Sue Monk Kidd

The Secret Life of Bees Off-Broadway musical was celebrated with seven Outer Critics Circle Awards Honorees on Monday, including Most Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical. The category of Most Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical included 3 individual nominations for Eisa Davis, LaChanze and Saycon Sengbloh. Remaining nominations include: Lynn Nottage for Outstanding Book of a Musical, Susan Birkenhead and Duncan Sheik for Outstanding New Score, and Duncan Sheik and John Clancy for Outstanding Orchestrations.

In lieu of a traditional winner being chosen, The Outer Critics Awards deciding on celebrating up to 5 Honorees in each category.

Watch below to see Lin-Manuel Miranda, Kristin Chenowith, Bryan Cranston, Patti LuPone, and Patrick Stewart make the announcements.