Broadway.com Audience Awards

The Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards are community chosen awards honouring the year's Broadway and off-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: Ruth Williamson, 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: Janine La Manna, 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: Shirl Berhneim, 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): Devin 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

Ceremonies

Audiences vote for their top five choices in each category, and the five most popular votes become that categories' nominee. 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.