Tony Nominees Robert Fairchild, Leanne Cope, Christian Borle & More Receive 2015 Astaire Award Nominations

Tony nominees Robert Fairchild, Leanne Cope, Christian Borle, Annaleigh Ashford, Tony Yazbeck, Alex Sharp and more are among the 2015 Astaire Award nominees. Additionally, Tony and Oscar winner Joel Grey and Finding Neverland producer Harvey Weinstein have been chosen to receive the special Lifetime Achievement Award and the Outstanding Contribution to Musical Theatre and Film Award, respectively.

The Astaire Awards is the only awards show to honor excellence in dance and choreography on Broadway and in film and were first started in 1982 by the late Fred Astaire and the late Douglas Watt. The 33rd Annual Fred and Adele Astaire Awards will be held on June 1 at NYU’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.

See below for the full list of nominees.

Best Female Dancer
Annaleigh Ashford, You Can't Take it With You
Leanne Cope, An American in Paris
Jill Paice, An American in Paris
Megan Fairchild, On the Town
Erin Davie, Side Show
Emily Padgett, Side Show
XiaoChuan Xie, The King and I
Melanie Moore, Finding Neverland

Best Male Dancer
Robert Fairchild, An American in Paris
Clyde Alves, On the Town
Tony Yazbeck, On the Town
Jay Armstrong Johnson, On the Town
Phillip Attmore, On the Twentieth Century
Rick Faugno, On the Twentieth Century
Drew King, On the Twentieth Century
Richard Riaz Yoder, On the Twentieth Century
Christian Borle, Something Rotten!
Alex Sharp, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Best Choreographer
Christopher Wheeldon, An American in Paris
Joshua Bergasse, On the Town
Christopher Gattelli, The King and I
Warren Carlyle, On the Twentieth Century
Casey Nicholaw, Something Rotten!
Scott Graham & Steven Hoggett for Frantic Assembly, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Steven Hoggett, The Last Ship
Mia Michaels, Finding Neverland