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Broadway.com Audience Choice Award Nominations Announced; Cast Your Vote!

May 1st, 2015 | By Broadway.com Staff

Broadway.com celebrates its 15th birthday on May 1, and you know what makes a great gift? Voting for the 2015 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards! The nominations are in, and the new musical Finding Neverland led the pack with 11 nominations. It's followed closely by It’s Only a Play, which took in 10 nods. Four-time BACA winner Kristin Chenoweth garnered four nominations for her performance in On the Twentieth CenturyVoting begins now and will end on May 10 at 11:59 PM. Winners will be announced shortly after.

The Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards are the only major theater awards voted on by Broadway’s biggest cheerleaders: the fans. Shortly after its launch in 2000, the editors of Broadway.com realized that the Broadway community was missing an award from the people: the actual theatergoers who fill the seats, root for the stars and keep Broadway alive.

Polls are now closed. Thanks for voting!

See below for a full list of nominees.

Favorite New Musical
An American in Paris
Finding Neverland
Fun Home
It Shoulda Been You
Something Rotten!


Favorite New Play
The Audience
Constellations
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Hand to God
The River


Favorite Musical Revival
Gigi
The King and I
On the Town
On the Twentieth Century
Side Show


Favorite Play Revival
The Elephant Man
The Heidi Chronicles
It’s Only a Play
This Is Our Youth
You Can’t Take It With You


Favorite Long-Running Show
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
The Book of Mormon
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Les Miserables
Wicked


Favorite Tour
The Book of Mormon
Cinderella
Newsies
Pippin
Wicked


Favorite Leading Actor in a Musical
Michael Cerveris, Fun Home
Corey Cott, Gigi
Brian d’Arcy James, Something Rotten!
Matthew Morrison, Finding Neverland
Tony Yazbeck, On the Town

Favorite Leading Actress in a Musical
Kristin Chenoweth, On the Twentieth Century
Lisa Howard, It Shoulda Been You
Vanessa Hudgens, Gigi
Laura Michelle Kelly, Finding Neverland
Kelli O’Hara, The King and I

Favorite Leading Actor in a Play
Bradley Cooper, The Elephant Man
Jake Gyllenhaal, Constellations
Hugh Jackman, The River
Nathan Lane, It’s Only a Play
Alex Sharp, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Favorite Leading Actress in a Play
Glenn Close, A Delicate Balance
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Real Thing
Helen Mirren, The Audience
Elisabeth Moss, The Heidi Chronicles
Carey Mulligan, Skylight

Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical
Christian Borle, Something Rotten!
David Burtka, It Shoulda Been You
Kelsey Grammer, Finding Neverland
Andy Karl, On the Twentieth Century
Max von Essen, An American in Paris

Favorite Featured Actress in a Musical
Sierra Boggess, It Shoulda Been You
Carolee Carmello, Finding Neverland
Victoria Clark, Gigi
Alysha Umphress, On the Town
Teal Wicks, Finding Neverland

Favorite Featured Actor in a Play
Ian Barford, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Matthew Broderick, It’s Only a Play
Rupert Grint, It’s Only a Play
James Earl Jones, You Can’t Take It With You
Bryce Pinkham, The Heidi Chronicles

Favorite Featured Actress in a Play
Annaleigh Ashford, You Can’t Take It With You
Rose Byrne, You Can’t Take It With You
Stockard Channing, It’s Only a Play
Patricia Clarkson, The Elephant Man
Megan Mullally, It’s Only a Play

Favorite Diva Performance
Kristin Chenoweth, On the Twentieth Century
Tyne Daly, It Shoulda Been You
Helen Mirren, The Audience
Kelli O’Hara, The King and I
Chita Rivera, The Visit

Favorite Funny Performance
Annaleigh Ashford, You Can’t Take It With You
Kristin Chenoweth, On the Twentieth Century
Kelsey Grammer, Finding Neverland
Rupert Grint, It’s Only a Play
Nathan Lane, It’s Only a Play

Favorite Onstage Pair
Sierra Boggess & David Burtka, It Shoulda Been You
Kristin Chenoweth & Andy Karl, On the Twentieth Century
Corey Cott & Vanessa Hudgens, Gigi
Laura Michelle Kelly & Matthew Morrison, Finding Neverland
Kelli O’Hara & Ken Watanabe, The King and I

Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male)
Steven Boyer, Hand to God
Robert Fairchild, An American in Paris
Rupert Grint, It’s Only a Play
Alex Sharp, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Micah Stock, It’s Only a Play

Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female)
Megan Fairchild, On the Town
Vanessa Hudgens, Gigi
Sydney Lucas, Fun Home
Ashley Park, The King and I
Emily Skeggs, Fun Home

Favorite Replacement (Male)
Gavin Creel, The Book of Mormon
Darren Criss, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Norm Lewis, The Phantom of the Opera
John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Andrew Rannells, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Favorite Replacement (Female)
Caroline Bowman, Wicked
Carol Burnett, Love Letters
Rebecca Naomi Jones, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Kara Lindsay, Wicked
Emma Stone, Cabaret

Favorite New Song
“All That Matters,” Finding Neverland
“A Musical,” Something Rotten!
“Believe,” Finding Neverland
“God, I Hate Shakespeare,” Something Rotten!
“Neverland,” Finding Neverland

Shows with multiple nominations:
Finding Neverland – 11
It’s Only a Play – 10
Gigi – 6
It Shoulda Been You – 6
On the Twentieth Century – 6
Hedwig and the Angry Inch – 5
The King and I – 5
Something Rotten! – 5
You Can’t Take It With You – 5
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – 4
Fun Home – 4
On the Town – 4
Wicked – 4
An American in Paris – 3
The Audience – 3
The Book of Mormon – 3
The Elephant Man – 3
The Heidi Chronicles – 3
Constellations – 2
Hand to God – 2
The River – 2

 

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