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Outer Critics Circle Award for
Best Play
Awarded forBest Play
LocationNew York City
Presented byOuter Critics Circle
Currently held byThe Inheritance by Matthew Lopez (2020)

The Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Play is an annual award given to the best new (non-musical) play on Broadway, as determined by the Outer Critics Circle voters. The award goes to the authors and the producers of the play.

Award winners

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Legend:

  indicates the winner.

1950s

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Season Production Author References
1949-1950
The Cocktail Party T. S. Eliot [1]
1950-1951
Billy Budd Louis O. Coxe & Robert H. Chapman [2]
1951-1952
Point of No Return Paul Osborn, adapted from the novel of the same name by John P. Marquand [3]
1952-1953
Picnic William Inge [4]
1953-1954
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Herman Wouk [5]
1954-1955
Inherit the Wind Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee [6]
1955-1956
The Diary of Anne Frank Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett [7]
1956-1957
Long Day's Journey into Night Eugene O'Neill [8]
1957-1958
Look Homeward, Angel Ketti Frings [9]
1958-1959
The Visit Friedrich Dürrenmatt [10]

1960s

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Year Production Author References
1959-1960
The Miracle Worker William Gibson [11]
1960-1961
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad Arthur Kopit [12]
1960-1961
No award given; Edward Albee was given the award for "Best Playwright" for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? instead this year [13]
1963
17th Tony Awards
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Edward Albee
A Thousand Clowns Herb Gardner
Mother Courage and Her Children Bertolt Brecht
Tchin-Tchin Sidney Michaels
1964
18th Tony Awards
Luther John Osborne
Barefoot in the Park Neil Simon
Dylan Sidney Michaels
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe Edward Albee
1965
19th Tony Awards
The Subject Was Roses Frank D. Gilroy
Luv Murray Schisgal
The Odd Couple Neil Simon
Tiny Alice Edward Albee
1966
20th Tony Awards
Marat/Sade Peter Weiss
Inadmissible Evidence John Osborne
Philadelphia, Here I Come! Brian Friel
The Right Honourable Gentleman Michael Dyne
1967
21st Tony Awards
The Homecoming Harold Pinter
A Delicate Balance Edward Albee
Black Comedy Peter Shaffer
The Killing of Sister George Frank Marcus
1968
22nd Tony Awards
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Tom Stoppard
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Peter Nichols
Plaza Suite Neil Simon
The Price Arthur Miller
1969
23rd Tony Awards
The Great White Hope Howard Sackler
Hadrian VII Peter Luke
Lovers Brian Friel
The Man in the Glass Booth Robert Shaw

1970s

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Year Production Author
1970
24th Tony Awards
Borstal Boy Frank McMahon
Child's Play Robert Marasco
Indians Arthur Kopit
The Last of the Red Hot Lovers Neil Simon
1971
25th Tony Awards
Sleuth Anthony Shaffer
Home David Storey
Paul Sills' Story Theatre Paul Sills
The Philanthropist Christopher Hampton
1972
26th Tony Awards
Sticks and Bones David Rabe
Old Times Harold Pinter
The Prisoner of Second Avenue Neil Simon
Vivat! Vivat Regina! Robert Bolt
1973
27th Tony Awards
That Championship Season Jason Miller
Butley Simon Gray
The Changing Room David Storey
The Sunshine Boys Neil Simon
1974
28th Tony Awards
The River Niger Joseph A. Walker
In the Boom Boom Room David Rabe
The Au Pair Man Hugh Leonard
Ulysses in Nighttown Marjorie Barkentin
1975
29th Tony Awards
Equus Peter Shaffer
Same Time, Next Year Bernard Slade
Seascape Edward Albee
Short Eyes Miguel Pinero
Sizwe Banzi Is Dead / The Island Athol Fugard, John Kani & Winston Ntshona
The National Health Peter Nichols
1976
30th Tony Awards
Travesties Tom Stoppard
Knock Knock Jules Feiffer
Lamppost Reunion Louis La Russo
The First Breeze of Summer Leslie Lee
1977
31st Tony Awards
The Shadow Box Michael Cristofer
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf Ntozake Shange
Otherwise Engaged Simon Gray
Streamers David Rabe
1978
32nd Tony Awards
Da Hugh Leonard
Chapter Two Neil Simon
Deathtrap Ira Levin
The Gin Game Donald L. Coburn
1979
33rd Tony Awards
The Elephant Man Bernard Pomerance
Bedroom Farce Alan Ayckbourn
Whose Life Is It Anyway? Brian Clark
Wings Arthur Kopit

1980s

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Year Production Author
1980
34th Tony Awards
Children of a Lesser God Mark Medoff
Bent Martin Sherman
Home Samm-Art Williams
Talley's Folly Lanford Wilson
1981
35th Tony Awards
Amadeus Peter Shaffer
A Lesson from Aloes Athol Fugard
A Life Hugh Leonard
Fifth of July Lanford Wilson
1982
36th Tony Awards
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby David Edgar
Crimes of the Heart Beth Henley
"Master Harold"...and the Boys Athol Fugard
The Dresser Ronald Harwood
1983
37th Tony Awards
Torch Song Trilogy Harvey Fierstein
Angels Fall Lanford Wilson
Plenty David Hare
'night, Mother Marsha Norman
1984
38th Tony Awards
The Real Thing Tom Stoppard
Glengarry Glen Ross David Mamet
Noises Off Michael Frayn
Play Memory Joanna Glass
1985
39th Tony Awards
Biloxi Blues Neil Simon
As Is William M. Hoffman
Hurlyburly David Rabe
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom August Wilson
1986
40th Tony Awards
I'm Not Rappaport Herb Gardner
Benefactors Michael Frayn
Blood Knot Athol Fugard
The House of Blue Leaves John Guare
1987
41st Tony Awards
Fences August Wilson
Broadway Bound Neil Simon
Coastal Disturbances Tina Howe
Les Liaisons Dangereuses Christopher Hampton
1988
42nd Tony Awards
M. Butterfly David Henry Hwang
A Walk in the Woods Lee Blessing
Joe Turner's Come and Gone August Wilson
Speed-the-Plow David Mamet
1989
43rd Tony Awards
The Heidi Chronicles Wendy Wasserstein
Largely New York Bill Irwin
Lend Me a Tenor Ken Ludwig
Shirley Valentine Willy Russell

1990s

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Year Production Author
1990
44th Tony Awards
The Grapes of Wrath Frank Galati
Lettice and Lovage Peter Shaffer
Prelude to a Kiss Craig Lucas
The Piano Lesson August Wilson
1991
45th Tony Awards
Lost in Yonkers Neil Simon
Our Country's Good Timberlake Wertenbaker
Shadowlands William Nicholson
Six Degrees of Separation John Guare
1992
46th Tony Awards
Dancing at Lughnasa Brian Friel
Four Baboons Adoring the Sun John Guare
Two Shakespearean Actors Richard Nelson
Two Trains Running August Wilson
1993
47th Tony Awards
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches Tony Kushner
Someone Who'll Watch Over Me Frank McGuinness
The Sisters Rosensweig Wendy Wasserstein
The Song of Jacob Zulu Tug Yourgrau
1994
48th Tony Awards
Angels in America: Perestroika Tony Kushner
Broken Glass Arthur Miller
The Kentucky Cycle Robert Schenkkan
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 Anna Deavere Smith
1995
49th Tony Awards
Love! Valour! Compassion! Terrence McNally
Arcadia Tom Stoppard
Having Our Say Emily Mann
Indiscretions Jean Cocteau
1996
50th Tony Awards
Master Class Terrence McNally
Buried Child Sam Shepard
Racing Demon David Hare
Seven Guitars August Wilson
1997
51st Tony Awards
The Last Night of Ballyhoo Alfred Uhry
Skylight David Hare
Stanley Pam Gems
The Young Man From Atlanta Horton Foote
1998
52nd Tony Awards
'Art' Yasmina Reza
Freak John Leguizamo
Golden Child David Henry Hwang
The Beauty Queen of Leenane Martin McDonagh
1999
53rd Tony Awards
Side Man Warren Leight
Closer Patrick Marber
Not About Nightingales Tennessee Williams
The Lonesome West Martin McDonagh

2000s

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Year Production Author
2000
54th Tony Awards
Copenhagen Michael Frayn
Dirty Blonde Claudia Shear
The Ride Down Mt. Morgan Arthur Miller
True West Sam Shepard
2001
55th Tony Awards
Proof David Auburn
King Hedley II August Wilson
The Invention of Love Tom Stoppard
The Tale of the Allergist's Wife Charles Busch
2002
56th Tony Awards
The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? Edward Albee
Fortune's Fool Mike Poulton
Metamorphoses Mary Zimmerman
Topdog/Underdog Suzan-Lori Parks
2003
57th Tony Awards
Take Me Out Richard Greenberg
Enchanted April Matthew Barber
Say Goodnight, Gracie Rupert Holmes
Vincent in Brixton Nicholas Wright
2004
58th Tony Awards
I Am My Own Wife Doug Wright
Anna in the Tropics Nilo Cruz
Frozen Bryony Lavery
The Retreat from Moscow William Nicholson
2005
59th Tony Awards
Doubt John Patrick Shanley
Democracy Michael Frayn
Gem of the Ocean August Wilson
The Pillowman Martin McDonagh
2006
60th Tony Awards
The History Boys Alan Bennett
Rabbit Hole David Lindsay-Abaire
Shining City Conor McPherson
The Lieutenant of Inishmore Martin McDonagh
2007
61st Tony Awards
The Coast of Utopia Tom Stoppard
Frost/Nixon Peter Morgan
The Little Dog Laughed Douglas Carter Beane
Radio Golf August Wilson
2008
62nd Tony Awards
August: Osage County Tracy Letts
Rock 'n' Roll Tom Stoppard
The 39 Steps Patrick Barlow
The Seafarer Conor McPherson
2009
63rd Tony Awards
God of Carnage Yasmina Reza
33 Variations Moisés Kaufman
Dividing the Estate Horton Foote
reasons to be pretty Neil LaBute

2010s

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Year Production Author
2010
64th Tony Awards
Red John Logan
In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) Sarah Ruhl
Next Fall Geoffrey Nauffts
Time Stands Still Donald Margulies
2011
65th Tony Awards
War Horse Nick Stafford
Good People David Lindsay-Abaire
Jerusalem Jez Butterworth
The Motherfucker with the Hat Stephen Adly Guirgis
2012
66th Tony Awards
Clybourne Park Bruce Norris
Other Desert Cities Jon Robin Baitz
Peter and the Starcatcher Rick Elice
Venus in Fur David Ives
2013
67th Tony Awards
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Christopher Durang
Lucky Guy Nora Ephron
The Assembled Parties Richard Greenberg
The Testament of Mary Colm Toibin
2014
68th Tony Awards
All the Way Robert Schenkkan
Act One James Lapine
Casa Valentina Harvey Fierstein
Mothers and Sons Terrence McNally
Outside Mullingar John Patrick Shanley
2015
69th Tony Awards
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Simon Stephens
Disgraced Ayad Akhtar
Hand to God Robert Askins
Wolf Hall, Parts One & Two Hilary Mantel & Mike Poulton
2016
70th Tony Awards
The Humans Stephen Karam
Eclipsed Danai Gurira
King Charles III Mike Bartlett
The Father Florian Zeller
2017
71st Tony Awards
Oslo J. T. Rogers
A Doll's House, Part 2 Lucas Hnath
Indecent Paula Vogel
Sweat Lynn Nottage
2018
72nd Tony Awards
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Jack Thorne, John Tiffany & J. K. Rowling
The Children Lucy Kirkwood
Farinelli and the King Claire van Kampen
Junk Ayad Akhtar
Latin History for Morons John Leguizamo
2019
73rd Tony Awards
The Ferryman Jez Butterworth
Choir Boy Tarell Alvin McCraney
Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus Taylor Mac
Ink James Graham
What the Constitution Means to Me Heidi Schreck

2020s

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Year Production Author
2020
74th Tony Awards
The Inheritance Matthew Lopez
Grand Horizons Bess Wohl
Sea Wall/A Life Simon Stephens and Nick Payne
Slave Play Jeremy O. Harris
The Sound Inside Adam Rapp

Award records

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Multiple awards and nominations

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Awards Nominations Recipient
4 7 Tom Stoppard
2 10 Neil Simon
6 Edward Albee
5 Arthur Miller
4 Peter Shaffer
3 Terrence McNally
2 Tony Kushner
Yasmina Reza
1 9 August Wilson
4 David Rabe
John Osborne
Michael Frayn
Tennessee Williams
3 Brian Friel
Harold Pinter
Hugh Leonard
Jean Anouilh
2 David Henry Hwang
Dore Schary
Eugene O'Neill
Harvey Fierstein
Herb Gardner
Jez Butterworth
John Patrick Shanley
Richard Greenberg
Robert Bolt
Robert Schenkkan
Simon Stephens
Wendy Wasserstein
William Gibson
Awards Nominations Recipient
0 4 Athol Fugard
Martin McDonagh
3 David Hare
John Guare
Lanford Wilson
2 Arthur Kopit
Ayad Akhtar
Christopher Hampton
Conor McPherson
David Lindsay-Abaire
David Mamet
David Storey
Horton Foote
John Leguizamo
Mike Poulton
Paddy Chayefsky
Peter Nichols
Sam Shepard
Sidney Michaels
Simon Gray
William Inge
William Nicholson

Superlatives

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British writer Tom Stoppard has won this award four times, more than any other playwright. Only seven other writers (Arthur Miller, Terrence McNally, Tony Kushner, Edward Albee, Neil Simon, Yasmina Reza and Peter Shaffer) have won the award more than once, each winning twice.

With ten nominations, Neil Simon has been nominated for the award more than any other playwright. August Wilson, with nine nominations, comes in second, followed by Tom Stoppard (seven nominations), Edward Albee (six nominations), and Arthur Miller (five nominations).

In 1994, Tony Kushner became the first playwright to win consecutive Tony Awards for his two-part Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Terrence McNally repeated this feat the following two years with his plays Love! Valour! Compassion! and Master Class.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Outer Circle Names 'Bests'". The New York Times. 25 April 1950. p. 27.
  2. ^ OUTER CIRCLE NAMES 'BILLY BUDD' BEST PLAY. May 27, 1951. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Louis Calta (24 April 1952). "ROSS, POVAH SIGN FOR PLAY AT ANTA: They Will Have Leading Roles in 'Sunday Breakfast,' Slated for Premiere on May 21". The New York Times. p. 39.
  4. ^ "DESIGNS BY EX-MODEL; Modish Dash Seen in Maternity Fashions by Helene Scott; Outer Circle Selects Picnic". The New York Times. April 22, 1953. p. 35.
  5. ^ "Sullivan to Replace Fonda; Outer Circle awards to Caine Mutiny Court-Martial and Kismet". The New York Times. April 24, 1954. p. 15.
  6. ^ "Writers Cite 'Inherit the Wind'". The New York Times. April 27, 1955. p. 27.
  7. ^ "CRITICS AWARD SCROLLS; Outer Circle Cites 'My Fair Lady' and 'Anne Frank'". The New York Times. May 27, 1956. p. 88.
  8. ^ "OUTER CIRCLE AWARDS; Theatre Writers Name Play by O'Neill Season's Best". The New York Times. May 3, 1957. p. 20.
  9. ^ "Outer Circle Gives Citations; Outer Circle awards to Look Homeward Angel, Music Man, J Papp, others". The New York Times. April 8, 1958. p. 34.
  10. ^ "Outer Circle Gives Awards". The New York Times. May 1, 1959. p. 36.
  11. ^ OUTER CIRCLE AWARDS: Out-of-Town Newsmen List Annual Stage Winners. 13 May 1960. p. 26. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  12. ^ "OUTER CIRCLE GIVES AWARDS TOMORROW". The New York Times. 7 June 1962. p. 31.
  13. ^ "ALBEE IS HONORED BY OUTER CIRCLE". The New York Times. 1 May 1963. p. 34.
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