RAGTIME and SCHMIGADOON! Top Winners at 2026 Outer Critics Circle Awards

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Joshua Henry, Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf, Daniel Radcliffe, and Ben Levi Ross are Outstanding Performance winners.

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The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town, national, and digital news publications, has just announced the winners of the 2026 Outer Critics Circle Awards. The awards ceremony celebrating the winners of the 2025-2026 Broadway and Off-Broadway season will be held on Thursday, May 21, 2026 at Manhattan Movement & Arts Center (MMAC), 248 West 60 th Street . The complete list of winners is below.

Founded during the 1949-50 Broadway season by respected theater journalist John Gassner , The Outer Critics Circle is an esteemed association with members affiliated with more than ninety newspapers, magazines, broadcast stations, and online news organizations, in America and abroad. Led by its current President David Gordon , the OCC Board of Directors also includes Vice President Richard Ridge , Recording Secretary Joseph Cervelli , Corresponding Secretary Patrick Hoffman , Treasurer David Roberts , Cynthia Allen , Harry Haun (1940-2026), Dan Rubins, Janice Simpson and Doug Strassler . Simon Saltzman is President Emeritus & Board Member (Non-nominating) and Stanley L. Cohen serves as Financial Consultant & Board Member (Non-nominating).

The Lost Boys ** Schmigadoon! ** Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Beau the Musical Goddess ** Mexodus ** Oratorio for Living Things Saturday Church

** The Balusters ** Giant Little Bear Ridge Road Oedipus Punch

Angry Alan ** Meet the Cartozians ** The Monsters Prince Faggot The Reservoir

Call Me Izzy by Jamie Wax Caroline by Preston Max Allen ** Cold War Choir Practice by Ro Reddick ** (tie) Data by Matthew Libby ** Well, I'll Let You Go by Bubba Weiler ** (tie)

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee The Baker's Wife Chess Masquerade ** Ragtime **

Becky Shaw The Brothers Size ** Death of a Salesman ** Joe Turner's Come and Gone Marjorie Prime

Rose Byrne , Fallen Angels Will Harrison , Punch ** Nathan Lane , Death of a Salesman ** John Lithgow , Giant Lesley Manville , Oedipus Kelli O'Hara, Fallen Angels

Christopher Abbott , Death of a Salesman Danny Burstein , Marjorie Prime Jessica Hecht , Dog Day Afternoon ** Laurie Metcalf , Death of a Salesman ** Ruben Santiago-Hudson , Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Sara Chase , Schmigadoon! Nicholas Christopher , Chess Luke Evans , The Rocky Horror Show ** Joshua Henry , Ragtime ** Sam Tutty , Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) Brandon Uranowitz , Ragtime Jessica Vosk , Beaches

Ali Louis Bourzgui , The Lost Boys Max Clayton , Schmigadoon! Andrew Durand , The Rocky Horror Show Benjamin Pajak , The Lost Boys ** Ben Levi Ross , Ragtime **

Micaela Diamond , The Seat of Our Pants Amber Iman , Goddess Brian Quijada , Mexodus ** Nygel D. Robinson , Mexodus ** Matt Rodin , Beau the Musical

Justin Cooley , The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee J. Harrison Ghee , Saturday Church ** 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

** 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

** Caroline Aaron , The Reservoir ** Brian d'Arcy James, Eurydice River Lipe-Smith , Caroline Andrea Martin , Meet the Cartozians Malcolm Mays, The Brothers Size

Sean Hayes , The Unknown Jack Holden , Kenrex Mary Kate O Flanagan , Making a Show of Myself ** Daniel Radcliffe , Every Brilliant Thing ** Jean Smart , Call Me Izzy

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 ** Cinco Paul , Schmigadoon! ** Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson , Mexodus

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 ** Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson , Mexodus ** The Rescues , The Lost Boys

Debbie Allen , Joe Turner's Come and Gone Ngozi Anyanwu , The Monsters Trip Cullman , Becky Shaw Robert Icke , Oedipus ** Joe Mantello , Death of a Salesman ** Tarell Alvin McCraney and Bijan Sheibani , The Brothers Size

Michael Arden , The Lost Boys ** Lear deBessonet , Ragtime ** Lee Sunday Evans , Oratorio for Living Things David Mendizábal, Mexodus Diane Paulus , Masquerade

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui , Masquerade ** Christopher Gattelli , Schmigadoon! ** Darrell Grand Moultrie , Goddess Darrell Grand Moultrie , Saturday Church Rickey Tripp , The Monsters

** Doug Besterman and Mike Morris , Schmigadoon! ** Heather Christian , Johnny Butler , Jane Cardona , Fraser Campbell, Laura Dadap , Clerida Eltime , Fred Epstein , Camellia Hartman , Odetta Hartman , Ben Moss , John Murchison and Peter Wise , Oratorio for Living Things Mikhail Fiksel , Brian Quijada , and Nygel D. Robinson , Mexodus Ethan Popp and The Rescues , The Lost Boys Michael Thurber , Goddess

James Fluhr , Masquerade ** Dane Laffrey , The Lost Boys ** Scott Pask , Schmigadoon! Adam Rigg and Anton Volovsek , Bowl EP Jason Sherwood , The Baker's Wife

Dede Ayite , Goddess ** Linda Cho , Schmigadoon! ** Jeff Mahshie , Fallen Angels Ryan park , The Lost Boys Emilio Sosa , Masquerade

Mextly Couzin , Mexodus Adam Honoré, Cats: The Jellicle Ball Jack Knowles , Death of a Salesman ** Jen Schriever and Michael Arden , The Lost Boys ** Studio Luna , Marcel on the Train

Caroline Eng , The Unknown ** Mikhail Fiksel , Mexodus ** Adam Fisher , The Lost Boys Brett Jarvis , Masquerade Nick Kourtides , Oratorio for Living Things

** 59 Studio , Ragtime ** Akhila Krishnan , Kyoto Derek McLane , This World of Tomorrow Johnny Moreno , Mexodus John Narun , Bughouse

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

The following Broadway productions were considered in previous seasons, with only new elements eligible during this cycle: Cats: The Jellicle Ball ; Liberation ; and Titaníque . The following productions were not eligible for awards this season: Mamma Mia! ; Beetlejuice ; Rob Lake Magic with Special Guests The Muppets ; All Out: Comedy About Ambition.

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/2026-Outer-Critics-Circle-Awards-Winners--RAGTIME-and-SCHMIGADOON-Lead-the-Pack-20260511)._