Ok, so . . . I had a feeling The Ghostlight Awards would be popular (a job of a producer is to do things that they think are going to be popular, of course), but I had no flippin’ idea how popular they would be!  (If you just joined the blog, and aren’t sure what they are – they’re the awards for all the people that don’t have awards – click here to read more.)

We got gobs of submissions for all of our backstage and front of house employees, from Stagehand to Stage Door Person.  We got so many that we couldn’t even get them all counted and sorted by last Friday (when we were supposed to announce the nominations) and had to spend the weekend making sure we counted right!

My assistant and her team of interns have double and triple checked all the submissions and I am proud to say that we have our slate of nominees for the 1st annual Ghostlight Awards!

We don’t have Kristin Chenoweth to announce them on NY1 (yet), so let’s just get to ’em.

Here they are!

 

Best Box Office Staff Member:

Matt Fearon – Jersey Boys – August Wilson Theatre

Rodney Giebler – Matilda – Shubert Theatre

Alexis Greer Bond – The Cripple of Inishmaan – Cort Theatre

Tim Moran – The Bridges of Madison County – The Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre

Geoffrey Nixon – Casa Valentina – Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

 

Best Child Guardian:

Shanna Allison – Mothers and Sons – John Golden Theatre

Jenna Bauman – Act One – Vivian Beaumont Theatre

Thomas Bradfield – Pippin – Music Box Theatre

Bridget Mills – Kinky Boots – Al Hirschfeld Theatre

Jill Valentine – Annie – Palace Theatre

 

Best Company Manager:

Kate Egan – Rocky – Winter Garden Theatre

Scott Ellis – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Stephen Sondheim Theatre

Erin Moeller – Casa Valentina – Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

Susan Sampliner – Wicked – Gershwin Theatre

Roseanna Sharrow – Cabaret – Studio 54

 

Best Concessions/Bar Staff:

Vinnie Costa – Once – Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre

Zac Denhamn – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Stephen Sondheim Theatre

Eric Pagan – Aladdin – New Amsterdam Theatre

Jeremy Plyburn – The Book of Mormon – Eugene O’Neill Theatre

Andrew Sanford – The Realistic Joneses – Lyceum Theatre

 

Best Dance Captain:

Graham Bowen – The Book Of Mormon – Eugene O’Neill Theatre

James Brown III – Rocky – Winter Garden Theatre

Michael Mindlin – Aladdin – New Amsterdam Theatre

Brad Musgrove – Pippin – Music Box Theatre

Sara Sheperd – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Stephen Sondheim Theatre

 

Best Dresser:

Fran Curry – The Bridges of Madison County – Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre

Carrie Kamerer – Aladdin – New Amsterdam Theatre

Leslie Moulton – Aladdin – New Amsterdam Theatre

Kathe Mull – Wicked – Gershwin Theatre

Thelma Laretta Pollard – The Phantom of the Opera – Majestic Theatre

 

Best House Manager:

Michael Composto – The Book of Mormon – Eugene O’Neill Theatre

Susan Elrod – A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder – Walter Kerr Theatre

Jim Joseph – Casa Valentina – Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

Johannah-Joy Magyawe – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Stephen Sondheim Theatre

Tim Pettolina – If/Then – Richard Rodgers Theatre

 

Best Merchandise Seller:

Lucas Camp – Newsies – Nederlander Theatre

Heather Card – Aladdin – New Amsterdam Theatre

Clint Escandell – Aladdin – New Amsterdam Theatre

Jeff Knizner – The Lion King – Minskoff Theatre

Paul Moon – Wicked – Gershwin Theatre

 

Best Musician:

David Evans – Wicked – Gershwin Theatre

Philip Fortenberry – Rocky – Winter Garden Theatre

Matt Hinkley – First Date & Violet – Longacre Theatre & American Airlines Theatre

Sean McDaniel – Violet – American Airlines Theatre

Trevor Neumann – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Stephen Sondheim Theatre

 

Best Musical Director:

Charlie Alterman – Pippin – Music Box Theatre

Chris Fenwick – Rocky – Winter Garden Theatre

Jason Howland – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Stephen Sondheim Theatre

Brian Usifer – Kinky Boots – Al Hirschfeld Theatre

Daryl Waters – After Midnight – Brooks Atkinson Theatre

 

Best Stage Door Person:

Rose Alaio – Matilda – Shubert Theatre

Neil Perez – Kinky Boots – Al Hirschfeld Theatre

Eddie Peterson – Annie – Palace Theatre

Christine Snyder – Jersey Boys – August Wilson Theatre

Rita Wozniak – Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark – Lyric Theatre

 

Best Stagehand:

McBrien Dunbar – Rocky – Winter Garden Theatre

Chad Hershey – Cinderella – Broadway Theatre

Jocelyn Smith – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Stephen Sondheim Theatre

Adam Smolnski – Act One – Vivian Beaumont Theatre

Rob Presley – The Cripple of Inishmaan – Cort Theatre

 

Best Stage Manager:

Lisa Dawn Cave – Rocky – Winter Garden Theatre

Matt DiCarlo – Rock of Ages – Helen Hayes Theatre

Bess Glorioso – Once – Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre

Michael Passaro – Pippin – Music Box Theatre

Ron Vodicka – The Lion King – Minskoff Theatre

 

Best Usher:

Rob Abud – Casa Valentina – Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

T.J. D’Angelo – A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder – Walter Kerr Theatre

Megan Duffy – Aladdin – New Amsterdam Theatre

Josh Garcia – Aladdin – New Amsterdam Theatre

Sarah Pauley – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Stephen Sondheim Theatre

 

 

Congratulations to all of the nominees!  You obviously love what you do and do it well, because you’ve got a lot of friends out there willing to speak up about your skills.

And now that we’ve narrowed the field, it’s time to vote!

Click here to vote for the winners of The 1st Annual Ghostlight Awards!  And turn out the vote for your favorite peeps!  We’ll announce the winners here on the blog on May 27th.

Good luck to everyone and thanks for participating!

VOTE FOR THE GHOSTLIGHT AWARDS HERE.

 

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What a great group of nominees! If you missed the list of awardees, check out my post From Their OwnMouths: The Ghostlight Awards Acceptance Speeches, to see the full list of winners and their speeches.

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