Winners Announced For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Tampa Awards
The audience has voted and the winners have been announced!
The winners have been announced for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Tampa 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: Derek Baxter - YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE - Off Kilter
Runners-Up: Scott Swenson - ONE FIVE ONE - Tampa International Fringe Festival, Matt Mcgee - I LOVE TO EAT - freeFall Theatre, Ann Morrison - MERRILY FROM CENTER STAGE - freeFall Theatre
Best Choreography Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Zummy Mohammed / Deanna Dys - AMERICAN IDIOT - American Stage
Runners-Up: Mallory Quinn - THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL - Royal Knight Stage Company of River Ridge High School, Kelly King - IN THE HEIGHTS - Spanish Lyric Theatre, Asia Jade - MATILDA THE MUSICAL - MAS Theatre
Best Costume Design Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Jordan Jeffers - 'GREEN DAY'S AMERICAN IDIOT' - American Stage Theatre Company
Runners-Up: Michael D'Aquino - THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL - Royal Knight Stage Company of River Ridge High School, Darlene Owens Widner - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Tarpon Arts, Melissa Mossey - ASSASSINS - Mad theatre of Tampa
Best Direction Of A Musical
Winner: Gavin Hawk - AMERICAN IDIOT - American Stage
Runners-Up: David O'Hara - THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL - Royal Knight Stage Company of River Ridge High School, Keven Renken - MATILDA THE MUSICAL - Carrollwood Cultral Center, Paul Berg - TITANIC THE MUSICAL - Carrollwood Cultural Center
Best Direction Of A Play
Winner: Jess Glass - A CHRISTMAS CAROL - Carrollwood Players
Runners-Up: Erica Sutherlin - DUTCHMAN - American Stage, Richard Ryan - GREATER TUNA - Carrollwood Players, Chris Marshall - THE DREAMER EXAMINES HIS PILLOW - Tampa Rep
Best Ensemble Performance
Winner: 'GREEN DAY'S AMERICAN IDIOT' - American Stage Theatre Company
Runners-Up: MATILDA THE MUSICAL - Carrollwood Cultural Center, IN THE HEIGHTS - Spanish lyric Theatre, THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL - Royal Knight Stage Company of River Ridge High School
Best Lighting Design Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Jessica Stevens - 'GREEN DAY'S AMERICAN IDIOT' - American Stage Theatre Company
Runners-Up: Jayce Bertucelli - IN THE HEIGHTS - Spanish Lyric Theatre, Milannia Travaglino - FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - Corbett Prepatory School, Keith Arsenault - NEWSIES - Berkeley Prep
Best Music Direction & Orchestra Performance
Winner: Mary Jo Hahn - MATILDA THE MUSICAL - Carrollwood Cultural Center
Runners-Up: Juan Rodriguez - AMERICAN IDIOT - American Stage, William Coleman - RENT - Eight O' Clock Theatre, Rick Barclay - IN THE HEIGHTS - Spanish Lyric Theatre
Best Musical
Winner: AMERICAN IDIOT - American Stage
Runners-Up: MATILDA THE MUSICAL - Carrollwood Cultural Center, THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL - Royal Knight Stage Company of River Ridge High School, IN THE HEIGHTS - Spanish lyric theatre
Best New Play Or Musical
Winner: TITHONIA: A LESBIAN SPACE OPERA - Skysail Theatre
Runners-Up: BREAST ADVICE - Stageworks (Tampa Bay Theatre Festival), THE NIGHT BEFORE - freeFall Theatre Company, SHOCKHEADED PETER - Jobsite Theater
Best Performer In A Musical
Winner: Tony Agati - MATILDA THE MUSICAL - Carrollwood Cultural Center
Runners-Up: Zummy Mohammed - AMERICAN IDIOT - American Stage, Kara Doyle - FIRST DATE - Carrollwood Cultural Center, Jess Glass - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Tarpon Arts
Best Performer In A Play
Winner: Anna Roman - THE DREAMER EXAMINES HIS PILLOW - Tampa Repertory Theatre
Runners-Up: Se'a Shelley Ryan - VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE - Carrollwood Players, Elena Tarpley - CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE: THE MAGDALENE LAUNDRIES - Powerstories Theatre, Steven C. Fox - ART - Carrollwood Cultural Center
Best Play
Winner: TONY N' TINA'S WEDDING - Carrollwood Cultural Center
Runners-Up: THE DREAMER EXAMINES HIS PILLOW - Tampa Repertory Theater, 'DUTCHMAN' - American Stage Theatre Company, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK - Stageworks
Best Scenic Design Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Scott Cooper - 'GREEN DAY'S AMERICAN IDIOT' - American Stage Theatre Company
Runners-Up: Cyndee Dornblaser - IN THE HEIGHTS - Spanish Lyric Theatre, Paul Berg - TITANIC THE MUSICAL - MAS Theatre, Scott Cooper - SWEENEY TODD - SPC Theater Department
Best Sound Design Of A Play Or Musical
Winner: Daniel Gentry - TITANIC THE MUSICAL - MAS Theatre
Runners-Up: Karla Hartley - 12 ANGRY MEN - Stageworks Theatre, Jeremy Douglass - ROMEO AND JULIET - Jobsite Theater, Clareann Despain - MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS - Stageworks Theatre
Best Supporting Performer In A Musical
Winner: Christy Adams - MATILDA THE MUSICAL - MAS Theatre
Runners-Up: Lisa Reimer - MAMMA MIA - Francis Wilson Playhouse, Brandon Rodriguez - IN THE HEIGHTS - Spanish Lyric Theatre, Dioscar Montesino - IN THE HEIGHTS - Spanish Lyric Theatre
Best Supporting Performer In A Play
Winner: Elizabeth Cabrera - IN THE HEIGHTS - Spanish Lyric Theatre
Runners-Up: Richard Ryan - THE ODD COUPLE - Macbeth and Cheese/Ruskin Firehouse Cultural Center, Chloe Baker - WEDDING SECRETS - Carrollwood Players, Blake Smallen - DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE - Jobsite Theater
Best Theatre For Young Audiences Production
Winner: THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL - Royal Knight Stage Company of River Ridge High School
Runners-Up: SHREK THE MUSICAL - Arts In Motion, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Tarpon Arts, SHOCKHEADED PETER - Jobsite Theater
Favorite Local Theatre
Winner: American Stage
Runners-Up: Carrollwood Players, Royal Knight Stage Company of River Ridge High School, Mad Theatre of Tampa
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