Bernard Telsey and his associates took home three awards at the 24th Artios Awards for excellence in casting, awarded on November 10 at ceremonies held in New York hosted by Julie Halston and Los Angeles hosted by Neil Patrick Harris. Presented yearly by the Casting Society of America, the awards are given on the criteria of originality, creativity and the contribution of casting to the overall quality of a project. The complete list of New York winners are as follows:
Broadway Theater, Drama: Bernard Telsey/Will Cantler, The Homecoming
Broadway Theater, Comedy: Jim Carnahan, Boeing-Boeing
Broadway Theater, Musical: Bernard Telsey/Bethany Knox, In the Heights
Off Broadway, Comedy/Drama/Musical: James Calleri, The Seagull
Regional Theater L.O.R.T.: Will Cantler/Bernard Telsey, 33 Variations
Daytime Series: Judy Blye Wilson, All My Children
The New York Apple Award: Thomas Schumacher
Celebrity guest presenters in New York included Bryan Batt, Jason Biggs, Robert Buckley, Danny Burstein, Bobby Cannavale, Jennifer Ehle, John Gallagher Jr., Gavin Lee, Norm Lewis, Rebecca Luker, Jesse L. Martin, Alan Menken, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Gretchen Mol, James Naughton, Kristin Schall, Sherie Renee Scott, Paolo Szot, Michael Urie, the cast the off-Broadway play Black Watch and As The World Turns stars Van Hansis and Jake Silbermann.