EXCELLENCE IN MUSICAL THEATRE WRITING (BOOK):
Desperate Measures (Book by Peter Kellogg) and Gutenberg the Musical (Book by Anthony King and Scott Brown) (tie)
HONORABLE MENTION: Smoking Bloomberg (Book by David Cornue, Sam
Holtzapple, Warren Loy, and Chris Todd)
EXCELLENCE IN DIRECTION & CHOREOGRAPHY:
Common Grounds (Direction by Igor Goldin, Choreography by Ron De Jesus, Ray Leeper, Mia Michaels, Jeff Shade, and Lisa Stevens)
HONORABLE MENTION: All is Love (Choreography and Direction by Josh Walden); Desperate Measures (Direction and Choreography by Eleanor Reissa); and J.O.B. the Hip Hopera (Direction by Stefan Novinsk & Hassan Christopher, Choreography by Hassan Christopher);
EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN:
Journey to the West (Set Design by John Rager, Costume Design by Elizabeth Cox, Lighting Design by Maggie M. Bailey, Sound Design by Brian Hsieh)
HONORABLE MENTION: Emerald Man (Set Design by Donyale Werle, Costume
Design by Lisa Zinni, Lighting Design by James Milkey, Sound Design by Yoshi Lee) and River's End (Set Design by Elisha Schaefer, Costume Design by Brigid Brown, Lighting Design by Herrick Goldman, Sound Design by Daniel von Erdberg)
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE:
Have a Nice Life (Emily Skinner, Michael Berry, Michelle Blakely, Kevin Carolan, Jacquelyn Piro, Charles Hagerty and Nikki Snelson)
HONORABLE MENTION: Having it Almost (Anastasia Barzee, Amy Eschman, Liz Larsen, Stefanie Morse, and Wendy Perelman) and Hot and Sweet (Mimi Bensinger, Jo Lynn Burks, Elaine Burt, Rebecca Buxton , Jami Dauber, Elizabeth Dotson-Westphalen , Laura Dreyer, Rebecca Eichenberger, Katie Finneran, Margaret Goodman, Alex Hanna, Elizabeth Inghram, Anne Lieberwirth, Stephanie Long, Allison Mahoney, Clarice Mazanec, Barbara Merjan, Jack Metzger, Lea Michele, Kyra Miller, Lizzie Moore, Bill Parry, Reut Regev, Andy Sandberg, and Maria Vassallo)
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES:
Christian Campbell (Drift)
Donna Lynne Champlin (Flight of the Lawnchair Man)
Laura Daniel (The Tragic and Horrible Life of the Singing Nun)
Marisa Echeverría (Kingdom)
Chris Fitzgerald (Gutenberg the Musical)
Jeff Hiller (The Children)
Greg Naughton (Alive in the World)
Jeremy Shamos (Gutenberg the Musical!)
Max von Essen (Desperate Measures)
The winners of the NYMF Awards for Excellence were selected by a jury composed of theater artists, producers, and journalists, including: Jennifer Costello (Live Nation), Robert Diamond (BroadwayWorld.com), Frank Evans (BMI), Peter Filichia (Newark Star-Ledger/TheaterMania), Tim Jerome (National Music Theater Network), Clifford Lee Johnson III (Manhattan Theatre Club), Beverly MacKeen (New World Stages), Matt Windman (AM New York) and Wayman Wong (Playbill.com/New York Daily News).
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) (Kris Stewart, Executive
Director; Isaac Robert Hurwitz, Executive Producer) is a three-week event in NYC that has premiered 99 musicals in its first three seasons, becoming the largest musical theatre event in American history. Hailed as "the Sundance of Musical Theatre," it is now widely regarded among the entertainment industry as the key source for new material and talent discovery. NYMF is a flagship program of the National Music Theater Network, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, and is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council o–n the Arts, a state agency.
Visit www.nymf.org for more information.
