2013 Outer Critics Circle Awards

The 2013 Outer Critics Circle Awards winners were announced on May 13, 2014, recognizing excellence in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions during the 2012–13 season. Nominations were announced on April 22, 2013, with the revival of Pippin leading the nominations with 11. Following close behind were Kinky Boots with nine, and Chaplin and Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, both with eight nominations. Among plays, The Nance and Golden Boy led with six nominations, the most of any play.^[1]

2013 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Date	May 23, 2013
Venue	Sardi's
Hosted by	Judy Kaye, Audra McDonald, Michael McGrath, Donna Murphy and Tonya Pinkins
Most wins	Pippin (7)
Most nominations	Pippin (11)
Website	outercritics.org.
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The biggest winner of the year was the revival of Pippin which won seven of its 11 nominations. Kinky Boots followed, winning three awards. With two wins each were Matilda, My Name is Asher Lev, The Nance and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.^[2]

Awards and nominations

The award winners were announced on May 13, 2013, followed by an awards ceremony at Sardi's featuring Judy Kaye, Audra McDonald, Michael McGrath, Donna Murphy and Tonya Pinkins as presenters.^[3]

Category	Winner and nominees[4]
Outstanding New Broadway Play	Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Grace Lucky Guy The Nance The Testament of Mary
Outstanding New Broadway Musical	Kinky Boots Chaplin The Musical Hands On a Hardbody Matilda the Musical A Christmas Story: The Musical
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play	My Name Is Asher Lev The Whale Really Really Cock Bad Jews
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical	Here Lies Love February House Dogfight Giant Murder Ballad
Outstanding Revival of a Play	Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The Trip to Bountiful The Piano Lesson Orphans Golden Boy
Outstanding Revival of a Musical	Pippin Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella Annie The Mystery of Edwin Drood Passion
John Gassner Award	Aaron Posner – My Name Is Asher Lev Ayad Akhtar – Disgraced Paul Downs Colaizzo – Really Really Joshua Harmon – Bad Jews Samuel D. Hunter – The Whale
Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)	Cyndi Lauper – Kinky Boots Christopher Paul Curtis – Chaplin Benj Pasek and Justin Paul – Dogfight Amanda Green and Trey Anastasio – Hands on a Hardbody David Byrne and Fatboy Slim– Here Lies Love
Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)	Dennis Kelly – Matilda the Musical Harvey Fierstein – Kinky Boots Peter Duchan – Dogfight Christopher Paul Curtis and Thomas Meehan – Chaplin Douglas Carter Beane – Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
Outstanding Director of Play	Jack O'Brien – The Nance Nicholas Martin – Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Pam MacKinnon – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Michael Wilson – The Trip to Bountiful Bartlett Sher – Golden Boy
Outstanding Director of a Musical	Diane Paulus – Pippin Warren Carlyle – Chaplin The Musical Scott Ellis – The Mystery of Edwin Drood Jerry Mitchell – Kinky Boots Alex Timbers – Here Lies Love
Outstanding Choreography	Chet Walker – Pippin Warren Carlyle – Chaplin The Musical Peter Darling – Matilda the Musical Jerry Mitchell – Kinky Boots Josh Rhodes – Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
Outstanding Actor in a Play	Nathan Lane – The Nance as Chauncey Miles Tom Hanks – Lucky Guy as Mike McAlary Shuler Hensley – The Whale as Charlie Tracy Letts – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as George David Hyde Pierce – Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike as Vanya
Outstanding Actress in a Play	Cicely Tyson – The Trip to Bountiful as Carrie Watts Vanessa Redgrave – The Revisionist as Maria Tracee Chimo – Bad Jews as Daphna Amy Morton – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as Martha Joely Richardson – Ivanov as Anna Petrovna
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play	Tom Sturridge – Orphans as Phillip Danny Burstein – Golden Boy as Tokio Richard Kind – The Big Knife as Marcus Hoff Jonny Orsini – The Nance as Ned Tony Shalhoub – Golden Boy as Mr. Bonaparte
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play	Kristine Nielsen – Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike as Sonia Judith Light – The Assembled Parties as Faye Cady Huffman – The Nance as Sylvie Judith Ivey – The Heiress as Aunt Lavinia Penniman Vanessa Williams – The Trip to Bountiful as Jessie Mae Watts
Outstanding Actor in a Musical	Billy Porter – Kinky Boots as Lola Matthew James Thomas – Pippin as Pippin Bertie Carvel – Matilda the Musical as Miss Trunchbull Santino Fontana – Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella as Topher Rob McClure – Chaplin The Musical as Charlie Chaplin
Outstanding Actress in a Musical	Patina Miller – Pippin as The Leading Player Lilla Crawford – Annie as Annie Lindsay Mendez – Dogfight as Rose Fenny Laura Osnes – Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella as Ella Valisia LeKae – Motown: The Musical as Diana Ross
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical	Terrence Mann – Pippin as Charles Will Chase – The Mystery of Edwin Drood as Mr. Clive Paget / John Jasper Raymond Luke Jr. – Motown: The Musical as Young Berry Gordy / Michael Jackson / Little Stevie Wonder Dan Lauria – A Christmas Story: The Musical as Jean Shepherd Daniel Stewart Sherman – Kinky Boots as Don
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical	Andrea Martin – Pippin as Berthe Annaleigh Ashford – Kinky Boots as Lauren Keala Settle – Hands on a Hardbody as Norma Valverde Victoria Clark – Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella as Marie Charlotte d'Amboise – Pippin as Fastrada
Outstanding Solo Performance	Holland Taylor – Ann as Ann Richards Martin Moran – All the Rage Fiona Shaw – The Testament of Mary as Mary Michael Urie – Buyer & Cellar as Alex More Bette Midler – I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers as Sue Mengers
Outstanding Scenic Design	Rob Howell – Matilda the Musical Scott Pask – Pippin John Lee Beatty – The Nance Michael H. Yeargan – Golden Boy David Korins – Here Lies Love
Outstanding Costume Design	William Ivey Long – Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella and The Mystery of Edwin Drood Dominique Lemieux – Pippin Amy Clark and Martin Pakledinaz – Chaplin The Musical Gregg Barnes – Kinky Boots
Outstanding Lighting Design	Kenneth Posner – Pippin Donald Holder – Golden Boy Paul Gallo – Dogfight Ken Billington – Chaplin The Musical Kenneth Posner - Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella