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BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY (OFF-BROADWAY)

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY (BROADWAY)

Kenita R. Miller
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

Chuck Cooper
Trouble in Mind

Luke James
Thoughts of a Colored Man

Ron Cephas Jones
Clyde's

Brandon J. Dirden
Skeleton Crew

Tendayi Kuumba
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

Kara Young
Clyde's

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (OFF-BROADWAY)

Justin Cooley
Kimberly Akimbo

Alysha Deslorieux
The Visitor

Ephraim Sykes
Black No More

Tamika Lawrence
Black No More

Lillias White
Black No More

Adrianne Danrich
Intimate Apparel

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (BROADWAY)

Jared Grimes
Funny Girl

Tavon Olds-Sample
MJ: The Musical

Charity Angel Dawson
Mrs. Doubtfire

James Jackson Jr.
A Strange Loop

Sidney DuPont
Paradise Square

Ayana George
MJ: The Musical

L Morgan Lee
A Strange Loop

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Adesola Osakalumi
Skeleton Crew

Raja Feather Kelly
A Strange Loop

Bill T. Jones, Chloe Davis, Gelan Lambert
Paradise Square

Ellenore Scott & Ayodele Casel
Funny Girl

Darrell Grand Moultrie
Space Dogs

Ellenore Scott & Jeffrey Alkins
Mr. Saturday Night

BEST DIRECTION (OFF-BROADWAY)

BEST DIRECTION (BROADWAY)

Lileana Blain-Cruz
The Skin of Our Teeth

Camille A. Brown
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Skeleton Crew

Charles Randolph-Wright
Trouble in Mind

Zhailon Levingston
Chicken & Biscuits

Steve H. Broadnax III
Thoughts of a Colored Man

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN

Stacey Derosier
Wedding Band

Alan C. Edwards
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

BEST SCENIC DESIGN

Lawrence E. Moten III
Chicken & Biscuits

Chris Cumberbatch
Gong Lum's Legacy

BEST SOUND DESIGN

Justin Ellington
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

Jimmy Keys
Confederates

Justin Ellington
Clyde's

Rena Anakwe
Wedding Band

Mikaal Sulaiman
On Sugarland

Twi McCallum
Little Girl Blue

BEST COSTUME DESIGN (OFF-BROADWAY)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN (BROADWAY)

Emilio Sosa
Skeleton Crew

Sarafina Bush
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

Montana Levi Blanco
The Skin of Our Teeth

Paul Tazewell
MJ: The Musical

Toni-Leslie James
Paradise Square

Sarafina Bush
Pass Over

BEST WIG/HAIR DESIGN (BROADWAY)

Cookie Jordan
Clyde's

Nikiya Mathis
Confederates

Nikiya Mathis
Nollywood Dreams

Earon Chew Nealey
Cullud Wattah

Earon Chew Nealey
On Sugarland

Cookie Jordan
The Skin of Our Teeth

BEST DIGITAL THEATER PRODUCTION

After Midnight
Signature Theatre Streaming On Demand

The Last 5 Years
Out of the Box Theatrics and Holmdel Theatre Company

Semblance
New York Theatre Workshop

BEST AUDIO THEATER PRODUCTION

Mugabe, My Dad & Me
Tonderai Munyevu, Audible Theater

Dreamgirls on Clubhouse
Leroy Church

Paradise Blue
Williamstown Theatre Festival, Audible Theater

The Lion King on Clubhouse
Noelle Chesnut Whitmore

BEST MUSICAL ENSEMBLE

BEST PLAY ENSEMBLE

BEST MUSIC IN A PLAY

Justin Hicks
Cullud Wattah

Justin Ellington
Tambo & Bones

Jimmy Keys
Skeleton Crew

Starr Busby
On Sugarland

Bill Sims Jr.
Lackawanna Blues

Te'La and Kamauu, & Keenen Scott II
Thoughts of a Colored Man

Alphonso Horne
Wedding Band

BEST ORCHESTRATION

Jason Michael Webb
MJ: The Musical

Daryl Waters
Black No More

Joseph Joubert
Caroline, or Change

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Masi Asare
Paradise Square

Michael R. Jackson
A Strange Loop

James Posner, Daryl Waters, Anthony Tidd, Tariq Trotter
Black No More

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL

John Ridley
Black No More

Lynn Nottage
MJ: The Musical

Kwame Kweo-Armah
The Visitor

Lynn Nottage
Intimate Apparel

BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE

Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Lackawanna Blues

Laiona Michelle
Little Girl Blue

BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY (OFF-BROADWAY)

Jacob Ming-Trent
Merry Wives

Kyle Beltran
Case for the Existence of God

Kiki Layne
On Sugarland

Susan Kelechi Watson
Merry Wives

Crystal A. Dickinson
Cullud Wattah

Daniel J. Watts
The Last of the Love Letters

Kristolyn Lloyd
Confederates

BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY (BROADWAY)

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (OFF-BROADWAY)

Tariq Trotter
Black No More

Britney Nicole Simpson
Penelope, or How the Odyssey Was Really Written

Kearstin Piper Brown
Intimate Apparel

Justin Austin
Intimate Apparel

Brandon Victor Dixon
Black No More

Bryonha Marie Parham
A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (BROADWAY)

Joaquina Kalukango
Paradise Square

Myles Frost
MJ: The Musical

Sharon D. Clarke, Caroline
or Change

Jaquel Spivey
A Strange Loop

BEST REVIVAL

BEST PLAY

What To Send Up When It Goes Down
by Aleshea Harris

Clyde's
by Lynn Nottage

On Sugarland
by Aleshea Harris

Confederates
by Dominique Morisseau

Nollywood Dreams
by Jocelyn Bioh

Thoughts of a Colored Man
by Keenan Scott II

Cullud Wattah
by Erika Dickerson-Despenza

BEST MUSICAL

LORRAINE HANSBERRY AWARD

This award is given to a Black female-identified or nonbinary femme playwright/book writer whose contributions to the stage have exemplified the balance of dynamic storytelling and social justice ideologies.

Erika Dickerson-Despenza

LANGSTON HUGHES AWARD

This award is given to a Black male-identified or nonbinary masc playwright/book writer whose contributions to the stage have exemplified the balance of dynamic storytelling and social justice ideologies.

Mansa Ra

THE DOORS OF THE THEATRE ARE OPEN AWARD OR THE DR. BARBARA ANN TEER AWARD

This award is presented to a theatre company or brick-and-mortar theatre that has demonstrated a fervent commitment to celebrating and uplifting the full breadth of Black people’s humanity.

Karamu House in Cleveland, Ohio

THE WELCOME AWARD OR THE KYLE JEAN-BAPTISTE AWARD

This award is presented to newcomers in the New York Black Theatre scene who show great promise to contribute a great deal to our community.

Esco Jouléy for their work in Wolf Play

THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT ANTONYO AWARD

Leslie Uggams

Award Show Name Suggestions

Previously known as "The Antonyos," please provide any name suggestions.

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