Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Orchestrations
The Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Orchestrations is an honor presented at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, a ceremony established in 1950 for excellence in orchestrations on Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, to orchestrators of any production. The category was added to the ceremony in 2017.
Michael Starobin and Doug Besterman have each been nominated the most, with three nominations, while no orchestrator has won the award more than once.
Award winners and nominees
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and bold indicates winner
2010s
Year |
Name |
Work |
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2017 |
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Larry Hochman |
Hello, Dolly! |
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Larry Blank |
Holiday Inn |
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Bill Elliott and Greg Anthony Rassen |
Bandstand |
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Doug Besterman |
Anastasia |
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Jamshied Sharifi |
The Band's Visit |
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2018 |
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Jonathan Tunick |
Carousel |
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Jason Robert Brown |
Prince of Broadway |
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AnnMarie Milazzo and Michael Starobin |
Once on This Island |
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Claire van Kampen |
Farinelli and the King |
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Tom Kitt |
SpongeBob SquarePants |
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2019 |
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Daniel Kluger |
Oklahoma! |
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Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose |
Hadestown |
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Harold Wheeler |
Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Time of the Temptations |
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Joseph Joubert |
Carmen Jones |
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Simon Hale |
Girl from the North Country |
2020s
Year |
Name |
Work |
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2020 (Hon.) |
Tom Kitt |
Jagged Little Pill |
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Alex Lacamoire |
The Wrong Man |
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Justin Levine, Matt Stine, Katie Kresek and Charlie Rosen |
Moulin Rouge! |
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Christopher Nightingale |
A Christmas Carol |
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Duncan Sheik and John Clancy |
The Secret Life of Bees |
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2021 |
No award given due to COVID-19 pandemic. |
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2022 |
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Jason Howland |
Paradise Square |
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Greg Jarrett |
Assassins |
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David Holcenberg and Jason Michael Webb |
MJ |
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John Clancy |
Kimberly Akimbo |
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Doug Walter |
Harmony |
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2023 |
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Bryan Carter and Charlie Rosen |
Some Like It Hot |
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Jason Howland |
Shucked |
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Sam Davis and Daryl Waters |
New York, New York |
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Bill Sherman and Dominic Fallacaro |
& Juliet |
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Jonathan Tunick |
Merrily We Roll Along |
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2024 |
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Marco Paguia |
Buena Vista Social Club |
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Erik Della Penna, Dean Sharenow and David Yazbek |
Dead Outlaw |
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Michael Starobin |
Suffs |
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Adam Guettel and Jamie Lawrence |
Days of Wine and Roses |
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Timo Andres |
Illinoise |
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2025 |
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Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber |
Just in Time |
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Doug Besterman |
Death Becomes Her |
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Will Aronson |
Maybe Happy Ending |
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Daniel Lazour and Michael Starobin |
We Live in Cairo |
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Joseph Joubert and Daryl Waters |
Pirates! The Penzance Musical |
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2026 |
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Doug Besterman and Mike Morris |
Schmigadoon! |
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Fraser Campbell, Jane Cardona, Ben Moss, Odetta Hartman, John Murchison, and Peter Wise |
Oratorio for Living Things |
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Mikhail Fiksel, Brian Quijada, and Nygel D. Robinson |
Mexodus |
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Ethan Popp and The Rescues |
The Lost Boys |
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Michael Thurber |
Goddess |
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Multiple nominations
- 3 nominations
- Michael Starobin
- Doug Besterman
- 2 nominations
- Jonathan Tunick
- Tom Kitt
- Joseph Joubert
- Charlie Rosen
- John Clancy
- Jason Howland
- Daryl Waters
- Michael Thurber
See also
- Tony Award for Best Orchestrations
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations
References
Outstanding Orchestrations