AMERICAN MUSICAL AWARDS

These awards are presented each year for excellence in theatre. What makes them slightly different from the TONY awards, is that their voting season goes from all shows playing from January 1st, until December 20th! I just found this on a website.

Canditates for Musicals
Assassins
Avenue Q
Big River
The Boy From Oz
Brooklyn
Caroline, or Change
Dracula
Fiddler On The Roof
Little Shop of Horrors
Taboo
Wicked
Wonderful Town
Never Gonna Dance
The Producers
The Phantom of The Opera
Aida
The Lion King
Beauty and the Beast
Movin' Out
Bombay Dreams
Hairspray
La Cage Aux Folles
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Urinetown


Best Scenic Design:
WICKED

Best Costume Design:
WICKED

Best Lighting Design:
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

Best Sound Design
HAIRSPRAY

Best Original Score
URINETOWN

Best Book
HAIRSPRAY

Best Featured Actress in a Musical
ANIKA NONI ROSE in CAROLINE, OR CHANGE

Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Tie
MICHAEL CERVERIS in ASSASSINS
JOHN TARTAGLIA in AVENUE Q

Best Actress in a Musical
Tie
IDINA MENZEL in WICKED
EDEN ESPINOSA in BROOKLYN
KERRY BUTLER in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

Best Actor in a Musical
HUGH JACKMAN in THE BOY FROM OZ

Most Beautiful Production
Tie
CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
THE LION KING

Most Creative Production
Tie
BROOKLYN
TABOO

MUSICAL WITH THE MOST "JAW DROPPING" NUMBERS
WICKED

FUNNIEST PRODUCTION
AVENUE Q

BEST "HEART PUMPIN" PRODUCTION
HAIRSPRAY

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Tie
MOVIN' OUT
NEVER GONNA DANCE

BEST LONG-RUNNING MUSICAL
Tie
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
AIDA

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"Best Actress in a Musical
Tie
IDINA MENZEL in WICKED
EDEN ESPINOSA in BROOKLYN
KERRY BUTLER in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS"

If this is true, the voters must have been high.

None of them would even qualify for the top 8.
Except Idina. She might qualify for the 7th or 8th spot.

But seriously.

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After winning the Tony, I'm sure she would qualify higher than 7 or 8. However, I'm amazed that if it was a three-way tie (even if these awards are real) why was Tonya Pinkins NOT in that group of winning ladies? She was amazing?!?

-Vincent

is this a real awards show? or is it THE DEREK MUSICAL AWARDS

Updated On: 12/24/04 at 12:20 PM

No these really are real. I have no idea how long they've been around. i saw them on some other guys website, idk if maybe he made em up? im just posting what i saw. im not saying i agree with all of them either. i do think some of the categories are cool though :)