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Steve Martin and Edie Brickell Win Best New Musical Award

by Roger Wink, VVN Music on May 28, 2016

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The New York theater awards season opened on Thursday with the Outer Critics Circle awards honoring both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.

Luckily for Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Hamilton played Off-Broadway before moving to the Great White Way and swept last years awards, clearing the way for their Bright Star to take two major trophies.

Bright Star took home the big Outstanding New Broadway Musical along with The Marorie Gunner Award for Outstanding New Score. The show had been nominated in seven categories.

Also winning was Sergio Trujillo for Outstanding Choreography for On Your Feet!, the musical that tracks the careers of Gloria and Emilio Estefan.

The revival of Sheldon Harnick’s She Loves Me was the big winner for the evening with four awards. Harnick, who also wrote Fiddler on the Roof, was given a lifetime achievement award.

The major category winners:

Outstanding New Broadway Musical – Bright Star
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical – Dear Evan Hansen
Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) – She Loves Me
Outstanding Director of a Musical – Michael Arden – Spring Awakening
Outstanding Actor in a Musical – Danny Burstein – Fiddler on the Roof
Outstanding Actress in a Musical – Cynthia Erivo – The Color Purple the Musical
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical – Christopher Fitzgerald – Waitress
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical – Jane Krakowski – She Loves Me
Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) (The Marjorie Gunner Award) – Bright Star
Outstanding Book Of A Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) – Dear Evan Hansen
Outstanding New Broadway Play – The Humans
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play – The Christians
Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) – Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Outstanding Director of a Play (The Lucille Lortel Award) – Ivo van Hove – A View From the Bridge
Outstanding Actor in a Play – Frank Langella – The Father
Outstanding Actress in a Play – Jessica Lange – Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play – Michael Shannon – Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play – Pascale Armand – Eclipsed & Judith Light – Thérèse Raquin
John Gassner Playwriting Award (Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright) – Marco Ramirez – The Royale
Outstanding Solo Performance – James Lecesne – The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey

The Drama Desk Awards will be held on June 5 and the Tony Awards on June 12.

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