The Broadway League announced winners of the 2009 Touring Broadway Awards at the organization’s annual Spring Road Conference May 4 in New York. Sirius XM Radio host Seth Rudetsky officiated.
The awards, presented since 2009, honor excellence among broadway shows currently on tour and recognize those who promote and present the shows. Winners were:
- Best New Touring Musical
Legally Blonde the Musical - Best Touring Play
Frost/Nixon
- Best Design of a Touring Production
Legally Blonde the Musical
- Best Musical Score of a Touring Production
Spring Awakening
- Best Direction of a Touring Production
Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening
- Best Choreography of a Touring Production
Jerry Mitchell, Legally Blonde the Musical
- Best Long-Running Touring Musical
Wicked
- Touring Broadway Achievement Award
Bill Miller
- Touring Broadway Audience Choice Awardl
Wicked
- Outstanding Achievement in Presenter Management
Colleen Jennings-Roggensack
- Outstanding Achievement in Road Marketing
Michael Kilgore
- Distinguished Lifetime Service Award
Alecia Parker
- Star of Broadway Touring Awards
Robert Baudendistel and Mary Strauss
Carmen Finestra
Stanley D. Gardner
Greg Moody
- League Educator Apple Award
Donald Hicken, Baltimore School for the Arts
Dr. Janet Scaglione, University of South Flordia