Vote For BWW's Theatre Fans' Choice Awards: BE MORE CHILL Leads Best Ensemble!

By: May. 20, 2019
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Now in our 17th year, the Theater Fans' Choice Awards are, by FAR, the largest fan based awards of their kind. Open to anyone to vote, we're excited to present a full slate of eligible nominees in categories that both mirror the popular critical awards, as well as fan favorite categories for Best Tour, Ensemble and Off Broadway shows.

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Best Book of a Musical
Joe Tracz - Be More Chill - 31%
Anais Mitchell - Hadestown - 25%
Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin - The Prom - 12%

Best Choreography
Chase Brock - Be More Chill - 26%
David Neumann - Hadestown - 16%
Casey Nicholaw - The Prom - 13%

Best Costume Design
Bobby Frederick Tilley II - Be More Chill - 23%
Bob Mackie - The Cher Show - 17%
Michael Krass - Hadestown - 14%

Best Direction of a Musical
Rachel Chavkin - Hadestown - 30%
Stephen Brackett - Be More Chill - 28%
Casey Nicholaw - The Prom - 10%

Best Direction of a Play
Bartlett Sher - To Kill a Mockingbird - 28%
Sam Mendes - The Ferryman - 12%
Joe Mantello - The Boys in the Band - 10%

Best Featured Actor in a Musical
George Salazar - Be More Chill - 35%
Patrick Page - Hadestown - 11%
Andre De Shields - Hadestown - 10%

Best Featured Actor in a Play
Andrew Rannells - The Boys in the Band - 18%
Jeremy Jordan - American Son - 11%
Brandon Uranowitz - Burn This - 8%

Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Stephanie Hsu - Be More Chill - 29%
Amber Gray - Hadestown - 21%
Bonnie Milligan - Head Over Heels - 7%

Best Featured Actress in a Play
Celia Keenan-Bolger - To Kill a Mockingbird - 41%
LaTanya Richardson Jackson - To Kill a Mockingbird - 12%
Tatiana Maslany - Network - 8%

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
Will Roland - Be More Chill - 31%
Reeve Carney - Hadestown - 18%
Santino Fontana - Tootsie - 13%

Best Leading Actor in a Play
Jeff Daniels - To Kill a Mockingbird - 17%
Daniel Radcliffe - The Lifespan of a Fact - 14%
Bryan Cranston - Network - 13%

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
Eva Noblezada - Hadestown - 28%
Stephanie J. Block - The Cher Show - 21%
Caitlin Kinnunen - The Prom - 11%

Best Leading Actress in a Play
Kerry Washington - American Son - 19%
Laurie Metcalf - Hillary and Clinton - 17%
Glenda Jackson - King Lear - 12%

Best Lighting Design
Tyler Micoleau - Be More Chill - 29%
Bradley King - Hadestown - 22%
Kenneth Posner and Peter Nigrini - Beetlejuice - 11%

Best Long-Running Broadway Show
Hamilton - 18%
Dear Evan Hansen - 18%
Wicked - 10%

Best Musical
Be More Chill - 33%
Hadestown - 30%
The Prom - 10%

Best Off-Broadway Musical
Fiddler on the Roof (in Yiddish) - 19%
Alice By Heart - 17%
Clueless, The Musical - 17%

Best Off-Broadway Play
The Play that Goes Wrong - 18%
School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play - 6%
Twelfth Night - 4%

Best Orchestrations
Charlie Rosen - Be More Chill - 31%
Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose - Hadestown - 28%
Larry Hochman and John Clancy - The Prom - 7%

Best Play
To Kill a Mockingbird - 34%
The Ferryman - 14%
Choir Boy - 10%

Best Revival of a Musical
Oklahoma! - 54%
Kiss Me, Kate - 46%

Best Revival of a Play
The Boys in the Band - 39%
King Lear - 14%
Torch Song - 13%

Best Scenic Design
Beowulf Boritt - Be More Chill - 23%
David Korins - Beetlejuice - 19%
Rachel Hauck - Hadestown - 16%

Best Score
Joe Iconis - Be More Chill - 34%
Anais Mitchell - Hadestown - 32%
Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin - The Prom - 9%

Best Sound Design of a Musical
Ryan Rumery - Be More Chill - 34%
Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz - Hadestown - 24%
Peter Hylenski - King Kong - 6%

Best Sound Design of a Play
Scott Lehrer - To Kill a Mockingbird - 20%
Leon Rothenberg - The Boys in the Band - 11%
Eric Sleichim - Network - 11%

Best Special Engagement
Twelve Angry Men - New York New Works Theatre Festival - 14%
Songs for a New World - Encores! Off-Center - 14%
The Scarlet Pimpernel - Manhattan Concert Productions - 11%

Best Touring Production
The Lightning Thief - 21%
Dear Evan Hansen - 15%
Falsettos - 7%

Broadway's Backbone Best Musical Ensemble
Be More Chill - 31%
Hadestown - 20%
The Prom - 12%

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Vote For BWW's Theatre Fans' Choice Awards: BE MORE CHILL Leads Best Ensemble!



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