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!))
MISCELLANEOUS HONORS
Chorus
- Jagged Little Pill
- American Utopia
Curtain
- Maira Kalman, American Utopia
- Grand Horizons
Ensemble
- Slave Play
- A Soldier’s Play
Fog
- A Christmas Carol
Funniest
(must be new to qualify)
- Slave Play
- Derren Brown: Secret
- Linda Vista
- Grand Horizons
- The Sound Inside
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?)
- Aaron Rhyne, The Sound Inside
- Lucy Mackinnon, Jagged Little Pill
- Bryce Cutler, Grand Horizons
- Caite Hevner, Derren Brown: Secret
(must be new to qualify)
- The Inheritance
- Jagged Little Pill
Title
(must be new/original to qualify)
- The Sound Inside
- Slave Play
- Derren Brown: Secret
Transitions
- A Soldier’s Play
MUSICALS
Actress
- Elizabeth Stanley, Jagged Little Pill
Supporting Actress
- Celia Rose Gooding, Jagged Little Pill
Supporting Actor
- Sean Allan Krill, Jagged Little Pill
Choreography
- Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Jagged Little Pill
- Annie-B Parson, American Utopia
Costumes
- Emily Rebholz, Jagged Little Pill
- American Utopia
- Catherine Zuber, Moulin Rouge
Direction
- Diane Paulus, Jagged Little Pill
- Annie-B Parson, American Utopia
Lighting
- Justin Townsend, Jagged Little Pill / Moulin Rouge
- Rob Sinclair, American Utopia
Orchestrations
- Karl Mansfield & Mauro Refosco, American Utopia
- Tom Kitt, Jagged Little Pill
Set
- Riccardo Hernández, Jagged Little Pill
- Derek McLane, Moulin Rouge
- American Utopia
Best Musical
- Jagged Little Pill
- American Utopia
- The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
- Moulin Rouge
- Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
- Freestyle Love Supreme
PLAYS
Best Actress
- Mary-Louise Parker, The Sound Inside
- Joaquina Kalukango, Slave Play
- Audra McDonald, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
- Jane Alexander, Grand Horizons
Supporting Actress
- Annie McNamara, Slave Play
- Lois Smith, The Inheritance
Actor
- Michael Shannon, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
- Paul Alexander Nolan, Slave Play
- Ian Barford, Linda Vista
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Sea Wall / A Life
- Blair Underwood, A Soldier’s Play
- Derren Brown, Derren Brown: Secret
Supporting Actor
- Ato Blankson-Wood & James Cusati-Moyer & Sullivan Jones, Slave Play
- Will Hochman, The Sound Inside
- J. Alphonse Nicholson, A Soldier’s Play
- James Cromwell, Grand Horizons
Costumes
- Dede Ayite, Slave Play
- Rob Howell, A Christmas Carol
Direction
- David Cromer, The Sound Inside
- Robert O’Hara, Slave Play
Lighting
- Heather Gilbert, The Sound Inside
- Jiyoun Chang, Slave Play
- Guy Hoare, Sea Wall / A Life
- Hugh Vanstone, A Christmas Carol
- Allen Lee Hughes, A Soldier’s Play
- Natasha Katz, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
Set
- Clint Ramos, Slave Play
- Alexander Woodward, The Sound Inside
Sound
- Lindsay Jones, Slave Play
Best Play
- Slave Play
- The Sound Inside
- Derren Brown: Secret
- Grand Horizons
- The Inheritance
- Linda Vista
- The Height of the Storm
- Sea Wall / A Life
- The Great Society
- My Name is Lucy Barton
- A Christmas Carol
Play Revival
- Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
- A Soldier’s Play
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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
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- Betrayal
- The Rose Tattoo
- Slava’s Snowshow
"FULL" SEASON POWER-RANKINGS
- Slave Play
- The Sound Inside
- Derren Brown: Secret
- Jagged Little Pill
- Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
- A Soldier’s Play
- Grand Horizons
- Betrayal
- The Inheritance
- Linda Vista
- American Utopia
- The Height of the Storm
- Sea Wall / A Life
- The Great Society
- The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
- My Name is Lucy Barton
- Moulin Rouge
- The Rose Tattoo
- A Christmas Carol
- Slava’s Snowshow
- Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
- Freestyle Love Supreme