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The circle's choice for outstanding Off-Broadway musical is The Toxic Avenger, a campy parody of the low-budget cult film. Outstanding play victors are God of Carnage on Broadway and Ruined Off-Broadway. All of the OCC's other categories include both on and Off-Broadway. Voting for outstanding actress in a musical resulted in a tie between Sutton Foster of Shrek the Musical and Josefina Scaglione of West Side Story.
A complete list of winners and nominees follows:
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
*God of Carnage
Irena's Vow
Reasons To Be Pretty
33 Variations
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
*Billy Elliot the Musical
Rock of Ages
Shrek the Musical
A Tale of Two Cities
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Becky Shaw
Farragut North
*Ruined
Shipwrecked! The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told By Himself)
Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Happiness
Rooms A Rock Romance
* The Toxic Avenger
What's That Smell? The Music of Jacob Sterling
OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
* Billy Elliot the Musical
Happiness
Rooms A Rock Romance
Shrek the Musical
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Blithe Spirit
The Cripple of Inishmaan
Joe Turner's Come and Gone
* The Norman Conquests
Waiting for Godot
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Enter Laughing
* Hair
Pal Joey
West Side Story
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Garry Hynes The Cripple of Inishmaan
Anthony Page Waiting for Godot
Bartlett Sher Joe Turner's Come and Gone
* Matthew Warchus The Norman Conquests
Moisés Kaufman 33 Variations
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
* Stephen Daldry Billy Elliot the Musical
Arthur Laurents West Side Story
Jason Moore Shrek the Musical
Diane Paulus Hair
Susan Stroman Happiness
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
Karole Armitage Hair
Andy Blankenbuehler 9 to 5
* Peter Darling Billy Elliot the Musical
Josh Prince Shrek the Musical
Susan Stroman Happiness
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
* Tim Hatley Shrek the Musical
Santo Loquasto Waiting for Godot
Derek McLane 33 Variations
Ian MacNeil Billy Elliot the Musical
Walt Spangler Desire Under the Elms
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Nicky Gillibrand Billy Elliot the Musical
* Tim Hatley Shrek the Musical
John Napier Equus
Martin Pakledinaz Blithe Spirit
Catherine Zuber Joe Turner's Come and Gone
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Kevin Adams Hair
* Rick Fisher Billy Elliot the Musical
David Hersey Equus
Peter Kaczorowski Ruined
David Lander 33 Variations
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Raúl Esparza Speed-the-Plow
Bill Irwin Waiting for Godot
Nathan Lane Waiting for Godot
* Geoffrey Rush Exit the King *
Thomas Sadoski Reasons To Be Pretty
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Saidah Arrika Ekulona Ruined
Carla Gugino Desire Under the Elms
* Marcia Gay Harden God of Carnage *
Janet McTeer Mary Stuart
Harriet Walter Mary Stuart
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
James Barbour A Tale of Two Cities
Matt Cavenaugh West Side Story
* Brian d'Arcy James Shrek the Musical *
Josh Grisetti Enter Laughing
David Pittu What's That Smell? The Music of Jacob Sterling
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (TIE)
* Sutton Foster Shrek the Musical
Megan Hilty 9 to 5
Leslie Kritzer Rooms A Rock Romance
Nancy Opel The Toxic Avenger
* Josefina Scaglione West Side Story
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Zach Grenier 33 Variations
John Benjamin Hickey Mary Stuart
Russell G. Jones Ruined
Patrick Page A Man For All Seasons
* David Pearse The Cripple of Inishmaan
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
* Angela Lansbury Blithe Spirit
Andrea Martin Exit the King
Kristine Nielsen Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them
Susan Louise O'Connor Blithe Spirit
Condola Rashad Ruined
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Daniel Breaker Shrek the Musical
Aaron Simon Gross 13
* Gregory Jbara Billy Elliot the Musical *
Christopher Sieber Shrek the Musical
Wesley Taylor Rock of Ages
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Kathy Fitzgerald 9 to 5
* Haydn Gwynne Billy Elliot the Musical *
Karen Olivo West Side Story
Martha Plimpton Pal Joey
Carole Shelley Billy Elliot the Musical
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Mike Birbiglia Sleepwalk With Me
Mike Burstyn Lansky
Mike Daisey If You See Something Say Something
* Lorenzo Pisoni Humor Abuse
Matt Sax Clay
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
* Amelia Bullmore, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Mangan, Ben Miles, Paul Ritter, Amanda Root
Cast of The Norman Conquests *
JOHN GASSNER AWARD
(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Annie Baker Body Awareness
* Gina Gionfriddo Becky Shaw
Beau Willimon Farragut North
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
* David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, Kiril Kulish
for their performances in Billy Elliot the Musical *
