Dutch Musical Award Nominations Announced, Ceremony Held Oct 2nd

On Sunday September 11th the nominations for the John Kraaijkamp Musical Awards were announced.

The original Dutch musical Petticoat leads the pack with twelve nominations, closely followed by Dutch language productions of La Cage aux Folles (11 nominations) and Spring Awakening (10 nominations).

The awards will be handed out during a ceremony, which will be televised by national television station RTL4, on sunday October 2nd. The ceremony will take place at the DeLaMar Theater in the center of Amsterdam.

The 71 nominations were devided over 13 productions:
- Petticoat (12 nom.)
- La Cage aux Folles (11)
- Spring Awakening (10)
- Soldaat van Oranje (8)
- Zorro (7)
-Toon (5)
- Urinetown (4)
- We Will Rock You (4)
- 1953 de Musical (3)
- Je Anne (3)
- Legally Blonde (2)
- Mary Poppins (1)
- Volendam de Musical (1).

The Dutch Musical Awards make a distinction between large and small musicals, the difference being the number of cast members on stage(15 or less is a small musical)

Audience Award Large Musicals:
- La Cage aux Folles
- Mary Poppins
- Petticoat
- Soldaat van Oranje

Audience Award Small Musicals:
- Je Anne
- Spring Awakening
- Toon
- Urinetown

Leading actress in a large musical:
Chantal Janzen (Petticoat)
Kim-Lian van der Meij (Legally Blonde)
Lone van Roosendaal (Zorro)
Marjolein Teepen (We Will Rock You)

Leading actor in a large musical:
Freek Bartels (Petticoat)
Stanley Burleson (La Cage aux Folles)
Jon van Eerd (La Cage aux Folles)
Matteo van der Grijn (Soldaat van Oranje)

Leading actress in a small musical::
Hilke Bierman (Volendam de Musical)
Abke Bruins (Je Anne)
Joke de Kruijf (1953 de Musical)
Marleen van der Loo (1953 de Musical)

Leading actor in a small musical:
Thom Hoffman (Je Anne)
Alex Klaasen (Toon)
René van Kooten (Urinetown)
Marcel Smid (1953 de Musical)

Supporting actress in a large musical:
Cindy Bell (Legally Blonde)
Marjolijn Touw(Petticoat)
Michelle Splietelhof (Zorro)

Supporting actor in a large musical:
Hajo Bruins (Petticoat)
Tijn Docter (Soldaat van Oranje)
Roon Staal (Petticoat)

Supporting actress in a small musical:
Tina de Bruin (Toon)
Ellis van Laarhoven(Urinetown)
Henriëtte Tol (Spring Awakening)

Supporting actor in a small musical:
Jan Elbertse (Toon)
Ad Knippels (Spring Awakening)
Rop Verheijen (Urinetown)

New Talent:
Ton Sieben (Spring Awakening)
Jasper Stokman (Spring Awakening)
Michelle van de Ven (Spring Awakening)

Director:
Theu Boermans (Soldaat van Oranje)
Paul Eenens (Petticoat)
Paul Eenens (Spring Awakening)

Choreography/musical staging:
Rafaël Amargo (Zorro)
Nichola Treherne (La Cage aux Folles)
Daan Wijnands (Spring Awakening)

Setdesign:
Bernhard Hammer (Soldaat van Oranje)
Carla Janssen - Höfelt (La Cage aux Folles)
Carla Janssen - Höfelt & Misjel Vermeiren (Petticoat)

Sounddesign:
Bobby Aitken (We Will Rock You)
Jeroen ten Brinke (La Cage aux Folles)
Jeroen ten Brinke (Soldaat van Oranje)

Costumedesign:
Sjoerd Didden (La Cage aux Folles)
Cocky van Huijkelom (La Cage aux Folles)
Cocky van Huijkelom (kostuums Zorro)

Lightdesign:
Gerhard Fisher (Soldaat van Oranje)
Ben Ormerod (Zorro)
Uri Rapaport(Petticoat)

Book:
André Breedland (Petticoat)
Harvey Fierstein (La Cage aux Folles)
Steven Sater(Spring Awakening)
Edwin de Vries (Soldaat van Oranje)

Lyrics:
André Breedland (Petticoat)
Jerry Herman (La Cage aux Folles)
Toon Hermans(Toon)
Queen (We Will Rock You)

Music:
Gipsy Kings (Zorro)
Henny Vrienten (Petticoat)
Queen (We Will Rock You)

Translation:
André Breedland (Zorro)
Daniël Cohen (Spring Awakening)
Jon van Eerd & Martine Bijl (La Cage aux Folles)

The official website of the John Kraaijkamp Musical Awards: www.musicalaward.nl

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