The audience has voted and the winners have been announced!
The winners have been announced for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Connecticut Awards, honoring the best in regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The audiences have voted and made their selections for the best theatre and performances.
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Winner: Victoria Sautee - IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE COCKTAILS - Pantochino Productions
Runners-Up: Chris Faison - Luther Vandross TRIBUTE - Chestnut Street playhouse, Robert Peterpaul - DECADES IN CONCERT - Downtown Cabaret Theatre, Saige Noelle Bryan - DECADES IN CONCERT - Downtown Cabaret Theatre
Winner: Lauren Patten/Bryan Perri - BROADWAY UNPLUGGED - ACT of CT
Runners-Up: Kimberly Faye Greenberg - FABULOUS FANNY: THE SONGS AND STORIES OF Fanny Brice - Sharon Playhouse, Cacophony Daniels - UNDER THE C - Sharon Playhouse, Erin Macguire - WHO'S HOLIDAY - Music Theatre of CT
Winner: Steven Cardona - GREASE - Pantochino Productions
Runners-Up: Carly Jurman - RENT - The Downtown Cabaret Theater, Todd Santa Maria - DISASTER! - Brookfield Theatre, Caitlin Beaudry - MATILDA - The Warner
Winner: Darlene Zoller - PIPPIN - Playhouse on Park
Runners-Up: Ray Mercer - RENT - A Contemporary Theatre of Connecticut, Lainie Sakakura - CABARET - Goodspeed Musicals, Justin Boccitto & Dani Champagne - GUYS AND DOLLS - Sharon Playhouse
Winner: Jimmy Johansmeyer - CHECKING IN ON CHARLES - Pantochino Productions
Runners-Up: Warner Theatre - PETER AND THE STARCATCHER - Ridgefield Theater Barn, Lesley Neilson-Bowman - DECADES IN CONCERT: SPIRIT OF THE 60S - Downtown Cabaret Theatre, Mary Joan Wright - CINDERELLA - Curtain Call
Winner: Soule Golden - LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL - Playhouse on Park
Runners-Up: Tracy Christensen - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES - Goodspeed Musicals, Kara Harmon - 42ND STREET - Goodspeed Musicals, Bottari & Case - GUYS & DOLLS - Sharon Playhouse
Winner: 42ND STREET - Goodspeed Opera
Runners-Up: DIVAS: DOUBLE OR NOTHING - stop/time dance theater
Winner: Bert Bernardi - CHECKING IN ON CHARLES - Pantochino Productions
Runners-Up: Andrea Pane - RENT - Downtown Cabaret Theatre, Erin Dugan and Julie Thouin - THE LITTLE MERMAID - Opera House Players, Jared Andrew Brown - HELLO DOLLY - Square Foot Theatre
Winner: Darlene Zoller - PIPPIN - Playhouse on Park
Runners-Up: Dan Levine - RENT - A Contemporary Theatre of Connecticut, Justin Boccitto - GUYS AND DOLLS - Sharon Playhouse, Jenn Thompson - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES - Goodspeed Musicals
Winner: Stephen Emerick - THE LOBBY - Curtain Call (Stamford)
Runners-Up: Katherine Ray - PETER AND THE STARCATCHER - Ridgefield Theater Barn, Lou Okell - SWEAT - Brookfield Theatre, Elizabeth Young - THE EXONERATED - Ridgefield Theater Barn
Winner: Stephanie Pope Lofgren - LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL - Playhouse on Park
Runners-Up: Bruce Jordan - SHEAR MADNESS - Sharon Playhouse, Nelson T. Eusebio III - KIM'S CONVENIENCE - Westport Country Playhouse, Todd L. Underwood - THE GREAT GATSBY - Ivoryton Playhouse
Winner: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW - Pantochino Productions
Runners-Up: PETER AND THE STARCATCHER - Ridgefield Theater Barn, HELLO DOLLY - Square Foot Theatre, DECADES IN CONCERT: SPIRIT OF THE 60S - Downtown Cabaret Theatre
Winner: PIPPIN - Playhouse on Park
Runners-Up: RENT - A Contemporary Theatre of Connecticut, GUYS AND DOLLS - Sharon Playhouse, 42ND STREET - Goodspeed Musicals
Winner: Jeff Carr - CHECKING IN ON CHARLES - Pantochino Productions
Runners-Up: Phill Hill - RENT - Downtown Cabaret Theatre, ADam Lobelson - INTO THE WOODS - Curtain Call, Stamford, Tom Janus - SWEENEY TODD - Madison Lyric Stage
Winner: Jackson Funke - PIPPIN - Playhouse on Park
Runners-Up: Philip S. Rosenberg - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES - Goodspeed Musicals, Jamie Roderick - GUYS AND DOLLS - Sharon Playhouse, Mark Hankla - PETER AND THE STARCATCHER - Ridgefield Theater Barn
Winner: Justin Rugg - CHECKING IN ON CHARLES - Pantochino Productions
Runners-Up: Zachary Kampler - RENT - Downtown Cabaret Theatre, Michael Zappala - THE LITTLE MERMAID - Opera House Players, Alan Dougherty - CHICAGO - Square Foot Theatre
Winner: Collin Britt - PIPPIN - Playhouse on Park
Runners-Up: Jacob Carll - GUYS AND DOLLS - Sharon Playhouse, David John Madore - SUNSET BOULEVARD - Music Theatre of Connecticut, Adam Souza - 42ND STREET - Goodspeed Musicals
Winner: CHECKING IN ON CHARLES - Pantochino Productions
Runners-Up: RENT - Downtown Cabaret Theatre, HELLO DOLLY - Square Foot Theatre, EVITA - Wilton Playshop
Winner: PIPPIN - Playhouse on Park
Runners-Up: RENT - A Contemporary Theatre of Connecticut, ANNE OF GREEN GABLES - Goodspeed Musicals, GUYS AND DOLLS - Sharon Playhouse
Winner: AS LONG AS WE'RE TALKING - Pantochino Productions
Runners-Up: DECADES IN CONCERT: SONGS OF THE 70S - Downtown Cabaret Theatre, THE LOBBY - Curtain Call Stamford, WHAT THE DICKENS? - Theatreworks New Milford
Winner: Jimmy Johansmeyer - THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW - Pantochino Productions
Runners-Up: BJ Markus - EVITA - Wilton Playshop, Kelsey Senteio - RENT - The Downtown Cabaret Theater, Sara Fabrizio - CHICAGO - Square Foot Theatre
Winner: Thao Nguyen - PIPPIN - Playhouse on Park
Runners-Up: Danielle Herbert - LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL - Playhouse on Park, Paola Hernández - RENT - A Contemporary Theatre of Connecticut, Austin Turner - RENT - A Contemporary Theatre of Connecticut
Winner: Laura Jeanne Portera - PETER AND THE STARCATCHER - Ridgefield Theater Barn
Runners-Up: Erick Sanchez - SWEAT - Brookfield Theatre, Erik Bloomquist - THE GREAT GATSBY: A LIVE RADIO PLAY - Legacy Theatre, Derek Corvieu - MISERY - Chestnut Street Playhouse
Winner: Michael Kevin Baldwin - SHEAR MADNESS - Sharon Playhouse
Runners-Up: Chaz Rose - THE MOUNTAINTOP - Music Theatre of Connecticut, Gabriel Lawrence - THE AGITATORS - Playhouse on Park, Sam Rosentrater - THE AGITATORS - Playhouse on Park
Winner: PETER AND THE STARCATCHER - Ridgefield Theater Barn
Runners-Up: SWEAT - Brookfield Theatre, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS - CURTAIN CALL, STAMFORD, WHO'S AFRAID OF Virginia Woolf? - Madison Lyric Stage
Winner: LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL - Playhouse on Park
Runners-Up: KIM'S CONVENIENCE - Westport Country Playhouse, SHEAR MADNESS - Sharon Playhouse, THE GREAT GATSBY - Ivoryton Playhouse
Winner: THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS - Madison Lyric Stage
Runners-Up: ALCINA - Legacy Theatre/Yale Opera CURLEW RIVER - Madison Lyric Stage
Winner: Von Del Mar - CHECKING IN ON CHARLES - Pantochino Productions
Runners-Up: Eric Boucher - THE LITTLE MERMAID - Opera House Players, Martin Scott Marchitto - INTO THE WOODS - Curtain Call, Stamford, Brad Blake & Al Chiappetta - CARRIE: THE MUSICAL - Sherman Players @ THe Sherman Playhouse
Winner: You-Shin Chen - KIM'S CONVENIENCE - Westport Country Playhouse
Runners-Up: Wilson Chin - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES - Goodspeed Musicals, Justin Boccitto & Thomas P. Swetz - GUYS AND DOLLS - Sharon Playhouse, Clint Ramos - KISS MY AZTEC! - Hartford Stage
Winner: Alex Besio - CHECKING IN ON CHARLES - Pantochino Productions
Runners-Up: Phill Hill - DECADES IN CONCERT - Downtown Cabaret Theatre, Lou Okell - SWEAT - Brookfield Theater for the Arts, Jacob Zonderman - SWEENEY TODD - Madison Lyric Stage
Winner: Jeffrey Salerno - THE AGITATORS - Playhouse on Park
Runners-Up: Daryl Bornstein - GUYS AND DOLLS - Sharon Playhouse, Will Atkin - BUDDY: THE Buddy Holly STORY - Music Theatre of CT, Jay Hilton - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES - Goodspeed Musicals
Winner: Shelley Marsh Poggio - CHECKING IN ON CHARLES - Pantochino Productions
Runners-Up: Ethan Stack (Scuttle) - THE LITTLE MERMAID - Opera House Players, Robert Peterpaul - RAPUNZEL - Downtown Cabaret Theatre, Justin Rugg - CHECKING IN ON CHARLES - Pantochino Productions
Winner: Kate Wesler - PIPPIN - Playhouse on Park
Runners-Up: Juliana Lamia - PIPPIN - Playhouse on Park, Jade Amber - RENT - A Contemporary Theatre of Connecticut, Aurelia Williams - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES - Goodspeed
Winner: Kendall Driffin - GOOD PEOPLE - Town Players of Newtown
Runners-Up: Alicia Dempster - SWEAT - Brookfield Theatre, Skye Gillespie - THE GREAT GATSBY: A LIVE RADIO PLAY - Legacy Theatre, Jeramie Gladman - SWEAT - Brookfield Theatre
Winner: Nygel D. Robinson - LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL - Playhouse on Park
Runners-Up: Shavonna Banks - THE MOUNTAINTOP - Music Theater of CT, Will Nash Broyles - SHEAR MADNESS - Sharon Playhouse, Sandy York - SHEAR MADNESS - Sharon Playhouse
Winner: THE LITTLEST CHRISTMAS TREE - Pantochino Productions
Runners-Up: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Downtown Cabaret Theatre, THE LITTLE MERMAID - Opera House Players, RAPUNZEL - Downtown Cabaret Theatre
Winner: THE LITTLE MERMAID - Opera House Players
Runners-Up: THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF DR. WONDERFUL (AND HER DOG!) - Playhouse on Park
Winner: Pantochino Productions
Runners-Up: Downtown Cabaret Theatre, Ridgefield Theater Barn, Curtain Call
Winner: Playhouse on Park
Runners-Up: Goodspeed Musicals, A Contemporary Theatre of Connecticut, Westport Country Playhouse
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