The Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Orchestrations is an honor presented at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, a ceremony established in 1950 for excellence in orchestrations on Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, to orchestrators of any production. The category was added to the ceremony in 2017.[1]
| Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Orchestrations | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Orchestrations |
| Location | New York City |
| Presented by | Outer Critics Circle |
| Currently held by | Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber, Just in Time (2025) |
| Website | OuterCriticsCircle.org |
Michael Starobin has been nominated the most, with three nominations, while no orchestrator has won the award more than once.
Award winners and nominees
edit- Key
and bold indicates winner
2010s
edit| Year | Name | Work | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | |||
| Larry Hochman | Hello, Dolly! | [2][3] | |
| Larry Blank | Holiday Inn | ||
| Bill Elliott and Greg Anthony Rassen | Bandstand | ||
| Doug Besterman | Anastasia | ||
| Jamshied Sharifi | The Band's Visit | ||
| 2018 | |||
| Jonathan Tunick | Carousel | [4][5] | |
| Jason Robert Brown | Prince of Broadway | ||
| AnnMarie Milazzo and Michael Starobin | Once on This Island | ||
| Claire van Kampen | Farinelli and the King | ||
| Tom Kitt | SpongeBob SquarePants | ||
| 2019 | |||
| Daniel Kluger | Oklahoma! | [6][7] | |
| Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose | Hadestown | ||
| Harold Wheeler | Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Time of the Temptations | ||
| Joseph Joubert | Carmen Jones | ||
| Simon Hale | Girl from the North Country |
2020s
editMultiple nominations
edit- 3 nominations
- 2 nominations
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Outer Critics Circle Awards 2016-2017". AboutTheArtists. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
- ^ Lefkowitz, Andy (May 8, 2017). "2017 Outer Critics Circle Awards: Come From Away & More Win Top Prizes". Broadway.com. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
- ^ "2016–2017 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ^ McPhee, Ryan (May 7, 2018). "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, My Fair Lady Win Big at 2018 Outer Critics Circle Awards". Playbill. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
- ^ "2017–2018 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ^ Lefkowitz, Andy (May 13, 2019). "Hadestown Leads Winners of 2019 Outer Critics Circle Awards". Broadway.com. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
- ^ "2018–2019 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ^ "Moulin Rouge! Leads 2020 Outer Critics Circle Award Honorees". Playbill. Playbill. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ Culwell-Block, Logan (May 17, 2022). "The Lehman Trilogy Leads 2022 Outer Critics Circle Awards, Six Wins Best Musical; See the Complete List of Winners". Playbill. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
- ^ Culwell-Block, Logan (May 16, 2023). "Some Like It Hot Dominates 2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards; See the Full List of Winners". Playbill. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
- ^ "Stereophonic Leads 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards, Wins Best Play; See the Full List of Winners". Playbill. Archived from the original on 2025-08-19. Retrieved 2025-09-01.
- ^ Culwell-Block, Logan (May 12, 2025). "Maybe Happy Ending Leads 2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards; See the Full List of Winners". Playbill. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
- ^ Evans, Greg (2025-04-25). "'Death Becomes Her' Broadway Musical Leads Outer Critics Circle Award Nominees – Complete List". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-09-01.