2022 in Review: Our Favorite Broadway Performances

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2022 in Review:

Our Favorite Broadway Performances

(7 Categories and 2 Special Citations)

We were fortunate enough to see 13 different productions on Broadway in 2022; these are the shows we considered in all categories for our favorites this year: 1776, A Strange Loop, Almost Famous, Funny Girl, Girl From the North Country, Into the Woods. Kimberly Akimbo, KPOP, Paradise Square, Some Like It Hot, and The Music Man. We also saw these shows from previous years for a second time, and considered them only in categories where things have changed: Company and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. We made our lists separately - so below you'll see where we agreed, plus performances we each just had to include! How did we compare to your favorites? Leave a comment below, or catch up with us on Twitter or Instagram! (@jkstheatrescene for both)

FAVORITE SUPPORTING PERFORMANCES

Mike & Jeff:

Justin Cooley - Kimberly Akimbo

Chris Wood - Almost Famous

 

Jeff:

Todd Almond - Girl From the North Country

Kevin del Aguila - Some Like It Hot

Sidney DuPont - Paradise Square

Julia Lester - Into the Woods

Bonnie Milligan - Kimberly Akimbo

Benjamin Pajak - The Music Man

Sara Porkalb - 1776

Cole Thompson - Into the Woods

Mike:

Jared Grimes - Funny Girl

Jane Lynch - Funny Girl

Phillipa Soo - Into the Woods

FAVORITE UNDERSTUDY/SWING PERFORMANCES

Mike & Jeff:

Nikki Renee Daniels on as Bobbi - Company

Alisa Melendez on as Penny Lane - Almost Famous

Patrick Park on as Brad - KPOP

FAVORITE INDIVIDUAL DANCERS

Mike & Jeff:

Sidney DuPont - Paradise Square

Jared Grimes - Funny Girl

Mike:

A.J. Shively - Paradise Square

Jeff:

Gino Cosculluela - The Music Man

FAVORITE DANCE ENSEMBLE

Mike & Jeff:

Paradise Square

Some Like It Hot

DANCE ENSEMBLE SPECIAL CITATION

F8 - KPOP

FAVORITE FULL COMPANY

Mike & Jeff:

Almost Famous

Kimberly Akimbo

Mike:

1776

Jeff:

Girl From the North Country

Into the Woods

FAVORITE BROADWAY DUOS

Mike & Jeff:

J. Harrison Ghee & Kevin del Aguila - Some Like It Hot

Jeff:

Brady Dalton Richards & James Romney - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Sara Bareilles & Brian D'Arcy James - Into the Woods

Mike:

Elizabeth A. Davis & Eryn Lecroy - 1776

Victoria Clark & Justin Cooley - Kimberly Akimbo

BROADWAY DUO SPECIAL CITATION

Kenny Kanagawa & Milky White - Into the Woods

FAVORITE LEADING PERFORMANCES

Mike & Jeff:

Sara Bareilles - Into the Woods

Victoria Clark - Kimberly Akimbo

J. Harrison Ghee - Some Like It Hot

Joaquina Kalukango - Paradise Square

Casey Likes - Almost Famous

Jaquel Spivey - A Strange Loop

Mare Winningham - Girl From the North Country

Jeff:

Adrianna Hicks - Some Like It Hot

Ramin Karimloo - Funny Girl

Brady Dalton Richards - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 

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