2011 Outer Critics Circle Awards

2011 Outer Critics Circle Awards
2011 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Date	May 26, 2011
Venue	Sardi's
Hosted by	Charles Busch, Julie Halston, Swoosie Kurtz and Brian d'Arcy James
Most wins	The Book of Mormon (4)
Most nominations	Sister Act (9)
Website	outercritics.org.

The 2011 Outer Critics Circle Awards winners were announced on May 16, 2011, recognizing excellence in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions during the 2010–11 season. Nominations were announced on April 23, 2012, with Sister Act leading the nominations with nine. Following close behind were Anything Goes with eight nominations and both The Book of Mormon and The Motherfucker With the Hat with six nominations each.^[1]

The Book of Mormon won the most awards, winning four. Close behind were Anything Goes and War Hose with three wins each.^[2]

Winners and nominees

The nominees, announced on April 26, 2011, included nine nominations for the musical Sister Act, the most of any show. Anything Goes received eight nominations. The Special Achievement Awards were also announced: Ellen Barkin, Outstanding Broadway Debut in The Normal Heart; and Adrian Kohler with Basil Jones for Handspring Puppet Company Puppet Design, Fabrication and Direction for War Horse. Matthew López won the John Gassner Award for his play, The Whipping Man.^[3]


	Honorees^[4]^[5]^[6]
Outstanding New Broadway Play	* War Horse Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo Good People The Motherfucker with the Hat
Outstanding New Broadway Musical	* The Book of Mormon Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical Sister Act The Musical
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play	* Other Desert Cities The Other Place Kin Blood From a Stone
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical	* The Kid Freckleface Strawberry The Musical Tomorrow Morning In Transit
Outstanding Revival of a Play	* The Normal Heart Born Yesterday The Importance of Being Earnest The Merchant of Venice
Outstanding Revival of a Musical	* Anything Goes How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Hello Again
Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)	* Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone – The Book of Mormon David Yazbek – Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Alan Menken, Glenn Slater – Sister Act Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman – Catch Me If You Can
Outstanding Director of Play	* Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris – War Horse Emma Rice – Brief Encounter Anna D. Shapiro – The Motherf**ker with the Hat Daniel Sullivan – Good People
Outstanding Director of a Musical	* Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker – The Book of Mormon Jerry Zaks – Sister Act The Musical Kathleen Marshall – Anything Goes Rob Ashford – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Outstanding Solo Performance	* John Leguizamo – Ghetto Klown Michael Shannon – Mistakes Were Made Mike Birbiglia – Mike Birbiglia's My Girlfriend's Boyfriend Daniel Beaty – Through the Night, a Soul Aria
John Gassner Award	* Matthew López – The Whipping Man David West Read – The Dream of the Burning Boy Amy Herzog – After the Revolution Kimberly Rosenstock – Tigers Be Still
Outstanding Choreography	* Kathleen Marshall – Anything Goes Ross Coleman – Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical Casey Nicholaw – The Book of Mormon Rob Ashford – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Outstanding Actor in a Play	* *Mark Rylance – Jerusalem* as Johnny "Rooster" Byron** Joe Mantello – The Normal Heart as Ned Weeks Bobby Cannavale – The Motherfker with the Hat as Jackie Al Pacino – The Merchant of Venice as Shylock Reed Birney – The Dream of the Burning Boy as Larry
Outstanding Actress in a Play (tie)	* *Frances McDormand – Good People* as Margie Walsh and Nina Arianda – Born Yesterday as Billie Dawn** (tie) Judith Light – Lombardi as Marie Lombardi Laurie Metcalf – The Other Place as Juliana Smithton Edie Falco – The House of Blue Leaves as Bananas Shaughnessy
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play	* *Brian Bedford – The Importance of Being Earnest* as Lady Bracknell** Stacy Keach – Other Desert Cities as Lyman Wyeth Evan Jonigkeit – High as Cody Randall Seth Numrich – War Horse as Albert Narracott Yul Vázquez – The Motherfucker with the Hat as Cousin Julio
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play	* *Elizabeth Rodriguez – The Motherf*ker with the Hat as Veronica** Linda Lavin – Other Desert Cities as Silda Grauman Renée Elise Goldsberry – Good People as Kate Alison Pill – The House of Blue Leaves as Corrinna Stroller Estelle Parsons – Good People as Dottie
Outstanding Actor in a Musical	* *Josh Gad – The Book of Mormon* as Elder Cunningham** Daniel Radcliffe – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as J. Pierrepont Finch Aaron Tveit – Catch Me If You Can as Frank Abagnale, Jr. Norbert Leo Butz – Catch Me If You Can as Carl Hanratty Tony Sheldon – Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical as Bernadette
Outstanding Actress in a Musical	* *Sutton Foster – Anything Goes* as Reno Sweeney** Donna Murphy – The People in the Picture as Raisel/Bubbie Patina Miller – Sister Act The Musical as Deloris Van Cartier Beth Leavel – Baby It's You! as Florence Greenberg Victoria Clark – Sister Act The Musical as Mother Superior
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical	* *Adam Godley – Anything Goes* as Lord Evelyn Oakleigh** John McMartin – Anything Goes as Elisha J. Whitney Colin Donnell – Anything Goes as Billy Crocker John Larroquette – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as J.B. Biggley Chester Gregory – Sister Act The Musical as Eddie Souther
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical	* *Laura Benanti – Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown* as Candela** Patti LuPone – Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown as Lucía Laura Osnes – Anything Goes as Hope Harcourt Marla Mindelle – Sister Act The Musical as Sister Mary Robert Nikki M. James – The Book of Mormon as Nabulungi
Outstanding Scenic Design	* Neil Murray – Brief Encounter Derek McLane – Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo Todd Rosenthal – The Motherfker with the Hat Desmond Heeley – The Importance of Being Earnest
Outstanding Costume Design	* Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner – Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical Desmond Heeley – The Importance of Being Earnest Lez Brotherston – Sister Act The Musical Lizz Wolf – Baby It's You!
Outstanding Lighting Design	* Paule Constable – War Horse Natasha Katz – Sister Act The Musical Malcolm Rippeth – Brief Encounter David Lander – Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

References

^ Healy, Patrick (April 26, 2011). "'Sister Act' and 'Anything Goes' Lead Outer Critics Circle Nominations". ArtsBeat. The New York Times. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
^ Gans, Andrew (May 26, 2011). "Outer Critics Circle Awards Presented May 26". Playbill. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
^ Gans, Andrew. "Outer Critics Circle Nominees Include 'Sister Act', 'Anything Goes', 'Book of Mormon' " playbill.com, April 26, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
^ "The Book of Mormon, War Horse and Anything Goes Top 2011 Outer Critics Circle Awards". Broadway.com. May 16, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
^ "2010–2011 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
^ Gans, Andrew (May 26, 2011). "Outer Critics Circle Awards Presented May 26". Playbill. Retrieved September 12, 2025.

[1] Healy, Patrick (April 26, 2011). "'Sister Act' and 'Anything Goes' Lead Outer Critics Circle Nominations". ArtsBeat. The New York Times. Retrieved September 12, 2025.

[2] Gans, Andrew (May 26, 2011). "Outer Critics Circle Awards Presented May 26". Playbill. Retrieved September 12, 2025.

[sister-3] Gans, Andrew. "Outer Critics Circle Nominees Include 'Sister Act', 'Anything Goes', 'Book of Mormon' " playbill.com, April 26, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

[4] "The Book of Mormon, War Horse and Anything Goes Top 2011 Outer Critics Circle Awards". Broadway.com. May 16, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2025.

[5] "2010–2011 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.

[6] Gans, Andrew (May 26, 2011). "Outer Critics Circle Awards Presented May 26". Playbill. Retrieved September 12, 2025.

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