Winners Announced For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Pittsburgh Awards
The audience has voted and the winners have been announced!
The winners have been announced for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Pittsburgh 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: Dylan Pal & Jackie Mishol - THE CABINET OF DOCTOR CALIGARI: A MURDEROUS MUSICAL COMEDY - New Musical - collaboration w/ Stage Right Productions / Seton Hill University
Runners-Up: Milia Ayache - ANGELMAKERS - RealTime Interventions, Catherine Baird - TWELVE DATES OF CHRISTMAS - Steel City Shakespeare Center, Don Mike Mendoza - HOMETOWN TALENT - La Ti Do Productions: Pittsburgh
Best Choreography Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Alex Manalo - AN UNTITLED NEW PLAY BY Justin Timberlake - City Theatre
Runners-Up: Danny Herman and Rocker Verastique - GRAND HOTEL, THE MUSICAL - Front Porch Theatricals, Josh Rhodes - DROWSY CHAPERONE - Pittsburgh CLO, Kiki Lucas - EMILIA - Pitt Stages
Best Costume Design Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Martha Oliver - SPRING AWAKENING - The Geyer Performing Arts Center
Runners-Up: Isabel Rubio - DROWSY CHAPERONE - Pittsburgh CLO, Madison Michalko - GARBOLOGISTS - City Theatre, Joan Markert - ENDGAME - PICT Classic Theatre
Best Direction Of A Musical
Winner: Barbara Burgess-Lefebvre - PIPPIN - Little Lake Theatre
Runners-Up: Cindy Croot - ANGELMAKERS: SONGS FOR FEMALE SERIAL KILLERS - RealTime Interventions, Scott Calhoon - GRAND HOTEL - Front Porch Theatricals, Robyne Parrish - A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE - Front Porch Theatricals
Best Direction Of A Play
Winner: Bria Walker - EMILIA - Pitt Stages
Runners-Up: Scott Evans - PUFFS - CLO Cabaret, Monteze Freeland - THE GARBOLOGISTS - City Theatre, Theo Fantozzi - TWELFTH NIGHT - Youth Shakespeare Society of Pittsburgh
Best Ensemble Performance
Winner: EMILIA - Pitt Stages
Runners-Up: ANGELMAKERS - RealTime Interventions, SPRING AWAKENING - The Geyer Performing Arts Center, A CHORUS LINE - Pittsburgh CLO
Best Lighting Design Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Forrest Trimble - JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR - Pittsburgh Musical Theatre
Runners-Up: Theo Fantozzi - TWELFTH NIGHT - Youth Shakespeare Society of Pittsburgh, Annmarie Duggan - EMILIA - Pitt Stages, Emily-Ann Stephens - THE DRAG SEED - Pitt Stages
Best Music Direction & Orchestra Performance
Winner: Travis Rigby - COMPANY - Riverfront Theater Company
Runners-Up: Becki Toth - A NEW BRAIN - Pitt Stages, James Cunningham - DROWSY CHAPERONE - Pittsburgh CLO, Ensemble - MACBETH - Steel City Shakespeare Center
Best Musical
Winner: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR - Pittsburgh Musical Theater
Runners-Up: ANGELMAKERS: SONGS FOR FEMALE SERIAL KILLERS - RealTime Interventions, A NEW BRAIN - Pitt Stages, GRAND HOTEL - Front Porch Theatricals
Best New Play Or Musical
Winner: THE CABINET OF DOCTOR CALIGARI: A MURDEROUS MUSICAL COMEDY - New Musical (Greg Kerestan) - Stage Right / Seton Hill University
Runners-Up: ABDUCTION - Carnegie Stage, WHAT KIND OF WOMEN - Off the Wall, PLANO - Quantum theater
Best Performer In A Musical
Winner: Brecken Farrell - JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR - Pittsburgh Musical Theater
Runners-Up: Erin Seaberg - MAMMA MIA! - Mon River Arts, Milia Ayache - ANGELMAKERS: SONGS FOR FEMALE SERIAL KILLERS - RealTime Interventions, Paige Wasserman - A NEW BRAIN - Pitt Stages
Best Performer In A Play
Winner: Callee Miles - A BOLD STROKE FOR A WIFE - PICT Classic Theatre
Runners-Up: Hope Anthony - A RAISIN IN THE SUN - Pittsburgh Public Theater, Dan Mayhak - A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE - Throughline Theatre Company, Michael Greer - PUFFS - CLO cabaret
Best Play
Winner: A RAISIN IN THE SUN - Pittsburgh Public Theater
Runners-Up: PUFFS - CLO cabaret, EMILIA - Pitt Stages, TWELFTH NIGHT - Youth Shakespeare Society of Pittsburgh
Best Production of an Opera
Winner: IN A GROVE - Pittsburgh Opera
Runners-Up: RUSALKA - Pittsburgh Opera IDASPE - Quantum Theatre
Best Scenic Design Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Tucker Topel - EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL - Pittsburgh Musical Theatre
Runners-Up: Tucker Topel - SPRING AWAKENING - Point Park University, Johnmichael Bohach - GRAND HOTEL - Front Porch Theatricals, M.K. Hughes - EMILIA - Pitt Stages
Best Sound Design Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Christopher Evans - DROWSY CHAPERONE - Pittsburgh CLO
Runners-Up: Angela Baughman - EMILIA - Pitt Stages, Cat Aceto - MACBETH - Steel City Shakespeare Center, Shannon Napp - WHAT KIND OF WOMEN - off the WALL
Best Supporting Performer In A Musical
Winner: Melessie Clark - AN UNTITLED NEW PLAY BY Justin Timberlake - City Theatre
Runners-Up: Derek Fredrickson - MAMMA MIA! - Mon River Arts Theatre, Donna McKechnie - THE DROWSY CHAPERONE - Pittsburgh CLO, Mikaela Kapeluck - GRAND HOTEL, THE MUSICAL - Front Porch Theatricals
Best Supporting Performer In A Play
Winner: Melessie Clark - TWO TRAINS RUNNING - Pittsburgh Public Theater
Runners-Up: Lenora Nemetz - MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS - Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Katy Risotto - A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE - Throughline Theatre Company, Ella Mizera - TWELFTH NIGHT - Youth Shakespeare Society of Pittsburgh
Best Theatre For Young Audiences Production
Winner: THE LIGHTNING THIEF: THE PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL - Pittsburgh Musical Theatre
Runners-Up: XANADU - Riverfront Theater Company, THE AMAZING LEMONADE GIRL - Prime Stage Theatre, PAPA - New Hazlett Theater
Favorite Local Theatre
Winner: Pittsburgh Musical Theater
Runners-Up: City Theatre, Riverfront Theater Company, New Hazlett Theater
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