2004-2005 OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS
OUTSTANDING BROADWAY PLAY
Brooklyn Boy
Democracy
Doubt WINNER
Gem of the Ocean
The Pillowman
OUTSTANDING BROADWAY MUSICAL
All Shook Up
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Light in the Piazza
Monty Python’s Spamalot WINNER
OUTSTANDING OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Fat Pig tie WINNER
Going to St. Ives tie WINNER
Moonlight and Magnolias
Romance
String of Pearls
OUTSTANDING OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Altar Boyz WINNER
Dessa Rose
Lone Star Love
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
Counsellor-at-Law
Glengarry Glen Ross
A Streetcar Named Desire
Twelve Angry Men WINNER
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
La Cage aux Folles WINNER
Pacific Overtures
Shockheaded Peter
Sweet Charity
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY
John Crowley for The Pillowman
Doug Hughes for Doubt WINNER
Joe Mantello for Glengarry Glen Ross
Anthony Page for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Dan Wackerman for Counsellor-at-Law
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Walter Bobbie for Sweet Charity
Mike Nichols for Monty Python’s Spamalot WINNER
Adrian Noble for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Jack O’Brien for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Bartlett Sher for The Light in the Piazza
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY
Wayne Cilento for Sweet Charity
Gillian Lynne for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Jerry Mitchell for La Cage aux Folles
Jerry Mitchell for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Casey Nicholaw for Monty Python’s Spamalot
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
Robert Brill for A Streetcar Named Desire
Tim Hatley for Monty Python’s Spamalot
Scott Pask for The Pillowman
Anthony Ward for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang WINNER
Michael Yeargan for The Light in the Piazza
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
Tim Hatley for Monty Python’s Spamalot WINNER
Junko Koshino for Pacific Overtures
William Ivey Long for La Cage aux Folles
Anthony Ward for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Catherine Zuber for The Light in the Piazza
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Christopher Akerlind for The Light in the Piazza WINNER
Mark Henderson for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Donald Holder for Gem of the Ocean
Brian MacDevitt for The Pillowman
Hugh Vanstone for Monty Python’s Spamalot
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Alan Alda in Glengarry Glen Ross
Billy Crudup in The Pillowman
James Earl Jones in On Golden Pond
Brían F. O’Byrne in Doubt WINNER
John Rubinstein in Counsellor-at-Law
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Kathleen Turner in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
L. Scott Caldwell in Going to St. Ives
Cherry Jones in Doubt WINNER
Laura Linney in Sight Unseen
Natasha Richardson in A Streetcar Named Desire
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Norbert Leo Butz in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels WINNER
Tim Curry in Monty Python’s Spamalot
Raúl Esparza in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Cheyenne Jackson in All Shook Up
Denis O’Hare in Sweet Charity
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Victoria Clark in The Light in the Piazza WINNER
Erin Dilly in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Sutton Foster in Little Women the Musical
Jenn Gambatese in All Shook Up
Sherie Rene Scott in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR
IN A PLAY
Chris Bauer in A Streetcar Named Desire
Philip Bosco in Twelve Angry Men
Larry Bryggman in Romance
Jeff Goldblum in The Pillowman WINNER
David Harbour in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Ashlie Atkinson in Fat Pig
Heather Goldenhersh in Doubt
Carla Gugino in After the Fall
Adriane Lenox in Doubt
Amy Ryan in A Streetcar Named Desire WINNER
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR
IN A MUSICAL
Michael Berresse in The Light in the Piazza
Dan Fogler in The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee WINNER
Mark Harelik in The Light in the Piazza
Marc Kudisch in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Matthew Morrison in The Light in the Piazza
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS
IN A MUSICAL
Sarah Uriarte Berry in The Light in the Piazza
Joanna Gleason Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Jan Maxwell in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Kelli O’Hara in The Light in the Piazza
Sara Ramirez in Monty Python’s Spamalot WINNER
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Gareth Armstrong in Shylock
Mario Cantone in Laugh Whore
Billy Crystal in 700 Sundays WINNER
Heather Raffo in Nine Parts of Desire
Mercedes Ruehl in Woman Before a Glass
JOHN GASSNER AWARD
Presented for an American play,
preferably by a new playwright
David Folwell for Boise
Gina Gionfriddo for After Ashley
Ron Hutchinson for Moonlight and Magnolias WINNER
SPECIAL AWARD
Presented to MARJORIE GUNNER
for 25 Years of Service as President of the Outer Critics Circle