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# ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ leads Outer Critics Circle nominations
- URL: https://www.broadwaynews.com/spongebob-squarepants-leads-outer-critics-circle-nominations/
- Published: 2018-04-24T16:13:36.000Z
- Updated: 2022-10-06T00:41:52.000Z
- Description: “SpongeBob SquarePants” leads the 2017-2018 Outer Critics Circle list with 11 nominations. “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” followed with 10 nominations and “My Fair Lady” brought in nine nominations. The nominations, which were announced Tuesday, honor off Broadway and Broadway productions an...
- Author: Caitlin Huston
- Tags: Awards, #caitlin, SpongeBob SquarePants, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Band's Visit, Imogen Heap, My Fair Lady, Outer Critics Circle, News

“SpongeBob SquarePants” leads the 2017-2018 Outer Critics Circle list with 11 nominations.

“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” followed with 10 nominations and “My Fair Lady” brought in nine nominations. The nominations, which were announced Tuesday, honor off Broadway and Broadway productions and are decided by a group of writers who cover theater for out-of-town or national publications.

The winners will be announced Mon., May 7.

Among best musical contenders, “The Band’s Visit” was not eligible for the awards this year as it won several awards from the Outer Critics Circle last season.

Notable nominations include Imogen Heap for Outstanding New Score for her work on the play “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.”

**Full list:**

**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 Hude, *Miss You Like Hell*  
Kyle Jarrow, *SpongeBob SquarePants*  
Peter Kellogg, *Desperate Measures*

**OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE**  
**(Broadway or Off-Broadway)**  
Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler & Joe Perry of Aerosmith,Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper & Rob Hyman, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants, T.I., Domani & Lil’C, Jonathan Coulton, Tom Kitt, *SpongeBob SquarePants*  
David Friedman & 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 & 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 & Adam Young, *Mean Girls*  
Finn Ross & 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 & 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*

*An earlier press release misstated the nominees for Best Score for “Miss You Like Hell.” It has been corrected in the article.*