Outer Critics Circle 2011 - 2012 nominations announced

Celebrating its 62nd season of bestowing awards of excellence in the field of theater, the Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators covering New York theater for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, announced its nominees for the 2011-12 season in 23 categories on 23 Apr 2012.

Tony Award nominee Lily Rabe (The Merchant of Venice) and Richard Thomas (The Stendhal Syndrome), presided over the announcement ceremony at at the Friars' Club in Manhattan.

'Nice Work If You Can Get It' leads with nine nominations, followed by 'Newsies and 'Once' which each received 7 nominations.

The winners of the Outer Critics Circle Awards will be announced on the 14 May 2012, with the awards presented at a ceremony on the 24 May 2012 at Sardi's Restaurant.

2011 - 2012 nominations by category are

Outstanding New Broadway Play:

• The Lyons
• One Man, Two Guvnors
• Seminar
• Stick Fly

Outstanding New Broadway Musical:

• Bonnie & Clyde
• Newsies
• Sister Act
• Once
• Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play:

• Blood and Gifts
• The School for Lies
• Sons of the Prophet
• Tribes

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical:

• Death Takes a Holiday
• Lucky Guy
• Play It Cool
• Queen of the Mist

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

• Newsies
• Nice Work If You Can Get It
• Once
• Queen of the Mist

Outstanding New Score: (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

• Bonnie & Clyde
• Death Takes a Holiday
• Newsies
• Queen of the Mist

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

• The Best Man
• Death of a Salesman
• The Lady From Dubuque
• Private Lives

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

• Carrie
• Evita
• Follies
• Porgy and Bess

Outstanding Director of a Play:

• Mark Brokaw; The Lyons
• David Cromer; Tribes
• Nicholas Hytner; One Man, Two Guvnors
• Mike Nichols; Death of a Salesman

Outstanding Director of a Musical:

• Jeff Calhoun; Newsies
• Michael Grandage; Evita
• Kathleen Marshall; Nice Work If You Can Get It
• John Tiffany; Once

Outstanding Choreography:

• Rob Ashford; Evita
• Christopher Gattelli; Newsies
• Steven Hoggett; Once
• Kathleen Marshall; Nice Work If You Can Get It

Outstanding Set Design:
(Play or Musical)

• Bob Crowley; Once
• Derek McLane; Nice Work If You Can Get It
• Christopher Oram; Evita
• George Tsypin; Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark

Outstanding Costume Design:
(Play or Musical)

• Gregg Barnes; Follies
• Eiko Ishioka; Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
• William Ivey Long; Don't Dress for Dinner
• Martin Pakledinaz; Nice Work If You Can Get It

Outstanding Lighting Design:
(Play or Musical)

• Neil Austin; Evita
• Donald Holder; Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
• Brian MacDevitt; Death of a Salesman
• Hugh Vanstone; Ghost: The Musical

Outstanding Actor in a Play:

• James Corden; One Man, Two Guvnors
• Santino Fontana; Sons of the Prophet
• Russell Harvard; Tribes
• Philip Seymour Hoffman: Death of a Salesman
• Hamish Linklater: The School for Lies

Outstanding Actress in a Play:

• Tracie Bennett; End of the Rainbow
• Tyne Daly; Master Class
• Linda Lavin; The Lyons
• Nicole Ari Parker; A Streetcar Named Desire
• Laila Robins; The Lady From Dubuque

Outstanding Actor in a Musical:

• Danny Burstein; Follies
• Raúl Esparza; Leap of Faith
• Jeremy Jordan; Newsies
• Steve Kazee; Once
• Norm Lewis; Porgy and Bess

Outstanding Actress in a Musical:

• Jan Maxwell; Follies
• Marin Mazzie; Carrie
• Audra McDonald; Porgy and Bess
• Cristin Milioti; Once
• Kelli O'Hara; Nice Work If You Can Get It

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play:

• Will Brill; Tribes
• Tom Edden; One Man, Two Guvnors
• Andrew Garfield; Death of a Salesman
• James Earl Jones; The Best Man
• Jefferson Mays; Blood and Gifts

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play:

• Joanna Gleason; Sons of the Prophet
• Spencer Kayden; Don't Dress for Dinner
• Angela Lansbury; The Best Man
• Judith Light; Other Desert Cities
• Daphne Rubin-Vega; A Streetcar Named Desire

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical:

• Phillip Boykin; Porgy and Bess
• Andrew Keenan-Bolger; Newsies
• Michael McGrath; Nice Work If You Can Get It
• Patrick Page; Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
• Chris Sullivan; Nice Work If You Can Get It

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical:

• Jayne Houdyshell; Follies
• Judy Kaye; Nice Work If You Can Get It
• Rebecca Luker; Death Takes a Holiday
• Da'Vine Joy Randolph; Ghost: The Musical
• Melissa Van Der Schyff; Bonnie & Clyde

Outstanding Solo Performance:

• Judy Gold; My Life as a Sitcom
• David Greenspan; The Patsy
• Denis O'Hare; An Iliad
• Stephen Spinella; An Iliad

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

• Robert Askins; Hand to God
• Gabe McKinley; CQ/CX
• Erika Sheffer; Russian Transport
• Jeff Talbott; The Submission

Productions that received multiple nominations:

Venus in Fur, Clybourne Park, Peter and the Starcatcher and Other Desert Cities were considered in previous seasons, but new cast members were taken into consideration for this season.

2011-2012 Outer Critics Circle Executive / Nominating Committee: Simon Saltzman (President); Mario Fratti (Vice-President); Patrick Hoffman (Corresponding Secretary); Stanley L. Cohen (Treasurer); Glenn Loney (Historian & Member-at-Large); Rosalind Friedman (Recording Secretary); and Aubrey Reuben, Thomás Gentile & Harry Haun (Members-at-Large).