Using the Tony Awards’ official categories as a guide (with one exception), here’s my favorite musical work — new shows and revivals alike — of the 2019-2020 (non-Broadway) theatre season:

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ACTRESS

1. Janelle McDermoth, We’re Gonna Die
2. Margo Seibert, Unknown Soldier
3. Rebecca L. Hargrove, Acquanetta
4. Alexandra Socha, Mack & Mabel

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ACTOR

1. Larry Owens, A Strange Loop
2. Ryan Raftery, IVANKA 2020 / The Anna Wintour Musical
3. Joshua Henry, The Wrong Man
4. Jonathan Groff / Gideon Glick, Little Shop of Horrors
5. Erik Lochtefeld, Unknown Soldier

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SUPPORTING CAST

1. Antwayn Hopper, James Jackson, Jr., L Morgan Lee, John-Michael Lyles, John-Andrew Morrison, Jason Veasey — A Strange Loop.

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SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Grace McLean, In the Green / Cyrano
2. Kerstin Anderson, Unknown Soldier
3. Amelia Watkins, Acquanetta

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SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Christian Borle, Little Shop of Horrors
2. Ari Fliakos, A PINK CHAIR (In Place of a Fake Antique)
3. Alan H. Green, Broadway Bounty Hunter

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BOOK

1. Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop
2. Young Jean Lee, We’re Gonna Die
3. Ryan Raftery, IVANKA 2020 / The Anna Wintour Musical
4. Daniel Goldstein, Unknown Soldier
5. Wooster Group, A PINK CHAIR (In Place of a Fake Antique)
6. Grace McLean, In the Green
7. The HawtPlates (Jade Hicks, Kenita Miller-Hicks, & Justin Hicks) & Quincy Flowers, Waterboy and the Mighty World
8. Ahamefule J. Oluo & Lindy West, Susan
9. Tom Morello, Tom Morello at the Minetta Lane
10. Sherie Rene Scott, Twohander

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COSTUMES

1. Naoko Nagata, We’re Gonna Die
2. Enver Chakartash, A PINK CHAIR (In Place of a Fake Antique)
3. Montana Levi Blanco, A Strange Loop / Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise

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CHOREOGRAPHY

1. Raja Feather Kelly, A Strange Loop / We’re Gonna Die
2. Toshiki Okada, Eraser Mountain
3. The HawtPlates (Jade Hicks, Kenita Miller-Hicks, & Justin Hicks), Waterboy and the Mighty World
4. Camille A. Brown, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
5. Ellenore Scott, Black Exhibition
6. Travis Wall, The Wrong Man
7. Miranda Haymon, In the Penal Colony
8. Zoë Coombs Marr, Ursula Martinez, & Adrienne Truscott — Wild Bore
9. Johanna Lemke, History of Violence
10. José Rivera Jr., The Fez & The Sandalwood Box
11. Ellenore Scott, Little Shop of Horrors
12. Zhang Jun & Akram Khan, Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise

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DIRECTOR

1. The HawtPlates (Jade Hicks, Kenita Miller-Hicks, & Justin Hicks), Waterboy and the Mighty World
2. Daniel Fish, Acquanetta
3. Elizabeth LeCompte, A PINK CHAIR (In Place of a Fake Antique)
4. Raja Feather Kelly, We’re Gonna Die
5. Lee Sunday Evans, In the Green
6. Trip Cullman, Unknown Soldier
7. Stephen Brackett, A Strange Loop
8. Michael Mayer, Little Shop of Horrors

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LIGHTING

1. Hao Bai, Waterboy and the Mighty World
2. Barbara Samuels, In the Green / Acquanetta 
3. Ben Stanton, Unknown Soldier
4. Tuce Yasak, We’re Gonna Die
5. Jen Schriever, A Strange Loop
6. Tobias G. Rylander, Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise

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ORCHESTRATIONS

1. Grace McLean & Kris Kukul, In the Green
2. The HawtPlates (Jade Hicks, Kenita Miller-Hicks, & Justin Hicks), Waterboy and the Mighty World
   • Vocal arrangements as orchestrations. Vocal orchestrations?
3. Michael Friedman & Marco Paguia, Unknown Soldier
4. Ahamefule J. Oluo, Susan
5. Charlie Rosen, A Strange Loop
6. Cian McCarthy, We’re Gonna Die
7. Alex Lacamoire, The Wrong Man
8. Carlos Cuevas & Charlie García, Evolution of a Sonero
9. Tom Morello & T Bone Burnett, Tom Morello at the Minetta Lane

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SET

1. Amy Rubin & Jim Findlay, Acquanetta
2. Kristen Robinson, In the Green
3. Mark Wendland, Unknown Soldier
4. Arnulfo Maldonado, A Strange Loop

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SCORE

1. The HawtPlates (Jade Hicks, Kenita Miller-Hicks, & Justin Hicks), Waterboy and the Mighty World
2. Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop
3. Grace McLean, In the Green
4. Young Jean Lee, Tim Simmonds, & John-Michael Lyles — We’re Gonna Die
5. Michael Friedman & Daniel Goldstein, Unknown Soldier
6. Ross Golan, The Wrong Man
7. Michael Gordon & Deborah Artman, Acquanetta
8. Ahamefule J. Oluo, Susan
9. Andrew Lynch, Leap and the Net Will Appear
10. Bobby Krlic & Arca, Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise

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SOUND

1. Andrew Lulling, Waterboy and the Mighty World
2. Garth MacAleavey, Acquanetta
3. Nicholas Pope, In the Green
4. Eric Sluyter & Omar Zubair, A PINK CHAIR (In Place of a Fake Antique)
5. Jason Crystal, We’re Gonna Die
6. Brandon Wolcott, Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise