We discuss the musical categories and make their predictions for who will win the TONY awards! The nominated musicals are Annie, Bring It On: The Musical, Chaplin, A Christmas Story, The Musical, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Hands on a Hardbody, Kinky Boots, Matilda: The Musical, Motown: The Musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Pippin, and Scandalous.
Patty & Emily are pleased to announce that the 2nd Annual Patty & Emily Shmazie Awards winners and honorable mentions will be revealed on Monday, June 3rd at 10:00am via YouTube.
Beginning in the 2012-2013 season, the Patty & Emily Shmazie Awards will now recognize ‘Exceptional’ work in the theatre and shall retire the use of ‘Best’ to describe winners in any category.
After careful consideration the eligibility committee has come to the following decisions regarding the following awards categories:
For the 2012-2013 season, the following awards will be suspended:
· The Kerry Butler Shmazie Award for Ageless Beauty
· The “Did You Know Her Son Was Blind?” Shmazie Award for Disabled Acting
· Best Ass of an Actor[1]
· Best Ass of an Actress[1]
· Best Concert
· Best Comeback
· Best Backup Vocals
For the 2012-2013 season, due to the overwhelming success of kids on Broadway, the Child Acting categories have been broken down into the follow:
· Exceptional Child Actor in a Musical
· Exceptional Supporting Child Actor in a Musical
· Exceptional Child Actress in a Musical
· Exceptional Supporting Child Actress in a Musical
For the 2012-2013 season, due to the outstanding achievements in wig design, the Exceptional Wig category has been broken down into the following:
· Exceptional Wigs
· Exceptional Male Wig
· Exceptional Female Wig
For the 2012-2013 season, the following awards will be added:
· The ChristianeNollRagtime Shmazie for Exceptional Reinterprative Acting
· Exceptional Quick Changes
· Exceptional Sound Design[2]
· Exceptional Dream Ballet
· Exceptional Revival of a Musical with a New Book by Douglas Carter Beane
[1] Due to the unfortunate abundance of coat tails on both male and female actors, as well as loose fitting dress
[2] We regret that this category was completely forgotten about last season.
When we sent out the Shmazies, we asked that the recipients send us a photo of their certificate! We’ll be updating this as (hopefully) more arrive!
“Thanks for the Shmazie Award! Such an honor!”- Nick Cartell, Best Supporting Actor in a Revival of a Musical
“Thanks for the award. I (and my nominated butt) are honored.” – Stephanie J. Block, Best Replacement Casting
“With my [Patty and Emily] Shmazie Award. I won best Feat. Actor but sadly lost the Award for Disabled Acting. Always next year.” – Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Best Featured Actor in an Original Musical
“Thank you!! I am honored!” – Paul Nolan, Best Sung Passage by an Actor
“Holy crap I won a Shmazie for “Best Stache – Natural.” Thanks [Patty and Emily.] I’m speechless.” – Max von Essen, Best ‘Stache – Natural
“Thanks for the Shmazie award, [Patty and Emily]!” – Lin-Manuel Miranda, Best Concert
“Thanks [Patty and Emily]for the Shmazies!!! You guys are awesome” – Patti Murin, Best Leading Actress in an Original Musical
“I won a Shmazie award!!!! Thank you so much!!! Best Sasstress!!! Honored to bring y’all some sass! :)” – Kara Lindsay, Best Sasstress
“What’s better than a Shmazie for my designs on Lysistrata Jones!!” – David C. Woolard, Best Costumes
“Very happy with the awards.” – Norm Lewis, Best Leading Actor in a Revival of a Musical and The “Did You Know Her Son Was Blind?” Shmazie Award for Disabled Acting
The tradition continues! Just like last year, we filmed ourselves watching the Tonys and cut together a video for your enjoyment!
They’re here! Check out all the winners of the Shmazies, and tell us what you think!
And here’s the complete list of winners:
The Beth Leavel Shmazie Award
Winner: Beth Leavel
Best Comeback
Winner: Jesus, Godspell and Jesus Christ Superstar
Honorable Mention: Spencer Kayden, Don’t Dress for Dinner
Best Headshot, Female
Winner: NaTasha Yvette Williams
Honorable Mention: Florence Lacey; Jayne Houdyshell
Best Headshot, Male
Winner: Tyler Maynard
Honorable Mention: Brandon Ellis, Michael Lanning
The “Nine People’s Favorite Thing” Shmazie Award
Winner: Lysistrata Jones
Honorable Mention: Bonnie & Clyde, Leap of Faith
The Honey Badger Shmazie Award
Winner: Frank Wildhorn
Honorable Mention: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Special Shmazie Award for Adding Lustre to the Broadway Season
Winner: Jonas’s Mirror Jacket, Leap of Faith
Honorable Mention: Susan Blackwell; Cathy Rigby’s Fairy Dust; Confetti
The Kerry Butler Shmazie Award for Ageless Beauty
Winner: Tracie Thoms, Stick Fly
Honorable Mention: Kendra Kassebaum, Leap of Faith
Best Concert
Winner: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s American Songbook Concert
Honorable Mentions: The Lysistrata Jones Reunion Concert; Shoshana Bean at XL
Best Cast Recording
Winner: Bonnie & Clyde
Honorable Mentions: Lysistrata Jones; Follies; Newsies
Lifetime Achievement
Winner: Arthur Laurents
Breakout Star
Winner: Jessie Mueller, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Honorable Mention: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Ghost; Kara Lindsay, Newsies
Best Sasstress
Winner: Kara Lindsay, Newsies
Honorable Mention: Tracie Thoms, Stick Fly; Kendra Kassebaum, Leap of Faith
Best Chemistry
Winner: Jeremy Jordan and Laura Osnes, Bonnie & Clyde
Honorable Mention: Raul Esparza and Jessica Phillips, Leap of Faith; Paul Nolan and Nick Cartell, Jesus Christ Superstar
Real Tear Realness
Winner: Kerry O’Malley, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Honorable Mention: Jessica Phillips, Leap of Faith; Caissie Levy, Ghost; Bernadette Peters, Follies
The “Did You Know Her Son Was Blind?” Shmazie Award for Disabled Acting
Winner: Norm Lewis, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Honorable Mentions: Talon Ackerman, Leap of Faith; Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Newsies
Best Replacement Casting
Winner: Stephanie J. Block, Anything Goes
Honorable Mention: Nancy Opel, Memphis
Best Ass of an Actor
Winner: Ricky Martin, Evita
Honorable Mention: Steve Kazee, Once; Raul Esparza, Leap of Faith; Richard Fleeshman, Ghost; Jeremy Jordan, Bonnie & Clyde and Newsies
Best Ass of an Actress
Winner: Jessica Phillips, Leap of Faith
Honorable Mention: Stephanie J. Block, Anything Goes; Audra McDonald, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Best Backup Vocals
Winner: Biti Strauchn, Lysistrata Jones
Best Sung Passage by an Actor
Winner: Paul Nolan, “Gethsemane”
Honorable Mention: Jeremy Jordan, “Santa Fe;” Nick Cartell, “Jesus Christ Superstar”
Best Sung Passage by an Actress
Winner: Kecia Lewis-Evans, “Lost”
Honorable Mention: Patti Murin, “Where Am I Now;” Jessie Mueller, “Ev’ry Night at 7”
Best Ensemble, Dance
Winner: Newsies
Honorable Mention: Jesus Christ Superstar; Evita
Best Ensemble, Vocals
Winner: Leap of Faith
Honorable Mention: Lysistrata Jones; Once; Newsies
Best Ensemble, Background Acting
Winner: Follies
Honorable Mention: Evita; Leap Of Faith
Best Child Actor in a Musical
Winner: Lewis Grosso, Newsies
Honorable Mention: Talon Ackerman, Leap of Faith
Best Child Actress in a Musical
Winner: Kelsey Fowler, Bonnie & Clyde
Best Featured Actor in a Revival of a Musical
Winner: Joshua Henry, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Honorable Mention: Drew Gehling, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever; Max Von Essen, Evita
Best Featured Actor in an Original Musical
Winner: Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Newsies
Honorable Mention: Alex Wyse, Lysistrata Jones; John E. Brady, Newsies
Best Featured Actress in a Revival of a Musical
Winner: Mary Beth Peil, Follies
Honorable Mention: NaTasha Yvette Williams, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess; Kerry O’Malley, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever; Rachel Potter, Evita
Best Featured Actress in an Original Musical
Winner: Kendra Kassebaum, Leap of Faith
Honorable Mention: Laurie Veldheer, Newsies; Krystal Joy Brown, Leap of Faith
Best Supporting Actor in a Revival of a Musical
Winner: Nick Cartell, Jesus Christ Superstar
Honorable Mention: David Turner, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever; Philip Boykin, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Best Supporting Actor in an Original Musical
Winner: Leslie Odom, Jr., Leap of Faith
Honorable Mention: Jason Tam, Lysistrata Jones; Michael McGrath, Nice Work If You Can Get It; Clayborne Elder, Bonnie & Clyde
Best Supporting Actress in a Revival of a Musical
Winner: Terri White, Follies
Honorable Mention: Jessie Mueller, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever; Lindsey Mendez, Godspell; Bryonha Parham, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess; Elaine Paige, Follies
Best Supporting Actress in an Original Musical
Winner: Melissa van der Schyff, Bonnie & Clyde
Honorable Mention: Jessica Phillips, Leap of Faith; Kara Lindsay, Newsies; Lindsay Nicole Chambers, Lysistrata Jones; Kecia Lewis-Evans, Leap of Faith, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Ghost; Judy Kaye, Nice Work If You Can Get It; Jennifer Laura Thompson, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Best Leading Actor in a Revival of a Musical
Winner: Norm Lewis, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Honorable Mention: Danny Burstein, Follies; Paul Nolan, Jesus Christ Superstar
Best Leading Actor in an Original Musical
Winner: Raul Esparza, Leap of Faith
Honorable Mention: Jeremy Jordan, Bonnie & Clyde; Steve Kazee, Once
Best Leading Actress in a Revival of a Musical
Winner: Audra McDonald, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Honorable Mention: Jan Maxwell, Follies; Bernadette Peters, Follies
Best Leading Actress in an Original Musical
Winner: Patti Murin, Lysistrata Jones
Honorable Mention: Laura Osnes, Bonnie & Clyde; Caissie Levy, Ghost; Kelli O’Hara, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Best ‘Stache, Prosthetic
Winner: Charles G. LaPointe, Roosevelt’s ‘stache – Newsies
Best ‘Stache, Natural
Winner: Max Von Essen, Evita
Best Wig
Winner: Richard Mawbey, Michael Cerveris’s wig – Evita
Best Prop
Winner: Clyde’s Ukulele, Bonnie & Clyde
Honorable Mention: Lyssie J’s Phone, Lysistrata Jones; The Newspapers, Newsies; Bess’s Cocaine, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Best Costumes
Winner: Thomas Charles LeGalley and David C. Woolard, Lysistrata Jones
Honorable Mention: Catherine Zuber, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever; Gregg Barnes, Follies
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Winner: Neil Austin, Evita
Honorable Mention: Don Holder, Leap of Faith; Hugh Vanstone, Ghost
Best Set Design of a Musical
Winner: Christopher Oram, Evita
Honorable Mention: Derek McLane, Follies; Tobin Ost, Bonnie & Clyde
Best Tap Dance
Winner: Newsies
Honorable Mention: Follies
Best Choreography
Winner: Christopher Gattelli, Newsies
Honorable Mention: Lisa Shriver, Jesus Christ Superstar
Best Orchestrations
Winner: Danny Troob, Newsies
Honorable Mention: Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Cullen, Evita
Best Lyrics
Winner: Lewis Flinn, Lysistrata Jones
Honorable Mention: Jack Feldman, Newsies; Glenn Slater, Leap of Faith
Best Music
Winner: Alan Menken, Newsies and Leap of Faith
Honorable Mention: Frank Wildhorn, Bonnie & Clyde; Lewis Flinn, Lysistrata Jones
Best Original Book of a Musical
Winner: Douglas Carter Beane, Lysistrata Jones
Honorable Mention: Ivan Menchell, Bonnie & Clyde
Best Adapted Book of a Musical
Winner: Harvey Fierstein, Newsies
Honorable Mention: Warren Leight and Janus Cercone, Leap Of Faith; Joe DiPietro, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Best Direction of a Musical
Winner: Christopher Ashley, Leap of Faith
Honorable Mention: Diane Paulus, The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess; Jeff Calhoun, Bonnie & Clyde
Honorable Mention to Plays We Saw
Seminar; Venus In Fur; Other Desert Cities; Peter & The Starcatcher; Wit; Stick Fly; Master Class; Don’t Dress For Dinner; One Man, Two Guvnors; The Columnist; Clybourne Park; The Lyons
Best Special Theatrical Event
Winner: An Evening with Patti LuPone & Mandy Patinkin
Best Revival of a Musical
Winner: The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess; Follies
Best Original Musical
Winner: Leap of Faith; Newsies; Lysistrata Jones
Just like any other awards show, on Monday June 4th at 8:00am, you can follow along at home with your own printable ballot! We don’t have nominees, so just make your predictions and see how many you get right! Let us know how you did!
Here are the Shmazie Award categories! In one week, you’ll find out the winners. Speculate, discuss, and try to figure out who we picked!
The Beth Leavel Shmazie Award
Best Comeback
Best Headshot, Male
Best Headshot, Female
The “Nine People’s Favorite Thing” Shmazie Award
The Honey Badger Shmazie Award
Lifetime Achievement
The Kerry Butler Shmazie Award for Ageless Beauty
Special Shmazie Award for Adding Lustre to the Broadway Season
Best Concert
Best Cast Recording
Best Backup Vocals
Best Ass of an Actor
Best Ass of an Actress
The “Did You Know Her Son Was Blind?” Shmazie Award for Disabled Acting
Best Sasstress
Breakout Star
Best Chemistry
Real Tear Realness
Replacement Casting
Best Ensemble, Background
Best Ensemble, Vocals
Best Ensemble, Dance
Best Sung Passage by an Actor
Best Sung Passage by an Actress
Best Child Actor in a Musical
Best Child Actress in a Musical
Best Featured Actor in a Revival of a Musical
Best Featured Actor in an Original Musical
Best Featured Actress in a Revival of a Musical
Best Featured Actress in an Original Musical
Best Supporting Actor in a Revival of a Musical
Best Supporting Actor in an Original Musical
Best Supporting Actress in a Revival of a Musical
Best Supporting Actress in an Original Musical
Best Leading Actor in an Original Musical
Best Leading Actor in a Revival of a Musical
Best Leading Actress in a Revival of a Musical
Best Leading Actress in an Original Musical
Best Set Design of a Musical
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Best Prop
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Best Wig
Best ‘Stache, Natural
Best ‘Stache, Not Natural
Best Orchestrations
Best Choreography
Best Tap Dance
Best Music
Best Lyrics
Best Direction of a Musical
Plays We Saw
Best Special Theatrical Event
Best Adapted Book of a Musical
Best Original Book of a Musical
Best Revival Of a Musical
Best Original Musical
It’s awards season in the theatre, and sure there are the big ones: the OCCs, the Drama Leagues, the Drama Desks, and those other awards that are being announced this morning. But from this year on, there will be another major theatre award. We give you The Shmazies! We’ll be giving out awards in all the standard categories, plus a bunch of others that we feel deserve recognition. So, stay tuned for more information on the awards and when we’ll be giving them out! And next year, we’ll be sure to book Radio City.