The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Tops 2015 Outer Critics Circle Awards

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was the big winner of the 65th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, picking up five, including Outstanding New Broadway Play. An American in Paris won Outstanding New Broadway Musical and garnered four in total. Both Broadway-bound Hamilton and The King and I received three, including Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical and Outstanding Revival of a Musical, respectively. The Awards ceremony will tak place on May 21 at Sardis, with Michael Cerveris, Nick Cordero, Raúl Esparza, Katie Finneran, Montego Glover, William Ivey Long and Jefferson Mays serving as presenters. The Outer Critics Circle is an organization of writers and commentators covering New York theater for various out-of-town media outlets.

The winners are as follows:

Outstanding New Broadway Play
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Outstanding New Broadway Musical
An American in Paris

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
Between Riverside and Crazy

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
Hamilton

Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Hamilton

Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Hamilton

Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
You Can’t Take It With You

Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
The King and I

Outstanding Actor in a Play
Alex Sharp, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Outstanding Actress in a Play
Helen Mirren, The Audience

Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Robert Fairchild, An American in Paris

Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Kristin Chenoweth, On the Twentieth Century

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Richard McCabe, The Audience

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Annaleigh Ashford, You Can’t Take It With You

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Andy Karl, On the Twentieth Century

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Ruthie Ann Miles, The King and I

Outstanding Director of a Play
Marianne Elliott, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Outstanding Director of a Musical
Christopher Wheeldon, An American in Paris

Outstanding Choreographer
Christopher Wheeldon, An American in Paris

Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical)
Bunny Christie, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical)
Catherine Zuber, The King and I

Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)
Paule Constable, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Outstanding Solo Performance
Jim Dale, Just Jim Dale

John Gassner Award
(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Ayad Akhtar, The Invisible Hand

Shows with three or more wins:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - 5
An American in Paris - 4
Hamilton - 3
The King and I - 3

Disgraced, Fun Home and Hand to God received nominations and/or awards from Outer Critics Circle in previous seasons and therefore were not considered for this year.