Photo Coverage: Actors' Equity Association Presents BEAUTIFUL Ensemble ACCA Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus

By: Jun. 18, 2014
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Actors' Equity Association ("AEA" or Equity) just presented Beautiful - The Carole King Musical with the eighth annual "ACCA" Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus. Presented by Equity's Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs (ACCA), the ACCA Award is the only industry accolade of its kind to honor the distinctive talents and contributions made by the original chorus members of a Broadway musical.

The winners of the 2014 ACCA Award - all of whom were part of the Beautiful chorus on the musical's January 12 Broadway opening night - are Ashley Blanchet, E. Clayton Cornelious, Josh Davis, Alysha Deslorieux, Kevin Duda, James Harkness, Carly Hughes, Sara King, Rebecca LaChance, Douglas Lyons, Chris Peluso, Gabrielle Reid, Arbender J. Robinson, Rashidra Scott, Sara Sheperd, Melvin Tunstall, and Alan Wiggins.

In reviewing the chorus of each Broadway musical that opened during the 2013-14 theatrical season, ACCA considered the chorus requirements made by each show's director, choreographer and musical director; the caliber of technical skill used to execute those requirements; and the unique contributions made by the entire chorus to the overall production.

Past Broadway chorus recipients of the ACCA Award are Legally Blonde (2007), In the Heights (2008), West Side Story (2009), Fela! (2010), The Scottsboro Boys (2011), Newsies (2012) and Pippin (2013).

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Mark Bruni and Douglas McGrath

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President Nick Wyman

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President Nick Wyman

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President Nick Wyman

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President Nick Wyman

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AEA's David Westphal

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AEA's Rebecca Kim Jordan

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AEA's Rebecca Kim Jordan

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Director Marc Bruni

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Director Marc Bruni

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Liz Larsen

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Ensemble chorus winners

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Jessie Mueller

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AEA's David Westphal, Marc Bruni, Paul Blake, Mike Bosner, Douglas McGrath and AEA staff

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Liz Larsen

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Jessie Mueller

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Liz Larsen

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AEA's David Westphal, Marc Bruni, Paul Blake, Mike Bosner, Douglas McGrath and AEA staff

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Ensemble chorus winners

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Jessie Mueller, Anika Larsen and Liz Larsen with 'Beautiful' Ensemble chorus winners

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Jessie Mueller, Anika Larsen and Liz Larsen with 'Beautiful' Ensemble chorus winners

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Jessie Mueller, Anika Larsen and Liz Larsen with 'Beautiful' Ensemble chorus winners



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