OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE PICKS THEIR WINNERS
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59th Annual Awards
Outer Critics Circle
Announce
2008-09 Awards
“Billy Elliot the Musical” Heads the List With 7 Awards
followed by “Shrek the Musical” with 4!
1Tie Vote! - Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Sutton Foster (Shrek the Musical) & Josefina Scaglione (West Side Story)
59th Annual Awards
Outer Critics Circle
Announce
2008-09 Awards
“Billy Elliot the Musical” Heads the List With 7 Awards
followed by “Shrek the Musical” with 4!
1Tie Vote! - Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Sutton Foster (Shrek the Musical) & Josefina Scaglione (West Side Story)
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Sutton Foster Is A WinnerOuter Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators for all media covering New York theatre announced today its award winners for the 2008-09 season in 23 categories.As previously announced, the OCC Executive Committee awarded Special Achievement Awards to David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish for their performances in “Billy Elliot the Musical” and an Outstanding Ensemble Performance Award to the full cast of “The Norman Conquests” (Amelia Bullmore, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Mangan, Ben Miles, Paul Ritter and Amanda Root).Celebrating its 59th 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, web sites, radio and television stations, and theatre publications in America and abroad. The annual awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 21st (4PM) at the legendary Sardi’s Restaurant.
* * 2008-2009 Award Winners * *
Winners are notated in with a *
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
* God of Carnage * Irena’s Vow Reasons To Be Pretty 33 Variations
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
* Billy Elliot the Musical * Rock of Ages Shrek the Musical A Tale of Two Cities
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Becky Shaw Farragut North * Ruined * Shipwrecked! The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told By Himself) Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Happiness Rooms A Rock Romance * The Toxic Avenger * What’s That Smell? The Music of Jacob Sterling
OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE
(Broadway or Off-Broadway) * Billy Elliot the Musical * Happiness Rooms A Rock Romance Shrek the Musical
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
(Broadway or Off-Broadway) Blithe Spirit The Cripple of Inishmaan Joe Turner’s Come and Gone * The Norman Conquests * Waiting for Godot
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway) Enter Laughing * Hair * Pal Joey West Side Story
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Garry Hynes The Cripple of Inishmaan Anthony Page Waiting for Godot Bartlett Sher Joe Turner’s Come and Gone * Matthew Warchus The Norman Conquests * Moisés Kaufman 33 Variations
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
* Stephen Daldry Billy Elliot the Musical * Arthur Laurents West Side Story Jason Moore Shrek the Musical Diane Paulus Hair Susan Stroman Happiness
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
Karole Armitage Hair Andy Blankenbuehler 9 to 5 * Peter Darling Billy Elliot the Musical * Josh Prince Shrek the Musical Susan Stroman Happiness
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
(Play or Musical) * Tim Hatley Shrek the Musical * Santo Loquasto Waiting for Godot Derek McLane 33 Variations Ian MacNeil Billy Elliot the Musical Walt Spangler Desire Under the Elms
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
(Play or Musical) Nicky Gillibrand Billy Elliot the Musical * Tim Hatley Shrek the Musical * John Napier Equus Martin Pakledinaz Blithe Spirit Catherine Zuber Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
(Play or Musical) Kevin Adams Hair * Rick Fisher Billy Elliot the Musical * David Hersey Equus Peter Kaczorowski Ruined David Lander 33 Variations
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Raúl Esparza Speed-the-Plow Bill Irwin Waiting for Godot Nathan Lane Waiting for Godot * Geoffrey Rush Exit the King * Thomas Sadoski Reasons To Be Pretty
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Saidah Arrika Ekulona Ruined Carla Gugino Desire Under the Elms * Marcia Gay Harden God of Carnage * Janet McTeer Mary Stuart Harriet Walter Mary Stuart
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
James Barbour A Tale of Two Cities Matt Cavenaugh West Side Story * Brian d’Arcy James Shrek the Musical * Josh Grisetti Enter Laughing David Pittu What’s That Smell? The Music of Jacob Sterling
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
* Sutton Foster Shrek the Musical * Megan Hilty 9 to 5 Leslie Kritzer Rooms A Rock Romance Nancy Opel The Toxic Avenger * Josefina Scaglione West Side Story *
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Zach Grenier 33 Variations John Benjamin Hickey Mary Stuart Russell G. Jones Ruined Patrick Page A Man For All Seasons * David Pearse The Cripple of Inishmaan *
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
* Angela Lansbury Blithe Spirit * Andrea Martin Exit the King Kristine Nielsen Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them Susan Louise O’Connor Blithe Spirit Condola Rashad Ruined
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Daniel Breaker Shrek the Musical Aaron Simon Gross 13 * Gregory Jbara Billy Elliot the Musical * Christopher Sieber Shrek the Musical Wesley Taylor Rock of Ages
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Kathy Fitzgerald 9 to 5 * Haydn Gwynne Billy Elliot the Musical * Karen Olivo West Side Story Martha Plimpton Pal Joey Carole Shelley Billy Elliot the Musical
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Mike Birbiglia Sleepwalk With Me Mike Burstyn Lansky Mike Daisey If You See Something Say Something * Lorenzo Pisoni Humor Abuse * Matt Sax Clay
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
* Amelia Bullmore Jessica Hynes Stephen Mangan Ben Miles Paul Ritter Amanda Root Cast of The Norman Conquests *
JOHN GASSNER AWARD
(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright) Annie Baker Body Awareness * Gina Gionfriddo Becky Shaw * Beau Willimon Farragut North
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
* David Alvarez Trent Kowalik Kiril Kulish for their performances in Billy Elliot the Musical *
2008-2009 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 play Dividing the Estate was considered last season and won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play. The musical Next to Normal was also considered last year (nominated in three categories including Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical, Outstanding Score & Outstanding Actress) and won the OCC Award for Outstanding Score.
Photo By: Walter McBride/Retna
Winners are notated in with a *
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
* God of Carnage * Irena’s Vow Reasons To Be Pretty 33 Variations
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
* Billy Elliot the Musical * Rock of Ages Shrek the Musical A Tale of Two Cities
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Becky Shaw Farragut North * Ruined * Shipwrecked! The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told By Himself) Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Happiness Rooms A Rock Romance * The Toxic Avenger * What’s That Smell? The Music of Jacob Sterling
OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE
(Broadway or Off-Broadway) * Billy Elliot the Musical * Happiness Rooms A Rock Romance Shrek the Musical
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
(Broadway or Off-Broadway) Blithe Spirit The Cripple of Inishmaan Joe Turner’s Come and Gone * The Norman Conquests * Waiting for Godot
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway) Enter Laughing * Hair * Pal Joey West Side Story
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Garry Hynes The Cripple of Inishmaan Anthony Page Waiting for Godot Bartlett Sher Joe Turner’s Come and Gone * Matthew Warchus The Norman Conquests * Moisés Kaufman 33 Variations
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
* Stephen Daldry Billy Elliot the Musical * Arthur Laurents West Side Story Jason Moore Shrek the Musical Diane Paulus Hair Susan Stroman Happiness
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
Karole Armitage Hair Andy Blankenbuehler 9 to 5 * Peter Darling Billy Elliot the Musical * Josh Prince Shrek the Musical Susan Stroman Happiness
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
(Play or Musical) * Tim Hatley Shrek the Musical * Santo Loquasto Waiting for Godot Derek McLane 33 Variations Ian MacNeil Billy Elliot the Musical Walt Spangler Desire Under the Elms
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
(Play or Musical) Nicky Gillibrand Billy Elliot the Musical * Tim Hatley Shrek the Musical * John Napier Equus Martin Pakledinaz Blithe Spirit Catherine Zuber Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
(Play or Musical) Kevin Adams Hair * Rick Fisher Billy Elliot the Musical * David Hersey Equus Peter Kaczorowski Ruined David Lander 33 Variations
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Raúl Esparza Speed-the-Plow Bill Irwin Waiting for Godot Nathan Lane Waiting for Godot * Geoffrey Rush Exit the King * Thomas Sadoski Reasons To Be Pretty
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Saidah Arrika Ekulona Ruined Carla Gugino Desire Under the Elms * Marcia Gay Harden God of Carnage * Janet McTeer Mary Stuart Harriet Walter Mary Stuart
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
James Barbour A Tale of Two Cities Matt Cavenaugh West Side Story * Brian d’Arcy James Shrek the Musical * Josh Grisetti Enter Laughing David Pittu What’s That Smell? The Music of Jacob Sterling
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
* Sutton Foster Shrek the Musical * Megan Hilty 9 to 5 Leslie Kritzer Rooms A Rock Romance Nancy Opel The Toxic Avenger * Josefina Scaglione West Side Story *
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Zach Grenier 33 Variations John Benjamin Hickey Mary Stuart Russell G. Jones Ruined Patrick Page A Man For All Seasons * David Pearse The Cripple of Inishmaan *
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
* Angela Lansbury Blithe Spirit * Andrea Martin Exit the King Kristine Nielsen Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them Susan Louise O’Connor Blithe Spirit Condola Rashad Ruined
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Daniel Breaker Shrek the Musical Aaron Simon Gross 13 * Gregory Jbara Billy Elliot the Musical * Christopher Sieber Shrek the Musical Wesley Taylor Rock of Ages
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Kathy Fitzgerald 9 to 5 * Haydn Gwynne Billy Elliot the Musical * Karen Olivo West Side Story Martha Plimpton Pal Joey Carole Shelley Billy Elliot the Musical
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Mike Birbiglia Sleepwalk With Me Mike Burstyn Lansky Mike Daisey If You See Something Say Something * Lorenzo Pisoni Humor Abuse * Matt Sax Clay
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
* Amelia Bullmore Jessica Hynes Stephen Mangan Ben Miles Paul Ritter Amanda Root Cast of The Norman Conquests *
JOHN GASSNER AWARD
(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright) Annie Baker Body Awareness * Gina Gionfriddo Becky Shaw * Beau Willimon Farragut North
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
* David Alvarez Trent Kowalik Kiril Kulish for their performances in Billy Elliot the Musical *
2008-2009 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 play Dividing the Estate was considered last season and won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play. The musical Next to Normal was also considered last year (nominated in three categories including Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical, Outstanding Score & Outstanding Actress) and won the OCC Award for Outstanding Score.
Photo By: Walter McBride/Retna
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