2019 Outer Critics Circle Awards


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.
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.

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.
The winners for the 2018–19 season include Hadestown, The Ferryman, Girl From the North Country, and White Noise.
CategoryWinner and nominees
Outstanding New Broadway Play* The FerrymanWhat the Constitution Means to MeInkNetworkTo Kill a Mockingbird
Outstanding New Broadway Musical* HadestownThe PromBe More ChillHead Over HeelsTootsie
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play* White NoiseFairviewThe House That Will Not StandLewiston/ClarkstonThe Light
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical* Girl from the North CountryThe Beast in the JungleBlack LightThe Hello Girls |The Hello GirlsMidnight at the Never Get
Outstanding Revival of a Play* All My SonsBy the Way, Meet Vera StarkThe Waverly GalleryJuno and the PaycockOur Lady of 121st Street
Outstanding Revival of a Musical* Fiddler on the Roof (in Yiddish)Oklahoma!Smokey Joe's CafeCarmen JonesKiss Me, Kate
John Gassner Award* Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell, and Gordon Farrell, The Lifespan of a FactDonja R. Love, Sugar in Our WoundsMing Peiffer, Usual GirlsCharly E. Simpson, Behind the SheetJeremy O. Harris, Slave Play
Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)* Robert Horn, Tootsie
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
  • 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 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