The 2nd Annual Patty & Emily Shmazie Awards

They’re here! Find out who will be mailed the coveted Shmazie certificate!

Here’s a complete list of winners and honorable mentions!

The Beth Leavel Shmazie Award
Winner: Beth Leavel

Exceptional Headshot, Female
Winner: Lucia Spina
Honorable Mention: Adinah Alexander

Exceptional Headshot, Male
Winner: Jeremy Shinder
Honorable Mention: Colin Israel; Bryan Terrell Clark; Josh Lamon

The “Nine People’s Favorite Thing” Shmazie Award
Winner: Jekyll & Hyde
Honorable Mention: Hands On A Hardbody; Scandalous

The Honey Badger Shmazie Award
Winner: Kathie Lee Gifford
Honorable Mention: Carolee Carmello

Special Shmazie Award for Adding Lustre to the Broadway Season
Winner: Bustle Fluffah
Honorable Mention: Kinky Boots’ Angels; Here Lies Love; Pippin Illusions

The ChristianeNollRagtime Shmazie Award for Reinterpretive Acting
Winner: Jordan Gelber, Elf
Honorable Mention: Leslie Kritzer, Elf

Exceptional Cast Recording
Winner: Leap of Faith; The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Honorable Mentions: Kinky Boots; Scandalous

Lifetime Achievement
Winner: Marvin Hamlisch

Breakout Star
Winner: Ryann Redmond, Bring It On
Honorable Mention: Ari Graynor, The Performers; Jack Broderick, Matilmda

Exceptional Sasstress
Winner: Ann Harada, Cinderella
Honorable Mention: Roz Ryan, Scandalous; Kate Rockwell, Bring it On; Billy Porter, Kinky Boots; Harriett Harris, Cinderella

Exceptional Chemistry
Winner: John Bolton & Bumpus Hounds, A Christmas Story
Honorable Mention: Carolee Carmello and Ed Watts and Andrew Samonsky, Scandalous; Santino Fontana and Laura Osnes, Cinderella

Real Tear Realness
Winner: Christiane Noll, Chaplin
Honorable Mention: Carolee Carmello, Scandalous; Stark Sands, Kinky Boots; Ryann Redmann, Bring It On

Exceptional Replacement Casting
Winner: Jessie Mueller, Nice Work If You Can Get It

Exceptional Sung Passage by an Actor
Winner: Constantine Maroulis, “This Is the Moment”
Honorable Mention: Santino Fontana, “Loneliness of Evening;” Stark Sands, “Soul Of A Man;” John Arthur Greene, “Miracle”
Exceptional Sung Passage by an Actress
Winner: Stephanie J Block, “The Writing On The Wall”
Honorable Mention: Carolee Carmello, “I Have A Fire;” Keala Settle, “Joy Of The Lord;” Deborah Cox, “A New Life”
Exceptional Ensemble
Winner: Kinky Boots
Honorable Mention: Annie; Cinderella; A Christmas Story; Matilda
Exceptional Ensemble, Dance
Winner: Bring it On
Honorable Mention: Matilda; Pippin
Exceptional Ensemble, Vocals
Winner: Motown
Honorable Mention: Scandalous; Jekyll & Hyde
Exceptional Ensemble, Background Acting
Winner: A Christmas Story
Honorable Mention: Annie; Kinky Boots
Exceptional Child Actor in a Musical
Winner: Johnny Rabe, A Christmas Story
Exceptional Supporting Child Actor in a Musical
Winner: John Babbo, A Christmas Story
Honorable Mention: Zac Ballard, A Christmas Story; Zach Unger, Chaplin; Luke Spring, A Christmas Story; Nicolas Barasch, The Mystery of Edwin Drood; Jack Broderick, Matilda; Raymond Luke, Jr., MotownExceptional Child Actress in a Musical
Winner: Bailey Ryon, Matilda
Honorable Mention: Taylor Richardson, Annie

Exceptional Supporting Child Actress in a Musical
Winner: Emily Rosenfeld, Annie

Exceptional Featured Actor in a Revival of a Musical
Winner: Brian Gallagher, Jekyll & Hyde
Honorable Mention: Jeremy Davis, Annie; Phumzile Sojola, Cinderella; Peter Benson, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Exceptional Featured Actor in an Original Musical
Winner: Gregory Haney, Bring it On
Honorable Mention: Jay A. Johnson, Hands on a Hardbody; Marcus Neville, Kinky Boots; Andrew Samonsky, Scandalous; Taylor Trench, Matilda

Exceptional Featured Actress in a Revival of a Musical
Winner: Andrea Martin, Pippin
Honorable Mention: Ashley Blanchet, Annie; Sunny, Annie; Valerie Wright, Elf; Charlotte d’Amboise, Pippin

Exceptional Featured Actress in an Original Musical
Winner: Jenn Colella, Chaplin
Honorable Mention: Christiane Noll, Chaplin; Kristin Wyatt, A Christmas Story; Janet Krupin, Bring It On; Kate Rockwell, Bring It On; Connie Rae, Hands on a Hardbody; Tory Ross, Kinky Boots; Caroline O’Connor, A Christmas Story; Karen Aldridge, Matilda

Exceptional Supporting Actor in a Revival of a Musical
Winner: Andy Karl, The Mystery of Edwin Drood; Gregg Edelman, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Honorable Mention: Anthony Warlow, Annie; Greg Hildreth, Cinderella; Michael Mandell, Elf

Exceptional Supporting Actor in an Original Musical
Winner: Bertie Carvel, Matilda
Honorable Mention: George Hearn, Scandalous; Ed Watts, Scandalous; Hunter Foster, Hands on a Hardbody; Michael McCormick, Chaplin; Daniel Sherman, Kinky Boots; Gabriel Ebert, Matilda

Exceptional Supporting Actress in a Revival of a Musical
Winner: Victoria Clark, Cinderella
Honorable Mention: Jessie Mueller, The Mystery of Edwin Drood; Marla Mindelle, Cinderella; Ann Harada, Cinderella; Katie Finneran, Annie; Beth Leavel, Elf; Leslie Kritzer, Elf; Rachel Bay Jones, Pippin

Exceptional Supporting Actress in an Original Musical
Winner: Annaleigh Ashford, Kinky Boots
Honorable Mention: Roz Ryan, Scandalous; Keala Settle, Hands on a Hardbody; Kathleen Elizabeth Monteleone, Hands on a Hardbody; Elle McLemore, Bring It On; Adrienne Warren, Bring It On; Ryann Redmond, Bring It On; Erin Dilly, A Christmas Story; Lesli Margahrita, Matilda; Lauren Ward, Matilda

Exceptional Leading Actor in a Revival of a Musical
Winner: Santino Fontana, Cinderella
Honorable Mention: Will Chase, The Mystery of Edwin Drood; Jim Norton, The Mystery of Edwin Drood; Jordan Gelber, Elf; Constantine Maroulis, Jekyll & Hyde; Matthew James Thomas, Pippin

Exceptional Leading Actor in an Original Musical
Winner: Billy Porter, Kinky Boots
Honorable Mention: Rob McClure, Chaplin; Stark Sands, Kinky Boots

Exceptional Leading Actress in a Revival of a Musical
Winner: Stephanie J Block, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Honorable Mention: Laura Osnes, Cinderella; Patina Miller, Pippin

Exceptional Leading Actress in an Original Musical
Winner: Carolee Carmello, Scandalous
Honorable Mention: Taylor Louderman, Bring It On

Exceptional ‘Stache, Prosthetic
Winner: Paul Huntley, Chaplin’s ‘stache – Chaplin
Honorable Mention: Charles G. LaPointe, Savage’s ‘stache – Jekyll & Hyde
Exceptional ‘Stache, Natural
Winner: Will Chase, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Honorable Mention: Hunter Foster, Hands on a Hardbody
Exceptional Wigs
Winner: Rob Howell, Matilda
Honorable Mention: Tom Watson, Annie; Paul Huntley, The Mystery of Edwin Drood; Josh Marquette, Kinky Boots
Exceptional Male Wig
Winner: Paul Huntley, Robert Semple’s wig – Scandalous
Honorable Mention: Tom Watson, Bert Healy’s wig – Annie; Paul Huntley, Edwin Drood’s wig – The Mystery of Edwin Drood; Rob Howell, Mr. Wormwood’s wig – Matilda
Exceptional Female Wig
Winner: Charles G. LaPointe, Diana Ross’s solo career wigs – Motown
Honorable Mention: Tom Watson, Annie’s finale wig – Annie; Rob Howell, Mrs. Wormwood’s wig – Matilda
Exceptional Prop
Winner: The Leg Lamp, A Christmas Story
Honorable Mention: Chaplin’s Cane, Chaplin; Lola’s Riding Crop, Kinky Boots; Hyde’s Cane, Jekyll & Hyde; The Leading Player’s Whip, Pippin
Exceptional Costumes
Winner: Gregg Barnes, Kinky Boots
Honorable Mention: Amy Clark and Martin Pakledinaz, Chaplin; William Ivey Long, Cinderella; William Ivey Long, The Mystery of Edwin DroodExceptional Quick Changes
Winner: William Ivey Long, Cinderella
Honorable Mention: Dominique Lemieux, Pippin

Exceptional Lighting Design of a Musical
Winner: Kevin Adams, Hands On A Hardbody
Honorable Mention: Ken Billington, Chaplin; Donald Holder, Annie; Brian Nason, The Mystery of Edwin Drood; Hugh Vanstone, Matilda; Kenneth Posner, Pippin

Exceptional Set Design of a Musical
Winner: Walt Spangler, A Christmas Story
Honorable Mention: David Rockwell, Kinky Boots; Anna Louizos, Cinderella; Rob Howell, Matilda; Scott Pask, Pippin

Exceptional Tap Dance
Winner: Warren Carlyle, A Christmas Story
Honorable Mention: Andy Blankenbuehler, Annie

Exceptional Choreography
Winner: Peter Darling, Matilda
Honorable Mention: Andy Blankenbuehler, Annie; Sergio Trujillo, Hands on a Hardbody; Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots; Warren Carlyle, A Christmas Story; Josh Rhodes, Cinderella; Andy Blankenbueler, Bring It On; Chet Walker and Gypsy Snider, Pippin

Exceptional Dream Ballet
Winner: Warren Carlyle, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Exceptional Orchestrations
Winner: Danny Troob, Cinderella
Honorable Mention: Michael Starobin, Annie; Paul Gemingnani, The Mystery of Edwin Drood; Stephen Oremus, Kinky Boots; Trey Anastasio, Hands on a Hardbody

Exceptional Sound Design
Winner: Ken Travis, A Christmas Story
Honorable Mention: Drew Levy, Chaplin; Ken Travis, Jekyll & Hyde

Exceptional Music
Winner: Cyndi Lauper, Kinky Boots
Honorable Mention: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, A Christmas Story; Christopher Curtis, Chaplin; Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green, Hands on a Hardbody; Tim Minchin, Matilda

Exceptional Lyrics
Winner: Tim Minchin, Matilda
Honorable Mention: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Amanda Green, Bring It On; Cyndi Lauper, Kinky Boots; Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, A Christmas Story; Christopher Curtis, Chaplin

Exceptional Original Book of a Musical
Winner: Jeff Whitty, Bring It On
Honorable Mention: Thomas Meehan and Christopher Curtis, Chaplin

Exceptional Adapted Book of a Musical
Winner: Harvey Fierstein, Kinky Boots
Honorable Mention: Douglas Carter Beane, Cinderella; Joseph Robinette, A Christmas Story; Dennis Kelly, Matilda

Exceptional Direction of a Revival of a Musical
Winner: Diane Paulus, Pippin
Honorable Mention: James Lapine, Annie; Scott Ellis, The Mystery of Edwin Drood; Mark Brokaw, Cinderella

Exceptional Direction of an Original Musical
Winner: Matthew Warchus, Matilda
Honorable Mention: Warren Carlyle, Chaplin; Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots; John Rando, A Christmas Story; Andy Blankenbuehler, Bring It On

Honorable Mention to Plays We Saw
The Assembled Parties; The Big Knife; Dead Accounts; Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf; Enemy of the People; Harvey; The Heiress; I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers; The Nance; Orphans; The Other Place; The Performers

Exceptional Special Theatrical Event
Winner: Motown

Exceptional Revival of a Musical
Winner: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Exceptional Revival of a Musical with a New Book by Douglas Carter Beane
Winner: Cinderella
Exceptional Original Musical
Winner: Kinky Boots; Matilda
Total wins by show:
The Mystery of Edwin Drood – 9
A Christmas Story – 8
Kinky Boots – 8
Matilda – 7
Cinderella – 6
Bring It On – 4
Chaplin – 3
Motown – 3
Jekyll & Hyde – 3
Scandalous – 3
Elf – 2
Pippin – 2
Annie – 1
Hands On A Hardbody – 1
Leap of Faith – 1
Nice Work – 1

One thought on “The 2nd Annual Patty & Emily Shmazie Awards

  1. Thanks so much for the Best Featured Actor Award! I picked up the certificate from my agent last week. It’s incredibly nice of both of you, and I very much appreciate it. 🙂

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