Winners Announced For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Birmingham Awards
The audience has voted and the winners have been announced!
The winners have been announced for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Birmingham Awards, honoring the best in regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The audiences have voted and made their selections for the best theatre and performances.
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Best Cabaret/Concert/Solo Performance
Winner: Greta Lambert - A CHRISTMAS CAROL - Alabama Shakespeare Festival
Runners-Up: Erika Kellom - CHOCOLATE COVERED CABARET - Encore Theatre and Gallery, Abijah Cunningham - CHOCOLATE COVERED CABARET - Encore Theatre and Gallery, Jeremy Jefferson - CHOCOLATE COVERED CABARET - Encore Theatre
Best Choreography Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Ursula Smith - CHOCOLATE COVERED CABARET - Encore Theatre and Gallery
Runners-Up: Ursula Smith - BROWN SUGAR NUTCRACKER - DJD Theatre, Tuan Malinowski - THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL - UAB Theatre, Carl Dean - 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL - Virginia Samford Theatre
Best Costume Design Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Hillary Cunningham - BIG RIVER - Theatre of Gadsden
Runners-Up: Kelleybrooke Brown - WIZARD OF OZ - Aggie Theatre, Kimberly Schnormeier - SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS - UAB Theatre, Joy Tilley Perryman - RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF Johnny Cash - Theatre of Gadsden
Best Direction Of A Musical
Winner: Mike Beecham - BIG RIVER - Theatre of Gadsden
Runners-Up: Dr. David Callaghan - THE LIGHTNING THIEF: THE PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL - University of Montevallo, Kelleybrooke Brown - WIZARD OF OZ - Aggie Theatre, James Keith Posey - OLIVER! - Pike Road Theater Company
Best Direction Of A Play
Winner: Charnelle Brown - SKELETON CREW - Encore Theatre and Gallery
Runners-Up: Rick Dildine - MACBETH - Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Bart Pitchford - ANONYMOUS - University of Montevallo, Carl Dean - ERNEST AND THE PALE MOON - Jefferson County Academy of Theatre and Dance
Best Ensemble Performance
Winner: THE CAST OF RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF Johnny Cash - Theatre of Gadsden
Runners-Up: BIG RIVER - Theatre of Gadsden, SPONGEBOB THE MUSICAL - UAB, ORPHIE AND THE BOOK OF HEREOS - Samford University
Best Lighting Design Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Cassie Cunningham - BIG RIVER - Theatre of Gadsden
Runners-Up: Jenn Luck - RING OF FIRE - Theatre of Gadsden, Jonathan David Washington - HOLIDAY INN - Encore Theatre, James Seymour - WIZARD OF OZ - Aggie Theatre
Best Music Direction & Orchestra Performance
Winner: Billy Jenkins - RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF Johnny Cash - Theatre of Gadsden
Runners-Up: Angie Campbell - BIG RIVER - Theatre of Gadsden, Dee Hill - CHOCOLATE COVERED CABARET - Encore Theatre and Gallery, Jennifer Hartsell - THE LIGHTNING THIEF: THE PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL - University of Montevallo
Best Musical
Winner: A NEW BRAIN - University of Montevallo Theatre Dept
Runners-Up: THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL - University of Alabama at Birmingham, BIG RIVER - Theatre of Gadsden, RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF Johnny Cash - Theatre of Gadsden
Best New Play Or Musical
Winner: FLATLINERS THE MUSICAL - Annslyn Pilkington and Jennifer Hartsell
Runners-Up: FREEDOM RIDER - Alabama Shakespeare Festival, CHOCOLATE COVERED CABARET - Encore Theatre and Gallery, ECHO(ES) - UAB
Best Performer In A Musical
Winner: Troy Serena - THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL - University of Alabama at Birmingham
Runners-Up: John Christopher Adams - BIG RIVER - Theatre of Gadsden, Ava Williams - 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE - Virginia Samford Theatre, Dominique Posey - CHOCOLATE COVERED CABARET - Encore Theatre and Gallery
Best Performer In A Play
Winner: Meghan Andrews - MACBETH - Alabama Shakespeare Festival
Runners-Up: Cameron White - DEARLY DEPARTED - Encore Theatre And Gallery, Griffin Simmons - THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE - The Lighthouse Theatre Company, Seviin Li - MARC RABY'S HOLIDAY INN - Encore Theatre and Gallery
Best Play
Winner: ANON(YMOUS) - University of Montevallo
Runners-Up: THE LARAMIE PROJECT - Samford University, THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE - The Lighthouse Theatre Company, DEARLY DEPARTED - Encore Theatre and Gallery
Best Production of an Opera
Winner: THE MAGIC FLUTE - Samford Opera
Runners-Up: LA BOHEME - Opera Birmingham, THE MERRY WIDOW - Birmingham Music Club, MERRY WIDOW - Opera Birmingham
Best Scenic Design Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Kendelle Stovall and Joe Cannon - BIG RIVER - Theatre of Gadsden
Runners-Up: Richard Dean and Julie Nelson - RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF Johnny Cash - Theatre of Gadsden, A CHRISTMAS CAROL - Samford University Theatre and Dance, David Page - THE LIGHTNING THIEF: THE PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL - University of Montevallo
Best Sound Design Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Wayne Cornutt - RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF Johnny Cash - Theatre of Gadsden
Runners-Up: Phil Lindsey - THE LIGHTNING THIEF: THE PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL - University of Montevallo, Tavares Cook - SKELETON CREW - Encore Theatre and Gallery, Melanie Chen Cole - MACBETH - Alabama Shakespeare Festival
Best Supporting Performer In A Musical
Winner: Domonique Posey - CHOCOLATE COVERED CABARET - Encore Theatre
Runners-Up: Sam Riggs - ORPHIE AND THE BOOK OF HEREOS - Samford University, Sam Wallace - OLIVER! - Pike Road Theatre Company, Cole Cannon - BIG RIVER - Theatre of Gadsden
Best Supporting Performer In A Play
Winner: Eric Browne - THE NORMAL HEART - University of Montevallo
Runners-Up: Abigail Heuton - THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK - South City Theatre, Valerie Smith Webb - HOLIDAY INN - Encore Theatre, Tucker Simmons - THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE - The Lighthouse Theatre Company
Best Theatre For Young Audiences Production
Winner: JUNIE B. JONES: JINGLE BELLS, BATMAN SMELLS! - Theatre of Gadsden
Runners-Up: THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS - Samford University Theatre and Dance, SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS - UAB Theatre, SPOOKLEY THE SQUARE PUMPKIN - Aggie Theatre
Favorite Local Theatre
Winner: Red Mountain Theatre
Runners-Up: Virginia Samford Theatre, UAB, Birmingham Black Repertory Theatre Collective
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