Yesterday, May 27, the Outer Critics Circle honored the recipients of the 2010 Outer Critics Circle Awards in a reception at Sardis in Times Square. The cast of the hit comedy "God of Carnage" --- Dylan Baker, Jeff Daniels, Lucy Liu and Janet McTeer served as presenters at the organization's 60th Annual Award ceremony. BroadwayWorld brings you full coverage of the reception below.
Celebrating its 60th season of bestowing awards of excellence in the field of theatre, the Outer Critics Circle, is an association with members affiliated with more than ninety newspapers, magazines, web sites, radio and television stations, and theatre publications in America and abroad.
Outer Critics Circle
* * 2009-2010 Award Winners * *
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
* Red
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
* Memphis
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
* The Orphans' Home Cycle
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
* Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
* The Scottsboro Boys
OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
* Memphis
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
* Fences
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
* La Cage aux Folles
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
* Michael Wilson The Orphans' Home Cycle
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
* Terry Johnson La Cage aux Folles
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
* Bill T. Jones Fela!
* Sergio Trujillo Memphis
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
* Phelim McDermott & Julian Crouch The Addams Family
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
* Matthew Wright La Cage aux Folles
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
* Kevin Adams American Idiot
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
* Denzel Washington Fences
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
* Viola Davis Fences
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
* Douglas Hodge La Cage aux Folles
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
* Montego Glover Memphis
* Catherine Zeta-Jones A Little Night Music
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
* Jon Michael Hill Superior Donuts
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
* Jan Maxwell Lend Me a Tenor
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
* Levi Kreis Million Dollar Quartet
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
* Katie Finneran Promises, Promises
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
* Carrie Fisher Wishful Drinking
John Gassner AWARD
(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
* Geoffrey Nauffts Next Fall
2009-2010 Outer Critics Circle Executive / Nominating Committee
Simon Saltzman (President)
Mario Fratti (Vice-President) Patrick Hoffman (Corresponding Secretary)
Louis A. Rachow (Treasurer) Glenn Loney (Historian & Member-at-Large)
Rosalind Friedman (Recording Secretary) and Aubrey Reuben, Thomás Gentile & Harry Haun (Members-at-Large)
