A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder Dominates Outer Critics Circle AwardsThe Outer Critics Circle announces its winners from the best of New York Theatre for the 2013-14 season in 24 categories. A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder led with four wins, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical, Robert L. Freedman for Book of a Musical, Darko Tresnjak for Director, and Jefferson Mays for Actor. Following close behind are Bullets Over Broadway and The Glass Menagerie with three wins each. Bullets' William Ivey Long took home the award for Costume Design, while Featured Actor and Actress went to Nick Cordero and Marin Mazzie. Glass Menagerie was honored for Outstanding Revival of a Play, as well as Outstanding Actress and Featured Actor (Cherry Jones and Brian J. Smith). The 64th Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards ceremony will be held on May 22, 4pm, at Sardis Restaurant. Winners of the Design Awards include: Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical)
Christopher Barreca, Rocky Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)
Kevin Adams, Hedwig and the Angry Inch Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical)
William Ivey Long, Bullets Over Broadway Additional winners include: Outstanding New Broadway Play
All the Way Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
The Explorer's Club Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
Fun Home Outstanding New Score--The Marjorie Gunner Award (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Jason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison County Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch Outstanding Director of a Play--The Lucille Lortel Award
Tim Carroll, Twelfth Night Outstanding Choreographer
Warren Carlyle, After Midnight Outstanding Actor in a Play
Bryan Cranston, All the Way Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Audra McDonald, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Andrea Martin, Act One
Mare Winningham, Casa Valentina Outstanding Solo Performance
John Douglas Thompson, Satchmo at the Waldorf John Gassner Award (Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Eric Dufault, Year of the Rooster
Madeleine George, The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence
Steven Levenson, The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin Special Achievement Award
Bill Berloni of Bill Berloni Theatrical Animals in recognition of his dogs' performances this season in Annie, The Open House, The Threepenny Opera, Bullets Over Broadway, and Lady Day, as well as for the 300 dogs he has found in homeless shelters and molded into theater stars throughout his career. 
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