2016 Outer Critics Circle Awards

2016 Outer Critics Circle Awards
2016 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Date	May 26, 2016
Venue	Sardi's
Most wins	She Loves Me (4)
Most nominations	American Psycho and She Loves Me (8)
Website	outercritics.org.

The 2016 Outer Critics Circle Awards winners were announced on May 7, 2016, recognizing excellence in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions during the 2015–16 season. Nominations were announced on May 9, 2016, with American Psycho and She Loves Me receiving the most nominations with 8 each. Bright Star and On Your Feet! followed with 7 nominations, and the Off-Broadway production of Dear Evan Hansen received 6 nominations. For plays, Eclipsed and Long Day’s Journey Into Night led the field with five nominations each.^[1]

Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of She Loves Me won the most awards of the night, with four including Outstanding Revival of a Musical. It was followed by Long Day's Journey Into Night, another Roundabout production, with three wins, including Outstanding Revival of a Play. Bright Star, Dear Evan Hansen and American Psycho won two awards each. ^[2]

Awards and nominations

Award nominations were announced on April 19, 2016, with the winners announced on May 9, 2016, with the winners ceremony on May 26, 2016 at Sardi's.^[3]

Apart from She Loves Me and Long Day's Journey Into Night in the revival categories, Bright Star won Outstanding New Broadway Musical and The Humans by Stephen Karam won Outstanding New Broadway Play. The Christians by Lucas Hnath won Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play and Dear Evan Hansen won Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical. The John Gassner Award winner was Marco Ramirez for The Royale.^[4]^[5]


Category	Winner and nominees^[6]
Outstanding New Broadway Play	* The Humans by Stephen Karam Eclipsed by Danai Gurira The Father by Florian Zeller King Charles III by Mike Bartlett Thérèse Raquin by Helen Edmundson, based on the novel by Émile Zola
Outstanding New Broadway Musical	* Bright Star American Psycho the Musical On Your Feet! Tuck Everlasting the Musical Waitress
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play	* The Christians by Lucas Hnath Familiar by Danai Gurira Gloria by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Hold On to Me Darling by Kenneth Lonergan The Legend of Georgia McBride by Matthew Lopez
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical	* Dear Evan Hansen Cagney Daddy Long Legs Lazarus Southern Comfort
Outstanding Revival of a Play	* Long Day's Journey Into Night Blackbird The Crucible Fool for Love A View from the Bridge
Outstanding Revival of a Musical	* She Loves Me The Color Purple Dames at Sea Fiddler on the Roof Spring Awakening
John Gassner Award	* The Royale by Marco Ramirez Ugly Lies the Bone by Lindsey Ferrentino I and You by Lauren Gunderson Ironbound by Martyna Majok Boy by Anna Ziegler
Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)	* Steven Levenson — Dear Evan Hansen Steve Martin and Edie Brickell — Bright Star John Caird — Daddy Long Legs Enda Walsh — Lazarus Alexander Dinelaris Jr. — On Your Feet!
Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)	* Steve Martin and Edie Brickell — Bright Star Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater — American Psycho the Musical Paul Gordon — Daddy Long Legs Benj Pasek and Justin Paul — Dear Evan Hansen Sara Bareilles — Waitress
Outstanding Director of Play	* Ivo van Hove — A View from the Bridge Evan Cabnet — Gloria Mike Donahue — The Legend of Georgia McBride Rupert Goold — King Charles III Joe Mantello — The Humans
Outstanding Director of a Musical	* Michael Arden — Spring Awakening Walter Bobbie — Bright Star Scott Ellis — She Loves Me Rupert Goold — American Psycho the Musical Michael Greif — Dear Evan Hansen
Outstanding Choreography	* Sergio Trujillo — On Your Feet! Joshua Bergasse — Cagney Spencer Liff — Spring Awakening Josh Rhodes — Bright Star Randy Skinner — Dames at Sea
Outstanding Actor in a Play	* Frank Langella — The Father Reed Birney — The Humans Gabriel Byrne — Long Day's Journey Into Night Mark Strong — A View from the Bridge Ben Whishaw — The Crucible
Outstanding Actress in a Play	* Jessica Lange — Long Day's Journey Into Night Jayne Houdyshell — The Humans Lupita Nyong'o — Eclipsed Nicola Walker — A View from the Bridge Michelle Williams — Blackbird
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play	* Michael Shannon — Long Day's Journey Into Night Sanjit De Silva — Dry Powder Matt McGrath — The Legend of Georgia McBride Jim Norton — The Crucible Robert Sella — Sylvia
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (tie)	* Pascale Armand — Eclipsed and Judith Light — Thérèse Raquin (tie) Zainab Jah — Eclipsed Saycon Sengbloh — Eclipsed Myra Lucretia Taylor — Familiar
Outstanding Actor in a Musical	* Danny Burstein — Fiddler on the Roof Alex Brightman — School of Rock the Musical Robert Creighton — Cagney Ben Platt — Dear Evan Hansen Benjamin Walker — American Psycho the Musical
Outstanding Actress in a Musical	* Cynthia Erivo — The Color Purple Laura Benanti — She Loves Me Carmen Cusack — Bright Star Jessie Mueller — Waitress Ana Villafañe — On Your Feet!
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical	* Christopher Fitzgerald — Waitress Nicholas Barasch — She Loves Me Roger Bart — Disaster! Michael Esper — Lazarus Terrence Mann — Tuck Everlasting
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical	* Jane Krakowski — She Loves Me Danielle Brooks — The Color Purple the Musical Andrea Burns — On Your Feet! Sophia Anne Caruso — Lazarus Heléne Yorke — American Psycho the Musical
Outstanding Solo Performance	* James Lecesne — The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey Mike Birbiglia — Thank God for Jokes Kathleen Chalfant — Rose Anne Hathaway — Grounded Daphne Rubin-Vega — Empanada Loca
Outstanding Scenic Design	* David Rockwell — She Loves Me Beowulf Boritt — Thérèse Raquin David Korins — Misery Mimi Lien — John Walt Spangler — Tuck Everlasting
Outstanding Costume Design	* Jeff Mahshie — She Loves Me ESosa — On Your Feet! Jane Greenwood — Bright Star Katrina Lindsay — American Psycho the Musical Tom Scutt — King Charles III
Outstanding Lighting Design	* Justin Townsend — American Psycho the Musical Donald Holder — She Loves Me Natasha Katz — Long Day's Journey Into Night Kenneth Posner — On Your Feet! Ben Stanton — Spring Awakening
Outstanding Projection Design	* Finn Ross — American Psycho the Musical Lucy MacKinnon — Spring Awakening Peter Nigrini — Grounded Peter Nigrini — Dear Evan Hansen Tal Yarden — Lazarus
Special Achievement Awards	James Houghton, Signature Theatre Company

References

^ Variety staff (April 19, 2016). "Outer Critics Circle Awards Nominations 2016: Full List". Variety.
^ Tom Millward (May 9, 2016). "Outer Critics Circle Awards 2016: And the Winners Are..." New York Theatre Guide.
^ Tom Millward (May 9, 2016). "Outer Critics Circle Awards 2016: And the Winners Are..." New York Theatre Guide.
^ Cox, Gordon. "Outer Critics Circle Awards 2016: Roundabout Dominates with She Loves Me, Long Day's Journey (Full List)" Variety, May 8, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
^ Tom Millward (May 9, 2016). "Outer Critics Circle Awards 2016: And the Winners Are..." New York Theatre Guide.
^ "Bright Star and The Humans Win Top 2016 NY Outer Critics Circle Awards". Playbill. May 9, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2025.

[1] Variety staff (April 19, 2016). "Outer Critics Circle Awards Nominations 2016: Full List". Variety.

[2] Tom Millward (May 9, 2016). "Outer Critics Circle Awards 2016: And the Winners Are..." New York Theatre Guide.

[3] Tom Millward (May 9, 2016). "Outer Critics Circle Awards 2016: And the Winners Are..." New York Theatre Guide.

[4] Cox, Gordon. "Outer Critics Circle Awards 2016: Roundabout Dominates with She Loves Me, Long Day's Journey (Full List)" Variety, May 8, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

[5] Tom Millward (May 9, 2016). "Outer Critics Circle Awards 2016: And the Winners Are..." New York Theatre Guide.

[6] "Bright Star and The Humans Win Top 2016 NY Outer Critics Circle Awards". Playbill. May 9, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2025.

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