2012 Outer Critics Circle Awards

The 2012 Outer Critics Circle Awards winners were announced on May 14, 2012, recognizing excellence in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions during the 2011–12 season. Nominations were announced on April 23, 2012, with Nice Work If You Can Get It leading the nominations with nine. Following close behind were Once and Newsies with seven each. Among plays, the revival of Death of a Salesman and led with five nominations, the most of any play.^[1]

2012 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Date	May 24, 2012
Venue	Sardi's
Hosted by	Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Josh Gad, Montego Glover, Jon Robin Baitz, James Corden, Tracie Bennett, Audra McDonald, James Earl Jones, Michael McGrath and Judy Kaye
Most wins	Once and One Man, Two Guvnors (3)
Most nominations	Nice Work If You Can Get It (9)
Website	outercritics.org.
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Once and One Man, Two Guvnors won the most awards, with three each. Close behind were Newsies, Follies, Nice Work If You Can Get It and Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark with two wins each.^[2]

Awards and nominations

The award winners were announced on May 14, 2012, followed by an awards ceremony at Sardi's featuring Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Josh Gad, Montego Glover, Jon Robin Baitz, James Corden, Tracie Bennett, Audra McDonald, James Earl Jones, Michael McGrath and Judy Kaye as presenters.^[3]

Winners include One Man, Two Guvnors as | Outstanding New Broadway Play, Once as Outstanding New Broadway Musical, Sons of the Prophet by Stephen Karam as Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play, and Michael John LaChiusa's Queen of the Mist as Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical. The Submission by Jeff Talbot received the John Gassner Award.^[4]

Category	Winner and nominees[3]
Outstanding New Broadway Play	One Man, Two Guvnors Seminar The Lyons Stick Fly
Outstanding New Broadway Musical	Once Disney's Newsies Bonnie and Clyde Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play	Sons of the Prophet Blood and Gifts The School for Lies Tribes
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical	Queen of the Mist Death Takes a Holiday Play It Cool Lucky Guy
Outstanding Revival of a Play	Death of a Salesman The Lady from Dubuque Private Lives The Best Man
Outstanding Revival of a Musical	Follies Carrie Porgy and Bess Evita
John Gassner Award	Jeff Talbott – The Submission Gabe McKinley – CQ/CX Erika Sheffer – Russian Transport Robert Askins – Hand to God
Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)	Alan Menken and Jack Feldman – Disney's Newsies Michael John LaChiusa – Queen of the Mist Frank Wildhorn and Don Black – Bonnie and Clyde Maury Yeston – Death Takes a Holiday
Outstanding Director of Play	Nicholas Hytner – One Man, Two Guvnors Mike Nichols – Death of a Salesman Mark Brokaw – The Lyons David Cromer – Tribes
Outstanding Director of a Musical	John Tiffany – Once Jeff Calhoun – Disney's Newsies Michael Grandage – Evita Kathleen Marshall – Nice Work If You Can Get It
Outstanding Choreography	Christopher Gattelli – Disney's Newsies Rob Ashford – Evita Steven Hoggett – Once Kathleen Marshall – Nice Work If You Can Get It
Outstanding Actor in a Play	James Corden – One Man, Two Guvnors as Francis Henshall Philip Seymour Hoffman – Death of a Salesman as Willy Loman Russell Harvard – Tribes as Billy Hamish Linklater – The School for Lies as Frank Santino Fontana – Sons of the Prophet as Joseph
Outstanding Actress in a Play	Tracie Bennett – End of the Rainbow as Judy Garland Linda Lavin – The Lyons as Rita Lyons Laila Robins – The Lady from Dubuque as Jo Nicole Ari Parker – A Streetcar Named Desire as Blanche DuBois Tyne Daly – Master Class as Maria Callas
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play	James Earl Jones – The Best Man as Arthur Hockstedar Andrew Garfield – Death of a Salesman as Biff Loman Jefferson Mays – Blood and Gifts as Simon Craig Tom Edden – One Man, Two Guvnors as Alfie Will Brill – Tribes as Daniel
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play	Spencer Kayden – Don't Dress for Dinner as Suzette Daphne Rubin-Vega – A Streetcar Named Desire as Stella Kowalski Angela Lansbury – The Best Man as Sue-Ellen Gamadge Joanna Gleason – Sons of the Prophet as Gloria Judith Light – Other Desert Cities as Silda Grauman
Outstanding Actor in a Musical	Danny Burstein – Follies as Buddy Plummer Jeremy Jordan – Disney's Newsies as Jack Kelly Raúl Esparza – Leap of Faith as Jonas Nightingale Steve Kazee – Once as Guy Norm Lewis – The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess as Porgy
Outstanding Actress in a Musical	Audra McDonald – The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess as Bess Kelli O'Hara – Nice Work If You Can Get It as Billie Bendix Jan Maxwell – Follies as Phyllis Rogers Stone Marin Mazzie – Carrie as Margaret White Cristin Milioti – Once as Girl
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical	Michael McGrath – Nice Work If You Can Get It as Cookie McGee Phillip Boykin – The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess as Crown Patrick Page – Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark as Norman Osborn aka Green Goblin Chris Sullivan – Nice Work If You Can Get It as Duke Mahoney Andrew Keenan-Bolger – Disney's Newsies as Crutchie
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical	Judy Kaye – Nice Work If You Can Get It as Estonia Dulworth Rebecca Luker – Death Takes a Holiday as Duchess Lamberti Melissa van der Schyff – Bonnie and Clyde as Blanche Barrow Jayne Houdyshell – Follies as Hattie Walker Da'Vine Joy Randolph – Ghost The Musical as Oda May Brown
Outstanding Solo Performance	Denis O'Hare – An Iliad Stephen Spinella – An Iliad David Greenspan – The Patsy & Jonas Judy Gold – The Judy Show
Outstanding Scenic Design	George Tsypin – Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Bob Crowley – Once Christopher Oram – Evita Derek McLane – Nice Work If You Can Get It
Outstanding Costume Design	Eiko Ishioka – Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Gregg Barnes – Follies Martin Pakledinaz – Nice Work If You Can Get It William Ivey Long – Don't Dress for Dinner
Outstanding Lighting Design	Hugh Vanstone – Ghost The Musical Neil Austin – Evita Brian MacDevitt – Death of a Salesman Donald Holder – Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark