VOTE: BroadwayWorld Cincinnati Awards highlight CCM Excellence
Story by CCM Graduate Assistant Lucy Evans
Each year, the BroadwayWorld Cincinnati Awards honor excellence in the city’s performing arts scene. This year, CCM faculty and students are nominated 20 times in 11 categories —including Best Musical, Best Opera, Best Choreography, Best Sound Design and more!
Voting is free and open to the public through Dec. 31, 2023 — go vote for CCM! The awards honor productions which had their first performance between Oct. 1, 2022 and Sept. 30, 2023. To cast your vote, visit the BroadwayWorld website.
CCM's production of Spring Awakening (directed by Hannah Ryan, guest artist) and CCM’s production of Fellow Travelers (co-directed by former CCM Opera Professor Greg Eldridge and CCM student Daria Zholnerova) both received nominations for Best Ensemble, Best Music Direction, Best Direction and Best Scenic Design. CCM's production of Something Rotten! (directed and choreographed by CCM Musical Theatre professor Diane Lala) received a nomination for Best Choreography of a Play or Musical.
The awards acknowledge CCM excellence both on stage, in the pit and behind the scenes. Below, check out the faculty, students and alumni who are nominated for this year:
Best Ensemble
- Spring Awakening; learn more about CCM's production
- Fellow Travelers; learn more about CCM's production
Best Musical
- Spring Awakening
Best Production of an Opera
- Fellow Travelers
Best Music Direction & Orchestra Performance
- Julie Spangler+, Musical Director for Spring Awakening
- William Langley, Alumni Guest Conductor for Fellow Travelers
Best Performer in a Musical
- Erik Nordstrom*, who played Hawkins Fuller in Fellow Travelers
- Henry Benson*, who played Timothy Laughlin in Fellow Travelers
- Logan Wagner*, who played Timothy Laughlin in Fellow Travelers
- Michael Pandolfo, Alumni Guest Artist who played Hawkins Fuller in Fellow Travelers
Best Direction of a Musical
- Hannah Ryan, Director of Spring Awakening
- Greg Eldridge and Daria Zholnerova*, Co-Directors of Fellow Travelers
- Brant Russell+, Director of As You Like It at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; view the production website
Best Choreography of a Play or Musical
- Diana Lala+, Director and Choreographer of Something Rotten!; learn more about CCM's production
Best Scenic Design of a Play or Musical
- Mark Halpin+, Scenic Designer for Fellow Travelers
- Charlie Calvert+, Scenic Designer for Spring Awakening
Best Costume Design of a Play or Musical
- Brittanie McKenna Travis*, Costume Designer for Fellow Travelers
Best Lighting Design of a Play or Musical
- Baron Leon*, Lighting Designer for Fellow Travelers
Best Sound Design of a Play or Musical
- Kaitlin Barnett*, Sound Designer for Fellow Travelers
*CCM Student
+ CCM Faculty
Featured image at the top: CCM's production of Fellow Travelers. Photo by Mark Lyons.
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