Yesterday, Time Out New York announced the results of its Time In Awards for those “who made our homebound lives bearable over the past three months.” New Yorkers voted for honors in four categories: Homebound Stars, Food & Drink Heroes, Arts & Entertainment Saviors, and Community Champions. You can see the full list of winners and nominees on the Time Out website. In addition to the arts awards, there were two theatrical winners in the Homebound Stars category. The Radio City Rockettes’ free dance classes won the Quar Wellness Award for best health offering, and Marie’s Crisis virtual piano bar won the Get Lit at Home Award for favorite online party.
In the Arts & Entertainment Saviors category, the Digital Babysitter Award for best kid-friendly virtual offering went to The Lion King Experience: At Home, while Lincoln Center’s #ConcertsforKids was among the nominees. The Archive Treasure Award for best archival performance streaming series went to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Ailey All Access. Nominees for that award included Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Shows Must Go On!, HERE Arts Center’s HERE@Home, Metropolitan Opera’s nightly Met Opera stream, and London’s National Theatre at Home series.
The Virtual Stage Award for best live play reading went to Buyer & Cellar, presented by Pride Plays and Broadway.com, starring Michael Urie. Nominees included Molly Sweeney from Irish Repertory Theatre, The Oedipus Project from Theater of War Productions, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife from Plays in the House, and What Do We Need to Talk About? from the Public Theater.
The Cyber Showtune Award for best digital performance of a musical-theater song went to “Alexander Hamilton” by the original cast of Hamilton. Nominees included Jake Gyllenhaal’s “Across the Way” (written for him by Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire as part of the 24 Hour Plays’ Viral Monologues), “The Ballad of Czolgosz” sung by Ethan Slater and the CSC company of Assassins, “Tomorrow” with Andrea McArdle and other Annie friends, and “You Can’t Stop the Beat” sung by past cast members of Hairspray.