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