2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards
| 2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | May 25, 2023 |
| Venue | New York Public Library for the Performing Arts |
| Most wins | Some Like It Hot (5) |
| Most nominations | New York, New York (12) |
| Website | outercritics |
The 2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards announced its winners on May 16, 2023, recognizing excellence in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions during the 2022–23 season. Nominations were announced on April 28, 2023, with New York, New York receiving the most nominations with 12. Some Like It Hot followed with ten nominations, while Leopoldstadt and Downstate led the plays with six nominations.
Some Like It Hot won the most awards of the year, taking home five awards, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical. Close behind, Leopoldstadt won three, including Best Broadway Play, while Merrily We Roll Along and New York, New York each won two.
Winners and nominees
The 2022-2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards nominations were announced on Friday, April 28, 2023, and was the first year of acting categories without gender specifications, and including off-Broadway performers.
The 2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards winners were announced on May 16, 2023, with Some Like It Hot leading the winners by taking home multiple awards, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical. Leopoldstadt won Outstanding New Broadway Play and several other awards. Other notable winners included The Harder They Come for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical and Downstate for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play. Revival honors went to Topdog/Underdog for play and Merrily We Roll Along for musical revival.[1]
| Category | Honorees[2] |
|---|---|
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | *Tom Stoppard, Leopoldstadt
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| The Marjorie Gunner Award for Outstanding New Broadway Musical | *Some Like It Hot |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | *Downstate
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| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | *'The Harder They Come
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| Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | *Topdog/Underdog
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| Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | *Parade |
| John Gassner Award for New American Play (Preferably by a New Playwright) | *James Ijames, Fat Ham
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| Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | *Robert Horn, Shucked
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| Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | *Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Some Like It Hot (composer and lyricist)
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| Outstanding Director of a Play | *Patrick Marber, Leopoldstadt |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | * 'Michael Arden, Parade" |
| Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play | * Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar as Oscar Levant
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| Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical | *J. Harrison Ghee, Some Like It Hot as Jerry/Daphne
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| Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play | *Bill Irwin, Endgame as Clov
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| Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical | *Jonathan Groff, Merrily We Roll Along as Franklin Shepard
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| Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play | *Brandon Uranowitz, Leopoldstadt as Ludwig / Nathan
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| Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical | *Alex Newell, Shucked as Lulu
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| Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play | * K. Todd Freeman, Downstate as Dee
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| Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical | * Lindsay Mendez, Merrily We Roll Along as Mary Flynn
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| Outstanding Solo Performance | * Jodie Comer, Prima Facie as Tessa
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| Outstanding Choreography | * Susan Stroman, New York, New York
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| Outstanding Orchestrations | * Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen, Some Like It Hot
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| Outstanding Set Design | * Beowulf Boritt, New York, New York
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| Outstanding Costume Design | * Gregg Barnes, Some Like It Hot
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| Outstanding Lighting Design | * Tim Lutkin, Life of Pi |
| Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical) | * Joshua D. Reid, A Christmas Carol
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| Outstanding Projection Designer (Play or Musical) | * Andrzej Goulding, Life of Pi
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| Special Achievement Award | B. H. Barry |
Multiple nominations and awards
| Show | Nominations | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| Some Like It Hot | 11 | 5 |
| New York, New York | 12 | 2 |
| Leopoldstadt | 6 | 3 |
| Downstate | 5 | 2 |
| Life of Pi | 3 | 2 |
| Merrily We Roll Along | 6 | 2 |
| Parade | 6 | 2 |
| Shucked | 6 | 2 |
| A Christmas Carol | 4 | 1 |
| Good Night, Oscar | 3 | 1 |
| Prima Facie | 1 | 1 |
| The Harder They Come | 4 | 1 |
| Topdog/Underdog | 4 | 1 |
| & Juliet | 3 | 0 |
| Wedding Band | 3 | 0 |
| Titanique | 3 | 0 |
| Epiphany | 3 | 0 |
| The Bedwetter | 2 | 0 |
| Between the Lines | 2 | 0 |
| Peter Pan Goes Wrong | 2 | 0 |
| A Man of No Importance | 2 | 0 |
| Becomes a Woman | 1 | 0 |
| Chester Bailey | 1 | 0 |
| Only Gold | 1 | 0 |
| Without You | 1 | 0 |
| Into the Woods | 1 | 0 |
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | 1 | 0 |
References
- ^ "Some Like It Hot Dominates 2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards: See the Full List of Winners". Playbill. May 16, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
- ^ "2Outer Critics Circle Awards: 2022-2023". Retrieved July 21, 2025.