Winners Announced For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Nashville Awards
The audience has voted and the winners have been announced!
The winners have been announced for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Nashville 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: Nathan Fink - COULD WOULD SHOULDA - Hendersonville Performing Arts Company
Runners-Up: Skyeler MacDowell - MERRY & BRIGHT - Playhouse 615, Jennifer Whitcomb-Oliva - THE DARKNESS AND OTHER BLACK THINGS - Barbershop Theatre, Tyson Pate - STOLE YOUR ROLE - Consider This Théâtre Company
Best Choreography Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Merry Flatt - HUNCHBACK OF.NOTRE DAME - Cookeville HS
Runners-Up: Jensen Crain-Foster - CINDERELLA - Cumberland County Playhouse, Kristen Carroll - SOUND OF MUSIC - South Jackson Performing Arts, Brendan Ferguson - LUCKY STIFF - Chattanooga State
Best Costume Design Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Austin Conlee - CINDERELLA THE MUSICAL - Cumberland County Playhouse
Runners-Up: Anne Wonder - CINDERELLA - South Jackson Performing Arts, Brett estinoz - LION KING - Audience of one, Angie Dee - ON THE TOWN - Capitol Theatre
Best Dance Production
Winner: NASHVILLE'S NUTCRACKER - Jackson Hall
Runners-Up: 42ND STREET - Belmont University, THAT WOMAN - THE DANCE SHOW - Tennessee Playwrights Studio, LUCY NEGRO REDUX - Nashville Ballet
Best Direction Of A Musical
Winner: Jennifer Welch - HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Cookeville HS
Runners-Up: Britt Hancock - CINDERELLA - Cumberland County Playhouse, Angie Dee - MATILDA - Audience of One/ Capitol Theatre, Greg Gressel - SOUND OF MUSIC - South Jackson Performing Arts
Best Direction Of A Play
Winner: Brenda Sparks - SYLVIA - Cumberland County Playhouse
Runners-Up: Heather Klienfeld - LAST ROUND UP OF THE GUACAMOLE QUEENS - South Jackson Performing arts Center, Erik Petersen - THE NERD - South Jackson Civic Center, T. Josiah Haynes - THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST - Springhouse Theatre Company
Best Ensemble Performance
Winner: HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Cookeville HE
Runners-Up: CINDERELLA - Cumberland County Playhouse, SOUND OF MUSIC - South Jackson Performing Arts Center, SEUSSICAL - Springhouse Theatre Company
Best Lighting Design Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Garner Harsh, Angie Dee, Josh Piercey - ON THE TOWN - Audience of One
Runners-Up: Zach Blane - MAY WE ALL - Lively McCabe/CuzBro/TPAC, Nathan Owen - SEUSSICAL - Springhouse Theatre Company, Adam Boe - THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Center For The Arts
Best Music Direction & Orchestra Performance
Winner: Michael Choate - HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Cookeville HS
Runners-Up: Keith Heim - ON THE TOWN - Audience of One, Erica Petersen - CINDERELLA - South Jackson Civic Center, Heather McCall and Jacob Miller - CINDERELLA - Cumberland County Playhouse
Best Musical
Winner: HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Cookeville HS
Runners-Up: CINDERELLA THE MUSICAL - Cumberland County Playhouse, SOUND OF MUSIC - South Jackson Performing Arts, MATILDA - Audience of One
Best Performer In A Musical
Winner: Eli Choate - HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Cookeville HS
Runners-Up: Takiah Ledo - SEUSSICAL - Springhouse Theatre Company, Harli Cooper - CINDERELLA THE MUSICAL - Cumberland County Playhouse, Maddie Meier - LUCKY STIFF - Chattanooga State
Best Performer In A Play
Winner: Alex Dee - ROMEO AND JULIET - Lipscomb University Theatre
Runners-Up: Emily Seal - LAST ROUND UP OF THE GUACAMOLE QUEENS - South Jackson Performing Arts Center, DeAnna Helgeson - SYLVIA - Cumberland County Playhouse, Jonathan Higdon - THE NERD - South Jackson Civic Center
Best Play
Winner: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Runners-Up: LAST ROUND UP OF THE GUACAMOLE QUEENS - South Jackson Performing arts center, SYLVIA - Cumberland County Playhouse, LEADING LADIES - Cumberland County Playhouse
Best Production of an Opera
Winner: LA BOHÉME - Nashville Opera
Runners-Up: THE RING - NASHVILLE OPERA, RIGOLETTO NOIR - Nashville Opera, DAS RHEINGOLD - Nashville opera
Best Scenic Design Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Emma groves - LION KING - Audience of one productions
Runners-Up: Curtis Phillips - CINDERELLA - Cumberland County Playhouse, Greg Gressel - SOUND OF MUSIC - South Jackson Performing Arts Center, Lisa Wiley - CINDERELLA - South Jackson Civic Center
Best Sound Design Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Matt Bundy - CINDERELLA - Cumberland County Playhouse
Runners-Up: Erik Petersen - CINDERELLA - South Jackson Civic Center, Tanner Roman - ON THE TOWN - Capitol Theatre, Adam Boe - THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Center For The Arts
Best Supporting Performer In A Musical
Winner: Cason Sewell - HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Cookeville HS
Runners-Up: Takiah Ledo - ONCE UPON A MATTRESS - The Larry Keeton Theatre, Curtis Hice - SOUND OF MUSIC - South Jackson Performing Arts, David Perry - 42ND STREET - Belmont
Best Supporting Performer In A Play
Winner: DeAnna Helgeson - LEADING LADIES - Cumberland County Playhouse
Runners-Up: Mark Thomasson - LAST ROUND UP OF THE GUACAMOLE QUEENS - South Jackson Performing Arts Center, Yaegel T. Welch - TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - TPAC, Crystal McCullough - LAST ROUNDUP OF THE GUACAMOLE QUEENS - South Jackson Civic Center, Tullahoma TN
Best Theatre For Young Audiences Production
Winner: HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Cookeville HS
Runners-Up: CINDERELLA - South Jackson Performing Arts Center, JUNIE B. JONES IS NOT A CROOK - Cumberland County Playhouse, SEUSSICAL - Springhouse Theatre
Favorite Local Theatre
Winner: Audience of One
Runners-Up: South Jackson Performing Arts, Springhouse Theatre Company, Chattanooga Theatre Centre
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