"Billy Elliot" and "Shrek the Musical" topped the list of winners of the Outer Critics Circle Awards, with "Billy Elliot" picking up seven kudos including new Broadway musical, score (Elton John and Lee Hall), director (Stephen Daldry) and choreographer (Peter Darling).

"Shrek" nabbed two design awards for Tim Hatley's sets and costumes, plus thesping nods for leads Brian d'Arcy James and Sutton Foster (who shared her lead actress award with Josefina Scaglione of "West Side Story").

The seven honors for "Billy Elliot" also included two supporting thesping laurels (Haydn Gwynne and Gregory Jbara) plus a shared award for the three boys who alternate in the lead role of Billy.

And the winners are:

NEW BROADWAY PLAY
"God of Carnage"

NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
"Billy Elliot the Musical"

NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
"Ruined"

NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
"The Toxic Avenger"

NEW SCORE (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
"Billy Elliot the Musical"

REVIVAL OF A PLAY (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
"The Norman Conquests"

REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
"Hair"

DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Matthew Warchus - "The Norman Conquests"

DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Stephen Daldry - "Billy Elliot the Musical"

CHOREOGRAPHER
Peter Darling - "Billy Elliot the Musical"

SET DESIGN (Play or Musical)
Tim Hatley - "Shrek the Musical"

COSTUME DESIGN (Play or Musical)
Tim Hatley - "Shrek the Musical"

LIGHTING DESIGN (Play or Musical)
Rick Fisher - "Billy Elliot the Musical"

ACTOR IN A PLAY
Geoffrey Rush - "Exit the King"

ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Marcia Gay Harden - "God of Carnage"

ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Brian d’Arcy James - "Shrek the Musical"

ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Sutton Foster - "Shrek the Musical"
Josefina Scaglione - "West Side Story"

FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
David Pearse - "The Cripple of Inishmaan"

FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Angela Lansbury - "Blithe Spirit"

FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Gregory Jbara - "Billy Elliot the Musical"

FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Haydn Gwynne - "Billy Elliot the Musical"

SOLO PERFORMANCE
Lorenzo Pisoni - "Humor Abuse"

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Amelia Bullmore, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Mangan, Ben Miles, Paul Ritter, Amanda Root - Cast of "The Norman Conquests"

JOHN GASSNER AWARD (Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Gina Gionfriddo Becky Shaw

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish for their performances in "Billy Elliot the Musical"

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