Ruben Santiago Hudson, L. Morgan Lee, Justin Cooley, & Nikiya Mathis were in attendance and amongst the winner’s circle. View the full list of winners and watch the entire show below.

* = denotes the winner

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

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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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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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