NEW YORK CITY: The Outer Critics Circle has announced the recipients of the 2018-19 Outer Critics Awards, which recognize both Off-Broadway and Broadway productions. Broadway’s Hadestown was the top winner, with 6 awards including Outstanding New Broadway Musical. A ceremony will be held in New York City on May 23.
The Outer Critics Circle is an association of writers and commentators who represent more than 90 newspapers, magazines, websites, radio and television stations, and theatre publications in America and abroad.
The Outer Critics Circle also awarded a Special Achievement award to the puppetry team that created the 2,000-lb puppet for King Kong on Broadway.
A Special Achievement Award also went to York Theatre Company in recognition of its 50-year history.
Here is the full list of winners:
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
The Ferryman
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
Hadestown
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
White Noise
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Girl from the North Country
OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Robert Horn, Tootsie
OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE (THE MARJORIE GUNNER AWARD) (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Anaïs Mitchell, Hadestown
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
All My Sons
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Fiddler on the Roof (in Yiddish)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY (The Lucille Lortel Award)
Sam Mendes, The Ferryman
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
Warren Carlyle, Kiss Me, Kate
OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN (Play or Musical)
David Korins, Beetlejuice
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN (Play or Musical)
Bob Mackie, The Cher Show
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN (Play or Musical)
Bradley King, Hadestown
OUTSTANDING PROJECTION DESIGN (Play or Musical)
Peter England, King Kong
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN (Play or Musical)
Peter Hylenski, King Kong
OUTSTANDING ORCHESTRATIONS
Daniel Kluger, Oklahoma!
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Bryan Cranston, Network
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Elaine May, The Waverly Gallery
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Santino Fontana, Tootsie
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Stephanie J. Block, The Cher Show
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Benjamin Walker, All My Sons
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill a Mockingbird
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
André De Shields, Hadestown
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Amber Gray, Hadestown
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Mike Birbiglia, The New One
JOHN GASSNER PLAYWRITING AWARD (Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell, and Gordon Farrell, The Lifespan of a Fact
