2008-2009 OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS



OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
God of Carnage WINNER
Irena’s Vow
Reasons To Be Pretty
33 Variations

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL


Billy Elliot the Musical WINNER
Rock of Ages
Shrek the Musical
A Tale of Two Cities

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF BROADWAY PLAY
Becky Shaw
Farragut North
Ruined WINNER
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 WINNER
What’s That Smell? The Music of Jacob Sterling

OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE (BROADWAY OR OFF BROADWAY)
Billy Elliot the Musical WINNER
Happiness
Rooms A Rock Romance
Shrek the Musical

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
Blithe Spirit
The Cripple of Inishmaan
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
The Norman Conquests WINNER
Waiting for Godot

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Enter Laughing
Hair WINNER
Pal Joey
West Side Story

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Garry Hynes for The Cripple of Inishmaan
Anthony Page for Waiting for Godot
Bartlett Sher for Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Matthew Warchus for The Norman Conquests WINNER
Moisés Kaufman for 33 Variations

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Stephen Daldry for Billy Elliot the Musical WINNER
Arthur Laurents for West Side Story
Jason Moore for Shrek the Musical
Diane Paulus for Hair
Susan Stroman for Happiness

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY
Karole Armitage for Hair
Andy Blankenbuehler for 9 to 5
Peter Darling for Billy Elliot the Musical WINNER
Josh Prince for Shrek the Musical
Susan Stroman for Happiness

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN (PLAY OR MUSICAL)
Tim Hatley for Shrek the Musical WINNER
Santo Loquasto for Waiting for Godot
Derek McLane for 33 Variations
Ian MacNeil for Billy Elliot the Musical
Walt Spangler for Desire Under the Elms

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN (PLAY OR MUSICAL)
Nicky Gillibrand for Billy Elliot the Musical
Tim Hatley for Shrek the Musical WINNER
John Napier for Equus
Martin Pakledinaz for Blithe Spirit
Catherine Zuber for Joe Turner’s Come and Gone

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN (PLAY OR MUSICAL)
Kevin Adams for Hair
Rick Fisher for Billy Elliot the Musical WINNER
David Hersey for Equus
Peter Kaczorowski for Ruined
David Lander for 33 Variations

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Raúl Esparza in Speed-the-Plow
Bill Irwin im Waiting for Godot
Nathan Lane in Waiting for Godot
Geoffrey Rush in Exit the King WINNER
Thomas Sadoski in Reasons To Be Pretty

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Saidah Arrika Ekulona in Ruined
Carla Gugino in Desire Under the Elms
Marcia Gay Harden in God of Carnage WINNER
Janet McTeer in Mary Stuart
Harriet Walter in Mary Stuart

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
James Barbour in A Tale of Two Cities
Matt Cavenaugh in West Side Story
Brian d’Arcy James in Shrek the Musical WINNER
Josh Grisetti in Enter Laughing
David Pittu in What’s That Smell? The Music of Jacob Sterling

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Sutton Foster in Shrek the Musical WINNER-TIE
Megan Hilty in 9 to 5
Leslie Kritzer in Rooms A Rock Romance
Nancy Opel in The Toxic Avenger
Josefina Scaglione in West Side Story WINNER-TIE

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Zach Grenier in 33 Variations
John Benjamin Hickey in Mary Stuart
Russell G. Jones in Ruined
Patrick Page in A Man For All Seasons David Pearse in The Cripple of Inishmaan WINNER

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Angela Lansbury in Blithe Spirit WINNER
Andrea Martin in Exit the King
Kristine Nielsen in Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them
Susan Louise O’Connor in Blithe Spirit
Condola Rashad in Ruined

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Daniel Breaker in Shrek the Musical
Aaron Simon in Gross 13
Gregory Jbara on Billy Elliot the Musical WINNER
Christopher Sieber Shrek the Musical
Wesley Taylor in Rock of Ages

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Kathy Fitzgerald in 9 to 5
Haydn Gwynne in Billy Elliot the Musical WINNER
Karen Olivo West Side Story
Martha Plimpton in Pal Joey
Carole Shelley Billy Elliot the Musical

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Mike Birbiglia in Sleepwalk With Me
Mike Burstyn in Lansky
Mike Daisey in If You See Something, Say Something
Lorenzo Pisoni in Humor Abuse WINNER
Matt Sax in Clay

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Amelia Bullmore, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Mangan, Ben Miles, Paul Ritter and Amanda Root - Cast of The Norman Conquests WINNER

JOHN GASSNER AWARD (PRESENTED FOR AN AMERICAN PLAY, PREFERABLY BY A NEW PLAYWRIGHT)
Annie Baker for Body Awareness
Gina Gionfriddo for Becky Shaw WINNER
Beau Willimon for Farragut North

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish for their performances in Billy Elliot the Musical WINNER


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