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National Broadway Theatre Awards

The League of American Theatres & Producers conferred the first National Broadway Theatre Awards May 21st at The Supper Club, NYC. The awards, which honor performers and creative talent involved with touring Broadway shows, is the first national fan-driven theatre award to be conducted via the internet.

This spring theatre-goers around the country were asked to log on to the NBTA website (www.NationalBroadwayAwards.com) and 'play favorites.' Harris Interactive, the presidential polling organization, tailored the ballots to reflected the specific productions that played in the vicinity of each voter. Ballots were analyzed and the results were weighted based on the total number of voters in each market and the percentage of votes for each nominee. 30 Broadway shows touring during the 2000-2001 season were eligible to participate in this first NBTA. Nearly 15,000 theatre-lovers registered to vote either on line or via mail-in ballots provided by Variety and distributed in theatres around the country.

BEST MUSICAL
RAGTIME (Producer: SFX Theatrical Group)

BEST PLAY
DAME EDNA: The Royal Tour (Author: Barry Humphries; Producers: Leonard Soloway, Chase Mishkin, Steven M. Levy, Jonathan Reinis)

BEST ACTOR
Musical DAVID PITTU as 'Leo Frank' (Parade)

BEST ACTOR
Play BARRY HUMPHRIES as 'Dame Edna' ("Dame Edna: The Royal Tour")

BEST ACTRESS
Musical LOUISE PITRE as 'Donna Sheridan' ("Mamma Mia!")

BEST ACTRESS
Play SHERRI PARKER LEE (Performer) ("The Vagina Monologues")

BEST SONG IN A MUSICAL
"'TIL WE REACH THAT DAY" (1st Act Finale) Music: Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens ("Ragtime")

BEST SCORE
Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics: Alain Boublil, English Lyrics: Herbert Kretzmer ("Les Misérables")

BEST DIRECTION
SAM MENDES & ROB MARSHALL ("Cabaret")

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
BOB FOSSE ("Fosse")

BEST VISUAL PRESENTATION
Scenic Design: STANLEY A. MEYER, Lighting Design: NATASHA KATZ (Disney's "Beauty and the Beast")

BEST COSTUMES
ANN HOULD-WARD (Disney's "Beauty and the Beast")

The shows participating in first annual NATIONAL BROADWAY THEATRE AWARDS are:
ANNIE
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
BARRY MANILOW'S COPACABANA
CABARET
CHICAGO
CINDERELLA
THE CIVIL WAR
DAME EDNA: THE ROYAL TOUR
DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
FAME - THE MUSICAL
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
FOSSE
THE GATHERING
KING HEDLEY II
LES MISERABLES
MAMMA MIA!
MAN OF LA MANCHA
MISS SAIGON
PARADE
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
RAGTIME
RENT
RIVERDANCE - THE SHOW
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
SHOW BOAT
STOMP
SWING!
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES

NUMBER OF NBTA AWARDS PER SHOW:
2 - RAGTIME
2 - DAME EDNA: The Royal Tour
2 - DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
1 - PARADE
1 - MAMMA MIA!
1 - THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
1 - LES MISERABLES
1 - CABARET
1 - FOSSE

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