Let's Play 2022 Awards
Let’s Play 2022 Top Plays
Relentless – Timeline Theater
LP Top Performance: Xavier Edward King
Great Performance: Ayanna Bria Bakari
Clyde’s – Goodman Theater
LP Top Performance: Danielle Davis
Great Performance: Reza Salazar
The Notebook – Shakespeare Theatre
LP Top Performance: Jordan Tyson
Great Performance: John Cardoza
Good Night Oscar – Goodman Theatre
LP Top Performance: Sean Hayes
Great Performance: Ben Rappaport
Rent – Porchlight Theater
LP Top Performance: Josh Pablo Szabo
Great Performance: Eric Lewis
The Chinese Lady - Timeline Theatre
LP Top Performance: Mi Kang
Great Performance: Glenn Obrero
Cullud Wattah - Written by Erika Dickerson-Despenza / Directed by Lili-Anne Brown
LP Top Performance: Brianna Buckley
Great Performance: Sydney Charles
Stew - Shattered Globe Theatre
LP Top Performance: Velma Austin
Great Performance: Jazzma Pryor
Two Trains Running – Court Theatre
LP Top Performance: A.C. Smith
Great Performance: Ronald L.Conner
The Garbologists – Northlight Theatre
LP Top Performance: Tiffany Renee Johnson
Great Performance: Luigi Sottile
To Kill A Mockingbird - James M. Nederlander Theatre
LP Top Performance: Melanie Moore
Great Performance: Richard Thomas
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - Mercury Theater Chicago
LP Top Performance: Shaun White
Great Performance: Josh Houghton
Dear Jack, Dear Louise – Northlight Theatre
LP Top Performance: Casey Hoekstra
Great Performance: Sarah Price
Trouble in Mind – Timeline Theatre
LP Top Performance: Shariba Rivers
Great Performance: Charles Stransky
Arsenic and Old Lace - Court Theatre
LP Top Performance: Eric Gerard
Great Performance: Celeste Williams
Blue Heaven – Black Ensemble Theater
LP Top Performance: Miciah Lathan
Great Performance: Aaron Reese Boseman
Fences - American Blues Theater
LP Top Performance: Kamal Angelo Bolden
Great Performance: Shanésia Davis
The Magnolia Ballet - The Den Theatre
LP Top Performance: Terry Guest
Great Performance: Ben Sulzberger
Murder On The Orient Express - Drury Lane Theater
LP Top Performance: Sean Bake
Great Performance: Janice Ulrich Brooks
The Sound of Music - Marriott Theatre
LP Top Performance: Addie Morales
Great Performance: Archer Geye
Top Theater Performance – Writers Theater
Pearl's Rollin' With The Blues -Felicia P. Fields
Top Broadway Plays
The Lion King
Wicked
Six
To Kill A Mockingbird - Winner
Loosely based on Lee's observations of her family, her neighbors, and an event that occurred near her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, in 1936, this production was exhilarating and an exceptional work of theater.
Top Dramatic Plays:
The Chinese Lady
Cullud Wattah - Winner
We can only hope that Erika Dickerson-Despenza and
Lili-Anne Brown team up again to bring this amazing play back to Chicago.
LP 2022 Funniest Plays
It Came From Outer Space
Clue - Winner
It’s a masterpiece of comedy.
LP 2022 Top Children Play
Lookingglass Alice
This high-wire, acrobatic play thrilled the audience and was insanely witty and brilliantly entertaining.
LP Top Musicals
Elf
The Notebook
Rent
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Moulin Rouge - Chicago
The Prom
LP 2022 Best Musical
The Notebook
From beginning to end, this musical love story was superb.
Small Theater Production Award - Dreamers Yolo Theater
Ends – David Alex
This socio-political drama is thoroughly engaging.
Best New York Play
Moulin Rouge
MJ The Musical - Winner
Myles Frost’s performance as MJ blew us away. It was like you were looking at the King of Pop on stage.
LP Best Moulin Rouge: New York vs. Chicago
New York
We enjoyed both plays, however, New York's overall performance narrowly beat out Chicago’s Moulin Rouge.
LP Top Wisconsin / Indiana Play
Titanic
Broadway-like singing that was brilliantly performed at The Rep., made this play tops on our list.
The Reclamation of Madison Hemings - The Indiana Repertory Theatre
This provocative play directed by Ron O.J Parson featured David Alan Anderson and Brian Anthony Wilson provided the audience with a gripping storyline about history, family, and the abolishment of slavery.
