66th Annual Outer Critics Circle Nominations Are Here!

Spring has finally arrived In New York City and so has awards season!rnrnThe nominations for the first major award, the 66th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, were announced on April 19 in New York City and a few of our Broadway Black favorites scored nominations! The Outer Critics Circle is composed of writers and commentators covering the New York theater scene for various out-of-town media outlets and awards are given for shows both On and Off-Broadway.rnrnIf you are wondering about the lack of Broadway Black favorites, Hamilton and/or Shuffle Along, last year Hamilton won for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical therefore the Broadway production was ineligible this year. The producers of Shuffle Along requested that the musical not be considered this year, it’s still in previews and hasn’t officially opened. The show opens officially on April 28 and will instead be considered for the 2016-17 season.rnrnPlaywright Danai Gurira has both of her plays up for nominations, something I’m not sure has been accomplished before! It’s also worth noting that out of the five nominees in Featured Actress in a Play, 4 of them are women of color and three are from the same show, Eclipsed! One of our favorites, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins scored a nomination for Gloria! There are also a few notable snubs (did they not see Head of Passes and Invisible Thread!!!!) and some surprises Danielle Brooks got the nod for The Color Purple, but no Jennifer Hudson. Either way the race to the Tony’s is on, and over at Broadway Black we cannot wait.rnrnThe winners of the following categories will be announced on May 9, with a ceremony for winners scheduled for May 26 at Sardi’s Restaurant in New York City.rnrnOutstanding New Broadway PlayrnrnThe HumansrnEclipsedrnThe FatherrnKing Charles IIIrnThérèse Raquin rnrnOutstanding New Broadway MusicalrnrnWaitressrnAmerican PsychornBright StarrnOn Your Feet! rnTuck EverlastingrnrnOutstanding New Off-Broadway PlayrnrnThe ChristiansrnFamiliar rnGloria rnHold On to Me DarlingrnThe Legend of Georgia McBridernrnOutstanding New Off-Broadway MusicalrnrnCagneyrnDaddy Long LegsrnDear Evan HansenrnLazarusrnSouthern Comfort rnrnOutstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or off-Broadway)rnDavid Bowie and Enda Walsh, LazarusrnJohn Caird, Daddy Long LegsrnAlexander Dinelaris, On Your Feet! rnSteven Levenson, Dear Evan HansenrnSteve Martin, Bright StarrnrnOutstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)rnSara Bareilles, WaitressrnPaul Gordon, Daddy Long LegsrnSteve Martin and Edie Brickell, Bright StarrnBenj Pasek and Justin Paul, Dear Evan HansenrnDuncan Sheik, American PsychornrnOutstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or off-Broadway)rnBlackbirdrnThe CruciblernFool for LovernLong Day’s Journey Into NightrnA View From the BridgernrnOutstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or off-Broadway)rnThe Color PurplernDames at SearnFiddler on the RoofrnShe Loves MernSpring AwakeningrnrnJohn Gassner Awardrn(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)rnBoy by Anna ZieglerrnI and You by Lauren GundersonrnIronbound by Martyna MajokrnThe Royale by Marco RamirezrnUgly Lies the Bone by Lindsey FerrentinornrnOutstanding Director of a PlayrnEvan Cabnet, GloriarnMike Donahue, The Legend of Georgia McBridernRupert Goold, King Charles IIIrnJoe Mantello, The HumansrnIvo van Hove, A View From the BridgernrnOutstanding Director of a MusicalrnMichael Arden, Spring AwakeningrnWalter Bobbie, Bright StarrnScott Ellis, She Loves MernRupert Goold, American PsychornMichael Greif, Dear Evan HansenrnrnOutstanding ChoreographyrnJoshua Bergasse, CagneyrnSpencer Liff, Spring AwakeningrnJosh Rhodes, Bright StarrnRandy Skinner, Dames at SearnSergio Trujillo, On Your Feet! rnrnOutstanding Actor in a PlayrnReed Birney, The HumansrnGabriel Byrne, Long Day’s Journey Into NightrnFrank Langella, The FatherrnMark Strong, A View From the BridgernBen Whishaw, The CruciblernrnOutstanding Actress in a PlayrnJayne Houdyshell, The HumansrnJessica Lange, Long Day’s Journey Into NightrnLupita Nyong’o, EclipsedrnNicola Walker, A View From the BridgernMichelle Williams, BlackbirdrnrnOutstanding Actor in a MusicalrnAlex Brightman, School of RockrnDanny Burstein, Fiddler on the RoofrnRobert Creighton, CagneyrnBen Platt, Dear Evan HansenrnBenjamin Walker, American PsychornrnOutstanding Actress in a MusicalrnLaura Benanti, She Loves MernCarmen Cusack, Bright StarrnCynthia Erivo, The Color PurplernJessie Mueller, WaitressrnAna Villafañe, On Your Feet! rnrnOutstanding Featured Actor in a PlayrnSanjit De Silva, Dry PowderrnMatt McGrath, The Legend of Georgia McBridernJim Norton, The CruciblernRobert Sella, SylviarnMichael Shannon, Long Day’s Journey Into NightrnrnOutstanding Featured Actress in a PlayrnPascale Armand, EclipsedrnZainab Jah, EclipsedrnJudith Light, Thérèse RaquinrnSaycon Sengbloh, EclipsedrnMyra Lucretia Taylor, FamiliarrnrnOutstanding Featured Actor in a MusicalrnNicholas Barasch, She Loves MernRoger Bart, Disaster! rnMichael Esper, LazarusrnChristopher Fitzgerald, WaitressrnTerrence Mann, Tuck EverlastingrnrnOutstanding Featured Actress in a MusicalrnDanielle Brooks, The Color PurplernAndrea Burns, On Your Feet! rnSophia Anne Caruso, LazarusrnJane Krakowski, She Loves MernHélene Yorke, American PsychornrnOutstanding Solo PerformancernMike Birbiglia in Thank God for JokesrnKathleen Chalfant in RosernAnne Hathaway in GroundedrnJames Lecesne in The Absolute Brightness of Leonard PelkeyrnDaphne Rubin-Vega in Empanada LocarnrnOutstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical)rnBeowulf Boritt, Thérèse RaquinrnDavid Korins, MiseryrnMimi Lien, JohnrnDavid Rockwell, She Loves MernWalt Spangler, Tuck EverlastingrnrnOutstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical)rnESosa, On Your Feet! rnJane Greenwood, Bright StarrnKatrina Lindsay, American PsychornJeff Mahshie, She Loves MernTom Scutt, King Charles IIIrnrnOutstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)rnDonald Holder, She Loves MernNatasha Katz, Long Day’s Journey Into NightrnKenneth Posner, On Your Feet! rnBen Stanton, Spring AwakeningrnJustin Townsend, American PsychornrnOutstanding Projection Design (Play or Musical)rnLucy Mackinnon, Spring AwakeningrnPeter Nigrini, Dear Evan HansenrnPeter Nigrini, GroundedrnFinn Ross, American PsychornTal Yarden, Lazarusrnrn