| Announcing the 2022 Outer Critics Circle Award Winners; Ceremony Will Be Held May 26 | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 10:10 am EDT 05/17/22 | |
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| ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS OF THE 71ST ANNUAL OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS COMMEMORATING THE 2021-22 BROADWAY & OFF-BROADWAY SEASON The Lehman Trilogy Leads with 6 Awards including Outstanding New Broadway Play, followed by the Off-Broadway musical Kimberly Akimbo with 4 Wins Six wins The Marjorie Gunner Award for Outstanding New Broadway Musical; Company and Take Me Out win Outstanding Revival prizes for Musical and Play, respectively Sanaz Toossi wins the John Gassner Award for New American Playwright for English (NEW YORK, NY – Tuesday, May 17, 2022) The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers and national publications, is pleased to announce the winners of the 71st Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, honoring the 2021-2022 Broadway and Off-Broadway season. The Broadway play The Lehman Trilogy leads the pack with six wins, including Outstanding New Broadway Play, followed by Kimberly Akimbo which earned four awards including Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical. The Marjorie Gunner Award for Outstanding New Broadway Musical is one of three honors awarded to Six, and taking home the prizes for Outstanding Revival of a Musical and Outstanding Revival of a Play are Company and Take Me Out, respectively. The annual John Gassner Award — for a new American play, preferably by a new playwright — is awarded to Sanaz Toossi for English. Returning to an in-person ceremony this spring after the 2020 virtual honors, the 2022 Outer Critics Circle Award winners will be honored on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at the Bruno Walter Auditorium of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. Special Achievement Awards will be presented to How I Learned to Drive stars Johanna Day, David Morse, and Mary-Louise Parker, as well as Lackawanna Blues star Ruben Santiago-Hudson, to mark their outstanding returns to roles they originated two decades ago. Additionally, the Outer Critics Circle presents commendations to two groups whose contributions to the 2021-22 season were immeasurable: the Standbys, Understudies, and Swings, as well as the Covid-19 Safety Officers. The 2021-2022 Outer Critics Circle Award Winners The Marjorie Gunner Award for Outstanding New Broadway Musical MJ the Musical Mr. Saturday Night Mrs. Doubtfire Paradise Square Six ***WINNER*** Outstanding New Broadway Play Birthday Candles Clyde's Skeleton Crew The Lehman Trilogy ***WINNER*** The Minutes Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical Black No More Harmony Intimate Apparel Kimberly Akimbo ***WINNER*** Little Girl Blue Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play Morning Sun On Sugarland Prayer for the French Republic ***WINNER*** Sanctuary City The Chinese Lady John Gassner Award (presented to a new American play, preferably by a new playwright) Cullud Wattah by Erika Dickerson-Despenza English by Sanaz Toossi ***WINNER*** Selling Kabul by Sylvia Khoury Tambo and Bones by Dave Harris Thoughts of a Colored Man by Keenan Scott II Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) Assassins Caroline, or Change Company ***WINNER*** The Music Man The Streets of New York Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf How I Learned to Drive Take Me Out ***WINNER*** A Touch of the Poet Trouble in Mind Outstanding Actor in a Musical Justin Cooley, Kimberly Akimbo Myles Frost, MJ the Musical Rob McClure, Mrs. Doubtfire Jaquel Spivey, A Strange Loop ***WINNER*** Chip Zien, Harmony Outstanding Actress in a Musical Kearstin Piper Brown, Intimate Apparel Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo ***WINNER*** Sharon D Clarke, Caroline, or Change Carmen Cusack, Flying Over Sunset Joaquina Kalukango, Paradise Square Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Quentin Earl Darrington, MJ the Musical Matt Doyle, Company ***WINNER*** Steven Pasquale, Assassins A.J. Shively, Paradise Square Will Swenson, Assassins Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Shoshana Bean, Mr. Saturday Night Jenn Colella, Suffs Judy Kuhn, Assassins Patti LuPone, Company ***WINNER*** Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo Outstanding Actor in a Play Patrick J. Adams, Take Me Out Simon Russell Beale, The Lehman Trilogy ***WINNER*** Adam Godley, The Lehman Trilogy Adrian Lester, The Lehman Trilogy Sam Rockwell, American Buffalo Outstanding Actress in a Play Betsy Aidem, Prayer for the French Republic Stephanie Berry, On Sugarland Edie Falco, Morning Sun LaChanze, Trouble in Mind ***WINNER*** Debra Messing, Birthday Candles Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Chuck Cooper, Trouble in Mind Brandon J. Dirden, Skeleton Crew Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Take Me Out ***WINNER*** Michael Oberholzer, Take Me Out Austin Pendleton, The Minutes Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Chanté Adams, Skeleton Crew Uzo Aduba, Clyde's ***WINNER*** Francis Benhamou, Prayer for the French Republic Phylicia Rashad, Skeleton Crew Nancy Robinette, Prayer for the French Republic Outstanding Solo Performance Alex Edelman, Just For Us Jenn Murray, A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing Arturo Luís Soria, Ni Mi Madre Kristina Wong, Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord ***WINNER*** Outstanding Director of a Play Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Scott Ellis, Take Me Out Sam Mendes, The Lehman Trilogy ***WINNER*** Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Skeleton Crew Anna D. Shapiro, The Minutes Outstanding Director of a Musical Warren Carlyle, Harmony Moisés Kaufman, Paradise Square Jessica Stone, Kimberly Akimbo ***WINNER*** Christopher Wheeldon, MJ the Musical Jerry Zaks, Mrs. Doubtfire Outstanding Choreography Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Warren Carlyle, Harmony Warren Carlyle, The Music Man Bill T. Jones, Alex Sanchez, Garrett Coleman, and Jason Oremus, Paradise Square Christopher Wheeldon and Rich + Tone Talauega, MJ the Musical ***WINNER*** Outstanding Book of a Musical Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz, and Babaloo Mandel, Mr. Saturday Night Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell, Mrs. Doubtfire David Lindsay-Abaire, Kimberly Akimbo ***WINNER*** Lynn Nottage, Intimate Apparel Bruce Sussman, Harmony Outstanding Score Jason Howland, Nathan Tysen, and Masi Asare, Paradise Square Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Doubtfire Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman, Harmony Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, Six ***WINNER*** Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire, Kimberly Akimbo Outstanding Orchestrations John Clancy, Kimberly Akimbo David Holcenberg and Jason Michael Webb, MJ the Musical Greg Jarrett, Assassins Jason Howland, Paradise Square ***WINNER*** Doug Walter, Harmony Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) Beowulf Boritt, Flying Over Sunset Es Devlin, The Lehman Trilogy Scott Pask, American Buffalo Adam Rigg, The Skin of Our Teeth ***WINNER*** David Zinn, The Minutes Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) Jane Greenwood, Plaza Suite Santo Loquasto, The Music Man Gabriella Slade, Six ***WINNER*** Emilio Sosa, Trouble in Mind Catherine Zuber, Mrs. Doubtfire Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) Jon Clark, The Lehman Trilogy ***WINNER*** Natasha Katz, MJ the Musical Bradley King, Flying Over Sunset Brian MacDevitt, The Minutes Jen Schreiver, Lackawanna Blues Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical) Nick Powell and Dominic Bilkey, The Lehman Trilogy ***WINNER*** André Pluess, The Minutes Ben and Max Ringham, Blindness Dan Moses Schreier, Harmony Matt Stine and Sam Kusnetz, Assassins Outstanding Video/Projection Design (Play or Musical) 59 Productions and Benjamin Pearcy, Flying Over Sunset Stefania Bulbarella and Alex Basco Koch, Space Dogs Shawn Duan, Letters of Suresh Luke Halls, The Lehman Trilogy ***WINNER*** Jeff Sugg, Mr. Saturday Night Special Achievement Awards are presented to: Johanna Day, David Morse, Mary-Louise Parker, and Ruben Santiago-Hudson for reprising their outstanding performances in How I Learned to Drive and Lackawanna Blues two decades later. All had been eligible in previous seasons. Outer Critics Circle Commendations are presented to: The Standbys, Understudies, and Swings of the theatrical community who step up to perform, often on hours' notice, to keep their shows running. To the Covid Safety Supervisors, Managers, and Compliance Officers who put themselves in harm's way eight times a week to keep the curtains up. Productins with Multiple Wins The Lehman Trilogy – 6 Kimberly Akimbo - 4 Company – 3 How I Learned to Drive – 3 (special achievement awards) Six – 3 Take Me Out - 2 |
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