This awards cycle began May 1st, 2022, and ended Juneteenth 2023. The Awards nominations were determined by a committee of seven industry professionals who have chosen to remain anonymous. This removes the idea that the nominations are more or less valid due to the committee members.

This awards cycle began May 1st, 2022, and ended Juneteenth 2023.

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY (OFF-BROADWAY)

April Matthis, Primary Trust

Patrice Johnson Chevannes, Endgame

Harriet D. Foy, Black Odyssey

Biko Eisen-Martin, soft

Calvin Leon Smith, Fat Ham

Billy Eugene Jones, Fat Ham

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY (BROADWAY)

Kara Young, Cost of Living

Samuel L. Jackson, The Piano Lesson

Danielle Brooks, The Piano Lesson

Andre De Shields, Death of a Salesman

Ray Fisher, The Piano Lesson

Crystal Lucas-Perry, Ain’t No Mo

Nikki Crawford, Fat Ham

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (OFF-BROADWAY)

Krystal Joy Brown, Merrily We Roll Along

Jacob Ming-Trent, The Harder They Come

James Jackson Jr., White Girl in Danger

Meecah, The Harder They Come

Jeanette Bayardelle, The Harder They Come

​​J. Bernard Calloway, The Harder They Come

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (ON BROADWAY)

NaTasha Yvette Williams, Some Like It Hot

Alex Newell, Shucked

Jordan Donica, Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot

Alex Joseph Grayson, Parade

Joshua Henry, Into The Woods

Adrianna Hicks, Some Like It Hot 

John Clay III, New York, New York

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Tislarm Bouie, The Bandaged Place

Edgar Godineaux, The Harder They Come

Raja Feather Kelly, White Girl in Danger

Christopher Cree Grant, Parade

Jeffrey Paige, 1776

Aquila Kikora Franklin, Black Odyssey

Marjani Forté-Saunders, Dreaming Zenzille

BEST DIRECTION (OFF-BROADWAY)

Candis C. Jones, Shadow/land

Josiah Davis, Amani

Miranda Hayman, Exception To The Rule

Whitney White, soft

Robert O’hara, A Raisin in the Sun

Stevie Walker-Webb, Black Odyssey

Lileana Blain-Cruz, White Girl in Danger

BEST DIRECTION ( BROADWAY)

Saheem Ali, Fat Ham

Kenny Leon, Topdog/Underdog

LaTanya Richardson Jackson, The Piano Lesson

Stevie Walker-Webb, Ain’t No Mo

Kenny Leon, Ohio State Murders

BEST COSTUME DESIGN (OFF-BROADWAY) 

Azalea Fairley, Shadow/land

Devario Simmons, Bees & Honey

Mika Eubanks, Amani

Mimi Plange, Dreaming Zenzille

Qween Jean, soft

Dede Ayite, Richard III

Karen Perry, A Raisin in the Sun

BEST COSTUME DESIGN (BROADWAY)

Dominique Fawn Hill, Fat Ham

Sarita Fellows, Death of a Salesman

Toni-Leslie James, The Piano Lesson

Dede Ayite, Topdog/Underdog

Emilio Sosa, Ain’t No Mo

Emilio Sosa, 1776

BEST WIG/HAIR  DESIGN

Nikiya Mathis, A Raisin in the Sun

Cookie Jordan, The Piano Lesson

Sabana Majeed, New York, New York

Eaaron Chew Nealey, Fat Ham

Mia M. Neal, Ain’t No Mo

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN

Stacey Doresier, Cornelia Street

Allen Lee Hughes, Ohio State Murders

Allen Lee Hughes, Topdog/Underdog

Alan Edwards, Our Brother’s Son

BEST SCENIC DESIGN

Lawrence E. Moten III, Patience

Carlos Soto, Bernarda’s Daughters 

BEST SOUND DESIGN

Mikaal Sulaiman, Death of a Salesman

Justin Ellington, Ohio State Murders

Taylor Williams, Ain’t No Mo

Justin Ellington, Topdog/Underdog

Christopher Darbassie, Patience

Mikaal Sulaiman, Fat Ham

Kathy Ruvuna, Amani

BEST MUSICAL ENSEMBLE 

The Harder They Come

White Girl in Danger

Dreaming Zenzille

BEST PLAY ENSEMBLE 

Twelfth Night

Fat Ham

Ain’t No Mo

Black Odyssey

The Piano Lesson

A Raisin in the Sun

soft

BEST MUSIC IN A PLAY

Delfeayo Marsalis, Shadow/land

Suzan-Lori Parks, Plays for the Plague Year

Mikaal Sulaiman, Cost of Living

Femi Temowo, Death of a Salesman

Jason Michael Webb, The Piano Lesson

Renell Shaw, Heart

BEST ORCHESTRATION

Bryan Carter, Some Like It Hot

Daryl Waters, New York, New York

Kenny Seymour, The Harder They Come

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Michael R. Jackson, White Girl in Danger

Jimmy Cliff, The Harder They Come

Miriam Makeba, Dreaming Zenzille

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL

Michael R. Jackson, White Girl in Danger

Sharon Washington, New York, New York

Suzan-Lori Parks, The Harder They Come

BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE

Jade Anouka, Heart

BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY (OFF-BROADWAY)

Danai Gurira, Richard III

Tonya Pinkins, A Raisin in the Sun

K. Todd Freeman, Downstate

Denise Manning, Amani

Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, This Land Was Made

William Jackson Harper, Primary Trust

John Douglas Thompson, Endgame

BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY (BROADWAY)

Marcel Spears, Fat Ham

Wendell Pierce, Death of a Salesman

Jordan E. Cooper, Ain’t No Mo

Corey Hawkins, Topdog/Underdog

Audra McDonald, Ohio State Murders

Stephen McKinley Henderson, Between Riverside & Crazy

Jeremy Pope, The Collaboration

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL ( OFF-BROADWAY)

Latoya Edwards, White Girl in Danger

Tarra Conner Jones, White Girl in Danger

Natey Jones, The Harder They Come

Somi Kakoma, Dreaming Zenzille

Callum Francis, Kinky Boots

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (BROADWAY)

Anna Uzele, New York, New York

J. Harrison Ghee, Some Like It Hot

Solea Pfeiffer, Almost Famous

Jordon Dobson, Bad Cinderella

Lorna Courtney, & Juliet

Crystal Lucas-Perry, 1776

Patina Miller, Into The Woods

BEST REVIVAL

The Piano Lesson, August Wilson

A Raisin In The Sun, Lorraine Hansberry

Ohio State Murders, Adrienne Kennedy

Topdog/Underdog, Suzan-Lori Parks

Black Odyssey, Marcus Gardley

Crumbs From the Table of Joy, Lynn Nottage

BEST PLAY

Ain’t No Mo, Jordan E. Cooper

Primary Trust, Eboni Booth

Shadow/land, Erika Dickerson-Despenza

Bees & Honey, Guadalis Del Carmen

This Land Was Made, Tori Sampson

soft, Donja R. Love

Fat Ham, James Ijames

BEST MUSICAL

White Girl In Danger

The Harder They Come

Dreaming Zenzille

The Douglas Turner Ward Life Achievement Award

André De Shields

The Awards Vol III Nomination Ceremony Credits:

Opening poem and Comedic sketches were created & written by Eric Lockley with additional credits listed below for each comedic sketch.

The ceremony was filmed and written by Drew Shade & assisted by Jamaal Anthony.

Special thanks are given to Jordan Waters & ‘The Art of Killin’ It’ for allowing the use of their space and set.

THOUGHTS OF A COLORED ACTOR” Written & Directed by: Eric Lockley Director of Photography: Catalin Stelian AD: Jordon Waters Featuring: Denise Manning, Drew Shade, Josh Broder with Cherrye J. Davis and Jeffrey Kitt

“I WAS THERE” Written and Directed by: Eric Lockley Director of Photography: Catalin Stelian AD: Jordon Waters Featuring: Deborah McIntyre, Xavier Townsend, Zonya Love, Joleen Wilkinson, Will Manning, Ruben St. Vilus, Aaron LaRoche, Russell G. Jones

“PERCY’S THEATER THIS N DAT!” Written & Directed by Eric Lockley Director of Photography: Catalin Stelian AD: Jordon Waters Art Direction: Amber Ink Music composer: Mitchel Noble Featuring: Chanel D. Carroll & Jordon Waters Guests: Kara Young, Chris Herbie Holland, Ebony Marshall Oliver Special Thanks to New Georges, Deadria Harrington, Brett Lockley & Zhailon Levingston

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Streaming on Broadway Black’s youtube channel on March 3rd, 2023, at 7 pm, The Awards continue to fill a gap of acknowledgment and recognition for Black theatre artists. The private ceremony was held for nominees, presenters, and performers to celebrate their accomplishments in helping bring the theatre industry back on its feet and to create a filmed ceremony to share with the Broadway Black audience.

Making appearances at the ceremony were Angela Birchett, Carla Stewart, Ashley Jenkins, Ruben Santiago Hudson, Chuck Cooper, Brenda Braxton, Kenneth D. Ard, Jawan M. Jackson, Felicia Boswell, Kalen Allen, Ryan Jamaal Swain, Renee Harrison, Aisha Jackson, Antoine L. Smith, Jerrie Johnson, Jonathan Burke, Darius de Haas, Natasha Yvette Williams, and more.

Inspired by the Harlem Heroes work by Carl Van Vechten, The Awards chose to forego a traditional step & repeat. Leaning into the theme of the evening, Black Vintage Glamour, photographer Josh Walker created a vintage backdrop for our Harlem heroes of tomorrow.

Photos by Josh Walker

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The Antonyo Awards were originally conceived in 2020 by Drew Shade of the multimedia company Broadway Black, which is dedicated to highlighting the achievements and successes of African American theatre artists on and off the Broadway stage. 

The inaugural ceremony, presented on Juneteenth 2020, was live-streamed on YouTube and was heralded by international press, including The New York Times, NPR and the BBC. The 2020 Antonyo Awards were the first awards show to feature non-gendered categories.

“The Antonyo Awards were born to remind ourselves of the joy that Black theatre artists have created in a fractured country,” Shade commented. “For almost 10 years Broadway Black has championed Black voices in many different ways and we are thrilled to move from the well-received initial streaming broadcast in our first year to a fully produced awards ceremony at the legendary Apollo Theater, the centerpiece of live performance in Harlem.”

Nominations for the 2022 Awards were announced on Monday, June 20, 2022 (Juneteenth Observed).

The nominating committee consisted of theatre professionals Alaina Newell, Ayanna Prescod, Brittani Samuel, Juan Michael Porter II, Eric Emauni, Drew Shade, Judith Lovell, and Cody Renard Richard.

Nominations for the 2021-2022 Antonyo Awards are: 

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY (OFF-BROADWAY) 
Abena, Merry Wives
Stephanie Berry, On Sugarland
Billy Eugene Jones, On Sugarland
Andrea Patterson, Confederates
Andrea Patterson, Cullud Wattah
Alicia Pilgrim, Cullud Wattah
Britton Smith, To My Girls

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY (BROADWAY)
Ron Cephas Jones, Clyde’s
Chuck Cooper, Trouble in Mind
Brandon J. Dirden, Skeleton Crew
Luke James, Thoughts of a Colored Man
Tendayi Kuumba, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Kenita R. Miller, 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
Adrianne Danrich, Intimate Apparel
Alysha Deslorieux, The Visitor
Tamika Lawrence, Black No More
Ephraim Sykes, Black No More
Lillias White, Black No More

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (BROADWAY)
Charity Angel Dawson, Mrs. Doubtfire
Sidney DuPont, Paradise Square
Ayana George, MJ: The Musical
Jared Grimes, Funny Girl
James Jackson Jr., A Strange Loop
L Morgan Lee, A Strange Loop
Tavon Olds-Sample, MJ: The Musical

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Bill T. Jones, Chloe Davis, Gelan Lambert, Paradise Square
Raja Feather Kelly, A Strange Loop
Darrell Grand Moultrie, Space Dogs
Adesola Osakalumi, Skeleton Crew
Ellenore Scott & Ayodele Casel, Funny Girl
Ellenore Scott & Jeffrey Alkins, Mr. Saturday Night

BEST DIRECTION (OFF-BROADWAY)
Saheem Ali, Merry Wives
Saheem Ali, Nollywood Dreams
Stori Ayers, Confederates
Candis C. Jones, Cullud Wattah
Awoye Timpo, Wedding Band
Whitney White, On Sugarland

BEST DIRECTION (BROADWAY)
Lileana Blain-Cruz, The Skin of Our Teeth
Steve H. Broadnax III, Thoughts of a Colored Man
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Zhailon Levingston, Chicken & Biscuits
Charles Randolph-Wright, Trouble in Mind
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Skeleton Crew

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
Kathy A. Perkins, Trouble in Mind

Stacey Derosier, Wedding Band

Alan C. Edwards, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

BEST SCENIC DESIGN
Chris Cumberbatch, Gong Lum’s Legacy
Lawrence E. Moten III, Chicken & Biscuits

BEST SOUND DESIGN
Rena Anakwe, Wedding Band
Justin Ellington, Clyde’s
Justin Ellington, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Jimmy Keys, Confederates
Twi McCallum, Little Girl Blue
Mikaal Sulaiman, On Sugarland

BEST COSTUME DESIGN (OFF-BROADWAY)
Dede M. Ayite, Merry Wives
Dede M. Ayite, Nollywood Dreams
Ari Fulton, Confederates
Kara Harmon, Cullud Wattah
Toni-Leslie James, Suffs
Qween Jean, On Sugarland

BEST COSTUME DESIGN (BROADWAY)
Montana Levi Blanco, The Skin of Our Teeth
Sarafina Bush, Pass Over
Sarafina Bush, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Toni-Leslie James, Paradise Square
Emilio Sosa, Skeleton Crew
Paul Tazewell, MJ: The Musical

BEST WIG/HAIR DESIGN (BROADWAY)
Cookie Jordan, Clyde’s
Cookie Jordan, The Skin of Our Teeth
Nikiya Mathis, Nollywood Dreams
Nikiya Mathis, Confederates
Earon Chew Nealey, Cullud Wattah
Earon Chew Nealey, On Sugarland

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
Dreamgirls on Clubhouse, Leroy Church
The Lion King on Clubhouse, Noelle Chesnut Whitmore
Mugabe, My Dad & Me, Tonderai Munyevu, Audible Theater
Paradise Blue, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Audible Theater

BEST MUSICAL ENSEMBLE
Black No More
Caroline, Or Change
Intimate Apparel 
MJ: The Musical
Paradise Square
A Strange Loop
The Visitor

BEST PLAY ENSEMBLE
Clyde’s
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Skeleton Crew
The Skin of Our Teeth
Thoughts of a Colored Man
What To Send Up When It Goes Down
Wedding Band

BEST MUSIC IN A PLAY
Starr Busby, On Sugarland
Justin Ellington, Tambo & Bones
Justin Hicks, Cullud Wattah
Alphonso Horne, Wedding Band
Te’La and Kamauu, & Keenen Scott II, Thoughts of a Colored Man
Jimmy Keys, Skeleton Crew
Bill Sims Jr., Lackawanna Blues

BEST ORCHESTRATION
Joseph Joubert, Caroline, or Change
Daryl Waters, Black No More
Jason Michael Webb, MJ: The Musical

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
Kwame Kweo-Armah, The Visitor
Lynn Nottage, Intimate Apparel
Lynn Nottage, MJ: The Musical
John Ridley, Black No More

*NOTE: A Strange Loop was ineligible, as it won this category in 2020. Productions are ineligible for nomination if they have previously won the category for the same work.

BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues
Laiona Michelle, Little Girl Blue

BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY (OFF-BROADWAY)
Kyle Beltran, Case for the Existence of God
Crystal A. Dickinson, Cullud Wattah
Susan Kelechi Watson, Merry Wives
Kiki Layne, On Sugarland
Kristolyn Lloyd, Confederates
Jacob Ming-Trent, Merry Wives
Daniel J. Watts, The Last of the Love Letters

BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY (BROADWAY)
Uzo Aduba, Clyde’s
Gabby Beans, The Skin of Our Teeth
Laurence Fishburne, American Buffalo
LaChanze, Trouble in Mind
Ruth Negga, Macbeth
Phylicia Rashad, Skeleton Crew
Namir Smallwood, Pass Over

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (OFF-BROADWAY)
Justin Austin, Intimate Apparel 
Kearstin Piper Brown, Intimate Apparel
Brandon Victor Dixon, Black No More
Britney Nicole Simpson, Penelope, or How the Odyssey Was Really Written
Bryonha Marie Parham, A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet
Tariq Trotter, Black No More

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (BROADWAY)
Sharon D. Clarke, Caroline, or Change
Myles Frost, MJ: The Musical
Joaquina Kalukango, Paradise Square
Jaquel Spivey, A Strange Loop

BEST REVIVAL
Macbeth
Skeleton Crew
Trouble in Mind
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
Merry Wives
The Skin of Our Teeth

**NOTE: for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
was ineligible, as it won this category in 2020. Productions are ineligible for nomination if they have previously won the category.

BEST PLAY
Clyde’s by Lynn Nottage
Confederates by Dominique Morisseau
Cullud Wattah by Erika Dickerson-Despenza
Nollywood Dreams by Jocelyn Bioh
On Sugarland by Aleshea Harris
Thoughts of a Colored Man by Keenan Scott II
What To Send Up When It Goes Down by Aleshea Harris

BEST MUSICAL
Black No More
Caroline, or Change
Intimate Apparel
MJ: The Musical
Paradise Square
A Strange Loop

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

Shows by nominations:

Black No More – 10 
On Sugarland – 9
Cullud Wattah – 8
MJ: The Musical – 8 
Skeleton Crew – 8
A Strange Loop – 7 
Clyde’s – 7 
Confederates – 7  
Paradise Square – 7 
Intimate Apparel – 6 
Merry Wives – 6
The Skin of Our Teeth – 6 
Thoughts of a Colored Man – 5 
Wedding Band – 5 
Caroline, or Change – 4 
for colored girls… – 4 
Nollywood Dreams – 4 
Trouble in Mind – 4
Chicken & Biscuits – 2 
Funny Girl – 2 
Lackawanna Blues – 2 
Little Girl Blue – 2 
Macbeth – 2 
Pass Over – 2 
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 – 2 
The Visitor – 2
What to Send Up When It Goes Down – 2 
After Midnight – 1 
American Buffalo – 1 
Case for the Existence of God – 1
A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet – 1
Dreamgirls on Clubhouse – 1 
Gong Lum’s Legacy – 1 
Kimberly Akimbo – 1
The Last 5 Years – 1 
The Last of the Love Letters – 1
The Lion King on Clubhouse – 1 
Penelope, or How the Odyssey Was Really Written – 1
Mr. Saturday Night – 1  
Mrs. Doubtfire – 1 
Mugabe, My Dad & Me – 1
Paradise Blue – 1 
Semblance – 1 
Space Dogs – 1 
Suffs – 1 
Tambo & Bones – 1
To My Girls – 1

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Find the full list of nominees for the 2021-2022 Antonyo Awards below:

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY (OFF-BROADWAY)

Andrea Patterson, Confederates

Abena, Merry Wives

Stephanie Berry, On Sugarland

Billy Eugene Jones, On Sugarland

Britton Smith, To My Girls

Andrea Patterson, Cullud wattah

Alicia Pilgrim, Cullud wattah

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY (BROADWAY)

Kara Young, Clyde’s

Ron Cephas Jones, Clyde’s

Chuck Cooper, Trouble in Mind

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

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

Brandon J. Dirden, Skeleton Crew

Luke James, Thoughts of a Colored Man

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (OFF-BROADWAY)

Alysha Deslorieux, The Visitor

Tamika Sonja Lawrence, Black No More

Ephraim Sykes, Black No More

Lillias White, Black No More

Adrianne Danrich, Intimate Apparel Opera

Justin Cooley, Kimberly Akimbo

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (ON BROADWAY)

Tavon Olds-Sample, MJ: The Musical 

Ayana George, MJ: The Musical

L Morgan Lee, A Strange Loop

James Jackson Jr., A Strange Loop

Jared Grimes, Funny Girl

Sidney Dupont, Paradise Square

Charity Angel Dawson, Mrs. Doubtfire

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Ellenore Scott & Jeffrey Alkins, Mr. Saturday Night

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

Raja Feather Kelly, A Strange Loop

Ellenore Scott & Ayodele Casel, Funny Girl

Adesola Osakulumi, Skeleton Crew

Darrell Grand Moultrie, Space Dogs

BEST DIRECTION (OFF-BROADWAY)

Stori Ayers, Confederates

Saheem Ali, Merry Wives

Candis C. Jones, Cullud wattah

Whitney White, On Sugarland

Awoye Timpo, Wedding Band

Saheem Ali, Nollywood Dreams

BEST DIRECTION (BROADWAY)

Zhailon Levingston, Chicken & Biscuits

Steve H. Broadnax III, Thoughts of a Colored Man

Ruben Santiago Hudson, Skeleton Crew

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

Charles Randolph-Wright, Trouble In Mind

Lileana Blain-Cruz, The Skin of Our Teeth

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN

Stacey Derosier, Wedding Band

Alan C. Edwards, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

Kathy A. Perkins, Trouble In Mind

BEST SCENIC DESIGN

Chris Cumberbatch, Gong Lum’s Legacy

Lawrence E. Moten III, Chicken & Biscuits

BEST SOUND DESIGN

Mikaal Sulaiman, On Sugarland

Jimmy Keys, Confederates

Rena Anakwe, Wedding Band

Justin Ellington, Clyde’s

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

Twi McCallum, Little Girl Blue

BEST COSTUME DESIGN (OFF-BROADWAY) 

Ari Fulton, Confederates

Dede M. Ayite, Merry Wives

Dede M. Ayite, Nollywood Dreams

Qween Jean, On Sugarland

Kara Harmon, Cullud wattah

Toni-Leslie James, Suffs

BEST COSTUME DESIGN (BROADWAY)

Paul Tazewell, MJ: The Musical

Toni-Leslie James, Paradise Square

Sarafina Bush, Pass Over

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

BEST WIG/HAIR  DESIGN

Nikiya Mathis, Nollywood Dreams

Earon Chew Nealey On Sugarland

Cookie Jordan, The Skin of Our Teeth

Cookie Jordan Clyde’s

Nikiya Mathis, Confederates

Earon Chew Nealey, Cullud wattah

BEST DIGITAL THEATER PRODUCTION

The Last 5 Years,  Out of the Box Theatrics

Semblance, New York Theatre Workshop

After Midnight, Signature Theatre Streaming On Demand

BEST AUDIO THEATER PRODUCTION

Dreamgirls on Clubhouse, Leroy Church

Paradise Blue, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Audible Theater

The Lion King on Clubhouse, Noelle Chesnut Whitmore

Mugabe, My Dad & Me, Tonderai Munyevu, Audible Theater

BEST MUSICAL  ENSEMBLE 

MJ: The Musical

Paradise Square

A Strange Loop

Black No More

Intimate Apparel Opera

Caroline, Or Change

The Visitor

BEST PLAY ENSEMBLE 

Clyde’s

Thoughts of a Colored Man

Skeleton Crew

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

The Skin of Our Teeth

What To Send Up When It Goes Down

Wedding Band

BEST MUSIC IN A PLAY

Justin Hicks, Cullud wattah

Justin Ellington, Tambo & Bones

Starr Busby, On Sugarland

Alphonso Horne, Wedding Band

Bill Sims Jr., Lackawanna Blues

Jimmy Keys, Skeleton Crew

Te’La and Kamauu, & Keenan Scott II, Thoughts of a Colored Man

BEST ORCHESTRATION

Jason Michael Webb, MJ: The Musical

Joseph Joubert, Caroline, Or Change

Daryl Waters, Black No More

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop

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

Masi Asare, Paradise Square

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL

John Ridley, Black No More

Kwame Kweo-Armah, The Visitor

Lynn Nottage, Intimate Apparel Opera

Lynn Nottage, MJ: The Musical

*A Strange Loop won this category in 2020. Artists are ineligible for nomination if previously won the category for the same work.

BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE

Laiona Michelle, Little Girl Blue

Ruben Santiago Hudson, Lackawanna Blues

BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY (OFF-BROADWAY)

Crystal A. Dickinson, Cullud wattah

Susan Kelechi Watson, Merry Wives

Kiki Layne, On Sugarland

Kyle Beltran, Case for the Existence of God

Daniel J. Watts, The Last of the Love Letters

Jacob Ming-Trent, Merry Wives

Kristolyn Lloyd, Confederates

BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY (BROADWAY)

Namir Smallwood, Pass Over

Phylicia Rashad, Skeleton Crew

Ruth Negga, Macbeth

Gabby Bean, The Skin of Our Teeth

LaChanze, Trouble In Mind

Uzo Aduba, Clyde’s

Laurence Fishburne, American Buffalo

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL ( OFF-BROADWAY)

Kearstin Piper Brown, Intimate Apparel Opera

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

Bryonha Marie Parham, A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet

Tariq Trotter, Black No More

Brandon Victor Dixon, Black No More

Justin Austin, Intimate Apparel Opera

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (BROADWAY)

Myles Frost, MJ: The Musical

Joaquina Kalukango, Paradise Square

Jaquel Spivey, A Strange Loop

Sharon D. Clarke, Caroline, or Change

BEST REVIVAL

Macbeth

Skeleton Crew

Trouble in Mind

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

Merry Wives

The Skin of Our Teeth

*For Colored Girls…won this category in 2020. Artists are ineligible for nomination if previously won the category for the same work.

BEST PLAY

Clyde’s by Lynn Nottage

Thoughts of a Colored Man by Kennan Scott II

Confederates by Dominique Morisseau

What To Send Up When It Goes Down by Aleshea Harris

Nollywood Dreams by Jocelyn Bioh

On Sugarland by Aleshea Harris

Cullud wattah by Erika Dickerson-Despenza

BEST MUSICAL

MJ: The Musical

Paradise Square

A Strange Loop

Caroline, or Change

Intimate Apparel

Black No More

KINFOLK AWARDS will be announced by Broadway Black at a later date.

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A private event for the Antonyo Awards will take place on Monday, June 20 from 5:00p – 7:00 p.m. at the Times Square outpost of the event’s co-host, Black-owned Brooklyn Chop House. The nominations for the 2021 to 2022 season will be live-streamed from the event. Please check www.AntonyoAwards.com closer to the date for the live stream information. 

The Inaugural Antonyo Awards took place on Juneteenth, 2020 as a way to acknowledge the incredible work by Black theater artists during the 2019 – 2020 season.  Winners included Adrienne Warren (Tina), Michael R. Jackson (A Strange Loop), Camille A. Brown (For Colored Girls Who Have Committed Suicide/when the rainbow is enuf) and the Lifetime Achievement Award went to Chuck Cooper.

Heralded by international press including NPR, The New York Times, and the BBC, the 2020 Antonyo Awards was the first awards show to be streamed after the worldwide shutdown brought entertainment to a halt.

Broadway Black‘s founder and CEO Drew Shade says:

“We are so excited to bring back the Antonyo Awards, which was such a source of joy for Black people and the theater community as a whole during a very difficult time. We wanted to bring back the Antonyo Awards to specifically honor and acknowledge the amazing contributions by Black people in theater and highlight the work that had significant importance to us this past season.”

Eric Emauni and Jennifer Friedland have been brought on to the Broadway Black team as producers of the event.

Due to the ongoing pandemic and amended theater schedule, the Antonyo Awards will take place in the Fall, with the anticipation to return to June in 2023. If you would like to be involved in this year‘s Antonyo Awards please visit: antonyoawards.com

The Inaugural Antonyo Awards has over 22,000 views and can be watched here

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Hosted by Kristolyn Lloyd (Dear Evan Hansen) & Bryan Terrell Clark (Hamilton), the nomination ceremony for the inaugural Antonyo Awards, a celebration of the Black Broadway and Off-Broadway community, streamed live on June 9th, 2020 on Broadway Black’s YouTube & Facebook.  The streamed ceremony on Juneteenth will include a pre-show virtual red carpet, original musical numbers, star presenters and performers, and more.

Voting is open to the public right now. Visit the booth and cast your vote here.

Check out the entire list of nominations for The Antonyo Awards below

THE ANTONYO AWARD NOMINATIONS

Best Featured Actor in a Play Off-Broadway

• Leland Fowler – One in Two
• Nicco Annan – The Hot Wing King
• Crystal Lucas Perry – A Bright Room Called Day
• John-Andrew Morrison – Blues for an Alabama Sky
• Latoya Edwards – The Rolling Stone
• Okwui Okpokwasili – For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf

Best Featured Actor in a Play on Broadway

• David Alan Grier – A Soldier’s Play
• Ato Blankson – Wood Slave Play
• Chalia La Tour – Slave Play
• Zawe Ashton – Betrayal
• Grantham Coleman – The Great Society
• Jordan Barbour – The Inheritance

Best Featured Actor in a Musical Off-Broadway

• John Andrew Morrison – A Strange Loop
• Starr Busby – Octet
• Jasmine Cephas Jones – Cyrano
• Saycon Sengbloh – The Secret Life of Bees
• L Morgan Lee – A Strange Loop
• Taylor Iman Jones – Scotland, PA

Best Featured Actor in a Musical Broadway

• Sahr Ngaujah – Moulin Rouge
• Celia Rose Gooding – Jagged Little Pill
• Jeanette Bayardelle – Girl From the North Country
• Dharon E. Jones – West Side Story

Best Director

• Stevie Walker Webb – One In Two
• Robert O’Hara – BLKS
• Whitney White – Our Dear Dead Drug Lord
• Colette Robert – STEW
• Raja Feather Kelly – We’re Gonna Die
• Lileana Blain-Cruz – Anatomy of A Suicide

Best Choreography

• Raja Feather Kelly – A Strange Loop
• Camille A. Brown – for For Colored Girls Who Have Committed Suicide/when the rainbow is enuf,
• Edisa Weeks – Novenas For a Lost Hospital
• Adesola Osakalumi – Coal Country
• Byron Easley – Slave Play
• nicHi Douglas – Skinfolk: An American Show

Best Quarantine Content

• Daniel J. Watts – The Jam IG Live
• Eddie Marwere – #BroadwayRemixChallenge
• Drew Shade – Inside The Mind, a Mental Wellness series
• Jordan E. Cooper – Mama Got A Cough
• Sis – Living for Sis IG Series
• Camille A. Brown – Social Dance for Social Distance

Best Lighting Design

• Allen Lee Hughes – Toni Stone
• Alan C. Edwards – The Hot Wing King
• Stacey Derosier – Novenas For A Lost Hospital
• Allen Lee Hughes – A Soldiers Play

Best Scenic Design

• Lawrence E. Moten III – Native Son

Best Sound

• Justin Ellington – One in Two
• Rucyl Frison – Anatomy of a Suicide
• Luqman Brown – The Hot Wing King

Best Costumes

• Toni Leslie James – For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
• Dede Ayite – BLKS
• Andy Jean for One in Two
• Karen Perry- runboyrun/ In Old Age
• Sarita P Fellows for Native Son
• Ari Fulton for Novenas For a Lost Hospital

Best Hair & Wig Design

• Cookie Jordan – Toni Stone
• Nikiya Mathis – STEW
• Greg Cooper Spencer – A Soldier’s Play
• Nikiya Mathis – For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
• Cookie Jordan – A Strange Loop

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Chuck Cooper

Best Orchestrations

• The Secret of Life Bees
• A Strange Loop
• Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
• We’re Gonna Die
• The Wrong Man
• Skinfolk: An American Show

Best Original Score

• The Secret of Life Bees
• A Strange Loop
• Broadbend, Arkansas
• We’re Gonna Die
• The Wrong Man

Best Book

• Michael R. Jackson – A Strange Loop
• Lynn Nottage – The Secret Life of Bees
• Katori Hall – Tina: A Tina Turner Musical
• Harrison David Rivers – Broadbend, Arkansas

Best Solo Performance

• Donnetta Lavinia Grays – Where We Stand
• Michael Benjamin Washington – Fires in the Mirror
• Dierdra McDowell – Down to Eartha

Best Actor in a Play Off-Broadway

• Kara Young – All The Natalie Portmans
• Portia – STEW
• April Mathis – Toni Stone
• Kristolyn Lloyd – Little Women
• Ato Blankson Wood – The Rolling Stone
• Danielle Brooks – Much Ado About Nothing

Best Actor in a Play on Broadway

• Audra McDonald – Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
• LaChanze – A Christmas Carol
• Joaquina Kalukango – Slave Play
• Blair Underwood – A Soldier’s Play

Best Actor in a Musical Off-Broadway

• Ciara Renee – The Wrong Man
• Larry Owens – A Strange Loop
• Janelle McDermoth – We’re Gonna Die
• Danyel Fulton – Broadbend, Arkansas
• Joshua Henry – The Wrong Man
• LaChanze – The Secret Life of Bees

Best Actor in a Musical on Broadway

• Kimber Elayne Sprawl – Girl From North Country
• Adrienne Warren – Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
• Isaac Cole Powell – West Side Story
• Daniel J. Watts – Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
• Shereen Pimental – West Side Story

Best Revival

• For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
• West Side Story
• Native Son
• Little Shop of Horrors
• Fires in the Mirror
• Two Can Play

Best Play

• One in Two by Donja R. Love
• Toni Stone by Lydia R. Diamond
• All The Natalie Portmans by C.A. Johnson
• STEW by Zora Howard
• BLKS by Aziza Barnes
• Paris by Eboni Booth

Best Musical

• The Secret Life of Bees
• A Strange Loop
• Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
• The Wrong Man
• Girl From North Country
• Jagged Little Pill

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Antonyo Award nominations will be announced Tuesday, June 9th at 7:00 pm EST on Broadway Black’s YouTube and Facebook pages by Bryan Terrell Clark and Kristolyn Lloyd and the public will vote on their favorites.  The Online voting will be open from June 9th, 7:30 pm EST through midnight on June 12th at BroadwayBlack.com. 

The Antonyos will take place at 7:00 pm EST on June 19, 2020, Juneteenth, and will be shown on Broadway Black’s YouTube and Facebook pages.  The streamed ceremony will include a pre-show virtual red carpet, original musical numbers, star presenters and performers, and more.  Four special “Kinfolk Awards”  – the Lorraine Hansberry Award, the Langston Hughes Award, Welcome Award and The Doors of the Theatre are Open Award – will also be presented to members of the Black theatre community as well as a Lifetime Achievement Award to be announced prior to the event.

Current presenters and performers include: Audra McDonald, Tituss Burgess, Alex Newell, Jordan E. Cooper, Teyonah Parris, Ephraim Sykes, LaChanze, Derrick Baskin, Nicolette Robinson, Jelani Alladin, Christiani Pitts, James Monroe Iglehart, Amber Iman, Kalen Allen, Nzinga Williams, Jackson Alexander, Cody Renard Richard, Ashton Muñiz, Shereen Pimentel, Kirsten Childs, Aisha Jackson, Antoine L. Smith, Griffin Matthews, Michael McElroy, Jocelyn Bioh, and L Morgan Lee.

Voting is open to the public right now. Visit the booth and cast your vote here.

Check out the entire list of nominations for The Antonyo Awards.

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