Thoughts on the 2018 Chita Rivera Awards? - Full List of Winners!

Winners at tonight's Chita Rivera Awards included:

Outstanding Choreography in a Broadway Show:

Sergio Trujillo, "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical."

Outstanding Female Dancer in a Broadway Show:

Ariana DeBose, "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical."

Outstanding Male Dancer in a Broadway Show:

Tony Yazbeck, "Prince of Broadway."

Outstanding Ensemble in a Broadway Show:

Tie!

"Mean Girls"

"Carousel."

All in all a total Mumbo Jumbo of an evening. Clocking in at 2 1/2 hours (originally slated for 90 minutes) it was an ill-conceived awards ceremony that was poorly produced and directed. Honorees Hal Prince, John Kander, and Carmen De Lavallade deserved so much better!

Well, at least Tony Yazbeck won SOMETHING for his award-worthy performance in Prince of Broadway.

''Summer'' was quite a surprise, considering Sergio Trujillo's work on it hadn't been nominated by the Outer Critics, Drama Desk or the Tonys. But obviously, the judges enjoyed ''Summer,'' since Ariana DeBose also took Outstanding Female Dancer on B'way.

Congrats to Trujillo. He should've won a Tony for ''Memphis,'' but he didn't even get Tony-nominated until ''On Your Feet!'' (2016).

And I'm happy to hear that Yazbeck was touched to win and be remembered. Tonys should've remembered to nominate him, too.

Updated On: 5/20/18 at 11:46 PM

I mostly hated Summer, but I would go see the show again just to see Ariana DeBose. She stole the show for me, I was blown away after her numbers, so I'm happy for any recognition she gets.