The hit Broadway musical Demise Turns into Her starring Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard leads the listing of nominations for this 12 months’s Outer Critics Circle Awards, the group introduced this morning.
The musical garnered 12 nominations, together with Excellent New Musical and nominations for Simard and featured performer Christopher Sieber. Coming in at #2 was the musical Perhaps Glad Ending starring Darren Criss with 9 nominations.
Within the non-musical play classes, Stranger Issues: The First Shadow snared probably the most nominations, with a complete of seven, adopted by The Hills of California with six.
The winners of the seventy fifth Anniversary Outer Critics Circle Awards will probably be introduced on Monday, Might 12, 2025 adopted by an awards ceremony held on Thursday, Might 22, 2025.
Nominees for the annual John Gassner Award — for a brand new American play, ideally by a brand new playwright — are: Turning into Eve by Emil Weinstein; Good Night time, and Good Luck by George Clooney and Grant Heslov; Pre-Present Situation by Marin Eire; Nonetheless by Lia Romeo; and Walden by Amy Berryman.
A pair apparent snubs: Clooney didn’t get nominated within the performing classes, and nor did Jonathan Groff, star of the hit musical Simply In Time. The Circle doesn’t divide nominees by gender, so the performing classes are significantly tight.
See the entire listing of nominations under.
The Outer Critics Circle is the official group of writers on New York theater for out-of-town, nationwide, and digital information publications. The Circle awards trophies for each Broadway and Off Broadway productions.
At this time’s stay announcement occasion on the Museum of Broadway was hosted by Oh, Mary! stars Cole Escola and Conrad Ricamora – each of whom have been nominees final season for his or her roles within the hit play, with Escola taking house two 2024 OCC Awards.
2025 OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD NOMINATIONS
Excellent New Broadway Play
Cult of Love
The Hills of California
John Proctor Is the Villain
Goal
Stranger Issues: The First Shadow
Excellent New Broadway Musical
Boop! The Musical
Demise Turns into Her
Perhaps Glad Ending
Operation Mincemeat
Actual Ladies Have Curves
Excellent New Off-Broadway Musical
The Massive Homosexual Jamboree
Drag: The Musical
We Stay in Cairo
Excellent New Off-Broadway Play
The Antiquities Grangeville
Right here There Are Blueberries Liberation
Desk 17
John Gassner Award (new American play ideally by a brand new playwright)
Amy Berryman, Walden
George Clooney and Grant Heslov, Good Night time, and Good Luck
Marin Eire, Pre-Present Situation
Lia Romeo, Nonetheless
Emil Weinstein, Turning into Eve
Excellent Revival of a Musical
Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Floyd Collins
Gypsy
As soon as Upon a Mattress
Sundown Boulevard
Excellent Revival of a Play
Beckett Briefs: From the Cradle to the Grave
Glengarry Glen Ross
Romeo + Juliet
Vanya
Yellow Face
Excellent Lead Performer in a Broadway Play
Package Connor, Romeo + Juliet
Laura Donnelly, The Hills of California
Mia Farrow, The Roommate
Jon Michael Hill, Goal
Louis McCartney, Stranger Issues: The First Shadow
Excellent Featured Performer in a Broadway Play
Kieran Culkin, Glengarry Glen Ross
LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Goal
Francis Jue, Yellow Face
Mare Winningham, Cult of Love
Kara Younger, Goal
Excellent Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical
Darren Criss, Perhaps Glad Ending
Jeremy Jordan, Floyd Collins
Audra McDonald, Gypsy
Jasmine Amy Rogers, Boop! The Musical
Nicole Scherzinger, Sundown Boulevard
Jennifer Simard, Demise Turns into Her
Excellent Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical
Danny Burstein, Gypsy
Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat
Michele Pawk, Simply in Time
Christopher Sieber, Demise Turns into Her
Michael Urie, As soon as Upon a Mattress
Excellent Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical
Nick Adams, Drag: The Musical
Marla Mindelle, The Massive Homosexual Jamboree
Nkeki Obi-Melekwe, Security Not Assured
Alaska Thunderfuck, Drag: The Musical
Taylor Trensch, Security Not Assured
Excellent Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical
Ali Louis Bourzgui, We Stay in Cairo Paris Nix, The Massive Homosexual Jamboree Eddie Korbich, Drag: The Musical
J. Elaine Marcos, Drag: The Musical Andre De Shields, Cats: The Jellicle Ball Henry Stram, Three Homes
Excellent Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play
Caroline Aaron, Conversations with Mom
F. Murray Abraham, Beckett Briefs: From the Cradle to the Grave
Jayne Atkinson, Nonetheless
Adam Driver, Maintain On to Me Darling
Anthony Edwards, The Counter
Paul Sparks, Grangeville
Excellent Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play
Betsy Aidem, Liberation Sean Bell, The Beacon
Michael Rishawn, Desk 17
Richard Schiff, Turning into Eve
Frank Wooden, Maintain On to Me Darling
Excellent Solo Efficiency
David Greenspan, I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan
Khawla Ibraheem, A Knock on the Roof
Sam Kissajukian, 300 Work
Andrew Scott, Vanya
Sarah Snook, The Image of Dorian Grey
Excellent E-book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Will Aronson and Hue Park, Perhaps Glad Ending
David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts, Operation Mincemeat
Daniel Lazour and Patrick Lazour, We Stay in Cairo
Bob Martin, Boop! The Musical
Marco Pennette, Demise Turns into Her
Excellent Rating (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Will Aronson and Hue Park, Perhaps Glad Ending
David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts, Operation Mincemeat
David Foster and Susan Birkenhead, Boop! The Musical
Pleasure Huerta and Benjamin Velez, Actual Ladies Have Curves
Julia Mattison and Noel Carey, Demise Turns into Her
Excellent Orchestrations (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Will Aronson, Perhaps Glad Ending
Doug Besterman, Demise Turns into Her
Joseph Joubert and Daryl Waters, Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Daniel Lazour and Michael Starobin, We Stay in Cairo
Andrew Resnick, Simply in Time
Excellent Course of a Musical
Michael Arden, Perhaps Glad Ending
Christopher Gattelli, Demise Turns into Her
Robert Hastie, Operation Mincemeat
Zhailon Levingston and Invoice Rauch, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Jerry Mitchell, Boop! The Musical
Excellent Course of a Play
Journey Cullman, Cult of Love
Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin, Stranger Issues: The First Shadow
Sam Mendes, The Hills of California
Phylicia Rashad, Goal
Danya Taymor, John Proctor Is the Villain
Excellent Choreography
Jenny Arnold, Operation Mincemeat
Warren Carlyle, Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Christopher Gattelli, Demise Turns into Her
Shannon Lewis, Simply in Time
Jerry Mitchell, Boop! the Musical
Excellent Scenic Design
Miriam Buether, Jamie Harrison, and Chris Fisher, Stranger Issues: The First Shadow
Rachel Hauck, Swept Away
Rob Howell, The Hills of California
Dane Laffrey, Perhaps Glad Ending
Derek McLane, Demise Turns into Her
Excellent Costume Design
Gregg Barnes, Boop! The Musical
Wilberth Gonzalez and Paloma Younger, Actual Ladies Have Curves
Rob Howell, The Hills of California
Qween Jean, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Paul Tazewell, Demise Turns into Her
Excellent Lighting Design
Kevin Adams, Swept Away
Natasha Chivers, The Hills of California
Jon Clark, Stranger Issues: The First Shadow
Ben Stanton, Perhaps Glad Ending
Justin Townsend, Demise Turns into Her
Excellent Sound Design
Paul Arditti, Stranger Issues: The First Shadow
Adam Fisher, Sundown Boulevard
Peter Hylenski, Demise Turns into Her
Peter Hylenski, Perhaps Glad Ending
John Shivers, Swept Away
Excellent Video/Projections
59, Stranger Issues: The First Shadow
Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom, Sundown Boulevard
David Bergman, The Image of Dorian Grey
Hana S. Kim, Redwood
Finn Ross, Boop! The Musical
Particular Awards
Patrick Hoffman, the lately retired curator of the Theatre on Movie and Tape Archive on the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, in honor of over three many years of service to the theater neighborhood, throughout which era he ensured the preservation of over 1,200 productions.
Observe on Eligibility
The next productions have been thought of in earlier seasons, with solely new parts eligible throughout this cycle: Buena Vista Social Membership; Lifeless Outlaw; English; Maintain On to Me Darling; Job; and Oh, Mary!. The next productions weren’t eligible for awards this season: All In: Comedy About Love, and Ben Platt: Stay on the Palace.
Reveals with A number of Nominations
12 – Demise Turns into Her
9 – Perhaps Glad Ending
8 – Boop! The Musical
7 – Stranger Issues: The First Shadow
6 – The Hills of California, Operation Mincemeat
5 – Drag: The Musical, Goal
4 – Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Sundown Boulevard, We Stay in Cairo
3 – The Massive Homosexual Jamboree, Cult of Love, Gypsy, Simply in Time, Actual Ladies Have Curves, Swept Away
2 – Beckett Briefs, Turning into Eve, Floyd Collins, Glengarry Glen Ross, Grangeville, Maintain On to Me Darling, John Proctor Is the Villian, Liberation, As soon as Upon a Mattress, Pirates! The Penzance Musical, Romeo + Juliet, Security Not Assured, Nonetheless, Desk 17, The Image of Dorian Grey, Vanya, Yellow Face
