Byrne, Dale, Ebersole, Leavel, Smith, Young, et al. Win 2005-2006 Outer Critics Circle Awards

Gabriel Byrne, Jim Dale, Christine Ebersole, Beth Leavel, Lois Smith, and John Lloyd Young are among the winners of the 2006 Outer Critics Circle Awards.

The awards ceremony will be held on on Thursday, May 25 at Sardi’s Restaurant, beginning at 4pm. The group consists of approximately 100 writers and editors who cover theater for non-New York City and national outlets.

The Drowsy Chaperone and The History Boys took top honors, with four awards each, followed by Jersey Boys with three awards, including Outstanding Broadway Musical. Among the Off-Broadway shows honored were Grey Gardens, Stuff Happens, and In the Continuum, which won the coveted John Gassner Award.

Because of its late opening, Tarzan was not considered for this season’s Outer Critics Circle honors, and will instead be eligible next year.

The full list of this season’s nominees follows, with the winners names in bold.

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OUTSTANDING BROADWAY PLAY
Festen

The History Boys

The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Primo

OUTSTANDING BROADWAY MUSICAL
The Color Purple
The Drowsy Chaperone
Jersey Boys
The Woman in White

OUTSTANDING OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Beauty of the Father

In the Continuum

Stuff Happens

Tryst

OUTSTANDING OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Bernarda Alba
Grey Gardens
See What I Wanna See
Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story

OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE
The Color Purple
The Drowsy Chaperone
Grey Gardens
See What I Wanna See

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
Awake and Sing!

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

The Constant Wife

The Trip to Bountiful

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
The Pajama Game
Sweeney Todd

Two Gentlemen of Verona

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Nicholas Hytner, The History Boys

Wilson Milam, The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Bartlett Sher, Awake and Sing!

Jerry Zaks, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
John Doyle, Sweeney Todd
Michael Greif, Grey Gardens
Kathleen Marshall, The Pajama Game
Des McAnuff, Jersey Boys

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY

Graciela Daniele, Bernarda Alba

Kathleen Marshall, The Pajama Game
Casey Nicholaw, The Drowsy Chaperone

Sergio Trujillo, Jersey Boys

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
John Lee Beatty , The Color Purple
William Dudley, The Woman in White
David Gallo, The Drowsy Chaperone
Allen Moyer, Grey Gardens

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
Gregg Barnes, The Drowsy Chaperone

William Dudley, The Woman in White

William Ivey Long, Grey Gardens

Martin Pakledinaz , The Pajama Game

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Howell Binkley, Jersey Boys
Richard G. Jones, Sweeney Todd
Jeff Nellis, Tryst
Paul Pyant ,The Woman in White

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Gabriel Byrne, A Touch of the Poet

Zeljko Ivanek, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Ian McDiarmid, Faith Healer

David Wilmot, The Lieutenant of Inishmore

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Cynthia Nixon, Rabbit Hole
Lois Smith, The Trip to Bountiful
Zoë Wanamaker, Awake and Sing!
Julie White, The Little Dog Laughed

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Michael Cerveris, Sweeney Todd

Harry Connick, Jr., The Pajama Game

Hugh Panaro, Lestat

John Lloyd Young, Jersey Boys

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens
LaChanze, The Color Purple
Patti LuPone, Sweeney Todd
Kelli O’Hara, The Pajama Game

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY

Richard Easton, Entertaining Mr. Sloane

Peter Gerety, The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Richard Griffiths, The History Boys

Mark Ruffalo, Awake and Sing!

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Frances de la Tour, The History Boys
Hallie Foote, The Trip to Bountiful
Jan Maxwell, Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Lynn Redgrave, The Constant Wife

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Michael Ball, The Woman in White

Peter Benson, The Pajama Game

Jim Dale, The Threepenny Opera

Christian Hoff, Jersey Boys

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Megan Lawrence, The Pajama Game
Beth Leavel, The Drowsy Chaperone
Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens
Elisabeth Withers-Mendes, The Color Purple

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Steven Fales, Confessions of a Mormon Boy
Marga Gomez , Los Big Names

Jack Holmes, RFK

Antony Sher, Primo

JOHN GASSNER AWARD
(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Rolin Jones, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow
Danai Gurira & Nikkole Salter, In the Continuum
Adam Rapp, Red Light Winter
Rinne Groff, The Ruby Sunrise