people are baffled by their selections, I always like to point out that one of their nominators is none other than Corrine. That should tell you all you need to know. 

[mbruth]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 12:03pm

As we enter nominations season, I find myself getting increasingly cranky about 'Something Rotten!'.  The show was extremely mediocre.  The music sounded like it had been written by a computer program.  Every song was pitched at the same intensity, and the actors just were spewing out lines as quickly as possible to keep the energy from just running out.  The humor was redundant and childish.  And then there was Act 2, which made almost no sense, and didn't even try.  This is a show that desperately needs more development and redefining of it's purpose.  Extremely disappointing.  The fact that there is a nomination for Heidi Blickenstaff makes me wonder if the critics even saw this show.  YES she's a terrific singer and actress, but this show gives her NOTHING to do.  It's practically an insult, like someone on the development team (which I assume was vast) said - hey wait everyone, there's no women in the show!  Can someone add a "wife" or "love interest"?  Yeah, thanks.

[jv92]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 12:09pm

SOMETHING ROTTEN! is just very tired. At least, I'm tired of shows of its ilk. I hope audiences will give HAMILTON, FUN HOME and THE VISIT a chance. (I'm pretty sure they'll give HAMILTON a chance, at least.) That way, they can learn what a real musical is. Not some self-referntial, loud cartoon with jazz hands and references to other shows every millisecond. Casey Nicholaw has proven himself a competent, often wonderful director at Encores! with FOLLIES, ANYONE CAN WHISTLE and MOST HAPPY FELLA. I wish he'd start directing shows on Broadway of that caliber instead of sticking with his typical bag of tricks. The tricks are getting lame. 

Corrine's a nominator? Maybe she can present Best Score to John Kander if he wins... 

 

 

[ebontoyan]

Posted: 4/20/15 at 12:09pm

^ Sorry but that is just your opinion of Something Rotten. lol And unfortunately you are NOT an Outer Critic lol lol