Since Broadway’s not opening any time soon, let’s recap the abbreviated season that was:

(Though West Side Story and Girl from the North Country technically opened before the shutdown, they’re not included here for the simple reason that I didn’t see them…yet (hopefully!))

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MISCELLANEOUS HONORS

Chorus

1. Jagged Little Pill
2. American Utopia

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Curtain

1. Maira Kalman, American Utopia
2. Grand Horizons

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Ensemble

1. Slave Play
2. A Soldier’s Play

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Fog

1. A Christmas Carol

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Funniest

(must be new to qualify)

1. Slave Play
2. Derren Brown: Secret
3. Linda Vista
4. Grand Horizons
5. The Sound Inside

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Projections

(I don’t believe in evaluating projections in a vacuum, as if they can be judged solely by their aesthetic/technical prowess, outside of the specific context of their shows. Rather, I consider how they’re incorporated, what they add, and how crucial they are to the overall effect and meaning of the piece; are they used to deepen the work’s resonance and its themes?)

1. Aaron Rhyne, The Sound Inside
2. Lucy Mackinnon, Jagged Little Pill
3. Bryce Cutler, Grand Horizons
4. Caite Hevner, Derren Brown: Secret

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Tearjerker

(must be new to qualify)

1. The Inheritance
2. Jagged Little Pill

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Title

(must be new/original to qualify)

1. The Sound Inside
2. Slave Play
3. Derren Brown: Secret

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Transitions

1. A Soldier’s Play

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MUSICALS

Actress

1. Elizabeth Stanley, Jagged Little Pill

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Supporting Actress

1. Celia Rose Gooding, Jagged Little Pill

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Supporting Actor

1. Sean Allan Krill, Jagged Little Pill

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Choreography

1. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Jagged Little Pill
2. Annie-B Parson, American Utopia

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Costumes

1. Emily Rebholz, Jagged Little Pill
2. American Utopia
3. Catherine Zuber, Moulin Rouge

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Direction

1. Diane Paulus, Jagged Little Pill
2. Annie-B Parson, American Utopia

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Lighting

1. Justin Townsend, Jagged Little Pill / Moulin Rouge
2. Rob Sinclair, American Utopia

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Orchestrations

1. Karl Mansfield & Mauro Refosco, American Utopia
2. Tom Kitt, Jagged Little Pill

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Set

1. Riccardo Hernández, Jagged Little Pill
2. Derek McLane, Moulin Rouge
3. American Utopia

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Best Musical

1. Jagged Little Pill 
2. American Utopia 
3. The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
4. Moulin Rouge 
5. Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
6. Freestyle Love Supreme

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PLAYS

Best Actress

1. Mary-Louise Parker, The Sound Inside
2. Joaquina Kalukango, Slave Play
3. Audra McDonald, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
4. Jane Alexander, Grand Horizons

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Supporting Actress

1. Annie McNamara, Slave Play
2. Lois Smith, The Inheritance

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Actor

1. Michael Shannon, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
2. Paul Alexander Nolan, Slave Play
3. Ian Barford, Linda Vista
4. Jake Gyllenhaal, Sea Wall / A Life
5. Blair Underwood, A Soldier’s Play
6. Derren Brown, Derren Brown: Secret

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Supporting Actor

1. Ato Blankson-Wood & James Cusati-Moyer & Sullivan Jones, Slave Play
2. Will Hochman, The Sound Inside
3. J. Alphonse Nicholson, A Soldier’s Play
4. James Cromwell, Grand Horizons

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Costumes

1. Dede Ayite, Slave Play
2. Rob Howell, A Christmas Carol

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Direction

1. David Cromer, The Sound Inside
2. Robert O’Hara, Slave Play

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Lighting

1. Heather Gilbert, The Sound Inside
2. Jiyoun Chang, Slave Play
3. Guy Hoare, Sea Wall / A Life
4. Hugh Vanstone, A Christmas Carol
5. Allen Lee Hughes, A Soldier’s Play
6. Natasha Katz, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune

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Set

1. Clint Ramos, Slave Play
2. Alexander Woodward, The Sound Inside

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Sound

1. Lindsay Jones, Slave Play

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Best Play

1. Slave Play
2. The Sound Inside
3. Derren Brown: Secret 
4. Grand Horizons
5. The Inheritance
6. Linda Vista 
7. The Height of the Storm
8. Sea Wall / A Life
9. The Great Society
10. My Name is Lucy Barton
11. A Christmas Carol

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Play Revival

1. Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune 
2. A Soldier’s Play

   • The only reason I don’t consider it a musical revival is because neither of the two leads actually sing. But if they were involved in the musical transitions, my categorization would’ve gotten spicy

3. Betrayal
4. The Rose Tattoo 
5. Slava’s Snowshow 

 

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"FULL" SEASON POWER-RANKINGS

1. Slave Play 
2. The Sound Inside
3. Derren Brown: Secret
4. Jagged Little Pill 
5. Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
6. A Soldier’s Play
7. Grand Horizons 
8. Betrayal
9. The Inheritance 
10. Linda Vista
11. American Utopia
12. The Height of the Storm
13. Sea Wall / A Life
14. The Great Society
15. The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
16. My Name is Lucy Barton
17. Moulin Rouge
18. The Rose Tattoo 
19. A Christmas Carol
20. Slava’s Snowshow  
21. Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
22. Freestyle Love Supreme