SpongeBob SquarePants Leads Outer Critics Circle Nominations

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and the Lincoln Center Theater revival of My Fair Lady were also among the season's most nominated.

The nominees for the 68th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, which recognize excellence on and Off-Broadway from the 2017–2018 season, have been announced. Leading the list with 11 nominations is the Broadway premiere of SpongeBob SquarePants, The Broadway Musical; followed by Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which received 10 nominations, and My Fair Lady, which received nine nominations.

The organization of writers covering New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications, and other media beyond Broadway will announce winners May 7, with a gala awards dinner presentation to follow May 24 at Sardi’s.

See below for the complete list of nominees.

2017-2018 Award Nominations

Outstanding New Broadway Play

The Children

Farinelli and the King

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Junk

Outstanding New Broadway Musical

Escape to Margaritaville

Frozen

Mean Girls

Prince of Broadway

SpongeBob SquarePants

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play

Admissions

Cost of Living

Hangmen

The Low Road

Mlima’s Tale

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical

Cruel Intentions

Desperate Measures

Jerry Springer- The Opera

Miss You Like Hell

Woody Sez

Outstanding Book Of A Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Tina Fey, Mean Girls

Quiara Alegría Hudes, Miss You Like Hell

Kyle Jarrow, SpongeBob SquarePants

Peter Kellogg, Desperate Measures

Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alexander Ebert of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, the Flaming Lips, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T's, They Might Be Giants, T.I., David Bowie, Tom Kenny and Andy Paley, and Tom Kitt, SpongeBob SquarePants

David Friedman and Peter Kellogg, Desperate Measures

Imogen Heap, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Erin McKeown and Quiara Alegría Hudes, Miss You Like Hell

Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, Frozen

Outstanding Revival Of A Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Angels in America

Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train

Lobby Hero

Three Tall Women

Travesties

Outstanding Revival Of A Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Carousel

My Fair Lady

Once on This Island

Pacific Overtures

Outstanding Director Of A Play

Jo Bonney, Cost of Living

Marianne Elliott, Angels in America

Patrick Marber, Travesties

Joe Mantello, Three Tall Women

John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Outstanding Director Of A Musical

Michael Arden, Once on This Island

Bill Castellino, Desperate Measures

Tina Landau, SpongeBob SquarePants

Casey Nicholaw, Mean Girls

Bartlett Sher, My Fair Lady

Outstanding Choreographer

Camille A. Brown, Once on This Island

Christopher Gattelli, My Fair Lady

Christopher Gattelli, SpongeBob SquarePants

Steven Hoggett, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Justin Peck, Carousel

Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical)

Miriam Buether, Three Tall Women

Myung Hee Cho, In the Body of the World

Christine Jones, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Michael Yeargan, My Fair Lady

David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants

Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical)

Katrina Lindsay, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Clint Ramos, Once on This Island

Paloma Young, Time and the Conways

David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants

Catherine Zuber, My Fair Lady

Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)

Kevin Adams, SpongeBob SquarePants

Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Paule Constable, Angels in America

Paul Russell, Farinelli and the King

Lap Chi Chu, Mlima’s Tale

Outstanding Projection Design (Play or Musical)

Tim Reid, 1984

Finn Ross, Frozen

Finn Ross, In the Body of the World

Finn Ross and Adam Young, Mean Girls

Finn Ross and Ash Woodward, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical)

Gareth Fry, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Kate Marvin, [Porto]

Fitz Patton, Napoli, Brooklyn

Marc Salzberg, My Fair Lady

Darron L. West, Mlima’s Tale

Outstanding Orchestrations

Jason Robert Brown, Prince Of Broadway

Tom Kitt, Spongebob Squarepants

Annmarie Milazzo and Michael Starobin, Once On This Island

Jonathan Tunick, Carousel

Claire van Kampen, Farinelli And The King

Outstanding Actor In A Play

Sean Carvajal, Jesus Hopped The ‘A’ Train

Andrew Garfield, Angels In America

Tom Hollander, Travesties

Gregg Mozgala, Cost Of Living

Michael Urie, The Government Inspector

Outstanding Actress In A Play

Maameyaa Boafo, School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play

Jessica Hecht, Admissions

Glenda Jackson, Three Tall Women

Lauren Ridloff, Children Of A Lesser God

Katy Sullivan, Cost Of Living

Outstanding Actor In A Musical

Harry Hadden-Paton, My Fair Lady

Joshua Henry, Carousel

David M. Lutken, Woody Sez

Conor Ryan, Desperate Measures

Ethan Slater, Spongebob Squarepants

Outstanding Actress In A Musical

Lauren Ambrose, My Fair Lady

Erika Henningsen, Mean Girls

Hailey Kilgore, Once On This Island

Taylor Louderman, Mean Girls

Patti Murin, Frozen

Outstanding Featured Actor In A Play

Anthony Boyle, Harry Potter And The Cursed Child

Johnny Flynn, Hangmen

Nathan Lane, Angels In America

David Morse, The Iceman Cometh

Paul Sparks, At Home At The Zoo

Outstanding Featured Actress In A Play

Jamie Brewer, Amy And The Orphans

Denise Gough, Angels In America

Harriet Harris, The Low Road

Laurie Metcalf, Three Tall Women

Mary Testa, The Government Inspector

Outstanding Featured Actor In A Musical

Norbert Leo Butz, My Fair Lady

Alexander Gemignani, Carousel

Gavin Lee, Spongebob Squarepants

Nick Wyman, Desperate Measures

Tony Yazbeck, Prince Of Broadway

Outstanding Featured Actress In A Musical

Kerry Butler, Mean Girls

Lindsay Mendez, Carousel

Lauren Molina, Desperate Measures

Ashley Park, Mean Girls

Emily Skinner, Prince Of Broadway

Outstanding Solo Performance

Billy Crudup, Harry Clarke

Eve Ensler, In The Body Of The World

Alison Fraser, Squeamish

John Lithgow, Stories By Heart

Sharon Washington, Feeding The Dragon

John Gassner Award (Presented For An American Play, Preferably By A New Playwright)

Kate Benson, [Porto]

Jocelyn Bioh, School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play

Lindsey Ferrentino, Amy And The Orphans

Meghan Kennedy, Napoli, Brooklyn

Dominique Morisseau, Pipeline

