2014 Outer Critics Circle Awards

2014 Outer Critics Circle Awards
2014 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Date	May 22, 2014
Venue	Sardi's
Hosted by	Billy Porter, Victoria Clark, Terrence Mann, Andrea Martin and Shuler Hensley
Most wins	A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (4)
Most nominations	A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (11)
Website	outercritics.org.

The 2014 Outer Critics Circle Awards announced its winners on May 12, 2014, recognizing excellence in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions during the 2013–14 season. Nominations were announced on April 22, 2014, with A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder leading the nominations with 11. Following close behind were Aladdin with eight, Fun Home with seven and Rocky with six nominations. Among plays, Twelfth Night led with five nominations, the most of any play. ^[1]

The awards were noted to be spread evenly across several productions, with no nominated production receiving more than four awards. A Gentleman's Guide won four awards, followed by Bullets Over Broadway and The Glass Menagerie with three each. With two wins each were All the Way and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. ^[2]

Awards and nominations

The award winners were announced on May 12, 2014, followed by an awards ceremony at Sardi's featuring Billy Porter, Victoria Clark, Terrence Mann, Andrea Martin and Shuler Hensley as presenters.^[3]

A Gentleman's Guide and All the Way won Outstanding New Broadway Musical and Outstanding New Broadway Play respectively. For Off-Broadway, The Explorer's Club by Nell Benjamin took home Outstanding New Broadway Off-Play, and Fun Home winning Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical. The John Gassner Playwrights Award ended with a three-way tie, with Eric Dufault for Year of the Rooster, Madeleine George for The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence and Steven Levenson for The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin all winning the award of the five nominees.^[4]


Category	Winner and nominees^[5]
Outstanding New Broadway Play	* All the Way Act One Casa Valentina Outside Mullingar The Realistic Joneses
Outstanding New Broadway Musical	* A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder After Midnight Aladdin Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Rocky
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play	* The Explorer's Club Appropriate Choir Boy The Heir Apparent Stage Kiss
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical	* Fun Home Far From Heaven Murder for Two Storyville What's It All About? Bacharach Reimagined
Outstanding Revival of a Play	* The Glass Menagerie The Cripple of Inishmaan Machinal Twelfth Night The Winslow Boy
Outstanding Revival of a Musical	* Hedwig and the Angry Inch Cabaret Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Les Misérables Violet
John Gassner Award	* Scott Z. Burns – The Library Eric Dufault – Year of the Rooster Madeleine George – The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence Steven Levenson – The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin Lauren Yee – The Hatmaker's Wife
Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)	* Robert L. Freedman – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Chad Beguelin – Aladdin Douglas McGrath – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Lisa Kron – Fun Home Thomas Meehan and Sylvester Stallone – Rocky
Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)	* Jason Robert Brown (music and lyrics) – The Bridges of Madison County Alan Menken (music) and Chad Beguelin (lyrics) – Aladdin Jeanine Tesori (music) and Lisa Kron (lyrics) – Fun Home Steven Lutvak (music and lyrics) and Robert L. Freedman (lyrics) – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Tom Kitt (music) and Brian Yorkey (lyrics) – If/Then
Outstanding Director of Play	* Tim Carroll – Twelfth Night Michael Grandage – The Cripple of Inishmaan Lindsay Posner – The Winslow Boy Bill Rauch – All the Way Lyndsey Turner – Machinal
Outstanding Director of a Musical	* Warren Carlyle – After Midnight Laurence Connor and James Powell – Les Misérables Sam Gold – Fun Home Alex Timbers – Rocky Darko Tresnjak – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Outstanding Choreography	* Warren Carlyle – After Midnight Peggy Hickey – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Steven Hoggett and Kelly Devine – Rocky Casey Nicholaw – Aladdin Susan Stroman – Bullets Over Broadway
Outstanding Actor in a Play	* Bryan Cranston – All The Way Ian McKellen – No Man's Land Brian F. O'Byrne – Outside Mullingar Mark Rylance – Twelfth Night Tony Shalhoub – Act One
Outstanding Actress in a Play	* Cherry Jones – The Glass Menagerie Tyne Daly – Mothers and Sons Rebecca Hall – Machinal Jessica Hecht – Stage Kiss Estelle Parsons – The Velocity of Autumn
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play	* Brian J. Smith – The Glass Menagerie Paul Chahidi – Twelfth Night Michael Cyril Creighton – Stage Kiss John McMartin – All The Way Alessandro Nivola – The Winslow Boy
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (tie)	* Andrea Martin – Act One and Mare Winningham – Casa Valentina (tie) Barbara Barrie – I Remember Mama Sophie Okonedo – A Raisin in the Sun Anika Noni Rose – A Raisin in the Sun
Outstanding Actor in a Musical (tie)	* Michael Cerveris – Fun Home and Jefferson Mays – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (tie) Neil Patrick Harris – Hedwig and the Angry Inch Andy Karl – Rocky Bryce Pinkham – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Outstanding Actress in a Musical	* Audra McDonald – Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Sutton Foster – Violet Jessie Mueller – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Kelli O'Hara – The Bridges of Madison County Michelle Williams – Cabaret
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical	* Nick Cordero – Bullets Over Broadway Danny Burstein – Cabaret Joshua Henry – Violet James Monroe Iglehart – Aladdin Jarrod Spector – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical	* Marin Mazzie – Bullets Over Broadway Judy Kuhn – Fun Home Anika Larsen – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Sydney Lucas – Fun Home Lisa O'Hare – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Outstanding Solo Performance	* John Douglas Thompson – Satchmo at the Waldorf Jim Brochu – Character Man Debra Jo Rupp – Becoming Dr. Ruth Ruben Santiago-Hudson – How I Learned What I Learned Alexandra Silber – Arlington
Outstanding Scenic Design	* Christopher Barreca – Rocky Beowulf Boritt – Act One Bob Crowley – Aladdin Es Devlin – Machinal Alexander Dodge – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Outstanding Costume Design	* Gregg Barnes – Aladdin Linda Cho – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder William Ivey Long – Bullets Over Broadway Jenny Tiramani – Twelfth Night Isabel Toledo – After Midnight
Outstanding Lighting Design	* Kevin Adams – Hedwig and the Angry Inch Howell Binkley – After Midnight Paule Constable – Les Misérables Natasha Katz – Aladdin Philip S. Rosenberg – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

References

^ Ryan McPhee (April 22, 2014). "A Gentleman's Guide Leads 2014 Outer Critics Circle Nominations". Broadway.com.
^ "Outer Critics Circle 2014 Award Winners". New York Theatre Guide. May 12, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
^ Andrew Gans (May 12, 2014). "64th Annual Outer Critics Circle Award Winners Announced; Gentleman's Guide Wins Four Awards". Playbill.
^ "Outer Critics Circle 2014 Award Winners". New York Theatre Guide. May 12, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
^ "Outer Critics Circle 2014 Award Winners". New York Theatre Guide. May 12, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2025.

[1] Ryan McPhee (April 22, 2014). "A Gentleman's Guide Leads 2014 Outer Critics Circle Nominations". Broadway.com.

[2] "Outer Critics Circle 2014 Award Winners". New York Theatre Guide. May 12, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2025.

[3] Andrew Gans (May 12, 2014). "64th Annual Outer Critics Circle Award Winners Announced; Gentleman's Guide Wins Four Awards". Playbill.

[4] "Outer Critics Circle 2014 Award Winners". New York Theatre Guide. May 12, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2025.

[5] "Outer Critics Circle 2014 Award Winners". New York Theatre Guide. May 12, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2025.

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