Best Natural Hair

Patrick Ball, “Becky Shaw”

Best Lack of Hair

Mark Strong, “Oedipus”

Best Wig Glow-Up

Celine Dion, “Titanique”

Worst Wig

All, “Beaches”

The “Illinoise” Award for Choreography That Makes Me Giddy

Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat sequence when they all jostle on the subway, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”

The Good Sport Award for Audience Participant Who Immediately Regrets It

First volunteer in “Every Brilliant Thing” who has to kill Harry Potter’s dog

Yondr Pouch Award for “Oh Wait, There’s Nudity?”

TIE: “Liberation” and “Bug”

The Moment I Still Talk About In Therapy Award

F. Murray Abraham’s cowboy song, “The Queen of Versailles”

Award for a Single Scene That Redeems a Meh First Act

When the main guy knocks over the glass of water, “Punch”

The “I Stand Corrected” Award for Performer Who Lives Up to the Hype”

Cynthia Nixon, “Marjorie Prime”

Award for Playing Against Type But It Isn’t Believable

Lauren Patten being attracted to men, “Becky Shaw”

Understudy You Are Praying Is on Tonight Instead of the Principal Award

TIE: Anania, “The Rocky Horror Show,” and Sherie Rene Scott, “The Queen of Versailles”

Physical Comedy Award for Someone Who Definitely Studied Clowning 

Stephanie Hsu,”The Rocky Horror Show”

The “Hello Dolly” Award for Being Iconic and Hilarious Whilst Eating Food on Stage

Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara, “Fallen Angels”

Greatest Use of Mouth, Teeth and/or Jaw for Comedic Effect

McKenzie Kurtz, “Schmigadoon!”

The Marla Mindelle Award for Accurate-But-Not-Too-Accurate Diva Impersonating

Jeff Hiller as Cher, “Celebrity Autobiography”

Phoning-It-In Award for “Really, That’s It?”

TIE: Set designers of “Mamma Mia” and Aaron Tveit’s performance of “One Night in Bangkok”

The “Hadestown” Gasp Award for Audibly Shocked Audience Reaction

Joshua Henry leaving the library, “Ragtime”

Closing Before Its Time Award

“Death Becomes Her”

Closing Early But It Was Time Award

“Rob Lake Magic featuring The Muppets”

Award for Visual Trickery Where I Genuinely Couldn’t See How It Was Done

“The Lost Boys”

Award for Visual Trickery Where 70% of the Audience Could See How It Was Done 

“Rob Lake Magic featuring The Muppets”

Award for Minimalist Set Design That Was Ingenious 

“Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York)”

Award for Minimalist Set Design That Was Just Lazy

TIE: “Titanique” and “Death of a Salesman”

Best Play to Take Your Parents To

“The Balusters,” for relatable characters and the theater has elevators

Worst Play to Take Your Parents To

“Prince Faggot,” because it’s just too much to explain kink or reclaiming slurs to them

Biggest Snub for a Show I Didn’t See

Kara Young, “Proof” – I mean, she’s been nominated four years in a row, why not another?

The “If Only She Could Read This and Know She Won SOMETHING” Award

Lea Michele, “Chess”

Surprisingly Best Behaved Audience

Weekday school group matinee at “Ragtime”

Worst Behaved Audience

Those ladies at “Mamma Mia!” who kept singing, which led to that guy making a scene in front of his teenage nieces

Best Intermission Playlist

House remixes of Andrew Lloyd Webber classics, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”

Most Satisfying Intermission Snack

Small can of Pringles AND a bag of Sour Patch Kids