On Friday, June 19, 2020 - Broadway fans tuned in to Broadway Black's YouTube channel to witness the inaugural 2020 Antonyo Awards. The night honored the outstanding achievements by Black members of the Broadway and Off-Broadway community onstage and behind the scenes.
We're shining the spotlight on 11 of the night's exciting winners. Congratulations 2020 Antonyo Award Winners!
Best Musical: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Best Play: BLKS by Aziza Barnes
Best Revival: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Best Actor in a Musical on Broadway: Adrienne Warren, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Best Actor in a Play on Broadway: Audra McDonald, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
Best Actor in a Musical Off-Broadway: LaChanze, The Secret Life of Bees
Best Actor in a Play Off-Broadway: Danielle Brooks, Much Ado About Nothing
Best Featured Actor in a Musical on Broadway: Celia Rose Gooding, Jagged Little Pill
Best Featured Actor in a Musical Off-Broadway: Jasmine Cephas Jones, Cyrano
Best Solo Performance: Michael Benjamin Washington, Fires in the Mirror
Best Book: Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop
Other inaugural 2020 Antonyo Award winners from the night comprised of the following!
Best Featured Actor in a Play on Broadway: Chalia La Tour, Slave Play
Best Featured Actor in a Play Off-Broadway: Okwui Okpokwasili, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
Best Original Score: The Secret of Life of Bees
Best Director: Lileana Blain-Cruz, Anatomy of A Suicide
Best Choreography: Camille A. Brown, For Colored Girls Who Have Committed Suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Best Lighting Design: Allen Lee Hughes, A Soldier's Play
Best Scenic Design: Lawrence E. Moten III, Native Son
Best Sound: Rucyl Frison, Anatomy of a Suicide
Best Costumes: Toni-Leslie James, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Best Hair & Wig Design: Nikiya Mathis, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Best Orchestrations: Skinfolk: An American Show
Best Quarantine Content: Daniel J. Watts, The Jam IG Live
The Doors of the Theatre Are Open Award: National Black Theatre
The Lifetime Achievement Award: Chuck Cooper
The Lorraine Hansberry Award: Loy A. Webb
The Langston Hughes Award: Donja R. Love
The Welcome Award: Dharon E. Jones
