Lindsay Mendez is having an Outer this world moment…
The Outer Critics Circle has named announced its award winners, with the 40-year-old half-Mexican American Tony Award-winning actress coming away with one prize.
Mendez was named Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off Broadway Musical for her performance in Merrily We Roll Along.
The Circle is made up of writers on New York theater for out-of-town newspapers and national publication.
In all, Some Like It Hot topped the winners list with five, in all – with Leopoldstadt coming in second with three awards.
Winners of the 72nd Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards will be honored at a ceremony on Thursday, May 25 at the Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center’s New York Public Library for The Performing Arts.
Here’s the complete list of winners:
Outstanding New Broadway Musical
Some Like It Hot
Outstanding New Broadway Play
Leopoldstadt
Outstanding New Off Broadway Musical
The Harder They Come
Outstanding New Off Broadway Play
Downstate
John Gassner Award for New American Play (Preferably by a New Playwright)
Fat Ham by James Ijames
Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Topdog/Underdog
Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Parade
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical
Harrison Ghee – Some Like It Hot
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical
Alex Newell – Shucked
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play
Sean Hayes – Good Night, Oscar
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play
Brandon Uranowitz – Leopoldstadt
Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off Broadway Play
Bill Irwin – Endgame
Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off Broadway Play
Todd Freeman – Downstate
Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off Broadway Musical
Jonathan Groff – Merrily We Roll Along
Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off Broadway Musical
Lindsay Mendez – Merrily We Roll Along
Outstanding Solo Performance
Jodie Comer – Prima Facie
Outstanding New Score
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman – Some Like It Hot
Outstanding Book of a Musical
Robert Horn – Shucked
Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical)
Beowulf Boritt – New York, New York
Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical)
Gregg Barnes – Some Like it Hot
Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)
Tim Lutkin – Life of Pi
Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical)
Joshua D. Reid – A Christmas Carol
Outstanding Video or Projection Design (Play or Musical)
Andrzej Goulding – Life of Pi
Outstanding Orchestrations
Bryan Carter and Charlie Rosen – Some Like It Hot
Outstanding Director of a Musical
Michael Arden – Parade
Outstanding Choreography
Susan Stroman – New York, New York
Outstanding Director of a Play
Patrick Marber – Leopoldstadt
Special Achievement Award
B.H. Barry, one of the world’s foremost fight directors, in recognition of a distinguished six-decade career capped off with Camelot at Lincoln Center Theater.