Karl, Middler, Kline, Dolly Grab Outer Critics Honors

Outer Critics Circle 2016-2017 Award winner have been announced on Broadway:

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
Oslo

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
Come From Away

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
If I Forget

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
The Band’s Visit

OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Irene Sankoff & David Hein Come From Away

OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
David Yazbek The Band’s Visit

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

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Hello, Dolly!

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Rebecca Taichman Indecent

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Christopher Ashley Come From Away

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
Warren Carlyle Hello, Dolly!

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Mimi Lien Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Catherine Zuber War Paint

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Bradley King Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

OUTSTANDING PROJECTION DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Aaron Rhyne Anastasia

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Gareth Owen Come From Away

OUTSTANDING ORCHESTRATIONS
Larry Hochman Hello, Dolly!

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Kevin Kline Present Laughter

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Laura Linney The Little Foxes

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Andy Karl Groundhog Day

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Bette Midler Hello, Dolly!

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Danny DeVito The Price

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Cynthia Nixon The Little Foxes

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Gavin Creel Hello, Dolly!

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Jenn Colella Come From Away

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Simon McBurney The Encounter

JOHN GASSNER AWARD
(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Bess Wohl Small Mouth Sounds

The Off-Broadway productions of “Dear Evan Hansen,” “In Transit,” “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812” and “Significant Other” were evaluated, nominated and/or received awards from Outer Critics Circle in previous seasons and therefore were not considered for this year. In the case of the Broadway musical “Sunset Boulevard,” Glenn Close won the Outstanding Actress Award in a Musical for her original performance. Any new elements for these current productions were assessed for this year’s awards. In addition, due to OCC’s nomination deadline last season, the producers of the Broadway musical “Shuffle Along,” asked to be included with this year’s entries.

One Of The Splashiest B'way Openings EVER!

Bette Midler taking the stage on opening night for the return of "Hello, Dolly!" On Broadway! The show is a complete sellout and is leading the way in awards nominations.

Just Four; Only Four; That's All!

Only four musicals were nominated for Best Musical Tony Awards this season even though more than a dozen new musicals were in contention. You would have thought the Tony nominators wouldm have at least come up with five musicals, the normal number considered. What happened to A Bronx Tale or War Paint or Anastasia or Amelie or In Transit?
Anyway, above you'll find clips from each of the four nominees: Dear Evan Hansen, The Great Comet, Come From Away and Groundhog Day. Among these four only Groundhog Day comes even close to being a classic Broadway musical. The rest are all somewhat out-of-genre.

Dolly, Groundhog, Natasha, Evan Get Tony Nods!

The 2016-17 season Tony Award nominations have just been announced. Here they are:

Best Musical
Come From Away
Dear Evan Hansen
Groundhog Day
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Best Play
A Doll’s House, Part 2 by Lucas Hnath
Indecent by Paula Vogel
Oslo by J.T. Rogers
Sweat by Lynn Nottage

Best Revival of a Musical
Falsettos
Hello, Dolly!
Miss Saigon

Best Revival of a Play
August Wilson’s Jitney
The Little Foxes 
Present Laughter
Six Degrees of Separation

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Christian Borle, Falsettos
Josh Groban, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
David Hyde Pierce, Hello, Dolly!
Andy Karl, Groundhog Day
Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Denée Benton, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Christine Ebersole, War Paint
Patti LuPone, War Paint
Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly!
Eva Noblezada, Miss Saigon

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Denis Arndt, Heisenberg
Chris Cooper, A Doll’s House, Part 2
Corey Hawkins, Six Degrees of Separation
Kevin Kline, Present Laughter
Jefferson Mays, Oslo

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Cate Blanchett, The Present
Jennifer Ehle, Oslo
Sally Field, The Glass Menagerie
Laura Linney, The Little Foxes
Laurie Metcalf, A Doll’s House, Part 2

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Gavin Creel, Hello, Dolly!
Mike Faist, Dear Evan Hansen
Andrew Rannells, Falsettos
Lucas Steele, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Brandon Uranowitz, Falsettos

Best Performance by an Actress in Featured Role a Musical
Kate Baldwin, Hello, Dolly!
Rachel Bay Jones, Dear Evan Hansen
Stephanie J. Block, Falsettos
Jenn Colella, Come From Away
Mary Beth Peil, Anastasia

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Michael Aronov, Oslo
Danny DeVito, Arthur Miller's The Price
Nathan Lane, The Front Page
Richard Thomas, Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes
John Douglas Thompson, August Wilson's Jitney

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Johanna Day, Sweat
Jayne Houdyshell, A Doll's House, Part 2
Cynthia Nixon, Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes
Condola Rashad, A Doll's House, Part 2
Michelle Wilson, Sweat

Best Score
Come From Away, David Hein and Irene Sankoff
Dear Evan Hansen, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Groundhog Day, Tim Minchin
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Dave Malloy

Best Book of a Musical
Come From Away, David Hein and Irene Sankoff
Dear Evan Hansen, Steven Levenson
Groundhog Day, Danny Rubin
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Dave Malloy

Best Direction of a Musical
Christopher Ashley, Come From Away
Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Michael Greif, Dear Evan Hansen
Matthew Warchus, Groundhog Day
Jerry Zaks, Hello, Dolly!

Best Direction of a Play
Sam Gold, A Doll's House, Part 2
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, August Wilson's Jitney
Bartlett Sher, Oslo
Daniel Sullivan, Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes
Rebecca Taichman, Indecent

Best Choreography
Andy Blankenbuehler, Bandstand
Peter Darling and Ellen Kane, Groundhog Day
Kelly Devine, Come From Away
Denis Jones, Holiday Inn
Sam Pinkleton, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Best Orchestrations
Bill Elliott and Greg Anthony Rassen, Bandstand
Larry Hochman, Hello, Dolly!
Alex Lacamoire, Dear Evan Hansen
Dave Malloy, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Linda Cho, Anastasia
Santo Loquasto, Hello, Dolly!
Paloma Young, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Catherine Zuber, War Paint

Best Costume Design of a Play
Jane Greenwood, Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes
Susan Hilferty, Present Laughter
Toni-Leslie James, August Wilson's Jitney
David Zinn, A Doll's House, Part 2

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Rob Howell, Groundhog Day
David Korins, War Paint
Mimi Lien, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Santo Loquasto, Hello, Dolly!

Best Scenic Design of a Play
David Gallo, Jitney
Nigel Hook, The Play That Goes Wrong
Douglas W. Schmidt, The Front Page
Michael Yeargan, Oslo

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Howell Binkley, Come From Away
Natasha Katz, Hello, Dolly!
Bradley King, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Japhy Weideman, Dear Evan Hansen

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Christopher Akerlind, Indecent
Jane Cox, August Wilson's Jitney
Donald Holder, Oslo
Jennifer Tipton, A Doll's House, Part 2

Productions with multiple nominations:
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 – 12
Hello, Dolly! – 10
Dear Evan Hansen – 9
A Doll's House, Part 2 – 8
Come From Away – 7
Groundhog Day – 7
Oslo – 7
August Wilson's Jitney – 6
Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes – 6
Falsettos – 5
War Paint – 4
Indecent – 3
Present Laughter – 3
Sweat – 3
Anastasia – 2
Bandstand – 2
The Front Page – 2
Miss Saigon – 2
Six Degrees of Separation – 2

A Record-Setting Lineup For B'way! WOW!

The Boradway season just ending has been the greatest season for musicals in decades! Incredible!

How Well Will You Do On This Quiz?

OK, now put your Broadway fan skills to the test in this week’s video quiz: Name That Tune: Musicals by Stephen Sondheim. Hint: one of these hit shows was recently revived on Broadway.

Outer Critics Circle Award Nominees Announced

The new Broadway musical Anastasia and the Bette Midler-led revival of Hello, Dolly!, topped the list of 2017 Outer Critics Circle Award nominees, announced Tuesday, April 25 at the Algonquin Hotel.
Anastasia received 13 nominations, including nods for stars Christy Altomare, John Bolton, Caroline O'Connor, and Mary Beth Peil, while Hello, Dolly! received 10 nods, which included leading players Midler, David Hyde Pierce, Kate Baldwin, and Gavin Creel.
The full list of nominees is below. 

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


John Gassner Award

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

Men on Boats

Small Mouth Sounds

Tell Hector I Miss Him

Vietgone

The Wolves


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 Actor in a Play

Michael Emerson, Wakey, Wakey

Daniel Craig, Othello

Kevin Kline, Present Laughter

David Oyelowo, Othello

David Hyde Pierce, A Life


Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

Michael Aronov, Oslo

Danny DeVito, The Price

Nathan Lane, The Front Page

Richard Thomas, The Little Foxes

Richard Topol, Indecent


Outstanding Actress in a Play

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 Featured Actress in a Play

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 Actor in a Musical

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 Featured Actor in a Musical

John Bolton, Anastasia

Gavin Creel, Hello, Dolly!

Jeffry Denman, Kid Victory

Shuler Hensley, Sweet Charity

Andrew Rannells, Falsettos


Outstanding Actress in a Musical

Christy Altomare, Anastasia

Christine Ebersole, War Paint

Katrina Lenk, The Band's Visit

Patti LuPone, War Paint

Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly!


Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

Kate Baldwin, Hello, Dolly!

Stephanie J. Block, Falsettos

Jenn Colella, Come From Away

Caroline O'Connor, Anastasia

Mary Beth Peil, Anastasia


Outstanding Solo Performance

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)

Terrence McNally, Anastasia

Itamar Moses, The Band's Visit

Chazz Palminteri, A Bronx Tale — The Musical

Danny Rubin, Groundhog Day

Irene Sankoff and David Hein, Come From Away


Outstanding New Score

(Broadway or off-Broadway)

Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, Anastasia

Alan Menken and Glenn Slater, A Bronx Tale — The Musical

Tim Minchin, Groundhog Day

Irene Sankoff and David Hein, Come From Away

David Yazbek, The Band's Visit


Outstanding Director of a Play

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

Christopher Ashley, Come From Away

David Cromer, The Band's Visit

Darko Tresnjak, Anastasia

Matthew Warchus, Groundhog Day

Jerry Zaks, Hello, Dolly!


Outstanding Choreographer

Andy Blankenbuehler, Bandstand

Kelly Devine, Come From Away

Warren Carlyle, Hello, Dolly!

Savion Glover, Shuffle Along

Denis Jones, Holiday Inn


Outstanding Scenic 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


Outstanding Projection Design

(Play or Musical)

Duncan McLean, Privacy

Jared Mezzochi, Vietgone

Benjamin Pearcy for 59 Productions, Oslo

Aaron Rhyne, Anastasia

Tal Yarden, Indecent


Outstanding Sound Design
(Play or Musical)

Gareth Fry and Pete Malkin, The Encounter

Gareth Owen, Come From Away

Nicholas Pope, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Nevin Steinberg, Bandstand

Matt Stine, Sweeney Todd


Outstanding Orchestrations

(Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Doug Besterman, Anastasia

Larry Blank, Holiday Inn

Bill Elliott & Greg Anthony Rassen, Bandstand

Larry Hochman, Hello, Dolly!

Jamshied Sharifi, The Band's Visit