The 2013 My Theatre Award Winners: Boston

Another Awards season closes, but this year marked a special year for the Boston theatre community. For the first time ever, the Boston My Theatre Branch offered Boston-exclusive awards to a number of outstanding performers, playwrights, directors, designers, and productions. The Boston My Theatre Branch is growing at an exponential rate, thanks to the diverse readership, passionate reviewing staff, and thriving Boston theatre companies.

On Tuesday, March 25, 2014, we also offered our First Annual Boston My Theatre Awards Bash to announce and honor our 2013 Boston My Theatre Award Winners, but, more importantly, to celebrate our many Nominees, discuss upcoming projects, and socialize over delicious cocktails at Boston’s Club Café. We had a spectacular attendance, especially for our first year, with jokes, speeches, and laughs throughout the evening. We were even honored to host two past nominees: Sarah Gazdowicz and Juliet Bowler; thank you both for presenting some of our Awards that evening. While the event only lasted for the cocktail hour, many of our attendees chose to stay much later, mingling and meeting old and new friends. Thank you to all who came and supported the many Nominees and their work.

Any production that one of the Boston My Theatre staff reviewed in 2013 was eligible for an award. In January 2014, we announced our Nominees and, in the following months, more than 30 of our Boston Nominees participated in our annual Nominee Interview Series. You can read these interviews by clicking on the Nominees’ names below.

The decisions were, indeed, very tough to make. Based on our readers’ votes, our staff selections, and editors’ picks, our 2013 Boston My Theatre Award Winners were selected. With Equity and high school performers, Broadway stars and graduating college students, this year’s Winners were as diverse as the productions. You can read each review by clicking on the production’s title below.

Thank you all for supporting the Boston My Theatre Branch. We are very excited to introduce 3 new staff writers since November, expand our coverage with a monthly “Must See” feature, and review more than 50 productions from January 2014 to March 2014!

10153407_831250310691_720726455_n 2 — Best Choreography nominees Larry Sousa, Ilyse Robbins & Rachel Bertone at The Boston My Theatre Awards

Next, we hope to add more dedicated and diverse staff writers (if you have suggestions, please have him or her email brian@myentertainmentworld.ca with a brief cover letter and writing sample); introduce our “Coming Soon” feature, in which we discuss the upcoming 2014-2015 as some of our local Boston theatre companies release their lists (if interested in having your theatre company featured, please send an email to brian@myentertainmentworld.ca); and offer more competitive and diverse awards (Professional vs. Fringe vs. University? Best Sound Design? Best Featured Ensemble? Best Student Actor/Actress? Who and what should be nominated for 2014?).

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Without explanation or introduction, we are proud to once again name our 2013 Nominees and announce our 2013 Winners (in red):