The Winners of the 2012 JKTS Awards

What a season it has been!  From the opening night (finally) of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark to tomorrow night's Tony Awards, there have been many terrific performances, an excellent season of plays, and some hits and some misses in the musical department.  With so much going on, it is just not possible to honor everything worthy of being honored.  That's where The JKTS Awards come in.  After a few weeks of nominations, and a several days of voting (nearly 500 of you), together we have celebrated all of those shows, performers and theatre artists who have been overlooked by the Tonys, plus several honors that go unrecognized altogether, and a few fun topics that poke a little fun at the trends of the year.  And so now, here are the winners of this year's show jackets!  (For an explanation of the "prize," click HERE.) Thanks for participating!

THE 2012 JKTS AWARDS

THE BROADWAY MEDIA AWARDS

Best Broadway Website - News/Information: Playbill.com
Best Broadway Website - Research/Data: The Playbill Vault
Best Broadway Website - Gossip/Chat/Celebrities: BroadwayWorld.com

Best Broadway Charity Event: The BC/EFA Broadway Flea Market
Best Broadway Use of Social Media: Submissions Only 

Best Broadway Play Website: Peter and the Starcatcher
Best Broadway Play Media Campaign: Peter and the Starcatcher
Best Broadway Play Logo/Window Card: Peter and the Starcatcher
Best Broadway Musical Website: Lysistrata Jones
Best Broadway Musical Media Campaign: Disney's Newsies: The Musical
Best Broadway Musical Logo/Window Card: Disney's Newsies: The Musical

A SPECIAL JKTS AWARD: CAST ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Every individual song in the show Leap of Faith was nominated by write-in vote by you readers!  Every one.  And so, I thought it fitting to give a special award for such a fan favorite.

THE BROADWAY SONG OF THE YEAR

"Hold On" from Lysistrata Jones: Music and Lyrics by Lewis Flinn

THE DIRECTION AWARDS

Best Broadway Musical Direction: Martin Lowe, Once

Best Choreography Not Nominated By Tony: Dan Knechtges, Lysistrata Jones

Best Direction Not Nominated By Tony (Musical): Dan Knechtges, Lysistrata Jones

Best Direction Not Nominated By Tony (Play): Joe Mantello, Other Desert Cities

THE TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Use of Projections in a Play: Jeff Sugg and Shawn Duan, Chinglish

Best Use of Projections in a Musical: TIE Aaron Rhyne, Bonnie and Clyde and Josh Driscoll, Ghost: The Musical

Best Lighting Design Not Nominated By Tony (Play): Christopher Akerlind, End of the Rainbow

Best Lighting Design Not Nominated By Tony (Musical): Donald Holder: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark

Best Costume Design Not Nominated By Tony (Play): William Dudley, End of the Rainbow

Best Costume Design Not Nominated By Tony (Musical): David C. Woolard and Thomas Charles LeGalley, Lysistrata Jones

Best Scenic Design Not Nominated By Tony (Play): William Dudley, End of the Rainbow 

Best Scenic Design Not Nominated By Tony (Musical): Tobin Ost and Aaron Rhyne, Bonnie and Clyde

THE ACTING AWARDS

Best Ensemble in a Play: The Cast of Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Ensemble in a Musical: The Men's Basketball Team and the Ladies Cheerleading Squad of Athens University, Lysistrata Jones

Best Debut of an Actor in a Play: Andrew Garfield, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

Best Debut of an Actress in a Play: Rachel Griffiths, Other Desert Cities

Best Debut of an Actor in a Musical: Josh Segarra, Lysistrata Jones

Best Debut of an Actress in a Musical: Liz Mikel, Lysistrata Jones

Best Actor Playing a Real-Life Person in a Play: Samuel L. Jackson as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., The Mountaintop

Best Actress Playing a Real-Life Person in a Play: Tracie Bennett as Judy Garland, End of the Rainbow

Best Actor Playing a Real-Life Person in a Musical: Jeremy Jordan as Clyde Barrow, Bonnie and Clyde

Best Actress Playing a Real-Life Person in a Musical: Laura Osnes as Bonnie Parker, Bonnie and Clyde

Best Child Actor: Matthew Schechter/Lewis Grosso, Disney's Newsies: The Musical

Best Replacement Actor in a Play: Justin Kirk, Other Desert Cities

Best Replacement Actress in a Play: Elizabeth Marvel, Other Desert Cities

Best Replacement Actor in a Musical: Adam Pascal, Memphis

Best Replacement Actress in a Musical: Stephanie J. Block, Anything Goes

Best Featured Actor Not Nominated By Tony (Play): Adam Chanler-Berat, Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Featured Actor Not Nominated By Tony (Musical): Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Disney's Newsies: The Musical

Best Featured Actress Not Nominated By Tony (Play): Angela Lansbury, Gore Vidal's The Best Man

Best Featured Actress Not Nominated By Tony (Musical): Lindsay Nicole Chambers, Lysistrata Jones

Best Leading Actor Not Nominated By Tony (Play): Alan Rickman, Seminar

Best Leading Actor Not Nominated By Tony (Musical): Jeremy Jordan, Bonnie and Clyde

Best Leading Actress Not Nominated By Tony (Play): Tyne Daly, Master Class

Best Leading Actress Not Nominated By Tony (Musical): Patti Murin, Lysistrata Jones

THE FOR FUN AWARDS

Best Merchandise Tied Into a Broadway Show: TIE: The "Pape" Program, Disney's Newsies: The Musical and The "'Stached'" Pirate Bandanna, Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Act of the Supernatural in a Broadway Show: Sam walks through the front door, Ghost: The Musical

Best Kiss in a Broadway Show: Lysistrata and Mick, Lysistrata and Xander, Harold and Tyllis, Lysistrata Jones

Best Wet Moment in a Broadway Show: TIE: The rainstorm, Leap of Faith, and the storm and "Starstuff" pool, Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Female Gym Body on Display in a Broadway Show: Patti Murin, Lysistrata Jones

Best Male Gym Body on Display in a Broadway Play: Adam Chanler-Berat, Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Male Gym Body on Display in a Broadway Musical: TIE: Josh Segarra, Lysistrata Jones, and Richard Fleeshman, Ghost: The Musical

THE PRODUCTION AWARDS

Special Theatrical Event: 

Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway

Best Revival of a Play Not Tony Nominated:

A Streetcar Named Desire

Best Revival of a Musical Not Tony Nominated:

Godspell

Best Play Not Tony Nominated:

One Man, Two Guvnors

Best Musical Not Tony Nominated:

Lysistrata Jones

Totals: Lysistrata Jones - 14, Peter and the Starcatcher - 9, Disney's Newsies: The Musical and Bonnie and Clyde, - 5,  End of the Rainbow and Other Desert Cities - 4, Ghost: The Musical - 3, Leap of Faith - 2, Anything Goes, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, Chinglish, Godspell, Gore Vidal's The Best Man, Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway, Master Class, Memphis, The Mountaintop, Once, One Man, Two Guvnors, Seminar, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, A Streetcar Named Desire - 1.

There you have it!  Let's hope next season will be as plentiful, interesting and fun.

Jeff

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