BROADWAY.COM’S AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS WINNERS
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE
THE 20th ANNUAL
BROADWAY.COM
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
“BE MORE CHILL” TOPS LIST WITH
4 WINS INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL
DANIEL RADCLIFFE AWARDED
FAVORITE LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY FOR
“THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT”
KERRY WASHINGTON AWARDED
FAVORITE LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY FOR
“AMERICAN SON”
RECEPTION WILL TAKE PLACE ON
THURSDAY, MAY 30 AT
48 LOUNGE
New York, NY (May 16, 2019) – Broadway.com announced the winners today for the 20th Annual Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards in 22 competitive categories. The winners were selected by fans who voted for all eligible candidates in a comprehensive Broadway.com survey for the “People’s Choice Awards” of Broadway.
This year, Be More Chill tops the list, winning four award including Favorite New Musical, Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical (George Salazar), Favorite Funny Performance (Stephanie Hsu), and Favorite Onstage Pair (Will Roland and George Salazar). To Kill a Mockingbird nabbed the Favorite New Play win, while Oklahoma! Wins for Best Musical Revival.
John Gore, owner and CEO of the John Gore Organization, said, “Broadway.com has always provided a direct connection between Broadway and its fans. We are proud to be celebrating 20 years of giving Broadway’s biggest fans a voice in recognizing the season’s best through the Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards.”
In its 20th year, the Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards celebrates the fan favorites of the season by giving the vote to the people. The voting period opened on May 7 and concluded on Sunday, May 12 at 11:59pm. The Awards will be presented at a private reception on Thursday, May 30, 2019, at 48 Lounge (1221 Avenue of the Americas). Each year, at the end of the Broadway season, stars come together to this ceremony where the most democratic theater award is handed. In recent years, the ceremony has featured Award Winners Uma Thurman, Andrew Garfield, Tina Fey, Ben Platt, Lin-Manuel Miranda and more.
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FAVORITE NEW MUSICAL
***Be More Chill
Beetlejuice
The Cher Show
Hadestown
The Prom
FAVORITE NEW PLAY
Choir Boy
The Ferryman
Hillary and Clinton
Network
***To Kill a Mockingbird
FAVORITE MUSICAL REVIVAL
Kiss Me, Kate
***Oklahoma!
FAVORITE PLAY REVIVAL
All My Sons
***The Boys in the Band
Burn This
King Lear
Torch Song
FAVORITE LONG-RUNNING SHOW
Come From Away
***Dear Evan Hansen
Hamilton
Waitress
Wicked
FAVORITE TOUR
Anastasia
The Book of Mormon
***Dear Evan Hansen
Hamilton
Waitress
FAVORITE LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Alex Brightman, Beetlejuice
Reeve Carney, Hadestown
Santino Fontana, Tootsie
***Andy Karl, Pretty Woman
Will Roland, Be More Chill
FAVORITE LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Stephanie J. Block, The Cher Show
Sophia Anne Caruso, Beetlejuice
Caitlin Kinnunen, The Prom
Beth Leavel, The Prom
***Eva Noblezada, Hadestown
FAVORITE LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Paddy Considine, The Ferryman
Bryan Cranston, Network
Jeff Daniels, To Kill a Mockingbird
Jim Parsons, The Boys in the Band
***Daniel Radcliffe, The Lifespan of a Fact
FAVORITE LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Annette Bening, All My Sons
Laura Donnelly, The Ferryman
Glenda Jackson, King Lear
Laurie Metcalf, Hillary and Clinton
***Kerry Washington, American Son
FAVORITE FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Corbin Bleu, Kiss Me, Kate
Gerard Canonico, Be More Chill
André De Shields, Hadestown
***George Salazar, Be More Chill
Jason Tam, Be More Chill
FAVORITE FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Kerry Butler, Beetlejuice
Amber Gray, Hadestown
Stephanie Hsu, Be More Chill
Bonnie Milligan, Head Over Heels
***Orfeh, Pretty Woman
FAVORITE FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Gbenga Akinnagbe, To Kill a Mockingbird
Matt Bomer, The Boys in the Band
Gideon Glick, To Kill a Mockingbird
***Jeremy Jordan, American Son
Andrew Rannells, The Boys in the Band
FAVORITE FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Joan Allen, The Waverly Gallery
Jenni Barber, All My Sons
***Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill a Mockingbird
LaTanya Richardson Jackson, To Kill a Mockingbird
Tatiana Maslany, Network
FAVORITE FUNNY PERFORMANCE
Brooks Ashmanskas, The Prom
Alex Brightman, Beetlejuice
***Stephanie Hsu, Be More Chill
Leslie Kritzer, Beetlejuice
Beth Leavel, The Prom
FAVORITE DIVA PERFORMANCE
Brooks Ashmanskas, The Prom
Stephanie J. Block, The Cher Show
Amber Gray, Hadestown
Kelli O’Hara, Kiss Me, Kate
***Orfeh, Pretty Woman
FAVORITE ONSTAGE PAIR
Samantha Barks and Andy Karl, Pretty Woman
Reeve Carney and Eva Noblezada, Hadestown
Stephanie Hsu and Will Roland, Be More Chill
Caitlin Kinnunen and Isabelle McCalla, The Prom
***Will Roland and George Salazar, Be More Chill
FAVORITE BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE (MALE)
Gbenga Akinnagbe, To Kill a Mockingbird
Matt Bomer, The Boys in the Band
Charlie Carver, The Boys in the Band
Armie Hammer, Straight White Men
***Ephraim Sykes, Ain’t Too Proud
FAVORITE BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE (FEMALE)
Samantha Barks, Pretty Woman
Sophia Anne Caruso, Beetlejuice
Isabelle McCalla, The Prom
Ali Stroker, Oklahoma!
***Stephanie Styles, Kiss Me, Kate!
FAVORITE REPLACEMENT (MALE)
Alex Boniello, Dear Evan Hansen
Gavin Creel, Waitress
Andrew Barth Feldman, Dear Evan Hansen
***Jeremy Jordan, Waitress
Sky Lakota-Lynch, Dear Evan Hansen
FAVORITE REPLACEMENT (FEMALE)
Krystina Alabado, Mean Girls
Shoshana Bean, Waitress
Mallory Bechtel, Dear Evan Hansen
Laura Benanti, My Fair Lady
***Jessica Vosk, Wicked
FAVORITE NEW SONG
“Dance With You” – The Prom
“I Love Play Rehearsal” – Be More Chill
“Loser Geek Whatever” – Be More Chill
“Michael in the Bathroom” – Be More Chill
***“Wait For Me” – Hadestown
SHOWS WITH MULTIPLE WINS
Be More Chill – 4
Pretty Woman: The Musical– 3
American Son – 2
Dear Evan Hansen – 2
Hadestown – 2
To Kill a Mockingbird – 2
STARS WITH MULTIPLE WINS
Jeremy Jordan (American Son / Waitress) – 2
Orfeh (Pretty Woman: The Musical) – 2
George Salazar (Be More Chill) – 2
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