Broadway’s Brightest Stars Shine at 69^th Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards.

May 24, 2019: Yesterday, the Outer Critics Circle presented their awards for the 2018-2019 season at a luncheon at Sardi’s. Hadestown was the big winner with six awards, including Outstanding Musical.  Presenters included Jenn Colella, Tina Fey, Montego Glover, Lindsay Mendez, Hamish Linklater and Helene Yorke. 
Photography: Barry Gordin

 Here is the complete list of winners:

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
The Ferryman

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
 Hadestown

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
White Noise

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Girl from the North Country

OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Robert Horn, Tootsie

OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE – THE MARJORIE GUNNER AWARD(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Anaïs Mitchell, Hadestown

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
All My Sons 

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish  

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Sam Mendes, The Ferryman

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL – THE LUCILLE LORTEL AWARD
Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
Warren Carlyle, Kiss Me Kate 

OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN(Play or Musical)
David Korins, Beetlejuice

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN(Play or Musical)
Bob Mackie, The Cher Show

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN(Play or Musical)
Bradley King, Hadestown

OUTSTANDING PROJECTION DESIGN(Play or Musical)
Peter England, King Kong 

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN(Play or Musical)
Peter Hylenski, King Kong

OUTSTANDING ORCHESTRATIONS
Daniel Kluger, Oklahoma!

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Bryan Cranston, Network

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Elaine May, The Waverly Gallery

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Santino Fontana, Tootsie

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Stephanie J. Block, The Cher Show 

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Benjamin Walker, All My Sons

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill a Mockingbird 

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
André De Shields, Hadestown

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Amber Gray, Hadestown

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Mike Birbiglia, The New One

JOHN GASSNER PLAYWRITING AWARD
(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell, and Gordon Farrell, The Lifespan of a Fact

SPECIAL ACEIEVMENT AWARDS

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Evans Haile, Executive Director), in recognition of 50 years of producing new musicals, as well as classics from the past

The Puppetry Team That Created and Operates King Kong, recognizing the artistry and technical achievement that brings a 2,000-pound gorilla to life: