2014 Outer Critics Circle Awards
The 2014 Outer Critics Circle Awards announced its winners on May 12, 2014, recognizing excellence in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions during the 2013–14 season. Nominations were announced on April 22, 2014, with A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder leading the nominations with 11. Following close behind were Aladdin with eight, Fun Home with seven and Rocky with six nominations. Among plays, Twelfth Night led with five nominations, the most of any play.
The awards were noted to be spread evenly across several productions, with no nominated production receiving more than four awards. A Gentleman's Guide won four awards, followed by Bullets Over Broadway and The Glass Menagerie with three each. With two wins each were All the Way and Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
Awards and nominations
The award winners were announced on May 12, 2014, followed by an awards ceremony at Sardi's featuring Billy Porter, Victoria Clark, Terrence Mann, Andrea Martin and Shuler Hensley as presenters.
A Gentleman's Guide and All the Way won Outstanding New Broadway Musical and Outstanding New Broadway Play respectively. For Off-Broadway, The Explorer's Club by Nell Benjamin took home Outstanding New Broadway Off-Play, and Fun Home winning Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical. The John Gassner Playwrights Award ended with a three-way tie, with Eric Dufault for Year of the Rooster, Madeleine George for The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence and Steven Levenson for The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin all winning the award of the five nominees.
Category |
Winner and nominees |
|---|---|
Outstanding New Broadway Play |
* All the Way
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Outstanding New Broadway Musical |
* A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
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Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play |
* The Explorer's Club
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Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical |
* Fun Home
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Outstanding Revival of a Play |
* The Glass Menagerie
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Outstanding Revival of a Musical |
* Hedwig and the Angry Inch
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John Gassner Award (tie) |
* Madeleine George – The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence, Steven Levenson – The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin'' andEric Dufault –Year of the Rooster''
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Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) |
* Robert L. Freedman – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
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Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) |
* Jason Robert Brown (music and lyrics) – The Bridges of Madison County
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Outstanding Director of Play |
* Tim Carroll – Twelfth Night
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Outstanding Director of a Musical |
* Warren Carlyle – After Midnight
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Outstanding Choreography |
* Warren Carlyle – After Midnight
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Outstanding Actor in a Play |
* Bryan Cranston – All The Way
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Outstanding Actress in a Play |
* Cherry Jones – The Glass Menagerie
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Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play |
* Brian J. Smith – The Glass Menagerie
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Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (tie) |
* Andrea Martin – Act One'' andMare Winningham –Casa Valentina'' (tie)
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Outstanding Actor in a Musical (tie) |
* Michael Cerveris – Fun Home'' andJefferson Mays –A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder'' (tie)
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Outstanding Actress in a Musical |
* Audra McDonald – Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
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Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical |
* Nick Cordero – Bullets Over Broadway
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Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical |
* Marin Mazzie – Bullets Over Broadway
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Outstanding Solo Performance |
* John Douglas Thompson – Satchmo at the Waldorf
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Outstanding Scenic Design |
* Christopher Barreca – Rocky
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Outstanding Costume Design |
* Gregg Barnes – Aladdin
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Outstanding Lighting Design |
* Kevin Adams – Hedwig and the Angry Inch
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