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# The Outer Critics Circle announces dates and eligibility deadlines for 2026 Awards Ceremony
- URL: https://www.broadwaynews.com/the-outer-critics-circle-announces-dates-and-eligibility-deadlines-for-2026-awards-ceremony/
- Published: 2026-01-30T18:59:24.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-30T18:59:24.000Z
- Description: Nominations will be announced during the afternoon of April 21.
- Author: Jonah de Forest for Broadway.com
- Tags: Awards, Outer Critics Circle Award, News

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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