2017 Outer Critics Circle Awards

2017 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Date	May 25, 2017
Venue	Sardi's
Most wins	Come From Away and Hello, Dolly! (5)
Most nominations	Anastasia (13)
Website	outercritics.org.
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The 2017 Outer Critics Circle Awards winners were announced on May 7, 2017, recognizing excellence in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions during the 2017–18 season. Nominations were announced on April 25, 2017, with Anastasia receiving the most nominations with 13, while Hello, Dolly! followed with 10 nominations and Come From Away with seven. For Off-Broadway, The Band's Visit was the most-nominated production with seven nominations.^[1]

Come From Away and Hello, Dolly! tied for the most wins, with five each, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical for the former and Outstanding Revival of a Musical for the latter. Following them with two wins apiece were Broadway musical Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 and Broadway play The Little Foxes.^[2]

Awards and nominations

While Come From Away and Hello, Dolly! led the pack as Outstanding New Broadway Musical and Outstanding Revival of a Musical, respectively, Oslo took home Outstanding New Broadway Play. If I Forget and The Band's Visit won Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play and Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical, respectively.^[3]

Category	Winner and nominees[4][5]
Outstanding New Broadway Play	* Oslo A Doll's House, Part 2 Indecent Sweat
Outstanding New Broadway Musical	* Come From Away Anastasia A Bronx Tale — The Musical Groundhog Day Holiday Inn
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play	* If I Forget Incognito A Life Linda Love, Love, Love
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical	* The Band's Visit Hadestown Himself & Nora Kid Victory Spamilton
Outstanding Revival of a Play	* Jitney The Front Page The Little Foxes Othello The Price
Outstanding Revival of a Musical	* Hello, Dolly! Finian's Rainbow Miss Saigon Sunset Boulevard Sweeney Todd
John Gassner Award	* Bess Wohl – Small Mouth Sounds Jaclyn Backhaus – Men on Boats Sarah DeLappe – The Wolves Paola Lázaro – Tell Hector I Miss Him Qui Nguyen – Vietgone
Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)	* Irene Sankoff, David Hein – Come From Away Terrence McNally – Anastasia Itamar Moses – The Band's Visit Chazz Palminteri – A Bronx Tale Danny Rubin – Groundhog Day
Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)	* David Yazbek – The Band's Visit Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens – Anastasia Alan Menken & Glenn Slater – A Bronx Tale Tim Minchin – Groundhog Day Irene Sankoff & David Hein – Come From Away
Outstanding Director of Play	* Rebecca Taichman – Indecent Lila Neugebauer – The Wolves Jack O'Brien – The Front Page Daniel Sullivan – The Little Foxes 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 Choreography	* Warren Carlyle – Hello, Dolly! Andy Blankenbuehler – Bandstand Savion Glover – Shuffle Along Kelly Devine – Come From Away Denis Jones – Holiday Inn
Outstanding Orchestrations	* Larry Hochman – Hello, Dolly! Doug Besterman – Anastasia Larry Blank – Holiday Inn Bill Elliott & Greg Anthony Rassen – Bandstand Jamshied Sharifi – The Band's Visit
Outstanding Actor in a Play	* Kevin Kline – Present Laughter Daniel Craig – Othello Michael Emerson – Wakey, Wakey David Oyelowo – Othello David Hyde Pierce – A Life
Outstanding Actress in a Play	* Laura Linney – The Little Foxes Janie Dee – Linda Sally Field – The Glass Menagerie Allison Janney – Six Degrees of Separation Laurie Metcalf – A Doll's House, Part 2
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play	* Danny DeVito – The Price Michael Aronov – Oslo Nathan Lane – The Front Page Richard Thomas – The Little Foxes Richard Topol – Indecent
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play	* Cynthia Nixon – The Little Foxes Johanna Day – Sweat Jayne Houdyshell – A Doll's House, Part 2 Katrina Lenk – Indecent Nana Mensah – Man From Nebraska
Outstanding Actor in a Musical	* Andy Karl – Groundhog Day Christian Borle – Falsettos Nick Cordero – A Bronx Tale David Hyde Pierce – Hello, Dolly! Tony Shalhoub – The Band's Visit
Outstanding Actress in a Musical	* Bette Midler – Hello, Dolly! Christy Altomare – Anastasia Christine Ebersole – War Paint Katrina Lenk – The Band's Visit Patti LuPone – War Paint
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical	* Gavin Creel – Hello, Dolly! John Bolton – Anastasia Jeffry Denman – Kid Victory Shuler Hensley – Sweet Charity Andrew Rannells – Falsettos
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical	* Jenn Colella – Come From Away Kate Baldwin – Hello, Dolly! Stephanie J. Block – Falsettos Caroline O'Connor – Anastasia Mary Beth Peil – Anastasia
Outstanding Solo Performance	* Simon McBurney – The Encounter 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
Outstanding Scenic Design	* Mimi Lien – Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Alexander Dodge – Anastasia Nigel Hook – The Play That Goes Wrong Scott Pask – The Little Foxes Douglas W. Schmidt – The Front Page
Outstanding Costume Design	* Catherine Zuber – War Paint Linda Cho – Anastasia Susan Hilferty – Present Laughter Santo Loquasto – Hello, Dolly! Ann Roth – Shuffle Along
Outstanding Lighting Design	* Bradley King – Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Christopher Akerlind – Indecent Donald Holder – Anastasia Natasha Katz – Hello, Dolly! Kenneth Posner – War Paint
Outstanding Projection Design	* Aaron Rhyne – Anastasia Duncan McLean – Privacy Jared Mezzocchi – Vietgone Benjamin Pearcy (for 59 Productions) – Oslo Tal Yarden – Indecent
Outstanding Sound Design	* Gareth Owen – Come From Away Gareth Fry & Pete Malkin – The Encounter Nicholas Pope – Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Matt Stine – Sweeney Todd Nevin Steinberg – Bandstand

References

1. Variety staff (March 2017). "Outer Critics Circle Nominations 2017: Full List". Variety.
2. Tom Millward (October 19, 2017). "Outer Critics Circle Awards 2017 – And the Winners Are…". New York Theatre Guide.
3. Tom Millward (October 19, 2017). "Outer Critics Circle Awards 2017 – And the Winners Are…". New York Theatre Guide.
4. "2017 Outer Critics Circle Nominations". Retrieved July 26, 2025.
5. "2017 Outer Critics Circle Award Winners". Retrieved July 26, 2025.