Winners Announced For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Milwaukee Awards
The audience has voted and the winners have been announced!
The winners have been announced for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Milwaukee 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: Molly Rhode - THE LEGEND OF ROCK PAPER SCISSORS - First Stage
Runners-Up: Amanda Satchell - LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU - Bombshell Theatre Company, SaraLynn Evenson - BEAUTY AND THE BEAT - THE ARTISTRY OF MISS Peggy Lee - SideNotes Cabaret at Sunset Playhouse, Erica Cherie - LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU: A MUSICAL DIVA REVUE - Bombshell Theatre Co.
Best Choreography Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Monica Kapoor - MAMMA MIA! - Skylight Music Theatre
Runners-Up: Lisa Shriver - THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Skylight Music Theatre, Abby Rasmussen - NEWSIES - Sunset Playhouse, Carmen Castello - PETER AND THE STARCATCHER - Lake County Players
Best Costume Design Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Alyssa Ridder - THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Skylight Music Theatre
Runners-Up: Jason Orlenko - MAMMA MIA! - Skylight Theatre, Cas Mayhall - PETER AND THE STARCATCHER - Lake country playhouse, Brandon Kirkham - THE LEGEND OF ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS - First Stage
Best Direction Of A Musical
Winner: Michael Unger - Dennis DeYoung'S HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Skylight Music Theatre
Runners-Up: Amy Bates - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - The Malthouse Theatre, Kimberly Laberge - CABARET - Lake Country Playhouse, Monica Kapoor - MAMMA MIA - Skylight Music Theatre
Best Direction Of A Play
Winner: Jamil A.C. Mangan - PIPELINE - Next Act Theatre
Runners-Up: Carolyn Silverberg - MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING - Play-by-Play Theatre, Kathryn Mooers - PETER AND THE STARCATCHER - Lake County Players, Kimberly Laberge and Cory Fitzsimmons - THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE - Independent Shakespeare Co
Best Ensemble Performance
Winner: THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Skylight Music Theatre
Runners-Up: MAMMA MIA! - Skylight Music Theatre, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING - Play-by-Play Theatre, NEWSIES - Sunset Playhouse
Best Lighting Design Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Jamie Roderick - THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Skylight Music Theatre
Runners-Up: Shawn Irish - MAMMA MIA! - Skylight Theatre, Jason Fassl - THE LEGEND OF ROCK PAPER SCISSORS - First Stage, Mike VanDresser - FROZEN, JR. - Waukesha Civic Theater
Best Music Direction & Orchestra Performance
Winner: Eric Svejcar - HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Skylight Music Theatre
Runners-Up: David Bonofiglio - MAMMA MIA - Skylight Music Theatre, Ashley Sprangers - MARY POPPINS - Greendale Community Theatre, Tracy Garon - CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG - Bombshell Theatre Company
Best Musical
Winner: THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Skylight Music Theatre
Runners-Up: A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - The Malthouse Theatre, MAMMA MIA! - Skylight Music Theatre, THE LEGEND OF ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS - First Stage
Best New Play Or Musical
Winner: THE LEGEND OF ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS - First Stage
Runners-Up: ARTHUR AND FRIENDS MAKE A MUSICAL - First Stage Theater, THE AMAZING LEMONADE GIRL - First Stage, THE LAST WHITE MAN - Next Act Theatre
Best Performer In A Musical
Winner: Ben Gulley - THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Skylight Music Theatre
Runners-Up: Noah Tibbetts - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - The Malthouse Theatre, Lisa Estridge - MAMMA MIA - Skylight Music Theatre, Elias King - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - The Malthouse Theatre
Best Performer In A Play
Winner: Júlia Garcia - MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING - Play-by-Play Theatre
Runners-Up: Lydia Wilhelm - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES - SummerStage, Ibraheem Farmer - PIPELINE - Next Act Theatre, Elyse Edelman - INDECENT - Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Milwaukee, WI
Best Play
Winner: PIPELINE - Next Act Theatre
Runners-Up: PETER AND THE STARCATCHER - Lake Country Playhouse, ANNE OF GREEN GABLES - SummerStage of Delafield, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING - Play-by-Play Theater
Best Production of an Opera
Winner: CINDERELLA - Florentine Opera
Runners-Up: L'ORFEO - Milwaukee Opera Theatre, RIGOLETTO - Florentine Opera, THE CHILD AND THE ENCHANTMENTS - Florentine Opera
Best Scenic Design Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Adam Koch - THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Skylight Music Theatre
Runners-Up: Kimberly Powers - MAMMA MIA! - Skylight Theatre, Brian Prather - LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - Skylight Music Theatre, Madelyn Yee - INDECENT - Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
Best Sound Design Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Chad Parsley - THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Skylight Music Theatre
Runners-Up: Ben Scheff - MAMMA MIA! - Skylight Theatre, Matt Whitmore - THE LEGEND OF ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS - First Stage, Instrumental Motion - CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG - Bombshell Theatre Company
Best Supporting Performer In A Musical
Winner: Emily Mertens - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - The Malthouse Theatre
Runners-Up: Camara Stampley - MAMMA MIA - Skylight Music Theatre, Janet Metz - THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Skylight Music Theatre, Morgan Gates - PETER AND THE STARCATCHER - lake Country Playhouse
Best Supporting Performer In A Play
Winner: Malaina Moore - PIPELINE - Next Act Theatre
Runners-Up: Mike Eserkaln - MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING - Play-by-Play Theatre, Sanaiah Hibbler - THE AMAZING LEMONADE GIRL - First Stage, Zach Thomas Woods - RED HERRING - Next Act Theatre
Best Theatre For Young Audiences Production
Winner: MAMMA MIA - Skylight Music Theatre
Runners-Up: NEWSIES JR - Sunset Playhouse, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER - Lake County Playhouse, ARTHUR AND FRIENDS MAKE A MUSICAL - First Stage Theater
Favorite Local Theatre
Winner: Skylight Music Theatre
Runners-Up: First Stage, Sunset Playhouse, Play-by-Play Theatre
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