The staff of DCMetroTheaterArts is honored to announce that their 2014 Best Performances in Musicals in Professional Theatres honors go to:
Best Actor in a Musical
Danny Bertaux as Agis in Triumph of Love at Red Branch Theatre Company
Kurt Boehm as Jamie in The Last Five Years at Red Branch Theatre Company
Zach Brewster-Geisz as Marty in Dani Girl at Unexpected Stage Company
Michael Kevin Darnall as Avigdor in Yentl at Theater J
Samuel Edgerly as Warren in Ordinary Days at Round House Theatre
Claybourne Elder as Georges/George in Sunday in the Park with George at Signature Theatre
Boyd Gaines as Degas in Little Dancer at The Kennedy Center
Jake Gardner as Sir Joseph Porter in H.M.S. Pinafore at Virginia Opera Company
Jonathan Hadary as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof at Arena Stage
Corey Hennessey as U.S. Major George Armistead in 1814! The War of 1812 Rock Opera at Rock 1814 Productions
Jason Hentrich as Roderick Usher in The Fall of the House of Usher at Pallas Theatre Collective
Cory Jones as Frog in A Year With Frog and Toad at Red Branch Theatre Company
Vincent Kempski as Fritz in The Nutcracker at Round House Theatre
Jeremy Michael Lagunas as Patsy at Monty Python’s Spamalot at Riverside Center Dinner Theater.
Robbie Limon in Hank Williams: Lost Highway at Riverside Center Dinner Theatre
John Loughney as The Baker in Into the Woods at NextStop Theatre Company
Kevin McAllister as Flick in Violet at Ford’s Theatre
Jimmy Mavrikes as Edgar/Bat Boy in Bat Boy at 1st Stage
Paris Nix as Eat Moe in Five Guys Named Moe at Arena Stage
Charlie Pollack as Elmer Gantry in Elmer Gantry at Signature Theatre
Stephen Powell as Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd at Virginia Opera Company
Russell Rinker as the King in The King and I at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre
Russell Rinker as Lancelot in Spamalot at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre
Paul Scanlan as Claude in Hair at The Keegan Theatre
Jeffrey Shankle as Bert in Mary Poppins at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Jeffrey Shankle as Lord Farquaad in Shrek at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Jeffrey Shankle as Patsy in Monty Python’s Spamalot at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Christopher Shaw as Edgar Allan Poe in Nevermore at Pandemonium Theatrical Productions
Gavin Shown as Toad in A Year With Frog and Toad at Red Branch Theatre Company
Stephen Gregory Smith as Trekkie Monster in Avenue Q at Olney Theatre Center
Lou Steele as Jon in tick, tick… BOOM! at Quackensteele Theatre Company
Josh Sticklin as Berger in Hair at The Keegan Theatre
Gregory Twomey as Huey Calhoun in Memphis at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Stuart Ward as Guy in Once at Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center
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Best Actress in a Musical
Shayna Blass as Yentl as Yentl at Theater J
Madeline Botteri as Susan in tick, tick… BOOM! at Quackensteele Theatre Company
Caroline Bowman as Eva in Evita at The Kennedy Center
Jennifer W. Culotta as Cathy in The Last Five Years at Red Branch Theatre Company.
Priscilla Cuellar as The Witch in Into the Woods at NextStop Theatre Company
Felicia Curry in The Perfect Storm at Creative Cauldron
Theresa Annette Cunningham as Caroline in Caroline, or Change at Stillpointe Theatre Initiative.
Mara Davi as Bertie in Beaches at Signature Theatre
Dani de Waal as Girl in Once at Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center
Tara Michelle Gesling as Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre
Kathy Halenda as Rose in Gypsy at Riverside Center Dinner Theater.
Maura Hogan as Mary Poppins at Mary Poppins at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Ashley Johnson as Felicia Farrell in Memphis at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Nina Kauffman as Aimee Semple McPherson in Vanishing Point:A New Musical at Stillpointe Theatre Initiative
Rebecca Luker as Adult Marie in Little Dancer at The Kennedy Center
Katie McManus as The Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods at NextStop Theatre Company
Donna Migliaccio as Ursula in Disney’s The Little Mermaid at Olney Theatre Company
Bernardine Mitchell as Olive in Three Sistahs at MetroStage
Ariela Morgenstern as Diana Goodman in Next to Normal at CENTERSTAGE
Mary Kate Morrissey as Sister Sharon Elmer in Elmer Gantry at Signature Theatre
Brynn O’Malley as Dot/Marie in Sunday in the Park with George at Signature Theatre
Emily Padgett and Erin Davies as Daisy and Violet Hilton in Side Show at The Kennedy Center
Phyllis Pancella as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd at Virginia Opera Company
Tiler Peck as Young Marie in Little Dancer at The Kennedy Center
Kristina Riegle as Madeline The Fall of the House of Usher at Pallas Theatre Collective
Maria Rizzo as Shelley in Bat Boy: The Musical at 1st Stage
Kirsten Salpini as Leonide in Triumph of Love at Red Branch Theatre Company
Alysha Umphress as Cece Bloom in Beaches at Signature Theatre
Ashley Ware as Irene in Three Sistahs at MetroStage
Erin Weaver as Deb in Ordinary Days at Round House Theatre
Roz White as Marsha in Three Sistahs at MetroStage
Lauren Williams as Clara in The Nutcracker at Round House Theatre
Caroline Wolfson as Dani in Dani Girl at Unexpected Stage Company
Lara Zinn as Ariel in Disney’s The Little Mermaid at Olney Theatre Company
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Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Michael J. Begley as Old Deuteronomy in Cats at Compass Rose Theater
Robert John Biedermann (several roles) as Ensemble Member in Mary Poppins at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Lawrence D. Bryant as The Dryer in Caroline, or Change at Stillpointe Theatre Initiative
Chad Fornwalt as Sir Galahad/Black Knight in Monty Python’s Spamalot at Riverside Center Dinner Theater
Tyson Francis as Michael Banks in Mary Poppins at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre
Rick Hammerly as Lucy Brown in The Threepenny Opera at Signature Theatre
Kyle Harris as Christian in Little Dancer at The Kennedy Center
Andre Hinds as Ensemble Member/Dancer in Memphis at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Troy Hopper as Sebastian in Disney’s The Little Mermaid at Olney Theatre Company
David James as Robertson in Mary Poppins at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Jon Jon Johnson as Alabric Ush and violinist in The Fall of the House of Usher at Pallas Theatre Collective
Jeremy Jordan as Cain in Children of Eden in Concert at The Kennedy Center.
Sayne-Khayri Lewis as Delray Farrel in Memphis at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Wil Lewis III as Ensemble Member in You’re Gonna Love Tomorrrow at Red Branch Theatre Company
Ben Lipitz in The Lion King at The Kennedy Center
Aarron Loggins as Ennals Adams in Visible Language at WSC Avant Bard
John Loughney as Ensemble Member in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris at Creative Cauldron
David McConnell as Herbie in Gypsy at Riverside Center Dinner Theater
Darren McDonnell as Freddy in Breast in Show at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn
Darren McDonnell as Sir Robin Monty Python’s Spamalot at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Joshua Morgan as Motel in Fiddler on the Roof at Arena Stage
Alan Naylor as Ensemble Member in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris at Creative Cauldron
Jack Rowles as George Banks in Little Dancer at The Kennedy Center
James Schoppe as Tulsa in Gypsy at Riverside Center Dinner Theater
Joshua Simon as Raph in Dani Girl at Unexpected Stage Company
Bobby Smith as Father in Violet at Ford’s Theatre
John Sygar in Pinkalicious at Adventure Theatre MTC
Joe York as The Beadle in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Prog Metal) at Landless Theatre Company
Clark Young as Scuttle in Disney’s The Little Mermaid at Olney TheatreCenter
Garrett Zink as Dr. Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Show at Spotlighters
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Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Florrie Bagel as Sister Mary Patrick in Sister Act at Hippodrome Theatre
Wendy Baird as Ensemble Member in You’re Gonna Love Tomorrrow at Red Branch Theatre Company
Mary Ellen Cameron as Fantine in Les Misérables at Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre
Sophie Anne Caruso as Charlotte in Little Dancer at The Kennedy Center
Priscilla Cuellar as The Lady of the Lake in Monty Python’s Spamalot at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Natascia Diaz as Jenny in The Threepenny Opera at Signature Theatre
Erin Driscoll as Polly Peachum in The Threepenny Opera at Signature Theatre
Margaret Gawrysiak as Little Buttercup in H.M.S. Pinafore at Virginia Opera Company
Shani Hadjian as Rose Stopnick Gellman in Caroline, or Change at Stillpointe Theatre Initiative
Nasya Nicole Jeffers as Emmie Thibodeaux, in Caroline, or Change at Stillpointe Theatre Initiative
Kristen Jepperson as Muddy in Nevermore at Pandemonium Theatrical Productions
Gracie Jones as Chelsea in Breast in Show at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn
Zoe Kanter as Amelia Earhart in Vanishing Point at Stillpointe Theatre Initiative
Andy Kay as Ensemble member in You’re Gonna Love Tomorrrow at Red Branch Theatre Company
Shaina Kuhn as Ensemble Member in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris at Creative Cauldron
Barbara Lawson as Virginia in Nevermore at Pandemonium Theatrical Productions
Bridget Linsenmeyer as Janet in The Rocky Horror Show at Spotlighters
Tess Marshall as The Lady of the Lake in Spamalot at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre
Victoria Mayo as Lady of the Lake in Monty Python’s Spamalot at Riverside Center Dinner Theater
Kathleen McCormack as Elmira in Nevermore at Pandemonium Theatrical Productions
Katie McManus as Ensemble Member in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris at Creative Cauldron
Miranda Medugno as Helen Keller in Visible Language at WSC Avant Bard
Alison Rose Munn as Grizabella the Glamour Cat in Cats at Compass Rose Theater
Nora Palka as Little Red Riding Hood in Into the Woods at NextStop Theatre Company
Farrell Parker as The Reverend in Bat Boy: The Musical at 1st Stage.
Mary Payne as Poe’s Mother in Nevermore at Theatrical Productions
Krislynn Perry as Ensemble Member in Black Nativity at Theater Alliance
Maria Rizzo as Chava in Fiddler on the Roof at Arena Stage
Maggie Robertson as Dani’s Mother in Dani Girl at Unexpected Stage Company
Lynne Sigler as Gladys Calhoun in Memphis at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Ella Schnoor as Jane Banks in Mary Poppins at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre
Brooklyn Shuck as Little Bertie in Beaches at Signature Theatre
Dani Stoller as Mrs Taylor and others in Bat Boy: The Musical at 1st Stage
Janine Sunday as Christmas Eve in Avenue Q at Olney Theatre Center
Karissa Swanigan as Whore in Nevermore at Pandemonium Theatrical Productions
Lauren Williams as Young Vi in Violet at Ford’s Theatre
Karen Ziemba as Laundress/Mother in Little Dancer at The Kennedy Center
LINKS
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Special Awards.
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Best Musicals in Professional Theatres.
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Best Musicals in Community Theatres.
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Best Plays in Professional Theatres.
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Best Plays in Community Theatres.
DCMetroTheaterArts: Best of 2014: Best Performances in a Musical in Professional Theatres.
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