2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards

The 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards winners were announced on May 13, 2024, recognizing excellence in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions during the 2023–24 season. Nominations were announced on April 23, 2024, with Dead Outlaw receiving the most nominations with nine. The Connector and Stereophonic followed with seven nominations^[1].

2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Date	May 23, 2024
Venue	New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Most wins	Stereophonic (4)
Most nominations	Dead Outlaw (9)
Website	outercritics.org.
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Stereophonic was the biggest winner of the night, taking home four awards, including Outstanding New Broadway Play, Outstanding Scenic Design, Outstanding Sound Design, and Outstanding Director of a Play for Daniel Aukin. Close behind, Suffs won Best Broadway Musical, Dead Outlaw earned Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical, and Primary Trust received Outstanding Off-Broadway Play—each with three wins.^[2]

Winners and nominees

The 2023-2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards nominations were announced on Friday, April 23, 2024, by Merrily We Roll Along cast members Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez. ^[3]

The 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards winners were announced on May 13, 2024, with Stereophonic leading the winners by taking home four awards, including Outstanding New Broadway Play. Entering with 9 nominations, Dead Outlaw took home three awards, along with Suffs and Primary Trust. Revival awards went to Appropriate for play and I Can Get It For You Wholesale for musical revival.^[4]

Due to its Broadway timeline, the Park Avenue Armory run of Illinoise was considered in off-Broadway categories, where applicable, while the Broadway production of Suffs was determined to at least 50% different than its original off-Broadway iteration. Therefore, it was deemed eligible in all production categories and select acting categories.^[5]

Category	Winner and nominees[6]
Outstanding New Broadway Musical	* Suffs Days of Wine and Roses The Great Gatsby The Outsiders Water for Elephants
Outstanding New Broadway Play	* Stereophonic, David Adjmi Jaja's African Hair Braiding, Jocelyn Bioh Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions, Paula Vogel Patriots, Peter Morgan The Shark Is Broken, Joseph Nixon and Ian Shaw
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical	* Dead Outlaw Buena Vista Social Club Illinoise Teeth The Connector
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play	* Primary Trust, Eboni Booth Dig, Theresa Rebeck King of the Jews, Leslie Epstein King James, Rajiv Joseph Swing State, Rebecca Gilman
Outstanding Revival of a Musical	* I Can Get It for You Wholesale Cabaret Here Lies Love Monty Python's Spamalot The Who's Tommy
Outstanding Revival of a Play	* Appropriate An Enemy of the People Doubt: A Parable Mary Jane Philadelphia, Here I Come! Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
John Gassner Award	* Cole Escola, Oh, Mary! Max Wolf Friedlich, Job Mary Kathryn Nagle, Manahatta Kate Douglas, The Apiary John J. Caswell Jr., Wet Brain
Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)	* Shaina Taub, Suffs Justin Peck and Jackie Sibblies Drury, Illinoise Anna K. Jacobs and Michael R. Jackson, Teeth Itamar Moses, Dead Outlaw Jonathan Marc Sherman, The Connector
Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)	* Suffs, Shaina Taub The Connector, Jason Robert Brown Stereophonic, Will Butler Days of Wine and Roses, Adam Guettel Dead Outlaw, David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna
Outstanding Director of Play	* Daniel Aukin, Stereophonic Knud Adams, Primary Trust Robert Falls, Swing State Kenny Leon, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch Lila Neugebauer, Appropriate
Outstanding Director of a Musical	* Jessica Stone, Water for Elephants David Cromer, Dead Outlaw Michael Greif, Days of Wine and Roses Daisy Prince, The Connector Leigh Silverman, Suffs
Outstanding Choreography	* Justin Peck, Illinoise Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll, Water for Elephants Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman, The Outsiders Lorin Latarro, The Who's Tommy Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, Buena Vista Social Club
Outstanding Orchestrations	* Marco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club Timo Andres, Illinoise Adam Guettel and Jamie Lawrence, Days of Wine and Roses Michael Starobin, Suffs Erik Della Penna, Dean Sharenow, and David Yazbek, Dead Outlaw
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play	* Jessica Lange, Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions Rachel McAdams, Mary Jane Sarah Paulson, Appropriate Jeremy Strong, An Enemy of the People Michael Stuhlbarg, Patriots
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical	* Kelli O'Hara, Days of Wine and Roses Ali Louis Bourzgui, The Who's Tommy Brian d'Arcy James, Days of Wine and Roses Casey Likes, Back to the Future Maryann Plunkett, The Notebook
Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play (tie)	* Cole Escola, Oh, Mary! and William Jackson Harper, Primary Trust (tie) Mary Beth Fisher, Swing State Marie Mullen, The Saviour Paul Sparks, Waiting for Godot
Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical	* Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw Alyse Alan Louis, Teeth Ben Levi Ross, The Connector Ricky Ubeda, Illinoise
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play	* Kara Young, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch Billy Eugene Jones, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch Celia Keenan-Bolger, Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions Alex Moffat, The Cottage Jim Parsons, Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions Sarah Pidgeon, Stereophonic
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical	* Kecia Lewis, Hell's Kitchen Roger Bart, Back to the Future Justin Guarini, Once Upon a One More Time Leslie Kritzer, Spamalot Bebe Neuwirth, Cabaret
Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play	* Jay O. Sanders, Primary Trust Gus Birney, Our Class April Matthis, Primary Trust Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary! Bubba Weiler, Swing State
Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical (tie)	* Judy Kuhn, I Can Get It for You Wholesale and Thom Sesma, Dead Outlaw (tie) Ben Cook, Illinoise Hannah Cruz, The Connector Julia Knitel, Dead Outlaw Jessica Molaskey, The Connector
Outstanding Solo Performance	* Patrick Page, All the Devils Are Here Eddie Izzard, Hamlet Mona Pirnot, I Love You So Much I Could Die Robert Montano, Small John Rubenstein, Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground
Outstanding Scenic Design (tie)	* Paul Tate dePoo III, The Great Gatsby and David Zinn, Stereophonic (tie) Paul Tate dePoo III, The Cottage Dots, Appropriate David Korins, Here Lies Love
Outstanding Costume Design	* Linda Cho, The Great Gatsby Dede Ayite, Jaja's African Hair Braiding Enver Chakartash, Stereophonic Enver Chakartash, Teeth Sydney Maresca, The Cottage
Outstanding Lighting Design	* Brian MacDevitt, The Outsiders Bradley King, Water for Elephants Justin Townsend, Here Lies Love Tim Lutkin and Hugh Vanstone, Back to the Future Amanda Zieve, The Who's Tommy
Outstanding Projection Design	* Peter Nigrini, The Who's Tommy David Bengali, Water for Elephants Paul Tate dePoo III, The Great Gatsby Finn Ross, Back to the Future Ash J. Woodward, Patriots
Outstanding Sound Design	* Ryan Rumery, Stereophonic Tom Gibbons, Grey House Gareth Owen, Back to the Future Gareth Owen, The Who's Tommy M.L. Dogg and Cody Spencer, Here Lies Love

Multiple nominations and awards

Show	Nominations	Wins
Dead Outlaw	9	3
Stereophonic	7	4
The Connector		0
Days of Wine and Roses	6	1
Illinoise
The Who's Tommy
Primary Trust	5	3
Suffs
Water for Elephants		1
Back to the Future		0
The Great Gatsby	4	2
Appropriate		1
Mother Play
Purlie Victorious
Here Lies Love		0
Swing State
Teeth
Oh, Mary!	3	2
Buena Vista Social Club		1
The Outsiders
Patriots		0
The Cottage
I Can Get It For You Wholesale	2	2
Cabaret		0
An Enemy of the People
Jaja's African Hair Braiding
Mary Jane
Spamalot