The Civil Association Awards Hugo announces the nominations of The 15th edition of this prestigious awardthat distinguishes the best of the activity of musical theater in our country. Created by Ricky Pashkus and Pablo Gorlerothe Hugo Awards celebrate talent, creativity and excellence of productions and artists that enrich the genre.
In this special edition, in addition to the usual categories, the Hugo Gold Prizea recognition that is granted every five years to highlight an exceptional contribution to the musical theater. This award highlights the impact and trajectory of figures or productions that have marked a milestone in the cultural scene.
Among the most nominated works are: Cervantes Magazine (18 nominations), La Sernita with (17), Awakening Spring (16), Sandro, The Great Show (14), Floor Law (13), Dry Toads (9), The Barber of Seville (9), Uranist Saraos (8), La Blíncita Pérez (7), Gulubú Stories (6), Küyén Huapi (6) sei? (5), The Fado de Ulises (5), Alicia, Alice by Heart (4), Cáscara Casa (4), Pretty Woman (3), Liza and Orson, a story between Mandarinas (3).
Likewise, the proposals of the genre gestated in different regions of the country will be rewarded in the Federal Hugo Awards segment, which includes productions of cities such as Córdoba, Greater Buenos Aires, La Plata, Mendoza, Mar del Plata, Rosario, Bahía Blanca, Tucumán and San Juan, highlighting the wealth and diversity of the musical theater throughout the national territory.
The ceremony for the delivery of diplomas to the nominees will take place on Monday, September 1 at 6:00 p.m. at the emblematic Liceo Theater. In the coming weeks the date and place where the award ceremony is held will be confirmed.
This 15th edition of the Hugo Awards has the support of the Santander Argentina Foundation through cultural patronage, the Program of the City of Culture, which promotes artistic-cultural projects.
Nominations for the 15th edition of the Hugo Awards
Period of 08/01/2024 until 07/31/2025
1 – Better musical
- Spring awakening
- Cervantes Magazine
- The Little Mermaid
2 – Better Music Hall, Café Concert and/or Varieté Musical
- Disney celebrates: an unforgettable Christmas
- Love Laboratory
- Chew sei mine?
- Sandro, the big show
3 – BEST MUSICAL OFF
- Floor Law
- Dry toads
- Uranist Saraos
4 – Best address
- Ana Sans – Julio Panno (Sandro, The Great Show)
- Ariel del Mastro – Marcelo Caballero (La Sernita)
- Fer dente (spring awakening)
- Pablo Maritano (Cervantes Magazine)
5 – Best choreography
- Andrea Servera (Cervantes Magazine)
- Analía González (the Little Mermaid)
- Vanesa García Millán (Spring Awakening)
- Verónica Pecollo (Sandro, The Great Show)
6 – Best musical direction
- Fernando Albinarrate (Cervantes Magazine)
- Gaby Goldman (Chew Mine?)
- Ian Shifres (Floor Law)
- Jose Luis Pagán (Sandro, The Great Show)
- Sebastián Aldea Dávila (dry toads)
7 – Best Argentine Musical Book
- Ana Schimelman – Ian Shifres (Floor Law)
- Juanse Rausch (Saraos Uranistas)
- Pedro Velázquez (dry toads)
8 – Best Argentine Musical Lyrics
- Gabo Illanes – Juanse Rausch (Uranist Saraos)
- Ian Shifres (Floor Law)
- Pedro Velázquez (dry toads)
- Vanesa Betra (shell shell house)
9 – Better adaptation and/or translation of books and letters
- Julio Panno – Ro Noziglia (Alicia, Alice by Heart)
- Marcelo Caballero – Juan Pablo Schapira (La Sernita)
- Marcelo Kotliar (spring awakening)
10 – Best original music
- Gabo Illanes (Saraos Uranistas)
- Ian Shifres (Floor Law)
- Sebastián Aldea Dávila (dry toads)
- Vanesa Betra (shell shell house)
11 – Best musical arrangements
- Enzo Ferrari (love laboratory)
- Fernando Albinarrate – Gerardo Delgado (Cervantes Magazine)
- José Luis Pagan (Sandro, The Great Show)
12 – Better male leading performance
- Marco Antonio Caponi (Cervantes Magazine)
- Sebastián Suñé (Cervantes Magazine)
- Valentín Zaninelli (Alicia, Alice by Heart)
13 – Best female leading performance
- Agostina Becco (Alicia, Alice by Heart)
- Florencia Peña (Pretty Woman)
- Maria Rosa Fugazot (El Porvenir)
- Trini Montiel (spring awakening)
14 – Best male performance in Music Hall, Café Concert and/or Musical Varieté
- Alan Madanes (Sandro, The Great Show)
- Diego Reinhold (Che’s mine sei?)
- Nacho Pérez Cortez (Sandro, the great show)
15 – Best female performance in Music Hall, Café Concert and/or Musical Varieté
- Elena Roger (Chew Mine?)
- Malena Rossi (Sandro, the great show)
- Sofía Val (Sandro, the great show)
16 – Best male cast performance
- Joaquín Scotta (spring awakening)
- José María Listorti (La Sernita)
- Magnificent Mariano (Pretty Woman)
- Nahuel Adhami (The Little Mermaid)
- Tomás Wicz (spring awakening)
17 – Better female cast performance
- Alejandra Radano (Cervantes Magazine)
- Evelyn Botto (The Little Mermaid)
- Iride Mockert (Cervantes Magazine)
- Jessica Abuchain (Cervantes Magazine)
- Paz Gutierrez (Spring Awakening)
18 – Best male interpretation in assembly
- Gonzalo Gerber (Sandro, The Great Show)
- Guido Savino (the Little Mermaid)
- Julián Rubino (Alicia, Alice by Heart)
- Lare (spring awakening)
- SACHA BERCOVICH (The Little Mermaid)
19 – Best female interpretation in assembly
- Noelia Vera (the Little Mermaid)
- Ro noziglia (Pretty Woman)
- Valentina Pergolini (spring awakening)
20 – Best Vocal Address
- Eugenia Gil Rodríguez (spring awakening)
- Fernando Albinarrate (Cervantes Magazine)
- Ian Shifres (Floor Law)
- Sebastián Mazzoni (La Sernita)
21 – Best Comprehensive Production
- Ozone-MP-Los Rottenberg (The Little Mermaid)
- Sandro Producciones – 3C Films – JLP Music – Tournaments (Sandro, The Great Show)
- Cervantes National Theater (Cervantes Magazine)
22 – Male revelation
- Gerardo Chendo (Floor Law)
- Jerónimo Giocondo Bosia (Cervantes Magazine)
- Nicolás Sousa (dry toads)
- Octavio Murillo (spring awakening)
23 – Female Revelation
- Albana Fuentes (La Sernita)
- Guadalupe Otheguy (Floor Law)
- Monina Bonelli (the devil or how to destroy the world)
24 – Best original costume design
- Ana Sans (Sandro, The Great Show)
- The moth (spring awakening)
- María Emilia also (Cervantes Magazine)
- Romina Lanzillotta – Catalina Rodríguez Loredo (La Sernita)
25 – Best Scenography and/or Original Audiovisual Design
- Andrea Mercado (Cervantes Magazine)
- Gonzalo Córdoba Estevez (spring awakening)
- Jorge Ferrari – Maxi neighbor (La Sernita)
26 – Better characterization
- Adam Efron
- Maria Emilia also (makeup of Cervantes magazine)
- Matías Nazareno (Masenita makeup)
27 – Best original light design
- MASTRO INALO – Sebastián Viola (The Little Mermaid)
- Leo Muñoz – Julio Panno (Sandro, The Great Show)
- Lucas Gabriel Gringas (spring awakening)
- Sebastián France (Floor Law)
- Verónica Alcoba (Cervantes Magazine)
28 – Best original sound design
- Ariel Gato – Camilo Zentner (Cervantes Magazine)
- Eugenio Mellano Lanfranco – Luciano Ricardi (Sandro, The Great Show)
- Gastón Briski (spring awakening)
- Rodrigo Lavecchia (chew mine?)
29 – Best musical show for a single interpreter
- Cáscara Casa (Vanesa BETARA)
- The devil or how to destroy the world (Monina Bonelli)
- My previous life (Dennis Smith)
30 – Best direction in musical off
- Ana Schimelman – Ian Shifres (Floor Law)
- Dennis Smith (my previous life)
- Juanse Rausch (Saraos Uranistas)
- Pedro Velázquez (dry toads)
- Sebastián Suñé (Cáscara Casa shell)
31 – Best male interpretation in musical off
- Nacho de Santis (dry toads)
- Nicolás Martín (Floor Law)
- Omar Lopardo (Opereta of the bandits)
- Tomás Wicz (Saraos Uranistas)
32 – Best female interpretation in musical off
- Lucre Orlando (dry toads)
- Lucia Adúriz Bravo (Uranist Saraos)
- Victoria Baldomir (Floor Law)
- Vero Gerez (Floor Law)
33 – Best Child and/or Youth Musical
- Gulubú Stories
- The Seville barber
- Ulysses fado
- The mouse Pérez
34 – Best direction in Child and/or Youth Musical
- Claudio Hochman (Ulises fado)
- Héctor Presa (La Bouse Pérez)
- María Jaunarena (El Barbero de Sevilla)
35 – Best Choreography in Child and/or Youth Musical
- Ariel Pastouchi – Matías Prieto Peccia (Küyén Huapi)
- Marina Svartzman (Gulubú Stories)
36 – Best book in Children’s and/or Youth Musical
- Claudio Hochman (Ulises fado)
- Héctor Presa (La Bouse Pérez)
- María Jaunarena (El Barbero de Sevilla)
- Pablo Di Felice (Liza and Orson, a story between mandarins)
37 – Best letters in Children’s and/or Youth Musical
- Claudio Hochman (Ulises fado)
- María Jaunarena (El Barbero de Sevilla)
- Matías Prieto Peccia (Küyén Huapi)
38 – Best original and/or youth musical music
- Diego Lozano (La Bouse Pérez)
- Diego Lozano (Liza and Orson, a story between mandarins)
- Fran Gaia – Sol Bardi (Küyén Huapi)
- Hernán Matorra (the octopus is raw)
39 – Best female interpretation in children’s and/or youth musical
- Carlota Blanc (Ulises fado)
- Laura Penchi (The Barber of Seville)
- Luli Romano Lastra (La Bouse Pérez)
- Sabrina Lara (Dafne and the Dragon)
- Valeria Acciaresi (La Blícita Pérez)
40 – Best male interpretation in children’s and/or youth musical
- Emiliano Pi Alvarez (Gulubú Stories)
- Gabriel Carasso (Seville’s barber)
- Pablo Di Felice (Liza and Orson, a story between mandarins)
41 – Better production in children’s and/or youth musical
- Ariel Ciocco (the endless story)
- Creative Galaxies (Gulubú Stories)
- Gustavo Passerino (The Barber of Seville)
- Noeli Chiarenza (Küyén Huapi)
42 – Best scenery design in children’s and/or youth musical
- César Berguella (Küyén Huapi)
- Gonzalo Córdova Estevez (El Barbero de Sevilla)
- Héctor Presa – Claudio Provenzano (La Bouse Pérez)
- Marcelo Valiente (Gulubú Stories)
43 – Better costume design in children’s and/or youth musical
- María Jaunarena (El Barbero de Sevilla)
- Noeli Chiarenza – Roberto Sánchez – Fabiana Marlo (Küyén Huapi)
- Sandra Szwarcberg – Flavia Pereda (Gulubú Stories)
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