Jesus Christ Superstar and Melk winners of Musical Awards, audience award for De Tocht

NOS News•today, 05:19

Jesus Christ Superstar and Milk are the big winners of the Musical Awards, which were presented last night in Leusden.

Jesus Christ Superstar, about the last week in the life of Jesus, was nominated fourteen times by the professional jury and ultimately won in six categories. The musical by director Ivo van Hove won in the category best major musical, best male lead (Lucas Hamming), best supporting actor (Edwin Jonker), best direction and best lighting and sound design.

Melk, a musical about motherhood, surprisingly won five Musical Awards. The musical by the Nanoek Foundation was rewarded in the categories of best small musical and best music.

The audience award went to The trip, about the Elfstedentocht. “A burden has been lifted from our shoulders,” Foppe van der Veen, one of the initiators of the musical, said after the announcement. Omrop Fryslan. “It was very exciting. We started with nothing and this is a very big recognition.”

In January there was a feeding test of Jesus Christ Superstar:

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