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Osage CountyYoung FrankensteinOuter Critics Circle awards
Anna D. Shapiro, who directed "August: Osage County,"
picked up the award for outstanding director of a play and the
production's Deanna Dunagan won outstanding actress in a play.
The play, which won author Tracy Lett the 2008 Pulitzer
Prize for drama, tells the story of the Westons, a large
extended clan that comes together at their Oklahoma homestead
when the alcoholic patriarch disappears. It opened on Broadway
on April 29 after a hit run in Chicago.
"Xanadu," based on the 1980 movie flop of the same name
starring Olivia Newton John, and Mel Brooks's "Young
Frankenstein" tied for the outstanding new musical award,
beating "A Catered Affair" and "Cry-Baby The Musical."
The Outer Critics Circle is made up of journalists covering
New York theater for U.S. and foreign media. They voted for 23
awards, to be presented on May 22, which are sometimes an early
indication of how the Tonys will go on June 15.
Tony nominations are due to be announced on Tuesday.
The outstanding actress in a musical award was won by Patti
LuPone for "Gypsy" and the outstanding revival of a play award
went to "The Homecoming."
Among the Hollywood stars awarded for their stage work in
New York were Oscar winner Kevin Kline, who picked up the award
for outstanding actor in a play for his leading role in "Cyrano
de Bergerac" opposite Jennifer Garner.
Academy Award-nominated James Earl Jones won outstanding
featured actor in a play for his performance in "Cat on a Hot
Tin Roof," Emmy-winning actress Laurie Metcalf won outstanding
featured actress in a play for "November," and Oscar-nominated
Laurence Fishburne picked up outstanding solo performance prize
for "Thurgood."
(Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Bill Trott)
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