Broadway.com Audience Awards

The Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards are audience chosen awards honoring the year's Broadway productions.

Past recipients[]

2000[]

Favorite New Broadway Musical: The Wild Party
Favorite New Broadway Play: True West
Favorite Broadway Musical Revival: The Music Man
Favorite Broadway Play Revival: The Real Thing
Favorite New off-Broadway Musical: The Bomb-itty of Errors
Favorite New off-Broadway Play: The Tale of the Allergist's Wife
Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Musical: Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kiss Me, Kate
Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Musical: Marin Mazzie, Kiss Me, Kate
Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Musical: Tony Vincent, Jesus Christ Superstar
Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Musical: Eartha Kitt, The Wild Party
Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Play: Stephen Dillane, The Real Thing
Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Play: Olympia Dukakis, Rose
Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Play: Roy Dotrice, A Moon for the Misbegotten
Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Play: , Epic Proportions
Favorite Solo Performance: Barry Humphries, Dame Edna: The Royal Tour
Favorite Ensemble Cast: The Wild Party
Favorite Diva Performance: Heather Headley, Aida
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male): Craig Bierko, The Music Man
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female): Toni Collette, The Wild Party
Favorite Replacement (Male): Matt McGrath, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Favorite Replacement (Female): Sandy Duncan, Chicago

2001[]

Favorite New Broadway Musical: The Producers
Favorite New Broadway Play: Proof
Favorite Broadway Musical Revival: Follies
Favorite Broadway Play Revival: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Favorite New off-Broadway Musical: Bat Boy
Favorite New off-Broadway Play: Boy Gets Girl
Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Musical: Nathan Lane, The Producers
Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Musical: Marla Schaffel, Jane Eyre
Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Musical: André De Shields, The Full Monty
Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Musical: , Seussical
Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Play: Gary Sinise, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Play: Mary-Louise Parker, Proof
Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Play: Michael Hayden, Judgment at Nuremberg
Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Play: , The Tale of the Allergist's Wife
Favorite Solo Performance: Lily Tomlin, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
Favorite Ensemble Cast: A Class Act
Favorite Diva Performance: Gary Beach, The Producers
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male): Deven May, Bat Boy
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female): Kaitlin Hopkins, Bat Boy
Favorite Replacement (Male): Sebastian Bach, Jekyll & Hyde
Favorite Replacement (Female): Reba McEntire, Annie Get Your Gun
Favorite Onstage Pair: Matthew Broderick & Nathan Lane, The Producers

2002[]

Favorite New Broadway Musical: Urinetown
Favorite New Broadway Play: Metamorphoses
Favorite Broadway Musical Revival: Into the Woods
Favorite Broadway Play Revival: Noises Off
Favorite New off-Broadway Musical: tick, tick, BOOM!
Favorite New off-Broadway Play: The Shape of Things
Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Musical: Patrick Wilson, Oklahoma!
Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Musical: Sutton Foster, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Musical: Jeff McCarthy, Urinetown
Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Musical: Harriet Harris, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Play: Alan Rickman, Private Lives
Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Play: Mercedes Ruehl, The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Play: Frank Langella, Fortune's Fool
Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Play: Katie Finneran, Noises Off
Favorite Solo Performance: Elaine Stritch, Elaine Stritch at Liberty
Favorite Ensemble Cast: Urinetown
Favorite Diva Performance: Elaine Stritch, Elaine Stritch at Liberty
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male): Raúl Esparza, Tick, Tick... Boom!
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female): Sutton Foster, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Favorite Replacement (Male): Raúl Esparza, Cabaret
Favorite Replacement (Female): Carolee Carmello, Kiss Me, Kate
Favorite Onstage Pair: Gavin Creel & Sutton Foster, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Favorite Long-Running Broadway Show: Les Misérables
Favorite Long-Running off-Broadway Show: Forbidden Broadway
Favorite Special Event: Dreamgirls

2003[]

Favorite New Broadway Musical: Hairspray
Favorite New Broadway Play: Take Me Out
Favorite Broadway Musical Revival: Gypsy
Favorite Broadway Play Revival: Long Day's Journey into Night
Favorite New off-Broadway Musical: Zanna, Don't!
Favorite New off-Broadway Play: Fucking A
Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Musical: Harvey Fierstein, Hairspray
Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Musical: Marissa Jaret Winokur, Hairspray
Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Musical: Dick Latessa, Hairspray
Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Musical: Jane Krakowski, Nine
Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Play: Eddie Izzard, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Play: Vanessa Redgrave, Long Day's Journey into Night
Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Play: Denis O'Hare, Take Me Out
Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Play: Michele Pawk, Hollywood Arms
Favorite Solo Performance: Kate Mulgrew, Tea at Five
Favorite Ensemble Cast: La Bohème
Favorite Diva Performance: Harvey Fierstein, Hairspray
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male): Antonio Banderas, Nine
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female): Marissa Jaret Winokur, Hairspray
Favorite Replacement (Male): Kevin Richardson, Chicago
Favorite Replacement (Female): Sally Field, The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
Favorite Onstage Pair: Harvey Fierstein & Dick Latessa, Hairspray
Favorite Long-Running Broadway Show: Chicago
Favorite Long-Running off-Broadway Show: Forbidden Broadway
Favorite Special Event: Broadway on Broadway

2004[]

Favorite New Broadway Musical: Wicked
Favorite New Broadway Play: I Am My Own Wife
Favorite Broadway Musical Revival: Assassins
Favorite Broadway Play Revival: A Raisin in the Sun
Favorite New Off-Broadway Musical: Bare
Favorite New Off-Broadway Play: Bug
Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Musical: Hugh Jackman, The Boy from Oz
Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Musical: Idina Menzel, Wicked
Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Musical: Douglas Sills, Little Shop of Horrors
Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Musical: Ann Harada, Avenue Q
Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Play: Kevin Kline, Henry IV
Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Play: Phylicia Rashad, A Raisin in the Sun
Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Play: Ethan Hawke, Henry IV
Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Play: Audra McDonald, A Raisin in the Sun
Favorite Solo Performance: Jefferson Mays, I Am My Own Wife
Favorite Ensemble Cast: Avenue Q
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male): John Tartaglia, Avenue Q
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female): Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Avenue Q
Favorite Diva Performance: Idina Menzel, Wicked
Favorite Replacement (Male): Adam Pascal, Cabaret
Favorite Replacement (Female): Melanie Brown, Rent
Favorite Onstage Pair: Kristin Chenoweth & Idina Menzel, Wicked
Favorite Long-Running Broadway Show: Rent
Favorite Long-Running Off-Broadway Show: Forbidden Broadway
Favorite Special Event: Chess (A Benefit for the Actors' Fund of America)

2005[]

Favorite New Broadway Musical: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Favorite New Broadway Play: Doubt
Favorite Broadway Musical Revival: La Cage aux Folles
Favorite Broadway Play Revival: Twelve Angry Men
Favorite New Off-Broadway Musical: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Favorite New Off-Broadway Play: Doubt
Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Musical: Norbert Leo Butz, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Musical: Sutton Foster, Little Women
Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Musical: Christian Borle, Spamalot
Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Musical: Sara Ramirez, Spamalot
Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Play: Brían F. O'Byrne, Doubt
Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Play: Cherry Jones, Doubt
Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Play: Christian Slater, The Glass Menagerie
Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Play: Delta Burke, Steel Magnolias
Favorite Solo Performance: Billy Crystal, 700 Sundays
Favorite Ensemble Cast: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male): Cheyenne Jackson, All Shook Up
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female): Sara Ramirez, Spamalot
Favorite Diva Performance: Sutton Foster, Little Women
Favorite Replacement (Male): Joey McIntyre, Wicked
Favorite Replacement (Female): Jennifer Laura Thompson, Wicked
Favorite Onstage Pair: Norbert Leo Butz & John Lithgow, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Favorite Long-Running Broadway Show: Wicked
Favorite Long-Running Off-Broadway Show: Forbidden Broadway
Favorite New Broadway Song: "Once Upon a Time," Brooklyn

2006[]

Favorite New Broadway Musical: The Color Purple
Favorite New Broadway Play: The History Boys
Favorite Broadway Musical Revival: Sweeney Todd
Favorite Broadway Play Revival: The Odd Couple
Favorite New Off-Broadway Musical: See What I Wanna See
Favorite New Off-Broadway Play: Dog Sees God
Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Musical: Harry Connick, Jr., The Pajama Game
Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Musical: LaChanze, The Color Purple
Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Play: Ralph Fiennes, Faith Healer
Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Play: Julia Roberts, Three Days of Rain
Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Musical: Manoel Felciano, Sweeney Todd
Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Musical: Felicia P. Fields, The Color Purple
Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Play: Bradley Cooper, Three Days of Rain
Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Play: Cherry Jones, Faith Healer
Favorite Diva Performance: LaChanze, The Color Purple
Favorite Solo Performance: Sarah Jones, Bridge & Tunnel
Favorite Onstage Pair: Michael Cerveris & Patti LuPone, Sweeney Todd
Favorite Ensemble Cast: Sweeney Todd
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male): John Lloyd Young, Jersey Boys
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female): Felicia P. Fields, The Color Purple
Favorite Replacement (Male): Ben Vereen, Wicked
Favorite Replacement (Female): Eden Espinosa, Wicked
Favorite Long-Running Broadway Show: Wicked
Favorite Long-Running Off-Broadway Show: Altar Boyz
Favorite New Broadway Song: "Show Off," The Drowsy Chaperone

2007[]

Favorite New Broadway Musical: Spring Awakening
Favorite New Broadway Play: The Coast of Utopia
Favorite Broadway Musical Revival: Les Misérables
Favorite Broadway Play Revival: Talk Radio
Favorite New Off-Broadway Musical: In the Heights
Favorite New Off-Broadway Play: My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish and I'm in Therapy
Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Musical: Jonathan Groff, Spring Awakening
Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Musical: Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens
Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Play: Liev Schreiber, Talk Radio
Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Play: Angela Lansbury, Deuce
Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Musical: John Gallagher, Jr., Spring Awakening
Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Musical: Orfeh, Legally Blonde
Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Play: Ethan Hawke, The Coast of Utopia
Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Play: Tonya Pinkins, Radio Golf
Favorite Diva Performance: Kristin Chenoweth, The Apple Tree
Favorite Solo Performance: Vanessa Redgrave, The Year of Magical Thinking
Favorite Onstage Pair: Jonathan Groff & Lea Michele, Spring Awakening
Favorite Ensemble Cast: Spring Awakening
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male): Jonathan Groff, Spring Awakening
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female): Lea Michele, Spring Awakening
Favorite Replacement (Male): John Tartaglia, Beauty and the Beast
Favorite Replacement (Female): Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple
Favorite New Broadway Song: "Omigod, You Guys," Legally Blonde
Favorite Long-Running Broadway Show: Wicked
Favorite Long-Running Off-Broadway Show: Altar Boyz

2008[]

Favorite New Broadway Musical: Young Frankenstein
Favorite New Broadway Play: August: Osage County
Favorite Broadway Musical Revival: South Pacific
Favorite Broadway Play Revival: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Favorite New Off-Broadway Musical: Next to Normal
Favorite New Off-Broadway Play: The Receptionist
Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Musical: Roger Bart, Young Frankenstein
Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Musical: Patti LuPone, Gypsy
Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Play: Patrick Stewart, Macbeth
Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Play: Jennifer Garner, Cyrano de Bergerac
Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Musical: Christopher Fitzgerald, Young Frankenstein
Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Musical: Megan Mullally, Young Frankenstein
Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Play: Raúl Esparza, The Homecoming
Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Play: Phylicia Rashad, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Favorite Diva Performance: Patti LuPone, Gypsy
Favorite Solo Performance: Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood
Favorite Onstage Pair: Roger Bart & Sutton Foster, Young Frankenstein
Favorite Ensemble Cast: Grease
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male): Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female): Sierra Boggess, The Little Mermaid
Favorite Replacement (Male): Clay Aiken, Spamalot
Favorite Replacement (Female): Hannah Waddingham, Spamalot
Favorite New Broadway Song: "In the Heights," In the Heights
Favorite Long-Running Broadway Show: Spamalot
Favorite Long-Running Off-Broadway Show: Forbidden Broadway

2009[]

Favorite New Broadway Musical: Billy Elliot
Favorite New Broadway Play: God of Carnage
Favorite Broadway Musical Revival: Hair
Favorite Broadway Play Revival: Equus
Favorite New Off-Broadway Musical: Saved
Favorite New Off-Broadway Play: Reasons to be pretty
Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Musical: Gavin Creel, Hair
Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Musical: Alice Ripley, Next to Normal
Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Play: Daniel Radcliffe, Equus
Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Play: Jane Fonda, 33 Variations
Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Musical: Aaron Tveit, Next to Normal
Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Musical: Karen Olivo, West Side Story
Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Play: Patrick Wilson, All My Sons
Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Play: Angela Lansbury, Blithe Spirit
Favorite Diva Performance: Sutton Foster, Shrek the Musical
Favorite Solo Performance: Lorenzo Pisoni, Humor Abuse
Favorite Onstage Pair: Gavin Creel & Will Swenson, Hair
Favorite Ensemble Cast:
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male): Daniel Radcliffe, Equus
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female): Kerry Ellis, Wicked
Favorite Replacement (Male): Hunter Parrish, Spring Awakening
Favorite Replacement (Female): Laura Osnes, South Pacific
Favorite Long-Running Broadway Show: Wicked
Favorite Long-Running Off-Broadway Show: Altar Boyz
Favorite New Broadway Song: "Get Out and Stay Out," 9 to 5

2010[]

Favorite New Broadway Musical: The Addams Family
Favorite New Broadway Play: Next Fall
Favorite Broadway Musical Revival: Promises, Promises
Favorite Broadway Play Revival: Lend Me a Tenor
Favorite New Off-Broadway Musical: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Favorite New Off-Broadway Play: Love, Loss, and What I Wore
Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Musical: John Gallagher Jr., American Idiot
Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Musical: Kristin Chenoweth, Promises, Promises
Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Play: Jude Law, Hamlet
Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Play: Laura Benanti, In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play
Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Musical: Kevin Chamberlin, The Addams Family
Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Musical: Angela Lansbury, A Little Night Music
Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Play: Brian d'Arcy James, Time Stands Still
Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Play: Scarlett Johansson, A View From the Bridge
Favorite Diva Performance: Kristin Chenoweth, Promises, Promises
Favorite Solo Performance: Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking
Favorite Onstage Pair: Nathan Lane & Bebe Neuwirth, The Addams Family
Favorite Ensemble Performance: American Idiot
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male): Sean Hayes, Promises, Promises
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female): Krysta Rodriguez, The Addams Family
Favorite Replacement (Male): Kyle Dean Massey, Next to Normal
Favorite Replacement (Female): Mandy Gonzalez, Wicked
Favorite Long-Running Broadway Show: Wicked
Favorite Long-Running Off-Broadway Show: Blue Man Group
Favorite New Broadway Song: "Memphis Lives In Me," Memphis

2011[]

Favorite Musical: Sister Act
Favorite Play: War Horse
Favorite Musical Revival: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Favorite Play Revival: Driving Miss Daisy
Favorite Long-Running Show: Wicked
Favorite Tour: Wicked
Favorite Actor in a Musical: Daniel Radcliffe, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Favorite Actress in a Musical: Sutton Foster, Anything Goes
Favorite Actor in a Play: Robin Williams, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Favorite Actress in a Play: Judith Light, Lombardi
Favorite Diva Performance: Nick Adams, Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Favorite Funny Performance: John Larroquette, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Favorite Onstage Pair: John Larroquette & Daniel Radcliffe, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Favorite Breakthrough Performance: Nick Adams, Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Favorite Replacement: Billie Joe Armstrong, American Idiot
Favorite Song: "I Believe," The Book of Mormon

2012[]

Favorite New Musical: Newsies
Favorite New Play: Peter and the Starcatcher
Favorite Musical Revival: Godspell
Favorite Play Revival: Death of a Salesman
Favorite Long-Running Show: Wicked
Favorite Tour: Wicked
Favorite Actor in a Musical: Jeremy Jordan, Newsies
Favorite Actress in a Musical: Laura Osnes, Bonnie & Clyde
Favorite Actor in a Play: Alan Rickman, Seminar
Favorite Actress in a Play: Celia Keenan-Bogler, Peter and the Starcatcher
Favorite Diva Performance: Patti LuPone, An Evening with Patti LuPone & Mandy Patinkin
Favorite Funny Performance: Christian Borle, Peter and the Starcatcher
Favorite Onstage Pair: Jeremy Jordan & Kara Lindsay, Newsies
Favorite Breakthrough Performance: Andrew Garfield, Death of a Salesman
Favorite Replacement: Darren Criss, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Favorite Song: "Something To Believe In," Newsies

2013[]

Favorite New Musical: Kinky Boots (Book by Harvey Fierstein; Music and Lyrics by Cyndi Lauper)
Favorite New Play: Breakfast at Tiffany's by Richard Greenberg
Favorite Musical Revival: Annie
Favorite Play Revival: Macbeth
Favorite Long-Running Show: Wicked
Favorite Tour: Wicked
Favorite Actor in a Musical: Billy Porter, Kinky Boots
Favorite Actress in a Musical: Laura Osnes, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
Favorite Actor in a Play: Alan Cumming, Macbeth
Favorite Actress in a Play: Bette Midler, I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers
Favorite Diva Performance: Stephanie J. Block, The Mystery Of Edwin Drood
Favorite Funny Performance: Annaleigh Ashford, Kinky Boots
Favorite Onstage Pair: Santino Fontana & Laura Osnes, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
Favorite Breakthrough Performance: Bertie Carvel, Matilda
Favorite Replacement: Sierra Boggess, The Phantom of the Opera
Favorite New Song: "When I Grow Up" – Matilda (Music and Lyrics by Tim Minchin)

2014[]

Favorite New Musical: If/Then (Book & Lyrics by Brian Yorkey; Music by Tom Kitt)
Favorite New Play: Act One by James Lapine
Favorite Musical Revival: Les Misérables
Favorite Play Revival: The Glass Menagerie
Favorite Long-Running Show: Wicked
Favorite Tour: Wicked
Favorite Leading Actor in a Musical: Neil Patrick Harris, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Favorite Leading Actress in A Musical: Idina Menzel, If/Then
Favorite Featured Actor in A Musical: Anthony Rapp, If/Then
Favorite Featured Actress in A Musical: LaChanze, If/Then
Favorite Leading Actor in A Play: Daniel Radcliffe, The Cripple of Inishmaan
Favorite Leading Actress in A Play: Audra McDonald, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
Favorite Featured Actor in A Play: Jim Norton, Of Mice and Men
Favorite Featured Actress in A Play: Celia Keenan-Bolger, The Glass Menagerie
Favorite Diva Performance: Neil Patrick Harris, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Favorite Funny Performance: Neil Patrick Harris, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Favorite Onstage Pair: Idina Menzel & James Snyder, If/Then
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male): Andy Mientus, Les Misérables
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female): Courtney Reed, Aladdin
Favorite Replacement (Male): Derek Klena, Wicked
Favorite Replacement (Female): Lindsay Mendez, Wicked
Favorite New Song: “Here I Go” - If/Then (Music by Tom Kitt, Lyrics by Brian Yorkey)

2015[]

Favorite New Musical: Finding Neverland
Favorite New Play: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Favorite Musical Revival: The King and I
Favorite Play Revival: The Elephant Man
Favorite Long-Running Show: Wicked
Favorite Tour: Wicked
Favorite Leading Actor in a Musical: Matthew Morrison, Finding Neverland
Favorite Leading Actress in a Musical: Kristin Chenoweth, On the Twentieth Century
Favorite Leading Actor in a Play: Bradley Cooper, The Elephant Man
Favorite Leading Actress in a Play: Helen Mirren, The Audience
Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical: Christian Borle, Something Rotten!
Favorite Featured Actress in a Musical: Sierra Boggess, It Shoulda Been You
Favorite Featured Actor in a Play: Rupert Grint, It's Only a Play
Favorite Featured Actress in a Play: Annaleigh Ashford, You Can't Take It With You
Favorite Diva Performance: Kristin Chenoweth, On the Twentieth Century
Favorite Funny Performance: Kristin Chenoweth, On the Twentieth Century
Favorite Onstage Pair: Laura Michelle Kelly & Matthew Morrison, Finding Neverland
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male): Rupert Grint, It's Only a Play
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female): Vanessa Hudgens, Gigi
Favorite Replacement (Male): Darren Criss, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Favorite Replacement (Female): Emma Stone, Cabaret
Favorite New Song: “Believe,” Finding Neverland

2016[]

Favorite New Musical: Hamilton
Favorite New Play: An Act of God
Favorite Musical Revival: Spring Awakening
Favorite Play Revival: The Crucible
Favorite Long-Running Show: Wicked
Favorite Tour: Wicked
Favorite Leading Actor in a Musical: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Favorite Leading Actress in a Musical: Phillipa Soo, Hamilton
Favorite Leading Actor in a Play: Jim Parsons, An Act of God
Favorite Leading Actress in a Play: Lupita Nyong'o, Eclipsed
Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical: Jonathan Groff, Hamilton
Favorite Featured Actress in a Musical: Renée Elise Goldsberry, Hamilton
Favorite Featured Actor in a Play: John Gallagher Jr., Long Day's Journey into Night
Favorite Featured Actress in a Play: Megan Hilty, Noises Off
Favorite Diva Performance: Jonathan Groff, Hamilton
Favorite Funny Performance: Jonathan Groff, Hamilton
Favorite Onstage Pair: Lin-Manuel Miranda & Leslie Odom Jr., Hamilton
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male): Daveed Diggs, Hamilton
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female): Phillipa Soo, Hamilton
Favorite Replacement (Male): Alfie Boe, Les Misérables
Favorite Replacement (Female): Rachel Tucker, Wicked
Favorite New Song: “Satisfied,” Hamilton

2017[]

Favorite New Musical: Dear Evan Hansen
Favorite New Play: The Play That Goes Wrong
Favorite Musical Revival: Falsettos
Favorite Play Revival: The Glass Menagerie
Favorite Long-Running Show: Hamilton
Favorite Tour: Wicked
Favorite Leading Actor in a Musical: Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen
Favorite Leading Actress in a Musical: Bette Midler, Hello Dolly!
Favorite Leading Actor in a Play: Mark Ruffalo, The Price
Favorite Leading Actress in a Play: Sally Field, The Glass Menagerie
Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical: Andrew Rannells, Falsettos
Favorite Featured Actress in a Musical: Laura Dreyfuss, Dear Evan Hansen
Favorite Featured Actor in a Play: Danny DeVito, The Price
Favorite Featured Actress in a Play: Lindsay Mendez, Significant Other
Favorite Diva Performance: Bette Midler, Hello Dolly!
Favorite Funny Performance: Will Roland, Dear Evan Hansen
Favorite Onstage Pair: Ben Platt & Laura Dreyfuss, Dear Evan Hansen
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male): Mike Faist, Dear Evan Hansen
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female): Laura Dreyfuss, Dear Evan Hansen
Favorite Replacement (Male): Todrick Hall, Kinky Boots
Favorite Replacement (Female): Sara Bareilles, Waitress
Favorite New Song: “Waving Through a Window,” Dear Evan Hansen

2018[]

Favorite New Musical: Mean Girls
Favorite New Play: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Favorite Musical Revival: Once On This Island
Favorite Play Revival: Angels in America
Favorite Long-Running Show: Dear Evan Hansen
Favorite Tour: Hamilton
Favorite Leading Actor in a Musical: Ethan Slater, SpongeBob SquarePants
Favorite Leading Actress in a Musical: Hailey Kilgore, Once On This Island
Favorite Leading Actor in a Play: Andrew Garfield, Angels in America
Favorite Leading Actress in a Play: Uma Thurman, The Parisian Woman
Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical: Grey Henson, Mean Girls
Favorite Featured Actress in a Musical: Barrett Wilbert Weed, Mean Girls
Favorite Featured Actor in a Play: Chris Evans, Lobby Hero
Favorite Featured Actress in a Play: Phillipa Soo, The Parisian Woman
Favorite Diva Performance: Taylor Louderman, Mean Girls
Favorite Funny Performance: Barrett Wilbert Weed, Mean Girls
Favorite Onstage Pair: Grey Henson & Barrett Wilbert Weed, Mean Girls
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male): Ethan Slater, SpongeBob SquarePants
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female): Erika Henningsen, Mean Girls
Favorite Replacement (Male): Brendon Urie, Kinky Boots
Favorite Replacement (Female): Katharine McPhee, Waitress
Favorite New Song: “I'd Rather Be Me,” Mean Girls

2019[]

Favorite New Musical: Be More Chill
Favorite New Play: To Kill a Mockingbird
Favorite Musical Revival: Oklahoma!
Favorite Play Revival: The Boys in the Band
Favorite Long-Running Show: Dear Evan Hansen
Favorite Tour: Dear Evan Hansen
Favorite Leading Actor in a Musical: Andy Karl, Pretty Woman: The Musical
Favorite Leading Actor in a Play: Daniel Radcliffe, The Lifespan of a Fact
Favorite Leading Actress in a Musical: Eva Noblezada, Hadestown
Favorite Leading Actress in a Play: Kerry Washington, American Son
Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical: George Salazar, Be More Chill
Favorite Featured Actor in a Play: Jeremy Jordan, American Son
Favorite Featured Actress in a Musical: Orfeh, Pretty Woman: The Musical
Favorite Featured Actress in a Play: Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill a Mockingbird
Favorite Funny Performance: Stephanie Hsu, Be More Chill
Favorite Diva Performance: Orfeh, Pretty Woman: The Musical
Favorite Onstage Pair: Will Roland & George Salazar, Be More Chill
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male): Ephraim Sykes, Ain't Too Proud
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female): Stephanie Styles, Kiss Me, Kate
Favorite Replacement (Male): Jeremy Jordan, Waitress
Favorite Replacement (Female): Jessica Vosk, Wicked
Favorite New Song: "Wait For Me", Hadestown

Ceremonies[]

Audiences who have attended Broadway shows vote for their top five choices in each category, and the five most popular votes become that categories' nominee. The same people then vote from that group of five, and the final choice becomes that categories' winner. However, the nominee voting was not added until 2005, and initially people only voted once. After the voting, the winners are announced in an online Broadway.com article, and a VIP awards ceremony and cocktail reception has been held annually since 2011 about a week afterwards. Although the event is not open to the public, Broadway.com reporters to film interviews with the winners, who are also photographed with their awards. However, they don't get to keep their awards just yet, as they are taken away to be engraved. They are mailed to each winner's respective theater about a week afterwards.^{[citation needed]}