Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Choreography

Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Choreography
Awarded for	Outstanding Choreography
Location	New York City
Presented by	Outer Critics Circle
Currently held by	Jerry Mitchell, BOOP! The Musical (2025)
Website	OuterCritics.org

The Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Choreography is an annual award given to the best choreography of a new musical on Broadway or Off-Broadway, as determined by Outer Critics Circle. The award has been given out since the 1990-1991 season.

Susan Stroman holds the record for most wins, with seven (including three in a row from 2000 to 2002), and 12 nominations. Others with multiple wins include Kathleen Marshall and Warren Carlyle, with three each, and Jerry Mitchell, Christopher Wheeldon, Sergio Trujillo and Justin Peck, with two each. In terms of nominations, after Stroman, Warren Carlyle follows with eight, and Jerry Mitchell follows with seven. Casey Nicholaw holds the record for most nominations without a win, with six nominations.

Award winners

Key

  and bold indicates the winner.

1990s

Year	Choreographer	Production	Ref.
1991
	Susan Stroman	And the World Goes 'Round	[1][2]
1992
	Susan Stroman	Crazy for You	[3][4]
	Christopher Chadman	Guys and Dolls
	Lisa Gennaro	The Most Happy Fella
	Tommy Tune	The Will Rogers Follies
1993
	Gregory Hines and Ted Levy	Jelly's Last Jam	[5][6]
1994
	Rob Marshall	She Loves Me and Damn Yankees	[7]
1995
	Susan Stroman	A Christmas Carol and Show Boat	[8][9]
1996
	Savion Glover	Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk	[10][11]
1997
	Ann Reinking	Chicago	[12][13]
	Joey Pizzi	Jekyll and Hyde
	Susan Stroman	Steel Pier
	Joey McKneely	The Life
1998
	Garth Fagan	The Lion King	[14][15]
	Rob Marshall	Cabaret
	The Dancers	Forever Tango
	Graciela Daniele	Ragtime
1999
	Matthew Bourne	Swan Lake	[16][17]
	A.C. Ciulla	Footloose
	Chet Walker and Ann Reinking	Fosse
	Rob Marshall	Little Me

2000s

Year	Choreographer	Production	Ref.
2000
	Susan Stroman	The Music Man	[18][19]
	Kathleen Marshall	Kiss Me, Kate
	Lynne Taylor-Corbett	Swing!
	Mark Dendy	The Wild Party
2001
	Susan Stroman	The Producers	[20][21]
	Randy Skinner	42nd Street
	Kathleen Marshall	Follies
	Jerry Mitchell	The Full Monty
2002
	Susan Stroman	Oklahoma!	[22][23]
	John Carrafa	Urinetown
	Christopher Wheeldon	Sweet Smell of Success
	Rob Ashford	Thoroughly Modern Millie
2003
	Twyla Tharp	Movin' Out	[24][25]
	Robert Longbottom	Flower Drum Song
	Jerry Mitchell	Hairspray
	Jonathan Butterell	Nine
2004
	Kathleen Marshall	Wonderful Town	[26][27]
	Joey McKneely	The Boy from Oz
	Wayne Cilento	Wicked
	Jerry Mitchell	Never Gonna Dance
	Anthony van Laast and Farah Khan	Bombay Dreams
2005
	Jerry Mitchell	La Cage aux Folles	[28][29]
	Wayne Cilento	Sweet Charity
	Gillian Lynne	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
	Casey Nicholaw	Spamalot
	Jerry Mitchell	Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
2006
	Kathleen Marshall	The Pajama Game	[30][31]
	Graciela Daniele	Bernarda Alba
	Casey Nicholaw	The Drowsy Chaperone
	Sergio Trujillo	Jersey Boys
2007
	Andy Blankenbuehler	In the Heights	[32][33]
	Rob Ashford	Curtains
	Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear	Mary Poppins
	Carol Leavy Joyce and Graciela Daniele	The Pirate Queen
2008
	Rob Ashford	Cry-Baby	[34][35]
	Susan Stroman	Young Frankenstein
	Christopher Gattelli	South Pacific
	Graciela Daniele	The Glorious Ones
2009
	Peter Darling	Billy Elliot	[36][37]
	Josh Prince	Shrek the Musical
	Karole Armitage	Hair
	Susan Stroman	Happiness
	Andy Blankenbuehler	9 to 5

2010s

Year	Choreographer	Production	Ref.
2010 (tie)
	Bill T. Jones	Fela!	[38][39]
	Sergio Trujillo	Memphis
	Rob Ashford	Promises, Promises
	Susan Stroman	The Scottsboro Boys
2011
	Kathleen Marshall	Anything Goes	[40][41]
	Rob Ashford	How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
	Ross Coleman	Priscilla Queen of the Desert
	Casey Nicholaw	The Book of Mormon
2012
	Christopher Gattelli	Newsies	[42][43]
	Rob Ashford	Evita
	Kathleen Marshall	Nice Work If You Can Get It
	Steven Hoggett	Once
2013
	Chet Walker	Pippin	[44][45]
	Warren Carlyle	Chaplin
	Peter Darling	Matilda
	Jerry Mitchell	Kinky Boots
	Josh Rhodes	Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
2014
	Warren Carlyle	After Midnight	[46][47]
	Peggy Hickey	A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
	Casey Nicholaw	Aladdin
	Susan Stroman	Bullets Over Broadway
	Kelly Devine	Rocky
2015
	Christopher Wheeldon	An American in Paris	[48][49]
	Andy Blankenbuehler	Hamilton
	Joshua Bergasse	On the Town
	Warren Carlyle	On the Twentieth Century
	Casey Nicholaw	Something Rotten!
2016
	Sergio Trujillo	On Your Feet!	[50][51][52]
	Josh Rhodes	Bright Star
	Joshua Bergasse	Cagney
	Randy Skinner	Dames at Sea
	Spencer Liff	Spring Awakening
2017
	Warren Carlyle	Hello, Dolly!	[53][54]
	Andy Blankenbuehler	Bandstand
	Kelly Devine	Come From Away
	Denis Jones	Holiday Inn
	Savion Glover	Shuffle Along
2018
	Justin Peck	Carousel	[55][56]
	Steven Hoggett	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
	Christopher Gattelli	My Fair Lady
	Camille A. Brown	Once on This Island
	Christopher Gattelli	SpongeBob SquarePants
2019
	Warren Carlyle	Kiss Me, Kate	[57][58]
	Sergio Trujillo	Ain't Too Proud
	David Neumann	Hadestown
	Christopher Gattelli	The Cher Show
	Denis Jones	Tootsie

2020s

Year	Choreographer	Production	Ref.
2020 (Hon.)	Sidi Larbi Cherakoui	Jagged Little Pill	[59]
	Raja Feather Kelly	A Strange Loop
	Sonya Tayeh	Moulin Rouge!
	Anthony Van Laast	Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
	Travis Wall	The Wrong Man
2021	No award given due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2022
	Christopher Wheeldon and Rich + Tone Talauega	MJ	[60]
	Camille A. Brown	for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
	Warren Carlyle	Harmony
		The Music Man
	Bill T. Jones, Alex Sanchez, Garrett Coleman and Jason Oremus	Paradise Square
2023
	Susan Stroman	New York, New York	[61]
	Casey Nicholaw	Some Like It Hot
	Jennifer Weber	& Juliet
	Andy Blankenbuehler	Only Gold
	Edgar Godineaux	The Harder They Come
2024
	Justin Peck	Illinoise	[62]
	Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck	Buena Vista Social Club
	Lorin Latarro	The Who's Tommy
	Rick Kuperman and Jeffrey Kuperman	The Outsiders
	Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll	Water for Elephants
2025
	Jerry Mitchell	Boop! The Musical	[63][64]
	Shannon Lewis	Just in Time
	Christopher Gattelli	Death Becomes Her
	Warren Carlyle	Pirates! The Penzance Musical
	Jenny Arnold	Operation Mincemeat

Multiple wins

7 wins

• Susan Stroman (including three in a row)

3 wins

• Kathleen Marshall
• Warren Carlyle

2 wins

• Jerry Mitchell
• Christopher Wheeldon
• Sergio Trujillo
• Justin Peck

Multiple nominations

12 nominations

• Susan Stroman

8 nominations

• Warren Carlyle

7 nominations

• Jerry Mitchell

6 nominations

• Kathleen Marshall
• Rob Ashford
• Casey Nicholaw
• Christopher Gattelli

5 nominations

• Andy Blankenbuehler

4 nominations

• Graciela Daniele
• Sergio Trujillo

3 nominations

• Rob Marshall
• Christopher Wheeldon
• Justin Peck

2 nominations

• Savion Glover
• Ann Reinking
• Joey McKneely
• Matthew Bourne
• Chet Walker
• Randy Skinner
• Wayne Cilento
• Steven Hoggett
• Peter Darling
• Josh Rhodes
• Kelly Devine
• Denis Jones
• Camille A. Brown
• Bill T. Jones

See also

• Tony Award for Best Choreography
• Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography

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