2022 CHITA RIVERA AWARD NOMINATIONS
*Winners
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
Robyn 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 Choreographers: Craig Salstein and Patricia Delgado)
(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
Douglas and Ethel Watt Critic' Choice Award
Annie-B Parson
SDC Director Award
Jack O'Brien
Lifetime Achievement Award
Joel Grey