The Outer Critics Circle Awards, announced on Monday, are equal parts great and odd. Here are a few thoughts I have about them: It's really, really exciting that all of the nominees of the John Gassner Award are female. I'm really pleased Mean Girls did not get an Outstanding New Score nomination but I can't say the Desperate Measures one is any better. Torch Song deserved an Outstanding Revival of a Play nomination over Travesties and Lobby Hero . Guess you can't beat Broadway, huh? So happy to see Sean Carvajal nominated! In that category, with those performances (sorry, Greg Mazgola is not a lead in Cost of Living , Victor Williams is), he is the one who deserves to win. Alright, alright, let's address the elephant in the room. I was looking at these nominations, and naturally I was just looking at the list of names. So I saw Michael Urie, did a fist pump at my desk, and moved on. It was not until my boyfriend emailed me later on in the morning did I rea...
Theater reviews and commentary by Alyssa Maher.