De Outer Critics Circle heeft vandaag de winnaars van de 2025-2026 awards bekendgemaakt en de hoogste onderscheidingen voor nieuwe Broadway-producties toegekend aan de musical Schmigadoon! en het toneelstuk The Balusters.

Revivalcategorieën gingen naar Ragtime als outstanding musical revival en Death of a Salesman als outstanding play revival. De groep, die theatercritici voor nationale en digitale media vertegenwoordigt, erkende ook opvallend Off Broadway-werk met Mexodus die de musicalprijs won en Meet the Cartozians die won voor toneelstuk.

Leading Performers Shine Across Categories

In de acteercategorieën won Nathan Lane de prijs voor outstanding lead performer in a Broadway play voor zijn rol in Death of a Salesman. Laurie Metcalf ontving de featured performer award in dezelfde productie. Joshua Henry won de lead performer prijs in een Broadway musical voor Ragtime, terwijl Ben Levi Ross won voor featured performer in die show.

Daniel Radcliffe claimde de solo performance award voor Every Brilliant Thing. Hij ging voorbij aan concurrenten waaronder Sean Hayes in The Unknown en Jean Smart in Call Me Izzy.

Multiple Wins Highlight Strong Contenders

Schmigadoon! en Ragtime verzamelden elk vijf awards, het hoogste aantal van de avond. Death of a Salesman en Mexodus volgden met elk vier overwinningen. Twee shows wonnen twee awards: The Lost Boys en Well, I’ll Let You Go. Enkele overwinningen gingen naar Cold War Choir Practice, Every Brilliant Thing, Meet the Cartozians, The Baker’s Wife, The Balusters en The Reservoir.

Complete List of 2026 Outer Critics Circle Winners

Outstanding New Broadway Musical: The Lost Boys, Schmigadoon!, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York). Outstanding New Off Broadway Musical: Beau the Musical, Goddess, Mexodus, Oratorio for Living Things, Saturday Church.

Outstanding New Broadway Play: The Balusters, Giant, Little Bear Ridge Road, Oedipus, Punch. Outstanding New Off Broadway Play: Angry Alan, Meet the Cartozians, The Monsters, Prince Faggot, The Reservoir.

John Gassner Award: Call Me Izzy by Jamie Wax, Caroline by Preston Max Allen, Cold War Choir Practice by Ro Reddick (tie), Data by Matthew Libby, Well, I’ll Let You Go by Bubba Weiler (tie).

Outstanding Revival of a Musical: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Baker’s Wife, Chess, Masquerade, Ragtime. Outstanding Revival of a Play: Becky Shaw, The Brothers Size, Death of a Salesman, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Marjorie Prime.

Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play: Rose Byrne (Fallen Angels), Will Harrison (Punch), Nathan Lane (Death of a Salesman), John Lithgow (Giant), Lesley Manville (Oedipus), Kelli O’Hara (Fallen Angels).

Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play: Christopher Abbott (Death of a Salesman), Danny Burstein (Marjorie Prime), Jessica Hecht (Dog Day Afternoon), Laurie Metcalf (Death of a Salesman), Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Joe Turner’s Come and Gone).

Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical: Sara Chase (Schmigadoon!), Nicholas Christopher (Chess), Luke Evans (The Rocky Horror Show), Joshua Henry (Ragtime), Sam Tutty (Two Strangers), Brandon Uranowitz (Ragtime), Jessica Vosk (Beaches).

Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical: Ali Louis Bourzgui (The Lost Boys), Max Clayton (Schmigadoon!), Andrew Durand (The Rocky Horror Show), Benjamin Pajak (The Lost Boys), Ben Levi Ross (Ragtime).

Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off Broadway Musical: Micaela Diamond (The Seat of Our Pants), Amber Iman (Goddess), Brian Quijada (Mexodus), Nygel D. Robinson (Mexodus), Matt Rodin (Beau the Musical).

Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off Broadway Musical: Justin Cooley (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), J. Harrison Ghee (Saturday Church), Judy Kuhn (The Baker’s Wife), Kevin McHale (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), Jasmine Amy Rogers (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee).

Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off Broadway Play: Quincy Tyler Bernstine (Well, I’ll Let You Go), Alana Raquel Bowers (Cold War Choir Practice), André Holland (The Brothers Size), Alani iLongwe (The Brothers Size), Aigner Mizzelle (The Monsters).

Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off Broadway Play: Caroline Aaron (The Reservoir), Brian d’Arcy James (Eurydice), River Lipe-Smith (Caroline), Andrea Martin (Meet the Cartozians), Malcolm Mays (The Brothers Size).

Outstanding Solo Performance: Sean Hayes (The Unknown), Jack Holden (Kenrex), Mary Kate O Flanagan (Making a Show of Myself), Daniel Radcliffe (Every Brilliant Thing), Jean Smart (Call Me Izzy).

Outstanding Book of a Musical: Jim Barne and Kit Buchan (Two Strangers), David Hornsby and Chris Hoch (The Lost Boys), Douglas Lyons (Beau the Musical), Cinco Paul (Schmigadoon!), Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson (Mexodus).

Outstanding Score: Jim Barne and Kit Buchan (Two Strangers), Heather Christian (Oratorio for Living Things), Ethan D. Pakchar and Douglas Lyons (Beau the Musical), Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson (Mexodus), The Rescues (The Lost Boys).

Outstanding Direction of a Play: Debbie Allen (Joe Turner’s Come and Gone), Ngozi Anyanwu (The Monsters), Trip Cullman (Becky Shaw), Robert Icke (Oedipus), Joe Mantello (Death of a Salesman), Tarell Alvin McCraney and Bijan Sheibani (The Brothers Size).

Outstanding Direction of a Musical: Michael Arden (The Lost Boys), Lear deBessonet (Ragtime), Lee Sunday Evans (Oratorio for Living Things), David Mendizábal (Mexodus), Diane Paulus (Masquerade).

Outstanding Choreography: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (Masquerade), Christopher Gattelli (Schmigadoon!), Darrell Grand Moultrie (Goddess), Darrell Grand Moultrie (Saturday Church), Rickey Tripp (The Monsters).

Outstanding Orchestrations: Doug Besterman and Mike Morris (Schmigadoon!), Heather Christian and team (Oratorio for Living Things), Mikhail Fiksel, Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson (Mexodus), Ethan Popp and The Rescues (The Lost Boys), Michael Thurber (Goddess).

Outstanding Scenic Design: James Fluhr (Masquerade), Dane Laffrey (The Lost Boys), Scott Pask (Schmigadoon!), Adam Rigg and Anton Volovsek (Bowl EP), Jason Sherwood (The Baker’s Wife).

Outstanding Costume Design: Dede Ayite (Goddess), Linda Cho (Schmigadoon!), Jeff Mahshie (Fallen Angels), Ryan Park (The Lost Boys), Emilio Sosa (Masquerade).

Outstanding Lighting Design: Mextly Couzin (Mexodus), Adam Honoré (Cats: The Jellicle Ball), Jack Knowles (Death of a Salesman), Jen Schriever and Michael Arden (The Lost Boys), Studio Luna (Marcel on the Train).

Outstanding Sound Design: Caroline Eng (The Unknown), Mikhail Fiksel (Mexodus), Adam Fisher (The Lost Boys), Brett Jarvis (Masquerade), Nick Kourtides (Oratorio for Living Things).

Outstanding Video/Projection Design: 59 Studio (Ragtime), Akhila Krishnan (Kyoto), Derek McLane (This World of Tomorrow), Johnny Moreno (Mexodus), John Narun (Bughouse).

Ceremony Scheduled for Late May

De awardceremonie vindt plaats op donderdag 21 mei in het Manhattan Movement & Arts Center. Producties die alleen in aanmerking kwamen voor nieuwe elementen waren Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Liberation en Titaníque.