Awards & Winners

1981 Outer Critics Circle Award

Check winners and nominations of 1981 Outer Critics Circle Award. Check awards winners of 31st Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

31st Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards

Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actor

Ian McKellen

Honored for : Amadeus
Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actress

Swoosie Kurtz

Honored for : Fifth of July
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Broadway Play

Amadeus

Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Choreography

Michael Smuin, Donald McKayle, Henry LeTang

Honored for : Sophisticated Ladies

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Smuin Sophisticated Ladies
Donald McKayle Sophisticated Ladies
Henry LeTang Sophisticated Ladies
Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Revival

The Pirates of Penzance

Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play

March of the Falsettos

Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Set Design
Outer Critics Circle Award for John Gassner Playwriting Award

Ted Tally

Honored for : Coming Attractions
Outer Critics Circle Award for Lucille Lortel Award for New Director

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Honored for : Mass Appeal
Outer Critics Circle Award for Most Impressive Debut

Elizabeth Taylor

Honored for : The Little Foxes
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Debuts

Brian Backer

Honored for : The Floating Light Bulb

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Brian Backer The Floating Light Bulb
Daniel Gerroll Knuckle
Daniel Gerroll The Fly Boys
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Debuts

Daniel Gerroll

Honored for : Knuckle, The Fly Boys

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Brian Backer The Floating Light Bulb
Daniel Gerroll Knuckle
Daniel Gerroll The Fly Boys
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Play

Dario Fo

Honored for : We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!
Outer Critics Circle Award for Special Citations

National Critics Institute

(O'Neill Theatre Center)