2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards

The 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards winners were announced on May 13, 2024, recognizing excellence in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions during the 2023–24 season. Nominations were announced on April 23, 2024, with Dead Outlaw receiving the most nominations with nine. The Connector and Stereophonic followed with seven nominations.

Stereophonic was the biggest winner of the night, taking home four awards, including Outstanding New Broadway Play, Outstanding Scenic Design, Outstanding Sound Design, and Outstanding Director of a Play for Daniel Aukin. Close behind, Suffs won Best Broadway Musical, Dead Outlaw earned Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical, and Primary Trust received Outstanding Off-Broadway Play—each with three wins.

Winners and nominees

The 2023-2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards nominations were announced on Friday, April 23, 2024, by Merrily We Roll Along cast members Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez.

The 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards winners were announced on May 13, 2024, with Stereophonic leading the winners by taking home four awards, including Outstanding New Broadway Play. Entering with 9 nominations, Dead Outlaw took home three awards, along with Suffs and Primary Trust. Revival awards went to Appropriate for play and I Can Get It For You Wholesale for musical revival.

Due to its Broadway timeline, the Park Avenue Armory run of Illinoise was considered in off-Broadway categories, where applicable, while the Broadway production of Suffswas determined to at least 50% different than its original off-Broadway iteration. Therefore, it was deemed eligible in all production categories and select acting categories.

Category

Winner and nominees

Outstanding New Broadway Musical

* Suffs

  • Days of Wine and Roses
  • The Great Gatsby
  • The Outsiders
  • Water for Elephants

Outstanding New Broadway Play

* Stereophonic, David Adjmi

  • Jaja's African Hair Braiding, Jocelyn Bioh
  • Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions, Paula Vogel
  • Patriots, Peter Morgan
  • The Shark Is Broken, Joseph Nixon and Ian Shaw

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical

* Dead Outlaw

  • Buena Vista Social Club
  • Illinoise
  • Teeth
  • The Connector

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play

* Primary Trust, Eboni Booth

  • Dig, Theresa Rebeck
  • King of the Jews, Leslie Epstein
  • King James, Rajiv Joseph
  • Swing State, Rebecca Gilman

Outstanding Revival of a Musical

* I Can Get It for You Wholesale

  • Cabaret
  • Here Lies Love
  • Monty Python's Spamalot
  • The Who's Tommy

Outstanding Revival of a Play

* Appropriate

  • An Enemy of the People
  • Doubt: A Parable
  • Mary Jane
  • Philadelphia, Here I Come!
  • Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch

John Gassner Award

* Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!

  • Max Wolf Friedlich, Job
  • Mary Kathryn Nagle, Manahatta
  • Kate Douglas, The Apiary
  • John J. Caswell Jr., Wet Brain

Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

* Shaina Taub, Suffs

  • Justin Peck and Jackie Sibblies Drury, Illinoise
  • Anna K. Jacobs and Michael R. Jackson, Teeth
  • Itamar Moses, Dead Outlaw
  • Jonathan Marc Sherman, The Connector

Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

* Suffs, Shaina Taub

  • The Connector, Jason Robert Brown
  • Stereophonic, Will Butler
  • Days of Wine and Roses, Adam Guettel
  • Dead Outlaw, David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna

Outstanding Director of Play

* Daniel Aukin, Stereophonic

  • Knud Adams, Primary Trust
  • Robert Falls, Swing State
  • Kenny Leon, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
  • Lila Neugebauer, Appropriate

Outstanding Director of a Musical

* Jessica Stone, Water for Elephants

  • David Cromer, Dead Outlaw
  • Michael Greif, Days of Wine and Roses
  • Daisy Prince, The Connector
  • Leigh Silverman, Suffs

Outstanding Choreography

* Justin Peck, Illinoise

  • Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll, Water for Elephants
  • Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman, The Outsiders
  • Lorin Latarro, The Who's Tommy
  • Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, Buena Vista Social Club

Outstanding Orchestrations

* Marco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club

  • Timo Andres, Illinoise
  • Adam Guettel and Jamie Lawrence, Days of Wine and Roses
  • Michael Starobin, Suffs
  • Erik Della Penna, Dean Sharenow, and David Yazbek, Dead Outlaw

Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play

* Jessica Lange, Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions

  • Rachel McAdams, Mary Jane
  • Sarah Paulson, Appropriate
  • Jeremy Strong, An Enemy of the People
  • Michael Stuhlbarg, Patriots

Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical

* Kelli O'Hara, Days of Wine and Roses

  • Ali Louis Bourzgui, The Who's Tommy
  • Brian d'Arcy James, Days of Wine and Roses
  • Casey Likes, Back to the Future
  • Maryann Plunkett, The Notebook

Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play (tie)

* Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!'' andWilliam Jackson Harper,Primary Trust'' (tie)

  • Mary Beth Fisher, Swing State
  • Marie Mullen, The Saviour
  • Paul Sparks, Waiting for Godot

Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical

* Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw

  • Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw
  • Alyse Alan Louis, Teeth
  • Ben Levi Ross, The Connector
  • Ricky Ubeda, Illinoise

Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play

* Kara Young, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch

  • Billy Eugene Jones, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
  • Celia Keenan-Bolger, Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions
  • Alex Moffat, The Cottage
  • Jim Parsons, Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions
  • Sarah Pidgeon, Stereophonic

Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical

* Kecia Lewis, Hell's Kitchen

  • Roger Bart, Back to the Future
  • Justin Guarini, Once Upon a One More Time
  • Leslie Kritzer, Spamalot
  • Bebe Neuwirth, Cabaret

Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play

* Jay O. Sanders, Primary Trust

  • Gus Birney, Our Class
  • April Matthis, Primary Trust
  • Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary!
  • Bubba Weiler, Swing State

Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical (tie)

* Judy Kuhn, I Can Get It for You Wholesale'' andThom Sesma,Dead Outlaw'' (tie)

  • Ben Cook, Illinoise
  • Hannah Cruz, The Connector
  • Julia Knitel, Dead Outlaw
  • Jessica Molaskey, The Connector

Outstanding Solo Performance

* Patrick Page, All the Devils Are Here

  • Eddie Izzard, Hamlet
  • Mona Pirnot, I Love You So Much I Could Die
  • Robert Montano, Small
  • John Rubenstein, Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground

Outstanding Scenic Design (tie)

* Paul Tate dePoo III, The Great Gatsby'' andDavid Zinn,Stereophonic'' (tie)

  • Paul Tate dePoo III, The Cottage
  • Dots, Appropriate
  • David Korins, Here Lies Love

Outstanding Costume Design

* Linda Cho, The Great Gatsby

  • Dede Ayite, Jaja's African Hair Braiding
  • Enver Chakartash, Stereophonic
  • Enver Chakartash, Teeth
  • Sydney Maresca, The Cottage

Outstanding Lighting Design

* Brian MacDevitt, The Outsiders

  • Bradley King, Water for Elephants
  • Justin Townsend, Here Lies Love
  • Tim Lutkin and Hugh Vanstone, Back to the Future
  • Amanda Zieve, The Who's Tommy

Outstanding Projection Design

* Peter Nigrini, The Who's Tommy

  • David Bengali, Water for Elephants
  • Paul Tate dePoo III, The Great Gatsby
  • Finn Ross, Back to the Future
  • Ash J. Woodward, Patriots

Outstanding Sound Design

* Ryan Rumery, Stereophonic

  • Tom Gibbons, Grey House
  • Gareth Owen, Back to the Future
  • Gareth Owen, The Who's Tommy
  • M.L. Dogg and Cody Spencer, Here Lies Love

Multiple nominations and awards

Show

Nominations

Wins

Dead Outlaw

9

3

Stereophonic

7

4

The Connector

0

Days of Wine and Roses

6

1

Illinoise

The Who's Tommy

Primary Trust

5

3

Suffs

Water for Elephants

1

Back to the Future

0

The Great Gatsby

4

2

Appropriate

1

Mother Play

Purlie Victorious

Here Lies Love

0

Swing State

Teeth

Oh, Mary!

3

2

Buena Vista Social Club

1

The Outsiders

Patriots

0

The Cottage

I Can Get It For You Wholesale

2

2

Cabaret

0

An Enemy of the People

Jaja's African Hair Braiding

Mary Jane

Spamalot

References

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