Outer Critics Circle Awards Nominations Announced

The nominations were announced today for the 72nd annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, given by the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers and national publications. The awards honor achievement on and Off Broadway.

The design nominees are:

Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical)
Jason Ardizzone-West - Wedding Band
John Lee Beatty - Epiphany
Beowulf Boritt - New York, New York
Mimi Lien - Sweeney Todd
Simon Scullion - Peter Pan Goes Wrong

Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical)
Dede Ayite - Topdog/Underdog
Gregg Barnes - Some Like it Hot
Brigitte Reiffenstuel - Leopoldstadt
Paloma Young - & Juliet
Donna Zakowska - New York, New York

Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)
Neil Austin - Leopoldstadt
Ken Billington - New York, New York
Ben Stanton - A Christmas Carol
Natasha Katz - Sweeney Todd
Tim Lutkin - Life of Pi

Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical)
John Gromada - Jasper
Kai Harada - New York, New York
Daniel Kluger - Epiphany
André Pluess - Good Night, Oscar
Joshua D. Reid - A Christmas Carol

Outstanding Video or Projection Design (Play or Musical)
Christopher Ash and Beowulf Boritt - New York, New YorkLife of Pi
Lucy Mackinnon - A Christmas Carol
Isaac Madge - Leopoldstadt
Sven Ortel - Parade

Three Broadway musicals lead with the most nominations: New York, New York (12), Some Like It Hot (10), and Shucked (seven). Plays with multiple nominations include Leopoldstadt and Downstate, with six each, and Life of Pi, with five.

Nominees for the annual John Gassner Award -- for a new American play, preferably by a new playwright -- are Noah Diaz for You Will Get Sick, Ryan J. Haddad for Dark Disabled Stories, James Ijames for Fat Ham, Hansol Jung for Wolf Play, and Brian Watkins for Epiphany. A Special Achievement Award will be presented to B.H. Barry, one of the world's foremost fight directors, in recognition of a distinguished six-decade career capped off with Camelot at Lincoln Center Theater.

As previously announced, this is the first season with newly reconstructed acting categories, which have removed gender specifications, and been expanded to separately include off-Broadway performers. In the previous configuration, actors in Broadway and off-Broadway productions had been nominated together in the same category.

For the full list of nominees, go to www.theatermania.com/news/new-york-new-york-some-like-it-hot-lead-2023-outer-critics-circle-award-nominations_1699727/.