Buena Vista Social Club, Jonathan Groff, Robyn Hurder, More Receive Chita Rivera Award Nominations
Named for the late Broadway icon, the awards celebrate dance and choreographic excellence on stage and screen.
Company of Buena Vista Social Club
Matthew Murphy
Nominations are out for this year’s Chita Rivera Awards! The awards celebrate dance and choreographic excellence and achievement. It is named after late Tony winner Chita Rivera, who originated some of Broadway’s best-known dance-heavy lead roles, such as Anita in West Side Story and Velma in Chicago.
This year, the Chita Rivera Awards will honor Ben Vereen with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Winners will be named at a May 19 ceremony at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.
Read the full list of nominees below:
Outstanding Choreography in a Broadway Show
Joshua Bergasse, Smash
Warren Carlyle, Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Patricia Delgado / Justin Peck, Buena Vista Social Club
Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her
Shannon Lewis, Just In Time
Jerry Mitchell, Boop! The Musical
Rickey Tripp / DeWitt Fleming, Jr., A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical
Outstanding Dancer in a Broadway Show
Angélica Beliard, Buena Vista Social Club
Kevin Csolak, Gypsy
Carlos Falú, Buena Vista Social Club
DeWitt Fleming, Jr., A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical
Jonathan Groff, Just In Time
Robyn Hurder, Smash
Héctor Juan Maisonet, Buena Vista Social Club
Ilda Mason, Buena Vista Social Club
Marielys Molina, Buena Vista Social Club
Jasmine Amy Rogers, Boop! The Musical
Outstanding Ensemble in a Broadway Show
A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical
Boop! The Musical
Buena Vista Social Club
Death Becomes Her
Just In Time
Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Smash
Outstanding Choreography in a Feature Film
A Nice Indian Boy, Choreographers: Zina D. Mello, Breanna English,
Christian Lagasse
Emilia Perez, Choreographer: Damien Jalet
Sh’ma: A Story of Survival, Choreographer: Suki John
Snow White, Choreographer: Mandy Moore
Wicked, Part 1, Choreographer: Christopher Scott
Outstanding Direction of a Dance Documentary
A Resilient Man, Director: Stephane Carrel
Better Man, Director: Michael Gracey
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story, Director: Bruce David Klein
Two Roads, Director: Susan Wittenberg
Who Cares About Pal Frenak, Director: Gloria Halasz
The event is being produced by Joe Lanteri, founder and executive director of the New York City Dance Alliance Foundation, in association with Patricia Watt. It will benefit the NYC Dance Alliance Foundation College Scholarship Program. Founded in 2010, the scholarship has awarded $4 million to more than 400 dancers represented in 42 of the most prestigious college dance programs in the country.
This year’s awarding committee is chaired by Sylviane Gold, Gary Chryst, Robert LaFosse, Donna McKechnie, Wendy Perron, Stephanie Pope, and Lee Roy Reams.
Broadway and film categories each have a separate nominating committee that oversees the nominations. This year’s Broadway nominating committee included Melinda Atwood, Caitlin Carter, Gary Chryst, Don Correia, Sandy Duncan, Peter Filichia, Dr. Louis Galli, Sylviane Gold, Jonathan Herzog, Robert La Fosse, Joe Lanteri, Donna McKechnie, Michael Milton, Mary Beth O’Connor, Wendy Perron, Stephanie Pope, Lee Roy Reams, Desmond Richardson, Andy Sandberg, and Randy Skinner.
