Please note that the listings below are NOT nominations. The following names are the choices the critics made on Cappies show night. These names will be the names on the ballot from which the top five nominees will be selected.

2022-2023 Season Critics Choices for Vocalist in a Male Role


Seger Ott-Rudolph, Albert Einstein High School, My Favorite Year
Naeem Scott, Alexandria City High School, Sister Act
Aidan McNerney, Bishop Ireton High School, The Music Man
Madelyn Regan, Centreville High School, Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka
Elijah Beeler, Clarksburg High School, Once on This Island
Abdullah Muhammad, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Animal Farm
Nate Smith, Fairfax High School, Sister Act
Luis Silva, Falls Church High School, Chicago: Teen Edition
Isabella Lacson, Gainesville High School, Seussical
Josh Wise, Herndon High School, Kiss Me, Kate
Simon Johnson, James Madison High School, Much Ado About Nothing
Jefferson Quinones-Hernandez, John R. Lewis High School, Legally Blonde The Musical
John Blackadar III, Justice High School, Pippin
Nathan Bass, McLean High School, Claudio Quest
Warren Stone, Osbourn Park High School, Mean Girls High School Version
John Lewis, Quince Orchard High School, Anastasia: The Musical
Judah Widzer, Robinson Secondary School, Disney’s Descendants: The Musical
Alec Ramer, Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School, Rodgers and Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA!
Zach Smith, South County High School, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
August Rivers, South Lakes High School, Bright Star
Joel Crump, St. Andrew's Episcopal School, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
August Moon, St. Stephen's and St. Agnes, Mamma Mia!
Prajeet Chitty, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Pippin
Carson Stadler, Wakefield High School, Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
Joseph Akinyoyenu, Walt Whitman High School, Legally Blonde The Musical
Nicholas Brunson, West Springfield High School, Something Rotten!

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