Sidney DuPont and A.J. Shively in “Paradise Square” (Photo: Kevin Berne)
The nominations have been announced for the 2022 Chita Rivera Awards, which promote and recognize dance and choreographic excellence in Broadway, off-Broadway and film. This year’s selections celebrate work presented from 2019-2022, following two years of pandemic-related postponements of the Awards.
Leading the pack is The Music Man and Paradise Square, which received four nominations each. Both shows were nominated for Outstanding Choreography in a Broadway Show, and Outstanding Ensemble in a Broadway Show. Among the other productions recognized are Moulin Rouge, MJ, American Utopia and Jagged Little Pill.
The Awards announced winners in two off-Broadway categories rather than their typical list of nominees. Josh Prince received the Outstanding Choreography in an Off-Broadway Show award for Trevor, while Outstanding Ensemble in an off-Broadway show went to the cast of MCC Theater’s The Wrong Man.
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
Robyn Hurder, Moulin Rouge! The Musical
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
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)
tick, tick…BOOM! (Choreographer: Ryan Heffington; Associate Choreographer: Ryan Spencer)
West Side Story (Choreographer: Justin Peck; Associate Choreographer: Craig Salstein)
Outstanding Direction of a Documentary Release
Ballerina Boys – The Trocaderos, Chana Gazit and Martie Barylick
Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters, Tom Hurwitz and Rosalynde LeBlanc
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker, Oliver Bokelberg
First Try, Josh Prince
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back, John Carluccio
Outstanding Choreography in an Off-Broadway Show
Josh Prince, Trevor
Outstanding Ensemble in an Off-Broadway Show
The Wrong Man
