THE OUTER CRITICS ANNOUNCE NOMINEES

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BROADWAY
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58th Annual Awards Outer Critics Circle Announce 2007-08 Season Nominees

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“Young Frankenstein” Heads the List with 10 Nominations followed by “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” with 9 Nominations and “South Pacific” with 8 Nominations

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Karen Ziemba And Sandy Duncan

Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators covering New York theater for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, announced today its nominees for the 2007-08 season in 23 categories. Broadway stars and former Outer Critics Circle Award winners Sandy Duncan and Karen Ziemba presided over the (11AM) announcement ceremony at Manhattan’s historic Algonquin Hotel.

Celebrating its 58th season of bestowing awards of excellence in the field of theater, the Outer Critics Circle, is an association with members affiliated with more than ninety newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, and theatre publications in America and abroad. The winners of the following categories will be announced on Monday, May 12th and the annual awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 22th (4PM) at the legendary Sardi’s Restaurant.

Outer Critics Circle
2007-2008 Award Nominations

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
August: Osage County
Rock ‘N’ Roll
The Seafarer
The 39 Steps

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
A Catered Affair
Cry-Baby The Musical
Xanadu
Young Frankenstein

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Dividing the Estate
The Drunken City
From Up Here
The Receptionist

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Adding Machine
The Glorious Ones
Make Me a Song – The Music of William Finn
Next to Normal

OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE
Adding Machine
Next to Normal
Passing Strange
Young Frankenstein

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Come Back, Little Sheba
Cyrano de Bergerac
The Homecoming
Les Liaisons Dangereuses

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Gypsy
South Pacific
Sunday in the Park With George
Take Me Along

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Maria Aitken The 39 Steps
Rupert Goold Macbeth
Rufus Norris Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Anna D. Shapiro August: Osage County

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
David Cromer Adding Machine
Arthur Laurents Gypsy
Bartlett Sher South Pacific
Susan Stroman Young Frankenstein

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
Rob Ashford Cry-Baby The Musical
Graciela Daniele The Glorious Ones
Christopher Gattelli South Pacific
Susan Stroman Young Frankenstein

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
David Farley / Timothy Bird Sunday in the Park With George
Scott Pask Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Robin Wagner Young Frankenstein
Michael Yeargan South Pacific

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
David Farley Sunday in the Park With George
Katrina Lindsay Les Liaisons Dangereuses
William Ivey Long Young Frankenstein
Jessica Jahn, Michael Bottari & Ronald Case Die Mommie Die!
Catherine Zuber South Pacific

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
(Play or Musical)Kevin Adams The 39 Steps
Ken Billington Sunday in the Park With George
Donald Holder Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Peter Kaczorowski Young Frankenstein

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Kevin Anderson Come Back, Little Sheba
Ben Daniels Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Kevin Kline Cyrano de Bergerac
Patrick Stewart Macbeth

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Eve Best The Homecoming
Deanna Dunagan August: Osage County
Laura Linney Les Liaisons Dangereuses
S. Epatha Merkerson Come Back, Little Sheba

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Roger Bart Young Frankenstein
Daniel Evans Sunday in the Park With George
Boyd Gaines Gypsy
Paulo Szot South Pacific

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Patti LuPone Gypsy
Kelli O’Hara South Pacific
Faith Prince A Catered Affair
Alice Ripley Next to Normal

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Raúl Esparza The Homecoming
James Earl Jones Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Jim Norton The Seafarer
David Pittu Is He Dead?

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Jessica Collins Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Jayne Houdyshell The New Century
Laurie Metcalf November
Siân Phillips Les Liaisons Dangereuses

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Danny Burstein South Pacific
Christopher Fitzgerald Young Frankenstein
Shuler Hensley Young Frankenstein
Tony Yazbeck Gypsy

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Laura Benanti Gypsy
Harriet Harris Cry-Baby The Musical
Sherie Rene Scott The Little Mermaid
Amy Warren Adding Machine

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Laurence Fishburne Thurgood
Stephen Lang Beyond Glory
Chazz Palminiteri A Bronx Tale
April Yvette Thompson Liberty City

JOHN GASSNER AWARD
(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Bob Clyman Secret Order
Liz Flahive From Up Here
Michael Hollinger Opus
George Packer Betrayed

2007-2008 Outer Critics Circle Executive / Nominating Committee
Simon Saltzman (President)
Marjorie Gunner (President Emerita)
Mario Fratti (Vice-President) Patrick Hoffman (Corresponding Secretary)
Louis A. Rachow (Treasurer) Glenn Loney (Historian & Member-at-Large)
Rosalind Friedman (Recording Secretary) and Aubrey Reuben & Thomas Gentile (Members-at-Large)

NOTE: The new musical “Glory Days” was the only Broadway production the Nominating Committee did not get to see prior to the OCC Award cut-off date and therefore will consider the production for next season’s awards. “Into the Heights” was considered last year and won the OCC Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical.