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2002 Outer Critics Circle Award
for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical


Credit : Michael Le Poer Trench

The Outer Critics Circle is an organization of over 75 out-of-town critics and writers
whose annual Award nominations unofficially kick off New York's theatrical awards season.

It was announced on 28 April that Shuler had won the 2002 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance in the Broadway production of Oklahoma!
The Awards Ceremony was held on 23 May at Sardi's Restaurant, NYC.

Trevor Nunn's revival of Oklahoma! topped the roster of OCC winners with five awards.

Complete list of 2002 nominees and winners, with winners in boldface : 

OUTSTANDING BROADWAY PLAY
Fortune's Fool
The Goat
Metamorphoses
Topdog/Underdog

OUTSTANDING BROADWAY MUSICAL
Mamma Mia!
Sweet Smell of Success
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Urinetown

OUTSTANDING OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
The Dazzle
Franz Kafka's The Castle
The Matchmaker
36 Views

OUTSTANDING OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
The Last 5 Years
The Spitfire Grill
Summer of '42
tick, tick...Boom!

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
The Crucible
The Elephant Man
Morning's at Seven
Noises Off

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Into the Woods
Oklahoma!

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR
OF A PLAY

Jeremy Sams - Noises Off
Scott Schwartz - Franz Kafka's The Castle
Daniel Sullivan - Morning's at Seven
George C. Wolfe - Topdog/Underdog
Mary Zimmerman - Metamorphoses

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR
OF A MUSICAL

James Lapine - Into the Woods
Michael Mayer - Thoroughly Modern Millie
Trevor Nunn - Oklahoma!
John Rando - Urinetown

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY
Rob Ashford - Thoroughly Modern Millie
John Carrafa - Urinetown
Susan Stroman - Oklahoma!
Christopher Wheeldon -
Sweet Smell of Success

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
John Lee Beatty - Morning's at Seven
Allen Moyer - The Dazzle
Douglas Stein - 36 Views
Anthony Ward - Oklahoma!

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
Santo Loquasto - The Elephant Man
Isaac Mizrahi - The Women
Martin Pakledinaz - Thoroughly Modern Millie
Anthony Ward - Oklahoma!

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
David Hersey - Oklahoma!

Donald Holder - Thoroughly Modern Millie
James F. Ingalls - The Elephant Man
David Weiner -
36 Views

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Alan Bates - Fortune's Fool

Ian McKellan - Dance of Death
Liam Neeson - The Crucible
Bill Pullman - The Goat

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Kate Burton - Hedda Gabler
Laura Linney - The Crucible
Helen Mirren - Dance of Death
Mercedes Ruehl - The Goat

OUTSTANDING ACTOR
IN A MUSICAL
John Cullum - Urinetown
Brian d'Arcy James - Sweet Smell of Success
Hunter Foster - Urinetown
John Lithgow - Sweet Smell of Success

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS
IN A MUSICAL
Sutton Foster - Thoroughly Modern Millie

Josefina Gabrielle - Oklahoma!
Kerry O'Malley - Into the Woods
Louise Pitre -
Mamma Mia!

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Frank Langella - Fortune's Fool

Joseph McKenna - The Golem
Stephen Tobolowsky - Morning's at Seven
David Warner -
Major Barbara

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS
IN A PLAY
Katie Finneran - Noises Off

Elizabeth Franz - Morning's at Seven
Julie Hagerty - Morning's at Seven
Dana Ivey - Major Barbara

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR
IN A MUSICAL

Norbert Leo Butz - Thou Shalt Not
Justin Bohon - Oklahoma!
  Shuler Hensley - Oklahoma!   
Marc Kudisch - Thoroughly Modern Millie

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS
IN A MUSICAL
Laura Benanti - Into the Woods
Angela Christian - Thoroughly Modern Millie
Spencer Kayden - Urinetown
Andrea Martin -
Oklahoma!

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Kevin Bacon - An Almost Holy Picture
John Leguizamo - Sexaholix
Charles Nelson Reilly - Save It for the Stage: The Life of Reilly
Elaine Stritch - Elaine Stritch at Liberty

JOHN GASSNER AWARD
(Presented for an American play,preferably by a new playwright)
Rebecca Gilman - The Glory of Living
Richard Greenberg - The Dazzle
Naomi Iizuka - 36 Views
Suzan-Lori Parks - Topdog/Underdog

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD :

Mos Def and Jeffrey Wright
Topdog/Underdog

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