First Award Noms of the Year! 2013-14 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations Announced! Gentleman's Guide Leads with 11 Noms...

The Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers covering New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway announced the nominees this morning for the 2013-14 season. The first major Broadway/Off-Broadway award nominees of the New York theater season, the organization is celebrating its 64th season of bestowing awards of excellence in the field of theater. The Outer Critics Circle is an association with members affiliated with more than ninety newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, Internet, and theatre publications in America and abroad. The winners will be announced on Monday, May 12 and the annual Gala Awards Dinner and presentation of awards to the winners will be held on Thursday, May 22nd (4PM) at Sardi's.

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY

Act One
All the Way
Casa Valentina
Outside Mullingar
The Realistic Joneses

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL

After Midnight
Aladdin
Beautiful The Carole King Musical
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Rocky

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY

Appropriate
Choir Boy
The Explorer's Club
The Heir Apparent
Stage Kiss

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL

Far From Heaven
Fun Home
Murder For Two
Storyville
What's It All About? Bacharach Reimagined

OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Aladdin
Beautiful The Carole King Musical
Fun Home
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Rocky

OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Aladdin
The Bridges of Madison County
Fun Home
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
If / Then

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

The Cripple of Inishmaan
The Glass Menagerie
Machinal
Twelfth Night
The Winslow Boy

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Cabaret
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
LES MISERABLES
Violet

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY

Tim Carroll Twelfth Night
Michael Grandage The Cripple of Inishmaan
Lindsay Posner The Winslow Boy
Bill Rauch All the Way
Lyndsey Turner Machinal

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL

Warren Carlyle After Midnight
Laurence Connor & James Powell LES MISERABLES
Sam Gold Fun Home
Alex Timbers Rocky
Darko Tresnjak A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER

Warren Carlyle After Midnight
Peggy Hickey A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Steven Hoggett & Kelly Devine Rocky
Casey Nicholaw Aladdin
Susan Stroman Bullets Over Broadway

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN (Play or Musical)

Christopher Barreca Rocky
Beowulf Boritt Act One
Bob Crowley Aladdin
Es Devlin Machinal
Alexander Dodge A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN (Play or Musical)

Gregg Barnes Aladdin
Linda Cho A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
William Ivey Long Bullets Over Broadway
Jenny Tiramani Twelfth Night
Isabel Toledo After Midnight

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN (Play or Musical)

Kevin Adams Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Howell Binkley After Midnight
Paule Constable LES MISERABLES
Natasha Katz Aladdin
Philip S. Rosenberg A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY

Bryan Cranston All the Way
Ian McKellen No Man's Land
Brían F. O'Byrne Outside Mullingar
Mark Rylance Twelfth Night
Tony Shalhoub Act One

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY

Tyne Daly Mothers and Sons
Rebecca Hall Machinal
Jessica Hecht Stage Kiss
Cherry Jones The Glass Menagerie
Estelle Parsons The Velocity of Autumn

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Michael Cerveris Fun Home
Neil Patrick Harris Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Andy Karl Rocky
Jefferson Mays A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Bryce Pinkham A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Sutton Foster Violet
Audra McDonald Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
Jessie Mueller Beautiful The Carole King Musical
Kelli O'Hara The Bridges of Madison County
Michelle Williams Cabaret

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY

Paul Chahidi Twelfth Night
Michael Cyril Creighton Stage Kiss
John McMartin All the Way
Alessandro Nivola The Winslow Boy
Brian J. Smith The Glass Menagerie

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY

Barbara Barrie I Remember Mama
Andrea Martin Act One
Sophie Okonedo A Raisin in the Sun
Anika Noni Rose A Raisin in the Sun
Mare Winningham Casa Valentina

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Danny Burstein Cabaret
Nick Cordero Bullets Over Broadway
Joshua Henry Violet
James Monroe Iglehart Aladdin
Jarrod Spector Beautiful The Carole King Musical

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Judy Kuhn Fun Home
Anika Larsen Beautiful The Carole King Musical
Sydney Lucas Fun Home
Marin Mazzie Bullets Over Broadway
Lisa O'Hare A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE

Jim Brochu Character Man
Debra Jo Rupp Becoming Dr. Ruth
Ruben Santiago-Hudson How I Learned What I Learned
Alexandra Silber Arlington
John Douglas Thompson Satchmo at the Waldorf

JOHN GASSNER AWARD (Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)

Scott Z. Burns The Library
Eric Dufault Year of the Rooster
Madeleine George The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence
Steven Levenson The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin
Lauren Yee The Hatmaker's Wife

Nominations Talley for 3 or more:

A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder - 11
Aladdin - 8
Fun Home - 7
Rocky - 6
After Midnight - 5
Beautiful - 5
Twelfth Night - 5
Act One - 4
All the Way - 4
Bullets Over Broadway - 4
Machinal - 4
Cabaret - 3
The Glass Menagerie - 3
Hedwig and the Angry Inch - 3
Les Miserables - 3
Stage Kiss - 3
Violet - 3
The Winslow Boy - 3