OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE NOMINATIONS

at Algonquin Hotel

OUTER CRIX PIX By David Lefkowitz Published April 22 2008   Roger Bart, a current nominee for Young Frankenstein On April 21 at New York's Algonquin Hotel, former Outer Critics Circle Award winners Karen Ziemba and Sandy Duncan announced nominees for this year's OCC Awards. Winners will be announced May 12, and the 58th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards ceremony will be held May 22nd at Sardi's Restaurant in the theater district. Perhaps most surprising is the strong showing - ten nominations - of Young Frankenstein, a musical critics generally deemed a disappointment compared to Mel Brooks' and Thomas Meehan's previous effort, The Producers. Also racking up the nods are Les Liaisons Dangereuses with nine and South Pacific with eight. It should be noted that two shows were omitted from consideration: In the Heights, because it was up for OCC honors last year (it won best off-Broadway musical), and Glory Days, because it opens after the nomination deadline (though it's scheduled to open in time for the Tony Awards). Last year's Outer Critics winners included The Coast of Utopia, Spring Awakening, Indian Blood, In the Heights, and Nilaja Sun winning both the John Gassner Award and solo honors for No Child... 2007 - 2008 NOMINATIONS: OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY August: Osage County, Rock 'N' Roll, The Seafarer The 39 Steps OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL A Catered Affair Cry-Baby The Musical Xanadu Young Frankenstein OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY Dividing the Estate The Drunken City From Up Here The Receptionist OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL Adding Machine The Glorious Ones Make Me a Song - The Music of William Finn Next to Normal OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE Adding Machine Next to Normal Passing Strange Young Frankenstein OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY (Broadway or Off-Broadway) Come Back, Little Sheba Cyrano de Bergerac The Homecoming Les Liaisons Dangereuses OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL (Broadway or Off-Broadway) Gypsy South Pacific Sunday in the Park With George Take Me Along OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY Maria Aitken- The 39 Steps Rupert Goold - Macbeth Rufus Norris - Les Liaisons Dangereuses Anna D. Shapiro - August: Osage County OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL David Cromer - Adding Machine Arthur Laurents - Gypsy Bartlett Sher - South Pacific Susan Stroman - Young Frankenstein OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER Rob Ashford - Cry-Baby The Musical Graciela Daniele - &ampampnbspThe Glorious Ones Christopher Gattelli - South Pacific Susan Stroman - Young Frankenstein OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN (Play or Musical) David Farley / Timothy Bird - Sunday in the Park With George Scott Pask - Les Liaisons Dangereuses Robin Wagner - Young Frankenstein Michael Yeargan - South Pacific OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN (Play or Musical) David Farley - Sunday in the Park With George Katrina Lindsay -Les Liaisons Dangereuses William Ivey Long - Young Frankenstein Jessica Jahn, Michael Bottari & Ronald Case - Die Mommie Die! Catherine Zuber - South Pacific OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN (Play or Musical) Kevin Adams - The 39 Steps Ken Billington - Sunday in the Park With George Donald Holder - Les Liaisons Dangereuses Peter Kaczorowski - Young Frankenstein OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY Kevin Anderson - Come Back, Little Sheba Ben Daniels - Les Liaisons Dangereuses Kevin Kline - Cyrano de Bergerac Patrick Stewart - Macbeth OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY Eve Best - The Homecoming Deanna Dunagan - August: Osage County Laura Linney - Les Liaisons Dangereuses S. Epatha Merkerson - Come Back, Little Sheba OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL Roger Bart - Young Frankenstein Daniel Evans - Sunday in the Park With George Boyd Gaines - Gypsy Paulo Szot - &ampampnbspSouth Pacific OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Patti LuPone - Gypsy Kelli O'Hara - South Pacific Faith Prince - A Catered Affair Alice Ripley - Next to Normal OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY Rauel Esparza - The Homecoming James Earl Jones - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Jim Norton - The Seafarer David Pittu - Is He Dead? OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY Jessica Collins - Les Liaisons Dangereuses Jayne Houdyshell - he New Century Laurie Metcalf -November Sian Phillips - Les Liaisons Dangereuses OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL Danny Burstein - South Pacific Christopher Fitzgerald - Young Frankenstein Shuler Hensley - Young Frankenstein Tony Yazbeck - Gypsy OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Laura Benanti - Gypsy Harriet Harris - Cry-Baby The Musical Sherie Rene Scott - The Little Mermaid Amy Warren - Adding Machine OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE Laurence Fishburne - Thurgood Stephen Lang - Beyond Glory Chazz Palminteri - A Bronx Tale April Yvette Thompson - Liberty City &ampampnbspJOHN GASSNER AWARD (Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright) Bob Clyman -Secret Order Liz Flahive - From Up Here Michael Hollinger - Opus George Packer - Betrayed Members of the OCC are critics and journalists who cover New York theater for TV, radio, magazines and newspapers that reach outside of Manhattan. For the major awards, Broadway and off-Broadway are split into separate categories. The other categories mix both Broadway and off, a la The Drama Desk Awards.