Outer Critics Circle Award for Best New Off-Broadway Musical | |
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Awarded for | Best New Off-Broadway Musical |
Location | New York City |
Presented by | Outer Critics Circle |
Currently held by | Drag: The Musical (2025) |
Website | OuterCritics.org |
The Outer Critics Circle Award for Best New Off-Broadway Musical is an annual award given to the best new musical playing Off-Broadway, as determined by Outer Critics Circle. The awards have existed since 1949-1950 season, but this category was added in 1983.
Little Shop of Horrors won the inaugural award in 1983. The follow composers and writers have won the award two times:James Lapine, William Finn, Jonathan Larson, Joe DiPietro, Jeanine Tesori, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Itamar Moses, with Tesori as the only woman to win twice. She is also tied with Michael John LaChiusa for the most nominations, with four each.
Year | Production | Bookwriter | Composer | Ref. |
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1983 | ||||
Little Shop of Horrors | Howard Ashman | Howard Ashman and Alan Menken | [1] | |
1984 | No award given. | |||
1985 | ||||
Kuni-Leml | Nahma Sandrow | Raphael Crystal and Richard Engquist | [2] | |
1986 | ||||
Nunsense | Dan Goggin | [3] | ||
1987 | ||||
Stardust | Various | [4] | ||
1988 | ||||
Oil City Symphony | Various | [5] | ||
Romance/Romance | Barry Harman | Barry Harman and Keith Herrmann | ||
1989 | No award given. |