The Outer Critics Circle Nominations were announced today! Special congrats goes to our own Nicholas Barasch and Sophia Anne Caruso who were respectively nominated for their performances in She Loves Me and Lazarus! Take a look at our featured shows (in bold) and their nominations. (Note: Only new elements of Disaster!, which were not included in the original Off-Broadway production, were included). Congratulations to all the nominees! OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY Eclipsed by Danai Gurira The Father by Florian Zeller, translated by Christopher Hampton The Humans by Stephen Karam King Charles III by Mike Bartlett Thérèse Raquin by Helen Edmundson, based upon the novel by Émile Zola OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL American Psycho Bright Star On Your Feet! Tuck Everlasting 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 Cagney Daddy Long Legs Dear Evan Hansen Lazarus Southern Comfort OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL (Broadway or off-Broadway) David Bowie and Enda Walsh, Lazarus John Caird, Daddy Long Legs Alexander Dinelaris, On Your Feet! Steven Levenson, Dear Evan Hansen Steve Martin, Bright Star OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE (Broadway or off-Broadway) Sara Bareilles, Waitress Paul Gordon, Daddy Long Legs Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Bright Star Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Dear Evan Hansen Duncan Sheik, American Psycho OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY (Broadway or off-Broadway) Blackbird The Crucible Fool for Love Long Day’s Journey Into Night A View From the Bridge OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL (Broadway or off-Broadway) The Color Purple Dames at Sea Fiddler on the Roof She Loves Me Spring Awakening JOHN GASSNER AWARD (Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright) Boy by Anna Ziegler I and You by Lauren Gunderson Ironbound by Martyna Majok The Royale by Marco Ramirez Ugly Lies the Bone by Lindsey Ferrentino OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY Evan Cabnet, Gloria Mike Donahue, The Legend of Georgia McBride Rupert Goold, King Charles III Joe Mantello, The Humans Ivo van Hove, A View From the Bridge OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL Michael Arden, Spring Awakening Walter Bobbie, Bright Star Scott Ellis, She Loves Me Rupert Goold, American Psycho Michael Greif, Dear Evan Hansen OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER Joshua Bergasse, Cagney Spencer Liff, Spring Awakening Josh Rhodes, Bright Star Randy Skinner, Dames at Sea Sergio Trujillo, On Your Feet! OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY Reed Birney, The Humans Gabriel Byrne, Long Day’s Journey Into Night Frank Langella, The Father Mark Strong, A View From the Bridge Ben Whishaw, The Crucible OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY Jayne Houdyshell, The Humans Jessica Lange, Long Day’s Journey Into Night Lupita Nyong’o, Eclipsed Nicola Walker, A View From the Bridge Michelle Williams, Blackbird OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL Alex Brightman, School of Rock Danny Burstein, Fiddler on the Roof Robert Creighton, Cagney Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen Benjamin Walker, American Psycho OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Laura Benanti, She Loves Me Carmen Cusack, Bright Star Cynthia Erivo, The Color Purple Jessie Mueller, Waitress Ana Villafañe, On Your Feet! OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY Sanjit De Silva, Dry Powder Matt McGrath, The Legend of Georgia McBride Jim Norton, The Crucible Robert Sella, Sylvia Michael Shannon, Long Day’s Journey Into Night OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY Pascale Armand, Eclipsed Zainab Jah, Eclipsed Judith Light, Thérèse Raquin Saycon Sengbloh, Eclipsed Myra Lucretia Taylor, Familiar OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL Nicholas Barasch, She Loves Me Roger Bart, Disaster! Michael Esper, Lazarus Christopher Fitzgerald, Waitress Terrence Mann, Tuck Everlasting OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple Andrea Burns, On Your Feet! Sophia Anne Caruso, Lazarus Jane Krakowski, She Loves Me Hélene Yorke, American Psycho OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE Mike Birbiglia in Thank God for Jokes Kathleen Chalfant in Rose Anne Hathaway in Grounded James Lecesne in The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey Daphne Rubin-Vega in Empanada Loca OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN (Play or Musical) Beowulf Boritt, Thérèse Raquin David Korins, Misery Mimi Lien, John David Rockwell, She Loves Me Walt Spangler, Tuck Everlasting OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN (Play or Musical) ESosa, On Your Feet! Jane Greenwood, Bright Star Katrina Lindsay, American Psycho Jeff Mahshie, She Loves Me Tom Scutt, King Charles III OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN (Play or Musical) Donald Holder, She Loves Me Natasha Katz, Long Day’s Journey Into Night Kenneth Posner, On Your Feet! Ben Stanton, Spring Awakening Justin Townsend, American Psycho OUTSTANDING PROJECTION DESIGN (Play or Musical) Lucy Mackinnon, Spring Awakening Peter Nigrini, Dear Evan Hansen Peter Nigrini, Grounded Finn Ross, American Psycho Tal Yarden, Lazarus