2019 Outer Critics Circle Awards

2019 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Date	May 23, 2019
Venue	Sardi's
Hosted by	Jenn Colella, Tina Fey, Montego Glover, Hamish Linklater, Lindsay Mendez and Lily Rabe
Most wins	Hadestown (6)
Most nominations	Hadestown (12)
Website	outercritics.org.
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The 2029 Outer Critics Circle Awards winners were announced on May 13, 2019, recognizing excellence in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions during the 2018–19 season. Nominations were announced on April 23, 2019, with Hadestown receiving the most nominations with 12. Tootsie followed with 10 nominations, and the revival of Oklahoma! received six nominations. The most-nominated plays include All My Sons, The Ferryman, and Ink, all with five nominations.^[1]

Hadestown won the most awards of the night, winning six awards, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical, Best New Score and Outstanding Director of a Musical for Rachel Chavkin. Tied with two wins were All My Sons, The Cher Show, The Ferryman, King Kong and Tootsie. ^[2]

Winners and nominees

The Outer Critics Circle Award winners were announced on May 13, 2019, with a ceremony at Sardi's set for May 23, hosted by Jenn Colella, Tina Fey, Montego Glover, Hamish Linklater, Lindsay Mendez and Lily Rabe.^[3]

The winners for the 2018–19 season include Hadestown (Musical), The Ferryman (Play), Girl From the North Country (Off-Broadway Musical), and White Noise (Off-Broadway Play).^[4]

Category	Winner and nominees[5]
Outstanding New Broadway Play	* The Ferryman What the Constitution Means to Me Ink Network To Kill a Mockingbird
Outstanding New Broadway Musical	* Hadestown The Prom Be More Chill Head Over Heels Tootsie
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play	* White Noise Fairview The House That Will Not Stand Lewiston/Clarkston The Light
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical	* Girl from the North Country The Beast in the Jungle Black Light The Hello Girls (musical)|The Hello Girls Midnight at the Never Get
Outstanding Revival of a Play	* All My Sons By the Way, Meet Vera Stark The Waverly Gallery Juno and the Paycock Our Lady of 121st Street
Outstanding Revival of a Musical	* Fiddler on the Roof (in Yiddish) Oklahoma! Smokey Joe's Cafe Carmen Jones Kiss Me, Kate
John Gassner Award	* Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell, and Gordon Farrell, The Lifespan of a Fact Donja R. Love (as Donja Love), Sugar in Our Wounds Ming Peiffer, Usual Girls Charly E. Simpson, Behind the Sheet Jeremy O. Harris, Slave Play
Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)	* Robert Horn, Tootsie Peter Mills and Cara Reichel, The Hello Girls Anaïs Mitchell, Hadestown Jeff Whitty and James Magruder, Head Over Heels Conor McPherson, Girl from the North Country
Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)	* Anaïs Mitchell, Hadestown Peter Mills, The Hello Girls David Yazbek, Tootsie Matthew Sklar, Chad Beguelin, The Prom Joe Iconis, Be More Chill
Outstanding Director of Play	* Sam Mendes, The Ferryman Bartlett Sher, To Kill a Mockingbird Jack O'Brien, All My Sons Rupert Goold, Ink Logan Vaughn, The Light
Outstanding Director of a Musical	* Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown Scott Ellis, Tootsie Daniel Fish, Oklahoma! Joel Grey, Fiddler on the Roof (in Yiddish) Cara Reichel, The Hello Girls
Outstanding Choreography	* Warren Carlyle, Kiss Me, Kate Denis Jones, Tootsie David Neumann, Hadestown Sergio Trujillo, Ain't Too Proud Christopher Gattelli, The Cher Show
Outstanding Orchestrations	* Daniel Kluger, Oklahoma! Michael Chorney, Todd Sickafoose, Hadestown Harold Wheeler, Ain't Too Proud Joseph Joubert, Carmen Jones Simon Hale, Girl from the North Country
Outstanding Actor in a Play	* Bryan Cranston, Network as Howard Beale Daveed Diggs, White Noise as Leo Bill Irwin, On Beckett Jeremy Pope, Choir Boy as Pharus Jonathan Young McKinley Belcher III, The Light as Rashad
Outstanding Actress in a Play	* Elaine May, The Waverly Gallery as Gladys Green Glenn Close, Mother of the Maid as Isabelle Arc Edie Falco, The True as Dorothea "Polly" Noonan Glenda Jackson, King Lear as Lear Mandi Masden, The Light as Genesis
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play	* Benjamin Walker, All My Sons as Chris Keller John Procaccino, Downstairs as Gerry Bertie Carvel, Ink as Rupert Murdoch Hugh Dancy, Apologia as Peter/Simon John Clay III, Choir Boy as Anthony Justin "AJ" James
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play	* Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill a Mockingbird as Scout Finch Stephanie Berry, Sugar in Our Wounds as Aunt Mama Harriett D. Foy, The House That Will Not Stand as Makeda Fionnula Flanagan, The Ferryman as Aunt Maggie Far Away Joan Allen, The Waverly Gallery as Ellen Fine
Outstanding Actor in a Musical	* Santino Fontana, Tootsie as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels Damon Daunno, Oklahoma! as Curly McLain Steven Skybell, Fiddler on the Roof (in Yiddish) as Tevye Reeve Carney, Hadestown as Orpheus Brooks Ashmanskas, The Prom as Barry Glickman
Outstanding Actress in a Musical	* Stephanie J. Block, The Cher Show as Star Kelli O'Hara, Kiss Me, Kate as Lilli Vanessi / Katharina Minola Beth Leavel, The Prom as Dee Dee Allen Anika Noni Rose, Carmen Jones as Carmen Jones Mare Winningham, Girl from the North Country as Elizabeth Laine
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical	* André De Shields, Hadestown as Hermes George Salazar, Be More Chill as Michael / Michael Mell Ephraim Sykes, Ain't Too Proud as David Ruffin John Behlmann, Tootsie as Max Van Horn Reg Rogers, Tootsie as Ron Carlisle
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical	* Amber Gray, Hadestown as Persephone Leslie Kritzer, Beetlejuice as Delia/Miss Argentina Bonnie Milligan, Head Over Heels as Pamela Sarah Stiles, Tootsie as Sandy Lester Ali Stroker, Oklahoma! as Ado Annie Carnes
Outstanding Solo Performance	* Mike Birbiglia, Mike Birbiglia's The New One Jake Gyllenhaal, Sea Wall / A Life as Abe in A Life Maddie Corman, Accidentally Brave Renée Taylor, My Life On a Diet Carey Mulligan, Girls & Boys
Outstanding Scenic Design	* David Korins, Beetlejuice Bunny Christie, Ink Beowulf Boritt, Bernhardt/Hamlet Rachel Hauck, Hadestown Rob Howell, The Ferryman
Outstanding Costume Design	* Bob Mackie, The Cher Show Rob Howell, The Ferryman William Ivey Long, Tootsie William Ivey Long, Beetlejuice Arianne Phillips, Head Over Heels
Outstanding Lighting Design	* Bradley King, Hadestown Stacey Derosier, Lewiston/Clarkston Neil Austin, Ink Jason Lyons, Sugar in Our Wounds Peter Mumford, King Kong
Outstanding Projection Design	* Peter England, King Kong Tal Yarden, Network Jeff Sugg, All My Sons Peter Nigrini, Beetlejuice Alex Basco Koch, Be More Chill
Outstanding Sound Design	* Peter Hylenski, King Kong Eric Sleichim, Network Nevin Steinberg, Hadestown Jessica Paz, Hadestown Drew Levy, Oklahoma! John Gromada, All My Sons

References

1. Olivia Clement (April 23, 2019). "Hadestown Leads 2019 Outer Critics Circle Nominations". Playbill.
2. Andy Lefkowitz (May 13, 2019). "Hadestown Leads Winners of 2019 Outer Critics Circle Awards". Broadway.com.
3. Olivia Clement (April 23, 2019). "Hadestown Leads 2019 Outer Critics Circle Nominations". Playbill.
4. Andy Lefkowitz (May 13, 2019). "Hadestown Leads Winners of 2019 Outer Critics Circle Awards". Broadway.com.
5. "Outer Critics Circle Awards 2018-2019". Retrieved November 16, 2023.