Cynthia Erivo, Pascale Armand Win Outer Critics Circle Awards

The winners for the Outer Critics Circle are here! And Broadway Black faves Cynthia Erivo and Pascale Armand walked away with the coveted prize.rnrnThe OCC usually is a good indicator of how the Tony Awards will go (*cough* Cynthia), however, a significant number of shows such as Hamilton and Shuffle Along –weren’t eligible for the OCCs this year because they were either recognized the previous year or didn’t open in time, respectively.rn

rnCheck out the winners below:rnrn2015-16 OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS WINNERSrnrnrnOUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAYrnrnThe Humans rnrnOUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICALrnrnBright StarrnrnOUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAYrnrnThe ChristiansrnrnOUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICALrnrnDear Evan HansenrnrnOUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL (Broadway or Off-Broadway)rnrnDear Evan HansenrnrnOUTSTANDING NEW SCORE (Broadway or Off-Broadway)rnrnBright StarrnrnOUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY (Broadway or Off-Broadway)rnrnLong Day’s Journey Into NightrnrnOUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL (Broadway or Off-Broadway)rnrnShe Loves MernrnOUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAYrnrnIvo van Hove     A View From the Bridge rnrnOUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICALrnrnMichael Arden     Spring AwakeningrnrnOUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHERrnrnSergio Trujillo     On Your Feet!rnrnOUTSTANDING SET DESIGN (Play or Musical)rnrnDavid Rockwell     She Loves MernrnOUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN (Play or Musical)rnrnJeff Mahshie     She Loves MernrnOUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN (Play or Musical)rnrnJustin Townsend     American Psycho the MusicalrnrnOUTSTANDING PROJECTION DESIGN (Play or Musical)rnrnFinn Ross     American Psycho the MusicalrnrnOUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAYrnrnFrank Langella     The FatherrnrnOUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAYrnrnJessica Lange     Long Day’s Journey Into NightrnrnOUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICALrnrnDanny Burstein     Fiddler on the RoofrnrnOUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICALrnrnCynthia Erivo     The Color Purple the MusicalrnrnOUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAYrnrnMichael Shannon     Long Day’s Journey Into NightrnrnOUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY (TIE VOTE)rnrnPascale Armand     EclipsedrnrnJudith Light     Thérèse RaquinrnrnOUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICALrnrnChristopher Fitzgerald     Waitress rnrnOUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICALrnrnJane Krakowski     She Loves Me  rnrnOUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCErnrnJames Lecesne     The Absolute Brightness of Leonard PelkeyrnrnJOHN GASSNER AWARDrnrnMarco Ramirez     The RoyalernrnSPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDrnrnJames Houghton     Signature Theatre CompanyrnrnOuter Critic Circle winners will receive their awards at a May 26, 2016 ceremony at Sardi’s. Congrats to all the winners!