Outer Critics Circle Awards 2017 - And the Winners are...

The winners of The 67th Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards have now been officially announced, with the awards ceremony to take place on May 25, 2017 at Sardi's.

The Broadway premiere of Come From Away and the Bette Midler-led Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly! are the big winners, managing to pick up 5 wins each.

The Broadway productions of Dear Evan Hansen, In Transit, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 and Significant Other were not eligible for nominations this year, as they had previously been considered during their off-Broadway engagements. It should also be noted that Glenn Close was not eligible for nomination because she won the Outstanding Actress Award in a Musical for her original performance in Sunset Boulevard. In addition, due to OCC's nomination deadline, the producers of Shuffle Along asked to be considered with this season's entries.

The 2017 winners by category are listed below: (**Winners are listed in bold font**)

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY

• A Doll's House, Part 2
• Indecent
• Oslo
• Sweat

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL

• Anastasia
• A Bronx Tale — The Musical
• Come From Away
• Groundhog Day
• Holiday Inn

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY

• If I Forget
• Incognito
• A Life
• Linda
• Love, Love, Love

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL

• The Band's Visit
• Hadestown
• Himself & Nora
• Kid Victory
• Spamilton

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

• The Front Page
• Jitney
• The Little Foxes
• Othello
• The Price

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

• Finian's Rainbow
• Hello, Dolly!
• Miss Saigon
• Sunset Boulevard
• Sweeney Todd

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

• Lila Neugebauer, The Wolves
• Jack O'Brien, The Front Page
• Daniel Sullivan, The Little Foxes
• Rebecca Taichman, Indecent
• Kate Whoriskey, Sweat

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

• Christopher Ashley, Come From Away
• David Cromer, The Band's Visit
• Darko Tresnjak, Anastasia
• Matthew Warchus, Groundhog Day
• Jerry Zaks, Hello, Dolly!

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

• Michael Emerson, Wakey, Wakey
• Daniel Craig, Othello
• Kevin Kline, Present Laughter
• David Oyelowo, Othello
• David Hyde Pierce, A Life

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

• Janie Dee, Linda
• Sally Field, The Glass Menagerie
• Allison Janney, Six Degrees of Separation
• Laura Linney, The Little Foxes
• Laurie Metcalf, A Doll's House, Part 2

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

• Christian Borle, Falsettos
• Nick Cordero, A Bronx Tale — The Musical
• Andy Karl, Groundhog Day
• David Hyde Pierce, Hello, Dolly!
• Tony Shalhoub, The Band's Visit

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

• Christy Altomare, Anastasia
• Christine Ebersole, War Paint
• Katrina Lenk, The Band's Visit
• Patti LuPone, War Paint
• Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly!

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

• Michael Aronov, Oslo
• Danny DeVito, The Price
• Nathan Lane, The Front Page
• Richard Thomas, The Little Foxes
• Richard Topol, Indecent

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

• Johanna Day, Sweat
• Jayne Houdyshell, A Doll's House, Part 2
• Katrina Lenk, Indecent
• Nana Mensah, Man From Nebraska
• Cynthia Nixon, The Little Foxes

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

• John Bolton, Anastasia
• Gavin Creel, Hello, Dolly!
• Jeffry Denman, Kid Victory
• Shuler Hensley, Sweet Charity
• Andrew Rannells, Falsettos

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

• Kate Baldwin, Hello, Dolly!
• Stephanie J. Block, Falsettos
• Jenn Colella, Come From Away
• Caroline O'Connor, Anastasia
• Mary Beth Peil, Anastasia

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

• Ed Dixon, Georgie: My Adventures With George Rose
• Marin Ireland, On the Exhale
• Sarah Jones, Sell/Buy/Date
• Judith Light, All the Ways to Say I Love You
• Simon McBurney, The Encounter

OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

• Anastasia (Terrence McNally)
• The Band's Visit (Itamar Moses)
• A Bronx Tale — The Musical (Chazz Palminteri)
• Groundhog Day (Danny Rubin)
• Come From Away (Irene Sankoff and David Hein)

OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

• Anastasia (Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty)
• A Bronx Tale — The Musical (Alan Menken and Glenn Slater)
• Groundhog Day (Tim Minchin)
• Come From Away (Irene Sankoff and David Hein)
• The Band's Visit (David Yazbek)

OUTSTANDING ORCHESTRATIONS
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

• Anastasia (Doug Besterman)
• Holiday Inn (Larry Blank)
• Bandstand (Bill Elliott & Greg Anthony Rassen)
• Hello, Dolly! (Larry Hochman)
• The Band's Visit (Jamshied Sharifi)

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

• Andy Blankenbuehler, Bandstand
• Kelly Devine, Come From Away
• Warren Carlyle, Hello, Dolly!
• Savion Glover, Shuffle Along
• Denis Jones, Holiday Inn

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
(Play or Musical)

• Alexander Dodge, Anastasia
• Nigel Hook, The Play That Goes Wrong
• Mimi Lien, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
• Scott Pask, The Little Foxes
• Douglas W. Schmidt, The Front Page

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
(Play or Musical)

• Linda Cho, Anastasia
• Susan Hilferty, Present Laughter
• Santo Loquasto, Hello, Dolly!
• Ann Roth, Shuffle Along
• Catherine Zuber, War Paint

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
(Play or Musical)

• Christopher Akerlind, Indecent
• Donald Holder, Anastasia
• Natasha Katz, Hello, Dolly!
• Bradley King, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
• Kenneth Posner, War Paint

JOHN GASSNER AWARD
(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)

• Jaclyn Backhaus, Men on Boats
• Sarah DeLappe, The Wolves
• Paola Lázaro, Tell Hector I Miss Him
• Qui Nguyen, Vietgone
• Bess Wohl, Small Mouth Sounds

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