Outer Critics Circle 2009 - 2010 winners announced

The winners of the Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators covering New York theater for out-of-town newspapers, were announced on 17 May 2010.

The Award for Outstanding New Broadway Musical was won by 'Memphis' which also won in three other categories, and the Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-broadway) went to La Cage Aux Folles. which also won in three other categories. These two shows were the most decorated winners this year, with each winning four Awards each.

John Logan's drama 'Red' won the coveted Outstanding New Broadway Play AWard. Though the Broadway revival of August Wilson's Fences, starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, was the most decorated play, winning three awards including Outstanding Revival of a Play.

Horton Foote's 'The Orphans' Home Cycle' was announced winner of the Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play Award, with 'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and The Scottsboro Boys sharing the award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical.

As previously announced, the cast of the hit comedy "God of Carnage" --- Dylan Baker, Jeff Daniels, Lucy Liu and Janet McTeer will serve as presenters at the organization's 60th Annual Award ceremony on 27 May 2010 at Sardi's Restaurant (234 West 44th Street).

Celebrating its 60th season of bestowing awards of excellence in the field of theatre, the Outer Critics Circle, is an association with members affiliated with more than ninety newspapers, magazines, web sites, radio and television stations, and theatre publications in America and abroad.

The 2010 Outer Critics Circle winners and nominations are listed below: ***Winners are indicated in bold font.

2009 - 2010 nominations by category are

Outstanding New Broadway Play:

• Next Fall
• Red
• Superior Donuts
• Time Stands Still

Outstanding New Broadway Musical:

• American Idiot
• Come Fly Away
• Fela!
• Memphis
• Sondheim on Sondheim

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play:

• Clybourne Park
• The Orphans' Home Cycle
• The Pride
• The Temperamentals

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical:

• Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
• The Scottsboro Boys
• Tin Pan Alley Rag
• Yank!

Outstanding New Score: (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

• Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
• Memphis
• The Scottsboro Boys
• Yank!

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

• Fences
• Lend Me a Tenor
• The Royal Family
• A View From the Bridge

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

• La Cage aux Folles
• Finian's Rainbow
• A Little Night Music
• Promises, Promises

Outstanding Director of a Play:

• Doug Hughes; The Royal Family
• Kenny Leon; Fences
• Stanley Tucci; Lend Me a Tenor
• Michael Wilson; The Orphans' Home Cycle

Outstanding Director of a Musical:

• Christopher Ashley; Memphis
• Terry Johnson; La Cage aux Folles
• Susan Stroman; The Scottsboro Boys
• Alex Timbers; Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

Outstanding Choreography:

• Rob Ashford; Promises, Promises
• Bill T. Jones; Fela!
• Susan Stroman; The Scottsboro Boys
• Sergio Trujillo; Memphis

Outstanding Set Design:
(Play or Musical)

• John Lee Beatty; The Royal Family
• Beowulf Boritt; Sondheim on Sondheim
• Phelim McDermott & Julian Crouch; The Addams Family
• Donyale Werle; Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

Outstanding Costume Design:
(Play or Musical)

• Jane Greenwood; Present Laughter
• Martin Pakledinaz; Lend Me a Tenor
• Matthew Wright; La Cage aux Folles
• Catherine Zuber; The Royal Family

Outstanding Lighting Design:
(Play or Musical)

• Kevin Adams; American Idiot
• Kevin Adams; The Scottsboro Boys
• Ken Billington; Sondheim on Sondheim
• Justin Townsend; Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

Outstanding Actor in a Play:

• Bill Heck; The Orphans' Home Cycle
• Jude Law; Hamlet
• Liev Schreiber; A View From the Bridge
• Christopher Walken: A Behanding in Spokane
• Denzel Washington: Fences

Outstanding Actress in a Play:

• Nina Arianda; Venus in Fur
• Laura Benanti; In the Next Room, or the vibrator play
• Viola Davis; Fences
• Laura Linney; Time Stands Still
• Jan Maxwell; The Royal Family

Outstanding Actor in a Musical:

• Brandon Victor Dixon; The Scottsboro Boys
• Sean Hayes; Promises, Promises
• Douglas Hodge; La Cage aux Folles
• Chad Kimball; Memphis
• Nathan Lane; The Addams Family

Outstanding Actress in a Musical:

• Kate Baldwin; Finian's Rainbow
• Barbara Cook; Sondheim on Sondheim
• Montego Glover; Memphis
• Bebe Neuwirth; The Addams Family
• Catherine Zeta-Jones; A Little Night Music

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play:

• James DeMarse; The Orphans' Home Cycle
• Jon Michael Hill; Superior Donuts
• David Pittu; Equivocation
• Noah Robbins; Brighton Beach Memoirs
• Reg Rogers; The Royal Family

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play:

• Hallie Foote; The Orphans' Home Cycle
• Rosemary Harris; The Royal Family
• Marin Ireland; A Lie of the Mind
• Jan Maxwell; Lend Me a Tenor
• Alicia Silverstone; Time Stands Still

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical:

• Kevin Chamberlin; The Addams Family
• Christopher Fitzgerald; Finian's Rainbow
• Levi Kreis; Million Dollar Quartet
• Dick Latessa; Promises, Promises
• Bobby Steggert; Ragtime

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical:

• Carolee Carmello; The Addams Family
• Katie Finneran; Promises, Promises
• Angela Lansbury; A Little Night Music
• Cass Morgan; Memphis
• Terri White; Finian's Rainbow

Outstanding Solo Performance:

• Jim Brochu; Zero Hour
• Carrie Fisher; Wishful Drinking
• Judith Ivey; The Lady With All the Answers
• Anna Deavere Smith; Let Me Down Easy

John Gassner Award:
(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)

• John Logan; Red
• Jon Marans; The Temperamentals
• Geoffrey Nauffts; Next Fall
• Bruce Norris; Clybourne Park

Productions that received multiple Awards:

2009-2019 Outer Critics Circle Executive / Nominating Committee: Simon Saltzman (President), Mario Fratti (Vice-President), Patrick Hoffman (Corresponding Secretary), Louis A. Rachow (Treasurer), Glenn Loney (Historian & Member-at-Large), Rosalind Friedman (Recording Secretary) and Aubrey Reuben, Thomás Gentile & Harry Haun (Members-at-Large).