THE 2005-2006 OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE NOMINEES AND WINNERS

OUTSTANDING BROADWAY PLAY
Festen
The History Boys (winner)
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Primo

OUTSTANDING BROADWAY MUSICAL
The Color Purple
The Drowsy Chaperone
Jersey Boys (winner)
The Woman in White

OUTSTANDING OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Beauty of the Father
In The Continuum
Stuff Happens(winner)
Tryst

OUTSTANDING OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Bernada Alba
Grey Gardens (winner)
See What I Wanna See
Thrill Me – The Leopold & Loeb Story

OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE
The Color Purple
The Drowsy Chaperone (winner)
Grey Gardens
See What I Wanna See

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
Awake and Sing! (winner)
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
The Constant Wife
The Trip to Bountiful

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
The Pajama Game
Sweeney Todd (winner)
Two Gentlemen of Verona

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Gabriel Byrne, A Touch of the Poet (winner)
Zeljko Ivanek, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Ian McDiarmid, Faith Healer
David Wilmot, The Lieutenant of Inishmore

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Cynthia Nixon, Rabbit Hole
Lois Smith, The Trip to Bountiful (winner)
Zoë Wanamaker, Awake and Sing!
Julie White, The Little Dog Laughed

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Michael Cerveris, Sweeney Todd
Harry Connick, Jr., The Pajama Game
Hugh Panaro, Lestat
John Lloyd Young, Jersey Boys (winner)

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens (winner)
LaChanze, The Color Purple
Patti LuPone, Sweeney Todd
Kelli O’Hara, The Pajama Game

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Richard Easton, Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Peter Gerety, The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Richard Griffiths, The History Boys (winner)
Mark Ruffalo, Awake and Sing!

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Frances de la Tour, The History Boys (winner)
Hallie Foote, The Trip to Bountiful
Jan Maxwell, Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Lynn Redgrave, The Constant Wife

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Michael Ball, The Woman in White
Peter Benson, The Pajama Game
Jim Dale, The Threepenny Opera (winner)
Christian Hoff, Jersey Boys

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Megan Lawrence, The Pajama Game
Beth Leavel, The Drowsy Chaperone (winner)
Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens
Elisabeth Withers-Mendes, The Color Purple

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Steven Fales, Confessions of a Mormon Boy
Margo Gomez, Los Big Names
Jack Holmes, RFK
Anthony Sher, Primo (winner)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Nicholas Hytner, The History Boys (winner)
Wilson Milam, The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Bartlett Sher, Awake and Sing!
Jerry Zaks, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
John Doyle, Sweeney Todd (winner)
Michael Greif, Grey Gardens
Kathleen Marshall, The Pajama Game
Des McAnuff, Jersey Boys

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY
Graciela Daniele, Bernarda Alba
Kathleen Marshall, The Pajama Game (winner)
Casey Nicholaw, The Drowsy Chaperone
Sergio Trujillo, Jersey Boys

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
John Lee Beatty, The Color Purple
William Dudley, The Woman in White
David Gallo, The Drowsy Chaperone (winner)
Allen Moyer, Grey Gardens

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
Gregg Barnes, The Drowsy Chaperone (winner)
William Dudley, The Woman in White
William Ivey Long, Grey Gardens
Martin Pakledinaz, The Pajama Game

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Howell Binkley, Jersey Boys (winner)
Richard G. Jones, Sweeney Todd
Jeff Nellis, Tryst
Paul Pyant, The Woman in White

JOHN GASSNER AWARD
(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Rolin Jones, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow
Danai Gurira & Nikkole Salter, In the Continuum (winner)
Adam Rapp, Red Light Winter
Rinne Groff, The Ruby Sunrise