The 2026 Outer Critics Circle Awards, celebrating the 2025-26 Broadway and off-Broadway season of theater, will be held on May 21. Nominations will be announced during the afternoon of April 21. Winners will be announced on May 11. The eligibility cut-off date for nominators to attend a show for consideration is April 19.
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Last year, “Maybe Happy Ending” won for Outstanding New Broadway Musical and “John Proctor is the Villain” won Outstanding New Broadway Play. “Drag: The Musical” took home the prize for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical and “Liberation” followed suit in the Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play category (the latter subsequently transferred to Broadway and is currently enjoying a run at the James Earl Jones Theatre). “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” — which is headed to the Great White Way this spring — won for Outstanding Revival of a Musical and Vanya won Outstanding Revival of a Play.
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