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Outer Critics Circle Announces 2023 Awards

‘Some Like It Hot’ leads with 5 awards, followed by ‘Leopoldstadt’ with 3.

NEW YORK CITY: The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the organization of writers on New York theatre for national and out-of-town publications, has announced the 2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards. The awards honor the 2022-23 Broadway and Off-Broadway season.

An awards ceremony honoring the winners will be held Thursday, May 25 at Lincoln Center’s New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. It will be executive produced by Lauren Yarger.

As previously announced, this is the first season of acting categories without gender specifications. The acting categories have also been expanded to honor Off-Broadway performers separately rather than combining them with actors in Broadway productions.

Here is the full list of winners:

THE MARJORIE GUNNER AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
Some Like It Hot

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
Leopoldstadt

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
The Harder They Come

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Downstate

THE JOHN GASSNER AWARD FOR NEW AMERICAN PLAY (PREFERABLY BY A NEW PLAYWRIGHT)
Fat Ham by James Ijames

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY (BROADWAY OR OFF-BROADWAY)
Topdog/Underdog

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL (BROADWAY OR OFF-BROADWAY)
Parade

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMER IN A BROADWAY MUSICAL
J. Harrison Ghee – Some Like It Hot

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMER IN A BROADWAY MUSICAL
Alex Newell – Shucked

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMER IN A BROADWAY PLAY
Sean Hayes – Good Night, Oscar

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMER IN A BROADWAY PLAY
Brandon Uranowitz – Leopoldstadt

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMER IN AN OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Bill Irwin – Endgame

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMER IN AN OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
K. Todd Freeman – Downstate

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMER IN AN OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Jonathan Groff – Merrily We Roll Along

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMER IN AN OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Lindsay Mendez – Merrily We Roll Along

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Jodie Comer – Prima Facie

OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman – Some Like It Hot

OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Robert Horn – Shucked

OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN (PLAY OR MUSICAL)
Beowulf Boritt – New York, New York

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN (PLAY OR MUSICAL)
Gregg Barnes – Some Like it Hot

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN (PLAY OR MUSICAL)
Tim Lutkin – Life of Pi

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN (PLAY OR MUSICAL)
Joshua D. Reid – A Christmas Carol

OUTSTANDING VIDEO OR PROJECTION DESIGN (PLAY OR MUSICAL)
Andrzej Goulding – Life of Pi

OUTSTANDING ORCHESTRATIONS
Bryan Carter and Charlie Rosen – Some Like It Hot

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Michael Arden – Parade

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY
Susan Stroman – New York, New York

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Patrick Marber – Leopoldstadt

Additionally, the OCC will honor B.H. Barry with the Special Achievement Award for his six-decade career in fight choreography, including in the current production of Camelot.

The Outer Critics Circle was founded during the 1949-50 Broadway season by theatre journalist John Gassner and boasts members affiliated with more than 90 newspapers, magazines, broadcast stations, and online new organizations in the United States and abroad. It is led by current president David Gordon.

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