{"id":147873,"date":"2025-05-12T15:13:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T19:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/groups.broadway.com\/?p=147873"},"modified":"2025-05-12T15:14:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T19:14:50","slug":"see-the-winners-of-the-2025-outer-critics-circle-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/groups.broadway.com\/see-the-winners-of-the-2025-outer-critics-circle-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"See The Winners of the 2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards!"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_section][vc_row halignment=”justify-content-center”][vc_column halignment=”text–center”][vc_single_image image=”136704″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row halignment=”justify-content-center”][vc_column][vc_column_text]On May 12, the winners of this year’s Outer Critics Circle Awards were announced. MAYBE HAPPY ENDING<\/em> took the lead with four awards, including Outstanding Best New Musical. The production is a Tony Award nominee in the Best Musical Category, as well.<\/p>\n

An award ceremony honoring the 2025 winners will be held at Lincoln Center’s New York Public Library for the Performing Arts on May 22. Presenters include Natalie Venetia Belcon (Buena Vista Social Club<\/em>), Victoria Clark (Kimberly Akimbo<\/em>), Andrew Durand (Dead Outlaw<\/em>), Steve Guttenberg (It Takes Two<\/em>), and Thom Sesma (Dead Outlaw<\/em>).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row halignment=”justify-content-center”][vc_column halignment=”text–center”][heading size=”medium”]Read The Full List Below![\/heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row halignment=”justify-content-center”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Outstanding New Broadway Play
\n<\/strong>Cult of Love
\nThe Hills of California
\n<\/strong><\/em>John Proctor Is the Villain (WINNER)<\/strong>
\nPurpose
\nStranger Things: The First Shadow<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding New Broadway Musical
\n<\/strong>BOOP! The Musical
\nDeath Becomes Her
\n<\/strong><\/em>Maybe Happy Ending (WINNER)<\/strong>
\nOperation Mincemeat
\nReal Women Have Curves<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
\n<\/strong>The Big Gay Jamboree
\n<\/strong><\/em>DRAG: The Musical (WINNER)<\/strong>
\nWe Live in Cairo<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
\n<\/strong>The Antiquities
\nGrangeville
\nHere There Are Blueberries
\n<\/strong><\/em>Liberation (WINNER)<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Table 17<\/em><\/p>\n

John Gassner Award (new American play preferably by a new playwright)
\n<\/strong>Amy Berryman,\u00a0Walden
\n<\/strong><\/em>George Clooney and Grant Heslov, <\/strong>Good Night, and Good Luck (WINNER)<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Marin Ireland,\u00a0Pre-Existing Condition
\n<\/em>Lia Romeo,\u00a0Still
\n<\/em>Emil Weinstein,\u00a0Becoming Eve<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Revival of a Musical
\n<\/strong>Cats: “The Jellicle Ball” (WINNER)<\/strong>
\nFloyd Collins
\nGypsy
\nOnce Upon a Mattress
\n<\/em>Sunset Boulevard<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Revival of a Play
\n<\/strong>Beckett Briefs: From the Cradle to the Grave
\nGlengarry Glen Ross
\nRomeo + Juliet
\n<\/strong><\/em>Vanya (WINNER)<\/strong>
\nYellow Face<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play
\n<\/strong>Kit Connor,\u00a0Romeo + Juliet
\n<\/strong><\/em>Laura Donnelly, <\/strong>The Hills of California (WINNER)<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Mia Farrow,\u00a0The Roommate
\n<\/em>Jon Michael Hill,\u00a0Purpose
\n<\/em>Louis McCartney,\u00a0Stranger Things: The First Shadow<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play
\n<\/strong>Kieran Culkin,\u00a0Glengarry Glen Ross
\n<\/em>LaTanya Richardson Jackson,\u00a0Purpose
\n<\/strong><\/em>Francis Jue, <\/strong>Yellow Face (WINNER)<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Mare Winningham,\u00a0Cult of Love
\n<\/em>Kara Young,\u00a0Purpose<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical
\n<\/strong>Darren Criss,\u00a0Maybe Happy Ending
\n<\/em>Jeremy Jordan,\u00a0Floyd Collins
\n<\/em>Audra McDonald,\u00a0Gypsy
\n<\/strong><\/em>Jasmine Amy Rogers, <\/strong>BOOP! The Musical (WINNER)<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Nicole Scherzinger,\u00a0Sunset Boulevard
\n<\/em>Jennifer Simard,\u00a0Death Becomes Her<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical
\n<\/strong>Danny Burstein,\u00a0Gypsy
\n<\/strong><\/em>Jak Malone, <\/strong>Operation Mincemeat (WINNER)<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Michele Pawk,\u00a0Just in Time
\n<\/em>Christopher Sieber,\u00a0Death Becomes Her
\n<\/em>Michael Urie,\u00a0Once Upon a Mattress<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical
\n<\/strong>Nick Adams, <\/strong>DRAG: The Musical (WINNER)<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Marla Mindelle,\u00a0The Big Gay Jamboree
\n<\/em>Nkeki Obi-Melekwe,\u00a0Safety Not Guaranteed
\n<\/em>Alaska Thunderfuck,\u00a0DRAG: The Musical
\n<\/em>Taylor Trensch,\u00a0Safety Not Guaranteed<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical
\n<\/strong>Ali Louis Bourzgui,\u00a0We Live in Cairo
\n<\/em>Paris Nix,\u00a0The Big Gay Jamboree
\n<\/em>Eddie Korbich,\u00a0DRAG: The Musical
\n<\/em>J. Elaine Marcos,\u00a0DRAG: The Musical
\n<\/strong><\/em>Andr\u00e9 De Shields<\/strong>, Cats: “The Jellicle Ball” (WINNER)<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Henry Stram, Three Houses<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play
\n<\/strong>Caroline Aaron,\u00a0Conversations with Mother
\n<\/em>F. Murray Abraham,\u00a0Beckett Briefs: From the Cradle to the Grave
\n<\/em>Jayne Atkinson,\u00a0Still
\n<\/strong><\/em>Adam Driver, <\/strong>Hold On to Me Darling (WINNER)<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Anthony Edwards,\u00a0The Counter
\n<\/em>Paul Sparks,\u00a0Grangeville<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play
\n<\/strong>Betsy Aidem,\u00a0Liberation
\n<\/em>Sean Bell,\u00a0The Beacon
\n<\/strong><\/em>Michael Rishawn, <\/strong>Table 17 (WINNER)<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Richard Schiff,\u00a0Becoming Eve
\n<\/em>Frank Wood,\u00a0Hold On to Me Darling<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Solo Performance
\n<\/strong>David Greenspan,\u00a0I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan
\n<\/em>Khawla Ibraheem,\u00a0A Knock on the Roof
\n<\/em>Sam Kissajukian,\u00a0300 Paintings
\n<\/em>Andrew Scott,\u00a0Vanya
\n<\/strong><\/em>Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray (WINNER)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Outstanding Book of a Musical
\n<\/strong>Will Aronson and Hue Park, <\/strong>Maybe Happy Ending (WINNER)<\/strong>
\n<\/em>David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zo\u00eb Roberts,\u00a0Operation Mincemeat
\n<\/em>Daniel Lazour and Patrick Lazour,\u00a0We Live in Cairo
\n<\/em>Bob Martin,\u00a0Boop! The Musical
\n<\/em>Marco Pennette,\u00a0Death Becomes Her<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Score
\n<\/strong>Will Aronson and Hue Park, <\/strong>Maybe Happy Ending (WINNER)<\/strong>
\n<\/em>David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zo\u00eb Roberts,\u00a0Operation Mincemeat
\n<\/em>David Foster and Susan Birkenhead,\u00a0BOOP! The Musical
\n<\/em>Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez,\u00a0Real Women Have Curves
\n<\/em>Julia Mattison and Noel Carey,\u00a0Death Becomes Her<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Orchestrations
\n<\/strong>Will Aronson,\u00a0Maybe Happy Ending
\n<\/em>Doug Besterman,\u00a0Death Becomes Her
\n<\/em>Joseph Joubert and Daryl Waters,\u00a0Pirates! The Penzance Musical
\n<\/em>Daniel Lazour and Michael Starobin,\u00a0We Live in Cairo
\n<\/strong><\/em>Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber, Just in Time (WINNER)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Outstanding Direction of a Musical
\n<\/strong>Michael Arden, <\/strong>Maybe Happy Ending (WINNER)<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Christopher Gattelli,\u00a0Death Becomes Her
\n<\/em>Robert Hastie,\u00a0Operation Mincemeat
\n<\/em>Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch,\u00a0Cats: “The Jellicle Ball”
\n<\/em>Jerry Mitchell,\u00a0BOOP! The Musical<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Direction of a Play
\n<\/strong>Trip Cullman,\u00a0Cult of Love
\n<\/em>Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin,\u00a0Stranger Things: The First Shadow
\n<\/em>Sam Mendes,\u00a0The Hills of California
\n<\/em>Phylicia Rashad,\u00a0Purpose
\n<\/strong><\/em>Danya Taymor, John Proctor Is the Villain (WINNER)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Outstanding Choreography
\n<\/strong>Jenny Arnold,\u00a0Operation Mincemeat
\n<\/em>Warren Carlyle,\u00a0Pirates! The Penzance Musical
\n<\/em>Christopher Gattelli,\u00a0Death Becomes Her
\n<\/em>Shannon Lewis,\u00a0Just in Time
\n<\/strong><\/em>Jerry Mitchell, BOOP! the Musical (WINNER)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Outstanding Scenic Design
\n<\/strong>Miriam Buether, Jamie Harrison, and Chris Fisher, <\/strong>Stranger Things: The First Shadow (WINNER)<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Rachel Hauck,\u00a0Swept Away
\n<\/em>Rob Howell,\u00a0The Hills of California
\n<\/em>Dane Laffrey,\u00a0Maybe Happy Ending
\n<\/em>Derek McLane,\u00a0Death Becomes Her<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Costume Design
\n<\/strong>Gregg Barnes, <\/strong>BOOP! The Musical (WINNER)<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Wilberth Gonzalez and Paloma Young,\u00a0Real Women Have Curves
\n<\/em>Rob Howell,\u00a0The Hills of California
\n<\/em>Qween Jean,\u00a0Cats: “The Jellicle Ball”
\n<\/em>Paul Tazewell,\u00a0Death Becomes Her<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Lighting Design
\n<\/strong>Kevin Adams,\u00a0Swept Away
\n<\/em>Natasha Chivers,\u00a0The Hills of California
\n<\/strong><\/em>Jon Clark, <\/strong>Stranger Things: The First Shadow (WINNER)<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Ben Stanton,\u00a0Maybe Happy Ending
\n<\/em>Justin Townsend,\u00a0Death Becomes Her<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Sound Design
\n<\/strong>Paul Arditti, <\/strong>Stranger Things: The First Shadow (WINNER)<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Adam Fisher,\u00a0Sunset Boulevard
\n<\/em>Peter Hylenski,\u00a0Death Becomes Her
\n<\/em>Peter Hylenski,\u00a0Maybe Happy Ending
\n<\/em>John Shivers,\u00a0Swept Away<\/em><\/p>\n

Outstanding Video\/Projections
\n<\/strong>59,\u00a0Stranger Things: The First Shadow
\n<\/em>Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom,\u00a0Sunset Boulevard
\n<\/strong><\/em>David Bergman, <\/strong>The Picture of Dorian Gray (WINNER)<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Hana S. Kim,\u00a0Redwood
\n<\/em>Finn Ross,\u00a0BOOP! The Musical<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]A special honor will be awarded to Patrick Hoffman, curator of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Recently retired, Hoffman saw more than 1,200 productions preserved in the archive. The award will pay tribute to his over three decades of service to the theatre community.<\/p>\n

The Outer Critics Circle Awards are one of several theatrical honors celebrated each spring. Established in the 1949\u20131950 Broadway season, these awards recognize the best in New York theatre, Broadway and Off-Broadway shows alike. The Outer Critic\u2019s Circle honors are voted upon by a group of journalists from national, online, and out-of-town media outlets.[\/vc_column_text][responsive_spacer el_class=”” factor=”0_5″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section background_color=”gray-lighter”][vc_row halignment=”justify-content-center”][vc_column halignment=”text–center”][heading size=”medium”]Call 1-800-BROADWAY x2 or click the Group Tickets button below to request tickets for your groups now.[\/heading][responsive_spacer el_class=”” factor=”0_5″][button el_class=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.broadway.com%2Finquiry-form%2F|title:Group%20Tickets|target:_blank” style=”” full_width=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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