Broadway Black hosted the Antonyo Awards, a celebration of the Black Broadway and Off-Broadway community with a virtual ceremony on June 19, 2020. Executive producer Drew Shade said during the live-streamed show, “The Antonyo Awards seek to fill a gap between Black talent and public acknowledgement. Not in competition but in the spirit of community and celebration, we uplift Black theater artists because our lives matter and our art matters.” Congratulations to the members of the YSD community honored at the inaugural ceremony!
Best Musical
Lynn Nottage ’89 (Former Faculty)
Nominee, The Secret Life of Bees
Best Revival
Leah C. Gardiner ’96 (Director)
Nominee, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Anna Deavere Smith HON ’14 (Playwright)
Nominee, Fires in the Mirror
Best Featured Actor in a Play Off-Broadway
Leland Fowler ’17
Nominee, One in Two
Best Featured Actor in a Play on Broadway
David Alan Grier ’81
Nominee, A Soldier’s Play
Ato Blankson-Wood ’15
Nominee, Slave Play
Chalia La Tour ’16
Winner, Slave Play
Best Director
Lileana Blain-Cruz ’12 (Faculty)
Winner, Anatomy of a Suicide
Best Lighting Design
Alan C. Edwards ’11 (Faculty)
Nominee, The Hot Wing King
Best Costumes
Dede M. Ayite ’11
Nominee, BLKS
Toni Leslie-James (Faculty)
Winner, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Best Book
Lynn Nottage ’89 (Former Faculty)
Nominee, The Secret Life of Bees
For more about the Antonyo Awards and Broadway Black, visit broadwayblack.com.
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