2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards

The 2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards winners were announced on May 16, 2023, recognizing excellence in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions during the 2022–23 season. Nominations were announced on April 28, 2023, with New York, New York receiving the most nominations with 12. Some Like It Hot followed with ten nominations, while Leopoldstadt and Downstate led the plays with six nominations.^[1]

2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Date	May 25, 2023
Venue	New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Most wins	Some Like It Hot (5)
Most nominations	New York, New York (12)
Website	outercritics.org.
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Some Like It Hot won the most awards of the year, taking home five awards, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical. Close behind, Leopoldstadt won three, including Best Broadway Play, while Merrily We Roll Along and New York, New York each won two.

Winners and nominees

The 2022-2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards nominations were announced on Friday, April 28, 2023, and was the first year of acting categories without gender specifications, and including off-Broadway performers.^[2]

The 2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards winners were announced on May 16, 2023, with Some Like It Hot leading the winners by taking home multiple awards, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical. Leopoldstadt won Outstanding New Broadway Play and several other awards. Other notable winners included The Harder They Come for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical and Downstate for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play. Revival honors went to Topdog/Underdog for play and Merrily We Roll Along for musical revival.^[3]

Category	Winner and nominees[3]
Outstanding New Broadway Play	Tom Stoppard, Leopoldstadt Lolita Chakrabarti, Life of Pi Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields, Peter Pan Goes Wrong James Still, Summer, 1976 Sean Hayes, Jake Broder, and Gregory Prestopino, Good Night, Oscar
Outstanding New Broadway Musical	Some Like It Hot & Juliet A Beautiful Noise New York, New York Shucked
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play	Downstate Becomes a Woman Letters from Max, a Ritual A Case for the Existence of God Chester Bailey
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical	The Harder They Come The Bedwetter Between the Lines Only Gold Without You
Outstanding Revival of a Play	Topdog/Underdog Ohio State Murders Death of a Salesman Endgame Wedding Band
Outstanding Revival of a Musical	Parade Into the Woods Merrily We Roll Along Sweeney Todd A Man of No Importance
John Gassner Award	James Ijames, Fat Ham Hansol Jung, Wolf Play Brian Watkins, Epiphany Ryan J. Haddad, Dark Disabled Stories Noah Diaz, You Will Get Sick
Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)	Robert Horn, Shucked David West Read, & Juliet Suzan-Lori Parks, The Harder They Come Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle, and Constantine Rousouli, Titanique
Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)	Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Some Like It Hot Kate Anderson and Elyssa Samsel, Between the Lines John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, New York, New York Adam Schlesinger, Sarah Silverman, and The Bedwetter Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally, Shucked
Outstanding Director of Play	Patrick Marber, Leopoldstadt Max Webster, Life of Pi Pam MacKinnon, Downstate Kenny Leon, Topdog/Underdog Adam Meggido, Peter Pan Goes Wrong
Outstanding Director of a Musical	Michael Arden, Parade Maria Friedman, Merrily We Roll Along Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot Jack O'Brien, Shucked Susan Stroman, New York, New York
Outstanding Choreography	Susan Stroman, New York, New York Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot Jennifer Weber, & Juliet Andy Blankenbuehler, Only Gold Edgar Godineaux, The Harder They Come
Outstanding Orchestrations	Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen, Some Like It Hot Jason Howland, Shucked Sam Davis, Daryl Waters, New York, New York Bill Sherman, Dominic Fallacaro, & Juliet Jonathan Tunick, Merrily We Roll Along
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play	Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar as Oscar Levant Audra McDonald, Ohio State Murders as Suzanne Alexander Hiran Abeysekera, Life of Pi as Pi Jessica Chastain, A Doll's House as Nora Helmer Corey Hawkins, Topdog/Underdog as Lincoln
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical	J. Harrison Ghee, Some Like It Hot as Jerry/Daphne Colton Ryan, New York, New York as Jimmy Doyle Anna Uzelele, New York, New York as Francine Evans Micaela Diamond, Parade as Lucille Frank Caroline Innerbichler, Shucked as Maizy
Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play	Bill Irwin, Endgame as Clov Emma Pfitzer Price, Becomes a Woman as Francie Nolan Ephraim Birney, Chester Bailey as Chester Bailey Brittany Bradford, Wedding Band as Julia Augustine Marylouise Burke, Epiphany as Morkan
Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical	Jonathan Groff, Merrily We Roll Along as Franklin Shepard Natey Jones, The Harder They Come as Ivan Nicholas Barasch, The Butcher Boy as Francie Brady Callum Francis, Kinky Boots as Lola / Simon Marla Mindelle, Titanique as Celine Dion
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play	Brandon Uranowitz, Leopoldstadt as Ludwig / Nathan Danielle Brooks, The Piano Lesson as Berniece Sharon D Clarke, Death of a Salesman as Linda Loman Michael Potts, The Piano Lesson as Wining Boy David Zayas, Cost of Living as Eddie
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical	Alex Newell, Shucked as Lulu NaTasha Yvette Williams, Some Like It Hot as Sweet Sue Betsy Wolfe, & Juliet as Anne Kevin Del Aguila, Some Like It Hot as Osgood Julia Lester, Into the Woods as Little Red Riding Hood
Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play	K. Todd Freeman, Downstate as Dee Francis Guinan, Downstate as Fred Veanne Cox, Wedding Band as Herman's Mother Susanna Guzmán, Downstate as Ivy Glenn Davis, Downstate as Gio
Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical	Lindsay Mendez, Merrily We Roll Along as Mary Flynn Vicki Lewis, Between the Lines as Ms. Winx / Jessamyn / Others Daniel Radcliffe, Merrily We Roll Along as Charley Kringas A.J. Shively, A Man of No Importance as Robbie Fay Mare Winningham, A Man of No Importance as Lily Byrne
Outstanding Solo Performance	Jodie Comer, Prima Facie as Tessa Mike Birbiglia, Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man and the Pool Jefferson Mays, A Christmas Carol as The Mourner Sam Morrison, Sugar Daddy Anthony Rapp, Without You
Outstanding Scenic Design	Beowulf Boritt, New York, New York Simon Scullion, Peter Pan Goes Wrong John Lee Beatty, Epiphany Jason Ardizzone-West, Wedding Band Mimi Lien, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Outstanding Costume Design	Gregg Barnes, Some Like It Hot Paloma Young, & Juliet Dede M. Ayite, Topdog/Underdog Donna Zakowska, New York, New York Brigitte Reiffenstue, Leopoldstadt
Outstanding Lighting Design	Tim Lutkin, Life of Pi Neil Austin, Leopoldstadt Ken Billington, New York, New York Ben Stanton, A Christmas Carol Natasha Katz, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Outstanding Projection Design	Andrzej Goulding, Life of Pi Christopher Ash, New York, New York Beowulf Boritt, New York, New York Lucy Mackinnon, A Christmas Carol Isaac Madge, Leopoldstadt Sven Ortel, Parade
Outstanding Sound Design	Joshua D. Reid, A Christmas Carol Kai Harada, New York, New York Daniel Kluger, Epiphany John Gromada, Jasper André J. Pluess, Good Night, Oscar
Special Achievement Award	B. H. Barry

Multiple nominations and awards

Show	Nominations	Wins
Some Like It Hot	11	5
New York, New York	12	2
Leopoldstadt	6	3
Downstate	5	2
Life of Pi	3	2
Merrily We Roll Along	6	2
Parade	6	2
Shucked	6	2
A Christmas Carol	4	1
Good Night, Oscar	3	1
Prima Facie	1	1
The Harder They Come	4	1
Topdog/Underdog	4	1
& Juliet	3	0
Wedding Band	3	0
Titanique	3	0
Epiphany	3	0
The Bedwetter	2	0
Between the Lines	2	0
Peter Pan Goes Wrong	2	0
A Man of No Importance	2	0
Becomes a Woman	1	0
Chester Bailey	1	0
Only Gold	1	0
Without You	1	0
Into the Woods	1	0
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	1	0