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CRITICS SEE TONY FUTURE FOR 'PRODUCERS'
Michael Riedel
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May 1, 2001 4:00am
IN a sign of things to come at the Tony Awards next month, "The Producers" made off with eight Outer Critics Circle awards yesterday, including one for Outstanding Musical.
The $10.5 million blockbuster also won for its direction and choreography, both by the great Susan Stroman; for the performance of its leading man, Nathan Lane; for its sets, by Robin Wagner and for costumes by William Ivey Long.
Cady Huffman, who plays the sexpot Swedish secretary/chorus girl, was named Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical.
Gary Beach, who plays the flamboyantly gay director, tied with "The Full Monty" actor Andre De Shields for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical.
"Proof," David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about a family of brilliant but insane mathematicians, was named Outstanding Play.
"42nd Street" picked up the award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical.
"Gore Vidal's the Best Man" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" tied for the Outstanding Revival of a Play.
The Outer Critics Circle is made up of theater reviewers for out-of-town newspapers.
The awards will be doled out May 24 at Sardi's.
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