Hairspray star Bruce Vilanch will emcee the Outer Critics Circle 55th annual awards
ceremony on Thursday, May 26th at 4PM at Sardi's restaurant (234 West
44th Street).
Along with Vilanch, celebrity presenters will
include Mario Cantone, Jim Dale, Jill Eickenberry, Jeff Goldblum, Lily
Rabe, Freddy Roman and Michael Tucker. The celebration, to which admission is by invitation only, will start with
cocktails at 4 PM with the award presentations slated for 5 PM. This season is the 55th anniversary of the Outer Critics Circle, an
association with members affiliated with more than ninety newspapers,
magazines, radio and television stations, and theatre publications in
America and abroad.Doubt and Spamalot led the pack of Outer Critics Circle winners, with 4 awards each. The list of winners is as follows:OUTSTANDING BROADWAY PLAY--DoubtOUTSTANDING BROADWAY MUSICAL--Monty Python's SpamalotOUTSTANDING OFF-BROADWAY PLAY (tie)--Fat Pig and Going to St. Ives
OUTSTANDING OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL--AltarBoyzOUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY--Twelve Angry MenOUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL--La Cage aux FollesOUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY--Doug Hughes- Doubt
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY--Jerry Mitchell-La Cage aux FollesOUTSTANDING SET DESIGN--Anthony Ward-Chitty Chitty Bang BangOUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN--Tim Hatley -Monty Python's SpamalotOUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN--Christopher Akerlind -The Light in the PiazzaOUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY--Brian F. OByrne - DoubtOUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY--Cherry Jones - DoubtOUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL--Norbert Leo Butz -Dirty Rotten ScoundrelsOUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL--Victoria Clark -The Light in the PiazzaOUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY-- Jeff Goldblum -The PillowmanOUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY--Amy Ryan -A Streetcar Named DesireOUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL--Dan Fogler -The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling BeeOUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL--Sara Ramirez -Monty Python's Spamalot
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE--Billy Crystal -700 SundaysJOHN GASSNER AWARD--Ron Hutchinson -Moonlight and MagnoliasSPECIAL AWARD--Marjorie Gunner for 25 Years as the President of the Outer Critics Circle