South Pacific and August: Osage County Top Outer Critics Awards

South Pacific and August: Osage County were the big winners for the 2007-2008 Outer Critics Awards. The Lincoln Center revival of South Pacific, which won Best Musical Revival, took home four awards, and Tracy Letts' August, followed with three awards, including Best New Broadway Play. The 58th Annual Awards also included two tie votes: Young Frankenstein and Xanadu for Best Musical, and Adding Machine and Next to Normal for Outstanding New Score.

The Outer Critics Circle, which consists of writers covering New York theater for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, offered awards in 23 categories including both Broadway and off-Broadway. The annual awards ceremony will be held on May 22 at Sardi's.

A complete list of winners follows:

Outstanding New Broadway Play
August: Osage County

Outstanding New Broadway Musical
tie Xanadu
tie Young Frankenstein

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
Dividing the Estate

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
Adding Machine

Outstanding New Score
tie Adding Machine
tie Next to Normal

Outstanding Revival of a Play
The Homecoming

Outstanding Revival of a Musical
South Pacific

Outstanding Director of a Play
Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County

Outstanding Director of a Musical
Bartlett Sher, South Pacific

Outstanding Choreographer
Rob Ashford, Cry-Baby The Musical

Outstanding Set Design Play or Musical
David Farley, Timothy Bird, Sunday in the Park with George

Outstanding Costume Design Play or Musical
Katrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Outstanding Lighting Design Play or Musical
Ken Billington, Sunday in the Park with George

Outstanding Actor in a Play
Kevin Kline, Cyrano de Bergerac

Outstanding Actress in a Play
Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County

Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Paulo Szot, South Pacific

Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Patti LuPone, Gypsy

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
James Earl Jones, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Laurie Metcalf, November

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Danny Burstein, South Pacific

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Laura Benanti, Gypsy

Outstanding Solo Performance
Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood

John Gassner Award
presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright
Liz Flahive, From Up Here