2026 Outer Critics Circle Award Winners 

린다 조, '슈미가둔!' '래그타임'으로 2026 토니상 후보 올라  

 

Linda Cho  Photo: Broadway.com

 

한인 브로드웨이 의상디자이너 린다 조(Linda Cho)가 뮤지컬 '슈미가둔!(Schmigadoon!)'으로 2026 아우터크리틱스서클상(Outer Critics Circle Awards)을 수상했다. 

 

린다 조는 '슈미가둔!'과 '래그타임'으로 2026 토니상 의상디자인상 후보에 올라 세번째 토니상에 도전한다. 린다 조는 2014년 ‘젠틀맨스 가이드: 사랑과 살인 편(A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder)'으로 첫 토니상을 받은 후 2024년 신춘수 제작 '위대한 개츠비(The Great Gatsby)'로 두번째 토니 트로피를 석권했다. 토니상 시상식은 6월 7일 라디오시티뮤직홀에서 열린다. 

 

 

Schmigadoon!  Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman

 

'슈미가둔!'은 최우수 뮤지컬(신작), 극본, 안무, 오케스트레이션상 등 5개 부문상을 석권했다. 리바이벌 뮤지컬 '래그타임(Ragtime)'은 최우수 뮤지컬(리바이벌), 남우주연, 남우조연, 연출, 영상/프로젝션상을 수상했다. 리바이벌 연극 '세일즈맨의 죽음'은 최우수 리바이벌 작품상을 비롯 남우주연(네이탄 레인), 조연, 연출상 등 4개 부문상을 받았다. 한편, 11개 부문 후보에 올랐던 '로스트 보이즈(The Lost Boys)'는 무대디자인과 조명디자인상 등 2개 부문 수상에 그쳤다. 

 

1950년 시작된 아우터크리틱스서클상은 뉴욕을 비롯 전국 신문, 디지털, 간행물 등에 기고하는 연극/뮤지컬 비평가들의 조직인 아우터비평가협회(OCC)의 주관으로 브로드웨이와 오프 브로드웨이 작품를 대상으로 시상해오고 있다. 2026 시상식은 5월 21일 MMAC 시어터에서 열린다. 

 

 

2026 Outer Critics Circle Award Winners

 

Outstanding New Broadway Musical

The Lost Boys

WINNER - Schmigadoon!

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

 

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical

Beau the Musical

Goddess

WINNER - Mexodus

Oratorio for Living Things

Saturday Church

 

Outstanding New Broadway Play

WINNERS - The Balusters

Giant

Little Bear Ridge Road

Oedipus

Punch

 

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play

Angry Alan

WINNER - Meet the Cartozians

The Monsters

Prince Faggot

The Reservoir

 

John Gassner Award (for a new American play preferably by a new playwright)

Call Me Izzy, Jamie Wax

Caroline, Preston Max Allen

WINNER - Cold War Choir Practice, Ro Reddick (tie)

Data, Matthew Libby

WINNER - Well, I'll Let You Go, Bubba Weiler (tie)

 

 

Ragtime  Photo: Matthew Murphy

 

Outstanding Revival of a Musical

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

The Baker's Wife

Chess

Masquerade

WINNER - Ragtime

 

 

Laurie Metcalf and Nathan Lane in Death of a Salesman. Photo: Emilio Madrid

 

Outstanding Revival of a Play

Becky Shaw

The Brothers Size

WINNER - Death of a Salesman

Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Marjorie Prime

 

Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play

Rose Byrne, Fallen Angels

Will Harrison, Punch

WINNER - Nathan Lane, Death of a Salesman

John Lithgow, Giant

Lesley Manville, Oedipus

Kelli O'Hara, Fallen Angels

 

Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play

Christopher Abbott, Death of a Salesman

Danny Burstein, Marjorie Prime

Jessica Hecht, Dog Day Afternoon

WINNER - Laurie Metcalf, Death of a Salesman

Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Joe Turner's Come and Gone

 

Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical

Sara Chase, Schmigadoon!

Nicholas Christopher, Chess

Luke Evans, The Rocky Horror Show

WINNER- Joshua Henry, Ragtime

Sam Tutty, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Brandon Uranowitz, Ragtime

Jessica Vosk, Beaches

 

Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical

Ali Louis Bourzgui, The Lost Boys

Max Clayton, Schmigadoon!

Andrew Durand, The Rocky Horror Show

Benjamin Pajak, The Lost Boys

WINNER - Ben Levi Ross, Ragtime

 

Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical

Micaela Diamond, The Seat of Our Pants

Amber Iman, Goddess

Brian Quijada, Mexodus

WINNER - Nygel D. Robinson, Mexodus

Matt Rodin, Beau the Musical

 

Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical

Justin Cooley, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

J. Harrison Ghee, Saturday Church

WINNER - Judy Kuhn, The Baker's Wife

Kevin McHale, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Jasmine Amy Rogers, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

 

 

*오프브로드웨이 리바이벌 뮤지컬 '빵집 마누라(The Baker's Wife)' ★★★

https://www.nyculturebeat.com/?mid=Stage2&document_srl=4170996

 

Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play

WINNER - Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Well, I'll Let You Go

Alana Raquel Bowers, Cold War Choir Practice

André Holland, The Brothers Size

Alani iLongwe, The Brothers Size

Aigner Mizzelle, The Monsters

 

Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play

WINNER - Caroline Aaron, The Reservoir

Brian d'Arcy James, Eurydice

River Lipe-Smith, Caroline

Andrea Martin, Meet the Cartozians

Malcolm Mays, The Brothers Size

 

Outstanding Solo Performance

Sean Hayes, The Unknown

Mary Kate O Flanagan, Making a Show of Myself

Jack Holden, Kenrex

WINNER - Daniel Radcliffe, Every Brilliant Thing

Jean Smart, Call Me Izzy

 

Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Jim Barne and Kit Buchan, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

David Hornsby and Chris Hoch, The Lost Boys

Douglas Lyons, Beau the Musical

WINNER - Cinco Paul, Schmigadoon!

Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson, Mexodus

 

Outstanding Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Jim Barne and Kit Buchan, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Heather Christian, Oratorio for Living Things

Ethan D. Pakchar and Douglas Lyons, Beau the Musical

WINNER - Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson, Mexodus

The Rescues, The Lost Boys

 

Outstanding Direction of a Play

Debbie Allen, Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Ngozi Anyanwu, The Monsters

Trip Cullman, Becky Shaw

Robert Icke, Oedipus

WINNER - Joe Mantello, Death of a Salesman

Tarell Alvin McCraney and Bijan Shibani, The Brothers Size

 

 

Outstanding Direction of a Musical

Michael Arden, The Lost Boys

WINNER - Lear deBessonet, Ragtime

Lee Sunday Evans, Oratorio for Living Things

David Mendizábal, Mexodus

Diane Paulus, Masquerade

 

Outstanding Choreography

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Masquerade

WINNER - Christopher Gattelli, Schmigadoon!

Darrell Grand Moultrie, Goddess

Darrell Grand Moultrie, Saturday Church

Rickey Tripp, The Monsters

 

Outstanding Orchestrations (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Fraser Campbell, Jane Cardona, Ben Moss, Odetta Hartman, John Murchison, and Peter Wise, Oratorio for Living Things

WINNER - Doug Besterman and Mike Morris, Schmigadoon!

Mikhail Fiksel, Brian Quijada, and Nygel D. Robinson, Mexodus

Ethan Popp and The Rescues, The Lost Boys

Michael Thurber, Goddess

 

Outstanding Scenic Design

James Fluhr, Masquerade

WINNER - Dane Laffrey, The Lost Boys

Scott Pask, Schmigadoon!

Adam Rigg and Anton Volovsek, Bowl EP

Jason Sherwood, The Baker's Wife

 

Outstanding Costume Design

Dede Ayite, Goddess

WINNER - Linda Cho, Schmigadoon!

Jeff Mahshie, Fallen Angels

Ryan Park, The Lost Boys

Emilio Sosa, Masquerade

 

Outstanding Lighting Design

Mextly Couzin, Mexodus

Adam Honoré, Cats: The Jellicle Ball

Jack Knowles, Death of a Salesman

WINNER - Jen Schriever and Michael Arden, The Lost Boys

Studio Luna, Marcel on the Train

 

Outstanding Sound Design

Caroline Eng, The Unknown

WINNER - Mikhail Fiksel, Mexodus

Adam Fisher, The Lost Boys

Brett Jarvis, Masquerade

Nick Kourtides, Oratorio for Living Things

 

Outstanding Video/Projection Design

WINNER - 59 Studio, Ragtime

Akhila Krishnan, Kyoto

Derek McLane, This World of Tomorrow

Johnny Moreno, Mexodus

John Narun, Bughouse

 

Wins by Show

5 – Ragtime, Schmigadoon!

4 – Death of a Salesman, Mexodus

2 – The Lost Boys; Well, I'll Let You Go

1 – Cold War Choir Practice, Every Brilliant Thing, Meet the Cartozians, The Baker's Wife, The Balusters, The Reservoir

 

Schmigadoon!, Ragtime Win Big at 2026 Outer Critics Circle Awards; Read the Full List of Winners

Both musicals took five categories each in the Broadway and Off-Broadway honors.

https://playbill.com/article/schmigadoon-ragtime-win-big-at-2026-outer-critics-circle-awards-read-the-full-list-of-winners