2018 Outer Critics Circle Nominations Announced

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''SpongeBob SquarePants'', ''My Fair Lady'', ''Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'', and more top the list of nominees.

April 24, 2018

2018 Outer Critics Circle Award nominee Norbert Leo Butz and the cast of Broadway's My Fair Lady.

 

The 2018 Outer Critics Circle Award nominations were announced this morning by The Band's Visit's Katrina Lenk and Come From Away's Jenn Colella in a ceremony at the Algonquin Hotel. Take a look at the nominees listed below and stay tuned for the winners, to be announced on Monday, May 7.

 

The Band's Visit was nominated for and received multiple awards from the Outer Critics Circle last season and therefore was not considered this year.

 

Outstanding New Broadway Play

The Children

Farinelli and the King

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Junk

 

Outstanding New Broadway Musical

Escape to Margaritaville

Frozen

Mean Girls

Prince of Broadway

SpongeBob SquarePants

 

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play

Admissions

Cost of Living

Hangmen

The Low Road

Mlima's Tale

 

John Gassner Award

(Presented for an American play preferably by a new playwright)

Amy and the Orphans

Napoli, Brooklyn

Pipeline

[Porto]

School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play

 

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical

Cruel Intentions

Desperate Measures

Jerry Springer — The Opera

Miss You Like Hell

Woody Sez

 

Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Tina Fey, Mean Girls

Kyle Jarrow, SpongeBob SquarePants

Quiara Allegría Hudes, Miss You Like Hell

Peter Kellogg, Desperate Measures

 

Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alexander Ebert of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, the Flaming Lips, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T's, They Might Be Giants, T.I., David Bowie, Tom Kenny and Andy Paley, and Tom Kitt, SpongeBob SquarePants

Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, Frozen

Imogen Heap, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

David Friedman and Peter Kellogg, Desperate Measures

Erin McKeown and Quiara Allegría Hudes, Miss You Like Hell

 

Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Angels in America

Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train

Lobby Hero

Three Tall Women

Travesties

 

Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Carousel

My Fair Lady

Once on This Island

Pacific Overtures

 

Outstanding Actor in a Play

Sean Carvajal, Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train

Andrew Garfield, Angels in America

Tom Hollander, Travesties

Gregg Mozgala, Cost of Living

Michael Urie, The Government Inspector

 

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

Anthony Boyle, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Johnny Flynn, Hangmen

David Morse, The Iceman Cometh

Nathan Lane, Angels in America

Paul Sparks, Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo

 

Outstanding Actress in a Play

MaameYaa Boafo, School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play

Jessica Hecht, Admissions

Glenda Jackson, Three Tall Women

Lauren Ridloff, Children of a Lesser God

Katy Sullivan, Cost of Living

 

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

Jamie Brewer, Amy and the Orphans

Denise Gough, Angels in America

Harriet Harris, The Low Road

Laurie Metcalf, Three Tall Women

Mary Testa, The Government Inspector

 

Outstanding Actor in a Musical

Harry Hadden-Paton, My Fair Lady

Joshua Henry, Carousel

David M. Lutken, Woody Sez

Conor Ryan, Desperate Measures

Ethan Slater, SpongeBob SquarePants

 

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

Norbert Leo Butz, My Fair Lady

Alexander Gemignani, Carousel

Gavin Lee, SpongeBob SquarePants

Nick Wyman, Desperate Measures

Tony Yazbeck, Prince of Broadway

 

Outstanding Actress in a Musical

Lauren Ambrose, My Fair Lady

Erika Henningsen, Mean Girls

Hailey Kilgore, Once on This Island

Taylor Louderman, Mean Girls

Patti Murin, Frozen

 

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

Kerry Butler, Mean Girls

Lindsay Mendez, Carousel

Lauren Molina, Desperate Measures

Ashley Park, Mean Girls

Emily Skinner, Prince of Broadway

 

Outstanding Solo Performance

Billy Crudup, Harry Clarke

Eve Ensler, In the Body of the World

Alison Fraser, Squeamish

John Lithgow, John Lithgow: Stories by Heart

Sharon Washington, Feeding the Dragon

 

Outstanding Director of a Play

Jo Bonney, Cost of Living

Marianne Elliott, Angels in America

Joe Mantello, Three Tall Women

Patrick Marber, Travesties

John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

 

Outstanding Director of a Musical

Michael Arden, Once on This Island

Bill Castellino, Desperate Measures

Tina Landau, SpongeBob SquarePants

Casey Nicholaw, Mean Girls

Bartlett Sher, My Fair Lady

 

Outstanding Choreographer

Camille A. Brown, Once on This Island

Christopher Gattelli, My Fair Lady

Christopher Gattelli, SpongeBob SquarePants

Steven Hoggett, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Justin Peck, Carousel

 

Full list of nominees:

https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/outer-critics-circle-award-nominations-2018_84927.html