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 Lead Actor in a Male Role in a Musical


Seger Ott-Rudolph, Albert Einstein High School, My Favorite Year
Aidan Furey, Bishop Ireton High School, The Music Man
Alexander Cox, Centreville High School, Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka
Elijah Beeler, Clarksburg High School, Once on This Island
Moyo Ifafore, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Animal Farm
Jimmy Benjamin, Falls Church High School, Chicago: Teen Edition
Oscar Larios, Gainesville High School, Seussical
Josh Wise, Herndon High School, Kiss Me, Kate
MJ Quizon, John R. Lewis High School, Legally Blonde The Musical
Elijah Kassa, Justice High School, Pippin
Nathan Bass, McLean High School, Claudio Quest
Noah Mayfield, Quince Orchard High School, Anastasia: The Musical
Judah Widzer, Robinson Secondary School, Disney’s Descendants: The Musical
Jackson Berg, 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
Henry Carter, South Lakes High School, Bright Star
Joel Crump, St. Andrew's Episcopal School, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Max Gehlhoff, St. Stephen's and St. Agnes, Mamma Mia!
Prajeet Chitty, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Pippin
Joseph Akinyoyenu, Walt Whitman High School, Legally Blonde The Musical
Nick Frazier, West Springfield High School, Something Rotten!

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