Here are the winners of the inaugural Antonyo Awards, honoring African-American theater artists on and Off Broadway. The winners were chosen by public vote from nominees announced June 3.
Best Musical
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Best Play
BLKS by Aziza Barnes
Best Revival
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Best Actor in a Musical on Broadway
Adrienne Warren, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Best Actor in a Play on Broadway
Audra McDonald, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
Best Actor in a Musical Off-Broadway
LaChanze, The Secret Life of Bees
Best Actor in a Play Off-Broadway
Danielle Brooks, Much Ado About Nothing
Best Featured Actor in a Musical on Broadway
Celia Rose Gooding, Jagged Little Pill
Best Featured Actor in a Play on Broadway
Chalia La Tour, Slave Play
Best Featured Actor in a Musical Off-Broadway
Jasmine Cephas Jones, Cyrano
Best Featured Actor in a Play Off-Broadway
Okwui Okpokwasili, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
Best Solo Performance
Michael Benjamin Washington, Fires in the Mirror
Best Book
Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop
Best Original Score
The Secret of Life Bees
Best Director
Lileana Blain-Cruz, Anatomy of A Suicide
Best Choreography
Camille A. Brown, for For Colored Girls Who Have Committed Suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Best Lighting Design
Allen Lee Hughes, A Soldiers Play
Best Scenic Design
Lawrence E. Moten III, Native Son
Best Sound
Rucyl Frison, Anatomy of a Suicide
Best Costumes
Toni-Leslie James, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Best Hair & Wig Design
Nikiya Mathis, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Best Orchestrations
Skinfolk: An American Show
Best Quarantine Content
Daniel J. Watts, The Jam IG Live
Special Awards
The Lorraine Hansberry Award: Loy A. Webb
the Langston Hughes Award: Donja R. Love
The Welcome Award: Dharon E. Jones
Lifetime Achievement Chuck Cooper
The Doors of the Theatre Are Open Award: National Black Theatre.
Ayeeee Thank you West Side…But when can I bust this move on stage again!! 👀 https://t.co/ZfQNLhn9i2
— DharonEJones (@_DharonJones) June 20, 2020
