2022 Chita Rivera Award Nominations:

Below is the complete list of the nominations for 2022 Chita Rivera Awards for dance and choreography, on Broadway, Off-Broadway and the movies, with the love spread wide. The awards will be presented June 20th at NYU Skirball Center.

Check out 2022 New York Theater Award Guide and Calendar

BROADWAY NOMINATIONS:

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY IN A BROADWAY SHOW

Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
Warren Carlyle, The Music Man                               
Bill T. Jones, Garrett Coleman, Jason Oremus, Paradise Square      
Annie-B Parson, American Utopia                                       
Sonya Tayeh, Moulin Rouge                                      
Christopher Wheeldon, MJ, The Musical                  

OUTSTANDING MALE DANCER IN A BROADWAY SHOW

Sidney DuPont, Paradise Square
Myles Frost, MJ the Musical
Jared Grimes, Funny Girl                                           
Hugh Jackman, The Music Man                                                                                
AJ Shively, Paradise Square
Tony Yazbeck, Flying Over Sunset

OUTSTANDING FEMALE DANCER IN A BROADWAY SHOW

Sutton Foster, The Music Man
Robin Hurder, Moulin Rouge
Tendayi Kuumba, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
Heather Lang, Jagged Little Pill                     
Adrienne Warren, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical 

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A BROADWAY SHOW

American Utopia
for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
MJ, The Musical
Moulin Rouge
Paradise Square
The Music Man

OFF-BROADWAY:

OFF BROADWAY SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS

The 2022 Chita Rivera Awards will celebrate excellence in Off-Broadway musical theater by presenting two special awards.  

Outstanding Choreography in an Off Broadway Show
Josh Prince, Trevor

Outstanding Ensemble in an Off Broadway Show
The Wrong Man.

FILM NOMINATIONS:

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY FOR A THEATRICAL RELEASE

Cinderella
Choreographer: Ashley Wallen; (Assistant Choreographer: Jenny Griffin)

Everyone’s Talking About Jamie
Choreographer: Kate Prince; (Assistant Choreographer: Tommy Franzen)

In The Heights
Choreographer: Christopher Scott; (3 Associate and 3 Assistant Choreographers)

tick… tick… Boom!
Choreographer: Ryan Heffington; (Associate Choreographer: Ryan Spencer)

West Side Story
Choreographed: Justin Peck; (Associate Choreographer: Craig Salstein)

Original choreography by: Jerome Robbins; Original Broadway Production Co-Choreographed by: Peter Gennaro)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A DOCUMENTARY RELEASE

Ballerina Boys – The Trocaderos
Directors: Chana Gazit and Martie Barylick

Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters
Directors: Tom Hurwitz and Rosalynde LeBlanc

Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
Director: Oliver Bokelberg

First Try
Director: Josh Prince

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
Director: John Carluccio

Author: New York Theater

Jonathan Mandell is a 3rd generation NYC journalist, who sees shows, reads plays, writes reviews and sometimes talks with people.

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