Michael Cerveris, Raúl Esparza, and More to Present at Outer Critics Circle Awards

Michael Cerveris (Fun Home), Nick Cordero (Brooklynite), Raúl Esparza (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Katie Finneran (It's Only a Play), Montego Glover (It Shoulda Been You), Jefferson Mays (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder), and costume designer William Ivey Long will serve as presenters during the 65th Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards ceremony on Thursday, May 21, at Sardi's Restaurant. The award winners for the 2014-15 season will be announced in 24 categories on May 11.

Something Rotten!, the new musical comedy by Wayne Kirkpatrick, Karey Kirkpatrick, and John O'Farrell, leads the nominations tally with 12 nods. Coming in second, with nine nominations, is the Broadway revival of Comden and Green's On the Twentieth Century, starring Kristin Chenoweth, who is one of five performers nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Musical.

The Outer Critics Circle, founded in the 1949-50 season, is composed of writers who cover the New York theater scene for out-of-town newspapers or national publications. It distinguishes between Broadway and off-Broadway in giving out awards for new plays and musicals, but mixes the categories together for competitive revival and individual performer awards as well as directors, designers, and choreographers.