Winners of 2023-2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards

Outstanding New Broadway Play
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding by Jocelyn Bioh
Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions by Paula Vogel
Patriots by Peter Morgan
WINNER – Stereophonic by David Adjmi*
The Shark Is Broken by Joseph Nixon and Ian Shaw

Outstanding New Broadway Musical
Days of Wine and Roses
WINNER – Suffs*
The Great Gatsby
The Outsiders
Water for Elephants

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
Buena Vista Social Club
WINNER – Dead Outlaw*
Illinoise
Teeth
The Connector

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
Dig
King of the Jews
King James
WINNER – Primary Trust*
Swing State

John Gassner Award (new American play preferably by a new playwright)
Job
Manahatta
WINNER – Oh, Mary!*
The Apiary
Wet Brain

Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Cabaret
Here Lies Love
WINNER – I Can Get It for You Wholesale*
Spamalot
The Who’s Tommy

Outstanding Revival of a Play
An Enemy of the People
WINNER – Appropriate*
Doubt: A Parable
Mary Jane
Philadelphia, Here I Come!
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch

Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play
WINNER – Jessica Lange: Mother Play*
Rachel McAdams: Mary Jane
Sarah Paulson: Appropriate
Jeremy Strong: An Enemy of the People
Michael Stuhlbarg: Patriots

Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play
Billy Eugene Jones: Purlie Victorious
Celia Keenan-Bolger: Mother Play
Alex Moffat: The Cottage
Jim Parsons: Mother Play
Sarah Pidgeon: Stereophonic
WINNER – Kara Young: Purlie Victorious*

Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical
Ali Louis Bourzgui: The Who’s Tommy
Brian d’Arcy James: Days of Wine and Roses
Casey Likes: Back to the Future
WINNER – Kelli O’Hara: Days of Wine and Roses*
Maryann Plunkett: The Notebook

Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical
Roger Bart: Back to the Future
Justin Guarini: Once Upon a One More Time
Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer: Spamalot
WINNER – Kecia Lewis: Hell’s Kitchen*
Bebe Neuwirth: Cabaret

Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical
Jeb Brown: Dead Outlaw
WINNER – Andrew Durand: Dead Outlaw*
Alyse Alan Louis: Teeth
Ben Levi Ross: The Connector
Ricky Ubeda: Illinoise

Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical (tie)
Ben Cook: Illinoise
Hannah Cruz: The Connector
Julia Knitel: Dead Outlaw
WINNER – Judy Kuhn: I Can Get It For You Wholesale*
Jessica Molaskey: The Connector
WINNER – Thom Sesma: Dead Outlaw*

Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play (tie)
WINNER – Cole Escola: Oh, Mary!*
Mary Beth Fisher: Swing State
WINNER – William Jackson Harper: Primary Trust*
Marie Mullen: The Saviour
Paul Sparks: Waiting for Godot

Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play
Gus Birney: Our Class
April Matthis: Primary Trust
Conrad Ricamora: Oh, Mary!
WINNER – Jay O. Sanders: Primary Trust*
Bubba Weiler: Swing State

Outstanding Solo Performance
Eddie Izzard: Hamlet
WINNER – Patrick Page: All the Devils are Here*
Mona Pirnot: I Love You So Much I Could Die
Robert Montano: Small
John Rubenstein: Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground

Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Justin Peck and Jackie Sibblies Drury: Illinoise
Anna K. Jacobs and Michael R. Jackson: Teeth
Itamar Moses: Dead Outlaw
Jonathan Marc Sherman: The Connector
WINNER – Shaina Taub: Suffs*

Outstanding Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Jason Robert Brown: The Connector
Will Butler: Stereophonic
Adam Guettel: Days of Wine and Roses
David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna: Dead Outlaw
WINNER – Shaina Taub: Suffs*

Outstanding Orchestrations (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Timo Andres: Illinoise
Adam Guettel and Jamie Lawrence: Days of Wine and Roses
WINNER – Marco Paguia: Buena Vista Social Club*
Michael Starobin: Suffs
Erik Della Penna, Dean Sharenow, and David Yazbek: Dead Outlaw

Outstanding Direction of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
David Cromer: Dead Outlaw
Michael Greif: Days of Wine and Roses
Daisy Prince: The Connector
Leigh Silverman: Suffs
WINNER – Jessica Stone: Water for Elephants*

Outstanding Direction of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Knud Adams: Primary Trust
WINNER – Daniel Aukin: Stereophonic*
Robert Falls: Swing State
Kenny Leon: Purlie Victorious
Lila Neugebauer: Appropriate

Outstanding Choreography (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll: Water for Elephants
Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman: The Outsiders
Lorin Latarro: The Who’s Tommy
Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck: Buena Vista Social Club
WINNER – Justin Peck: Illinoise*

Outstanding Scenic Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway) (tie)
Paul Tate dePoo III: The Cottage
WINNER – Paul Tate dePoo III: The Great Gatsby*
dots: Appropriate
David Korins: Here Lies Love
WINNER – David Zinn: Stereophonic*

Outstanding Costume Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Dede Ayite: Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Enver Chakartash: Stereophonic
Enver Chakartash: Teeth
WINNER – Linda Cho: The Great Gatsby*
Sydney Maresca: The Cottage

Outstanding Lighting Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Bradley King: Water for Elephants
WINNER – Brian MacDevitt: The Outsiders*
Justin Townsend: Here Lies Love
Tim Lutkin and Hugh Vanstone: Back to the Future
Amanda Zieve: The Who’s Tommy

Outstanding Sound Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Tom Gibbons: Grey House
Gareth Owen: Back to the Future
Gareth Owen: The Who’s Tommy
WINNER – Ryan Rumery: Stereophonic*
M.L. Dogg and Cody Spencer: Here Lies Love

Outstanding Video/Projections (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
David Bengali: Water for Elephants
Paul Tate dePoo III: The Great Gatsby
WINNER – Peter Nigrini: The Who’s Tommy*
Finn Ross: Back to the Future
Ash J. Woodward: Patriots

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