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The 27th Gypsy of the Year, 2015
The 27th Gypsy of the Year, 2015
A three-year winning streak was snapped and $4.79 million was raised for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS at the 27th annual Gypsy of the Year Competition! Take a look at some of the onstage action.
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The touring production presentation
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Lin-Manuel Miranda and Christopher Jackson make a guest appearance in the Kinky Boots skit, which took top prize this year
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson and Renée Elise Goldsberry
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Jason Danieley
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Lin-Manuel Miranda and Christopher Jackson make a guest appearance in the Kinky Boots skit, which took top prize this year
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The cast of The Lion King
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The cast of The Lion King
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Laura Michelle Kelly sings "We Can Be Kind" with a cast of young Broadway performers
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The cast of The King and I offer a twist on "The Small House of Uncle Thomas"
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Julie White, Michael Cerveris and George Takei
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The kids of Fun Home let loose their inner rock stars with a head-banging version of "Ring of Keys"
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Brad Oscar, Camryn Manheim and Brandon Uranowitz
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Christopher Sieber and Lesli Margherita
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James T. Lane and the cast of Chicago turn "All I Care About Is Love" into a high-energy funk jam
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Andréa Burns
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The cast of Finding Neverland
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The cast of The Lion King
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The opening number
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The opening number
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Laura Michelle Kelly sings "We Can Be Kind" with a cast of young Broadway performers
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The kids of Fun Home let loose their inner rock stars with a head-banging version of "Ring of Keys"
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The kids of Fun Home let loose their inner rock stars with a head-banging version of "Ring of Keys"
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Judith Light
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The cast of The Lion King
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The cast of Finding Neverland
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The cast of The King and I offer a twist on "The Small House of Uncle Thomas"
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Seth Rudetsky
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Wayne Brady
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Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Renée Elise Goldsberry
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James T. Lane and the cast of Chicago turn "All I Care About Is Love" into a high-energy funk jam
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James T. Lane and the cast of Chicago turn "All I Care About Is Love" into a high-energy funk jam
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The cast of Hamilton
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The cast of Hamilton
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The cast of An American in Paris
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The cast of An American in Paris
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Daniel Lynn Evans
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Company XIV’s Nutcracker Rouge
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Company XIV’s Nutcracker Rouge
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The touring production presentation
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The cast of Les Misérables
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The cast of Les Misérables
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The cast of The Book of Mormon
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The cast of Avenue Q
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Julie White, Michael Cerveris, Jayne Houdyshell and George Takei
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Julie White, Michael Cerveris and George Takei
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Julie White, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Michael Cerveris and George Takei
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Julie White, Michael Cerveris and George Takei
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Julie White and Michael Cerveris
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The cast of Kinky Boots
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The cast of The Lion King
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The cast of The Book of Mormon
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Philip S. Birsh
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John Cariani and Kate Reinders
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Leanne Cope
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Veanne Cox
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Richard Jay-Alexander and his niece
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Nina Lannan
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Nikka Graff Lanzarone
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Telly Leung
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Beth Malone
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Liz McCann
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Albert Poland
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Kate Shindle
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Sergio Trujillo
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Ana Villafane and Alma Cuervo
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The Judges
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Wayne Brady of Kinky Boots (with a hand from Lin Manuel Miranda and Christopher Jackson of Hamilton ) broke the Lion King ’s three-year Best Onstage Performance streak.
Brady, who made his name on the improv TV show "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" brought out fellow Kinky Boots cast members for some comically half-baked raps. To show the audience how it’s done, he then enlisted a pair of ringers—Miranda and Jackson from the rap filled Hamilton to demonstrate some virtuoso freestyling to words shouted out by the audience. The skit, titled "We All Can Rap, Too" will have to go down in Gypsy of the Year history with an asterisk, since it beat the presentation by Hamilton itself.
Read a full recap here.