The 20th annual Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards, which presentation will be done on May 30, also sees 'Be More Chill' dominating the winners' list with four prizes.
- May 17, 2019
AceShowbiz - Aaron Sorkin's "To Kill a Mockingbird" has been named best play at Broadway.com's Audience Choice Awards.
The Harper Lee drama was shut out of the Tony Awards nominations, but the play was the number one pick for fans.
"Be More Chill" tops the winners list at the 20th annual prizegiving, according to Deadline, with four awards, including prizes for Favorite New Musical and Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical (George Salazar), while "Pretty Woman - The Musical" picked up three.
Other big prizes have gone to "Oklahoma!" for Best Musical Revival, "The Boys in the Band" for Favorite Play Revival, and "Wait For Me" from "Hadestown", which was named Favorite New Song.
The awards will be presented on 30 May.
The Audience Choice Awards winners list is:
- FAVORITE NEW MUSICAL: "Be More Chill"
- FAVORITE NEW PLAY: "To Kill a Mockingbird"
- FAVORITE MUSICAL REVIVAL: "Oklahoma!"
- FAVORITE PLAY REVIVAL: "The Boys in the Band"
- FAVORITE LONG-RUNNING SHOW: "Dear Evan Hansen"
- FAVORITE TOUR: "Dear Evan Hansen"
- FAVORITE LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL: Andy Karl, "Pretty Woman"
- FAVORITE LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: Eva Noblezada, "Hadestown"
- FAVORITE LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY: Daniel Radcliffe, "The Lifespan of a Fact"
- FAVORITE LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY: Kerry Washington, "American Son"
- FAVORITE FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL: George Salazar, "Be More Chill"
- FAVORITE FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: Orfeh, "Pretty Woman"
- FAVORITE FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY: Jeremy Jordan, "American Son"
- FAVORITE FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY: Celia Keenan-Bolger, "To Kill a Mockingbird"
- FAVORITE FUNNY PERFORMANCE: Stephanie Hsu, "Be More Chill"
- FAVORITE DIVA PERFORMANCE: Orfeh, "Pretty Woman"
- FAVORITE ONSTAGE PAIR: Will Roland and George Salazar, "Be More Chill"
- FAVORITE BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE (MALE): Ephraim Sykes, "Ain't Too Proud"
- FAVORITE BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE (FEMALE): Stephanie Styles, "Kiss Me, Kate!"
- FAVORITE REPLACEMENT (MALE): Jeremy Jordan, "Waitress"
- FAVORITE REPLACEMENT (FEMALE): Jessica Vosk, "Wicked"
- FAVORITE NEW SONG: "Wait for Me" from "Hadestown"
