Robert Fairchild, Leanne Cope, Tony Yazbeck, Melanie Moore & More Pick Up 2015 Astaire Award Nominations!

By: May. 04, 2015
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Broadway legend Joel Grey (CABARET, WICKED) and Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein (FINDING NEVERLAND) will be the honorees at this year's Fred and Adele Astaire Awards, celebrating the 2015 season's outstanding dance and choreography on Broadway and film. The event will take place on June 1, 2015 at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.

Check out who picked up nominations below!

Best Female Dancer:

Annaleigh Ashford - You Can't Take it With You

Leanne Cope - American in Paris

Jill Paice - American in Paris

Megan Fairchild - On the Town

Erin Davie - Sideshow

Emily Padgett - Sideshow

XiaoChuan Xie - The King and I

Melanie Moore - Finding Neverland

Best Male Dancer:

Robert Fairchild - American in Paris

Clyde Alves - On the Town

Tony Yazbeck - On the Town

Jay Armstrong Johnson - On the Town

Phillip Attmore - On the Twentieth Century

Rick Faugno - On the Twentieth Century

Drew King - On the Twentieth Century

Richard Riaz Yoder - On the Twentieth Century

Christian Borle - Something Rotten

Alex Sharp - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Best Choreographer:

Christopher Wheeldon - American in Paris

Joshua Bergasse - On the Town

Christopher Gattelli - The King and I

Warren Carlyle - On the Twentieth Century

Casey Nicholaw - Something Rotten

Scott Graham & Steven Hoggett for Frantic Assembly - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the

Night-Time

Steven Hoggett - The Last Ship

Mia Michaels - Finding Neverland


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