VOTE: BroadwayWorld Awards highlight CCM excellence

This year in the Cincinnati BroadwayWorld Awards, CCM students and faculty are nominated 20 times in 11 categories —including Best Musical, Best Opera, Best Choreography, Best Sound Design and more!

CCM alumni and faculty members also earned nominations in nine different categories of the Off-Broadway BroadwayWorld Awards. These include multiple CCM-affiliated nominations for the Off-Broadway productions of Walking with Bubbles and A Musical About Star Wars.

Voting is free and open to the public through Dec. 31, 2023. You can vote for CCM's student and faculty nominees in the 2023 BroadwayWorld Cincinnati Awards here and vote for our alumni and faculty nominees in the 2023 BroadwayWorld Off-Broadway Awards here.

Below, check out the students, alumni and faculty who are nominated for this year. The awards honor productions which had their first performance between Oct. 1, 2022 and Sept. 30, 2023.

CCM's production of Spring Awakening (directed by Hannah Ryan, guest artist) and CCM’s production of Fellow Travelers (co-directed by former CCM Opera Professor Greg Eldridge and CCM student Daria Zholnerova) both received nominations for Best Ensemble, Best Music Direction, Best Direction and Best Scenic Design. CCM's production of Something Rotten! (directed and choreographed by CCM Musical Theatre professor Diane Lala) received a nomination for Best Choreography of a Play or Musical.

Best Ensemble

• Spring Awakening; learn more about CCM's production
• Fellow Travelers; learn more about CCM's production

Best Musical

• Spring Awakening

Best Production of an Opera

• Fellow Travelers

Best Music Direction & Orchestra Performance

• Julie Spangler+, Musical Director for Spring Awakening
• William Langley, Alumni Guest Conductor for Fellow Travelers

Best Performer in a Musical

• Erik Nordstrom*, who played Hawkins Fuller in Fellow Travelers
• Henry Benson*, who played Timothy Laughlin in Fellow Travelers
• Logan Wagner*, who played Timothy Laughlin in Fellow Travelers
• Michael Pandolfo, Alumni Guest Artist who played Hawkins Fuller in Fellow Travelers

Best Direction of a Musical

• Hannah Ryan, Director of Spring Awakening
• Greg Eldridge and Daria Zholnerova*, Co-Directors of Fellow Travelers
• Brant Russell+, Director of As You Like It at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; view the production website

Best Choreography of a Play or Musical

• Diana Lala+, Director and Choreographer of Something Rotten!; learn more about CCM's production

Best Scenic Design of a Play or Musical

• Mark Halpin+, Scenic Designer for Fellow Travelers
• Charlie Calvert+, Scenic Designer for Spring Awakening

Best Costume Design of a Play or Musical

• Brittanie McKenna Travis*, Costume Designer for Fellow Travelers

Best Lighting Design of a Play or Musical

• Baron Leon*, Lighting Designer for Fellow Travelers

Best Sound Design of a Play or Musical

• Kaitlin Barnett*, Sound Designer for Fellow Travelers

*CCM Student
+ CCM Faculty

CCM alumni and faculty members were also included in BroadwayWorld's award nominations for Off-Broadway productions. Those nominations include:

Best Direction of a Musical

• Professor Emeritus Richard Hess, Director of Walking With Bubbles at AMT Theater; view the production website

Best Lighting Design

• Aiden Bezark~, Lighting Designer on A Musical About Star Wars at AMT Theater; view the production website

Best New Book of a Musical

• Jessica Hendy~, Walking With Bubbles at AMT Theater; view the production website

Best New Musical

• Walking With Bubbles at AMT Theater; view the production website

Best New Score of a Musical

• Brianna Barnes~, Walking With Bubbles at AMT Theater; view the production website

Best Production of a New Musical

• A Musical About Star Wars at AMT Theater; view the production website

Best Scenic Design

• Mark Halpin+, Walking With Bubbles at AMT Theater; view the production website
• Mark Halpin+, A Musical About Star Wars at AMT Theater; view the production website

Best Solo Performance (Non-Cabaret)

• Jessica Hendy~, Walking With Bubbles at AMT Theater; view the production website

Best Performance in a Musical (Off-Broadway)

• Stone Mountain~, A Musical About Star Wars at AMT Theater; view the production website
• Jessica Hendy~, Walking With Bubbles at AMT Theater; view the production website

+ CCM Faculty 
~ CCM Alumni

Featured image at the top: CCM's production of Fellow Travelers. Photo by Mark Lyons.