Nominations for the 2018 Outer Critics Circle Awards announced
SpongeBob SquarePants and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child lead the pack as the most-nominated musical and play, respectively.
The nominations for the 2018 Outer Critics Circle Awards were revealed today, with the winners to be announced on Monday, May 7.
The Broadway premiere of SpongeBob SquarePants leads the pack with a grand total of 11 nominations, whilst Harry Potter and the Cursed Child became the most-nominated play with an impressive total of 10 nods.
It should be noted that the critically acclaimed Broadway premiere of The Band's Visit was not eligible this year, as the previous off-Broadway engagement at Atlantic Theater Company already received multiple Outer Critics Circle Awards last year.
The 2018 nominations by category are:
Outstanding New Broadway Play
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Outstanding New Broadway Musical
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
Cost of Living
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
Cruel Intentions
Woody Sez
Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Tina Fey, Mean Girls
Quiara Alegría Hudes, Miss You Like Hell
Kyle Jarrow, SpongeBob SquarePants
Peter Kellogg, Desperate Measures
Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
SpongeBob SquarePants (Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper and Rob Hyman, John Legend, Panic! at the Disco, Plain White T's, They Might Be Giants, T.I., Domani and Lil' C, Jonathan Coulton, and Tom Kitt)
David Friedman and Peter Kellogg, Desperate Measures
Imogen Heap, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Erin McKeown and Quiara Alegría Hudes, Miss You Like Hell
Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, Frozen
Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Pacific Overtures
Outstanding Actor in a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Sean Carvajal, Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train
Andrew Garfield, Angels in America
Tom Hollander, Travesties
Michael Urie, The Government Inspector
Outstanding Actress in a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
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 Actor in a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Harry Hadden-Paton, My Fair Lady
Joshua Henry, Carousel
Conor Ryan, Desperate Measures
Ethan Slater, SpongeBob SquarePants
Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Lauren Ambrose, My Fair Lady
Erika Henningsen, Mean Girls
Hailey Kilgore, Once on This Island
Patti Murin, Frozen
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Anthony Boyle, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Nathan Lane, Angels in America
David Morse, The Iceman Cometh
Paul Sparks, At Home at the Zoo
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Jamie Brewer, Amy and the Orphans
Denise Gough, Angels in America
Laurie Metcalf, Three Tall Women
Mary Testa, The Government Inspector
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Norbert Leo Butz, My Fair Lady
Gavin Lee, SpongeBob SquarePants
Nick Wyman, Desperate Measures
Tony Yazbeck, Prince of Broadway
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Lindsay Mendez, Carousel
Lauren Molina, Desperate Measures
Emily Skinner, Prince of Broadway
Outstanding Solo Performance (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Eve Ensler, In the Body of the World
John Lithgow, Stories by Heart
Sharon Washington, Feeding the Dragon
Outstanding Director of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Jo Bonney, Cost of Living
Marianne Elliott, Angels in America
Patrick Marber, Travesties
Joe Mantello, Three Tall Women
John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Outstanding Director of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Michael Arden, Once on This Island
Bill Castellino, Desperate Measures
Tina Landau, SpongeBob SqaurePants
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
Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical)
Miriam Buether, Three Tall Women
Myung Hee Cho, In the Body of the World
Christine Jones, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Michael Yeargan, My Fair Lady
David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants
Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical)
Katrina Lindsay, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Clint Ramos, Once on This Island
Paloma Young, Time and the Conways
David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants
Catherine Zuber, My Fair Lady
Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)
Kevin Adams, SpongeBob SquarePants
Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Paule Constable, Angels in America
Paul Russell, Farinelli and the King
Lap Chi Chu, Mlima's Tale
Outstanding Projection Design (Play or Musical)
Finn Ross, In the Body of the World
Finn Ross and Adam Young, Mean Girls
Finn Ross and Ash Woodward, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical)
Gareth Fry, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Fitz Patton, Napoli, Brooklyn
Marc Salzberg, My Fair Lady
Outstanding Orchestrations
Jason Robert Brown, Prince of Broadway
Tom Kitt, SpongeBob SquarePants
AnnMarie Milazzo and Michael Starobin, Once on This Island
Claire Van Kampen, Farinelli and the King
John Gassner Award (Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Jocelyn Bioh, School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play
Lindsey Ferrentino, Amy and the Orphans
Meghan Kennedy, Napoli, Brooklyn
Dominique Morisseau, Pipeline
(Harry Potter and the Cursed Child photo by Manuel Harlan, SpongeBob SquarePants photo by Joan Marcus)
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