OUTER
CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES
2000-2001 SEASON NOMINEES
"42nd STREET" HEADS THE LIST WITH 11 NOMINATIONS
"THE PRODUCERS" follows with 10 and "THE FULL MONTY" with 7
Top play nominees: "THE INVENTION OF LOVE" gets 6 and "PROOF" has
5
(New York, April 16, 2001)
Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers on the New York
Theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other
media beyond Broadway, has announced its nominees for the 2000-01
season in 22 categories. In addition, the OCC Executive Committee
is bestowing Special Achievement Awards to: Seàn Campion and Conleth
Hill of "Stones in his Pockets;" the ensemble of "The Dinner Party;"
and to Reba McEntire for revitalizing "Annie Get Your Gun."
This season is the 51st
Anniversary of the Outer Critics Circle. The winners of the following
categories will be announced on Monday, April 30th, and the annual
awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 24th at SARDI'S (234
West 44th Street, NYC - 212-221-8440).
OUTSTANDING BROADWAY
PLAY
"JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG"
"PROOF"
"STONES IN HIS POCKETS"
"THE INVENTION OF LOVE"
OUTSTANDING OFF-BROADWAY
PLAY
"COMIC POTENTIAL"
"JITNEY"
"LOBBY HERO"
"TEN UNKNOWNS"
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL
OF A PLAY
"GORE VIDAL'S THE BEST MAN"
"JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK"
"ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST"
"THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER"
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN
A PLAY
RICHARD EASTON ("The Invention of Love")
GEORGE GRIZZARD ("Judgment at Nuremberg")
BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL ("King Hedley II")
DONALD SUTHERLAND ("Ten Unknowns")
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS
IN A PLAY
EILEEN ATKINS ("The Unexpected Man")
JULIETTE BINOCHE ("Betrayal")
MARY-LOUISE PARKER ("Proof")
MARIAN SELDES ("The Play About the Baby")
OUTSTANDING FEATURED
ACTOR IN A PLAY
LARRY BRYGGMAN ("Proof")
CHARLES DURNING ("Gore Vidal's The Best Man")
JUSTIN KIRK ("Ten Unknowns")
ROBERT SEAN LEONARD ("The Invention of Love")
OUTSTANDING FEATURED
ACTRESS IN A PLAY
VIOLA DAVIS ("King Hedley II")
MARTHE KELLER ("Judgment at Nuremberg")
MICHAEL LEARNED ("Gore Vidal's The Best Man")
LESLIE UGGAMS ("King Hedley II")
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR
OF A PLAY
IAN McELHINNEY ("Stones in His Pockets")
JACK O'BRIEN ("The Invention of Love")
DANIEL SULLIVAN ("Proof")
JOHN TILLINGER ("Judgment at Nuremberg")
OUTSTANDING BROADWAY
MUSICAL
"A CLASS ACT"
"JANE EYRE"
"THE FULL MONTY"
"THE PRODUCERS"
OUTSTANDING OFF-BROADWAY
MUSICAL
"BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL"
"NEWYORKERS"
"PETE ïN' KEELY"
"SUBURB"
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL
OF A MUSICAL
"BELLS ARE RINGING"
"FOLLIES"
"42nd STREET"
"THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW"
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN
A MUSICAL
MATTHEW BRODERICK ("The Producers")
MICHAEL CUMPSTY ("42nd Street")
NATHAN LANE ("The Producers")
PATRICK WILSON ("The Full Monty")
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS
IN A MUSICAL
CHRISTINE EBERSOLE ("42nd Street")
RANDY GRAFF ("A Class Act")
FAITH PRINCE ("Bells Are Ringing")
MARLA SCHAFFEL ("Jane Eyre")
OUTSTANDING FEATURED
ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
GARY BEACH ("The Producers")
ANDRÄ De SHIELDS ("The Full Monty")
DAVID ELDER ("42nd Street")
JOHN ELLISON CONLEE ("The Full Monty")
OUTSTANDING FEATURED
ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
KATHLEEN FREEMAN ("The Full Monty")
CADY HUFFMAN ("The Producers")
KATE LEVERING ("42nd Street")
MARY TESTA ("42nd Street")
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR
OF A MUSICAL
CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY ("The Rocky Horror Show")
MARK BRAMBLE ("42nd Street")
JACK O'BRIEN ("The Full Monty")
SUSAN STROMAN ("The Producers")
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY
KATHLEEN MARSHALL ("Follies")
JERRY MITCHELL ("The Full Monty")
RANDY SKINNER ("42nd Street")
SUSAN STROMAN ("The Producers")
OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN
BOB CROWLEY ("The Invention of Love")
HEIDI ETTINGER ("The Adventures of Tom Sawyer")
DOUGLAS W. SCHMIDT ("42nd Street")
ROBIN WAGNER ("The Producers")
OUTSTANDING COSTUME
DESIGN
THEONI V. ALDREDGE ("Follies")
ROGER KIRK ("42nd Street")
WILLIAM IVEY LONG ("The Producers")
ANDREANE NEOFITOU ("Jane Eyre")
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING
DESIGN
PAUL GALLO ("42nd Street")
PETER KACZOROWSKI ("The Producers")
BRIAN MacDEVITT ("The Invention of Love")
KENNETH POSNER ("The Adventures of Tom Sawyer")
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
BRIAN d'ARCY JAMES ("The Good Thief")
PAMELA GIEN ("The Syringa Tree")
BILL IRWIN ("Texts for Nothing")
TOVAH FELDSHUH ("Tallulah Hallelujah!")
JOHN GASSNER PLAYWRITING
AWARD
DAVID AUBURN ("Proof")
PAMELA GIEN ("The Syringa Tree")
REBECCA GILMAN ("Boy Gets Girl")
KENNETH LONERGAN ("Lobby Hero")
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD RECIPIENTS
SE‚N CAMPION and CONLETH HILL of "STONES IN HIS POCKETS"
THE ENSEMBLE CAST of "THE DINNER PARTY"
(Henry Winkler, John Ritter, Len Cariou, Penny Fuller, Veanne Cox
and Jan Maxwell)
REBA McENTIRE of "ANNIE GET YOUR GUN"
2000-2001 Outer Critics
Circle Executive / Nominating Committee
Marjorie Gunner (President)
Mario Fratti (Vice-President) Glenn Loney (Secretary) Louis A. Rachow
(Treasurer)
Patrick Hoffman (Corresponding Secretary) Joan T. Nourse (Recording
Secretary)
Irene Backalenick, Aubrey Reuben and Simon Saltzman (Members-at-Large)
Note: "The Tale of the
Allergist's Wife" was included in last year's OCC Awards (when first
presented Off Broadway) and was the recipient of the prestigious John
Gassner Playwriting Award.
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