2024 in Review:
Our Favorite Writing & Direction
We were fortunate enough to see 23 different productions in 2024: 20 Broadway, 2 off-Broadway, and 1 regional; these are the shows we considered in all categories for our favorites this year: Appropriate, Days of Wine and Roses, Harmony, Here We Are, Illinoise, Lempicka, Maybe Happy Ending, Merrily We Roll Along, Oh, Mary!, Once Upon a Mattress, Our Town, Purlie Victorious, Stereophonic, Suffs, Sunset Boulevard, Sweeney Todd, Swept Away, The Notebook, The Outsiders, The Who's Tommy, Titanic, Water For Elephants and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Signature Theater - Virginia). We made our lists separately - so below you'll see where we agreed! I'm surprised at how much we were in sync this year!
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FAVORITE NEW BROADWAY SONG
"When You're in Love" from Maybe Happy Ending
Sung by Darren Criss and Helen J. Shen
Music and Lyrics by Will Aronson and Hue Park
HONORABLE MENTION
Jeff and Mike
"Masquerade" from Stereophonic
Sung by the Company
Music and Lyrics by Will Butler
"Great Expectations" from The Outsiders
Sung by Brody Grant and the Company
Music and Lyrics by Jamestown Revival and Justin Levine
Jeff
"Throwing in the Towel" from The Outsiders
Sung by Brent Comer, Jason Schmidt and Brody Grant
Music and Lyrics by Jamestown Revival and Justin Levine
"Home"/"Coda" from The Notebook
Sung by the Company
Music and Lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson
"Wild" from Water for Elephants
Sung by Grant Gustin and Isabelle McCalla
Music and Lyrics by The PigPen Theatre Co.
Mike
"Forgiveness" from Days of Wine and Roses
Sung by Brian d'Arcy James
Music and Lyrics by Adam Guettel
"Woman Is" from Lempicka
Sung by Eden Espinosa
Music by Matt Gould Lyrics by Carson Kreitzer
"Easy" from Water for Elephants
Sung by Isabelle McCalla
Music and Lyrics by The PigPen Theatre Co.
FAVORITE NEW SCORE
TIE
Days of Wine and Roses
Music and Lyrics by Adam Guettel
Maybe Happy Ending
Music and Lyrics by Will Aronson and Hue Park
HONORABLE MENTION
Jeff and Mike
The Outsiders
Music and Lyrics by Jamestown Revival and Justin Levine
Mike
Lempicka
Music by Matt Gould Lyrics by Carson Kreitzer
Jeff
The Notebook
Music and Lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson
FAVORITE ORCHESTRATIONS
Illinoise
Orchestrations by Timo Andres
HONORABLE MENTION
Days of Wine and Roses
Orchestrations by Adam Guettel
Maybe Happy Ending
Orchestrations by Will Aronson
FAVORITE NEW BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Maybe Happy Ending
Book by Will Aronson and Hue Park
HONORABLE MENTION
Here We Are
Book by David Ives
Illinoise
Book by Justin Peck and Jackie Sibblies Drury
The Outsiders
Book by Adam Rapp and Justin Levine
FAVORITE CHOREOGRAPHY
Illinoise
Choreography by Justin Peck
HONORABLE MENTION
The Outsiders
Choreography by Jeff and Rick Kuperman
FAVORITE DIRECTION
Play
Directed by Lila Neugebauer
Musical
Directed by Michael Arden
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