Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Male Dancer in an Off-Broadway Show

The Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Male Dancer in an Off-Broadway Show was an annual award presented to a male dancer for their work on an Off-Broadway production. The award was added in the 2015-2016 season, the final year the awards were known as the Fred and Adele Astaire Awards.

The award was established in 2016, and was subsequently replaced by the gender-neutral Outstanding Dancers in an Off-Broadway Show in 2023.

Winners and nominees

2010s

Year

Recipient

Production

Ref.

2016

Robert Creighton

Cagney

Jeremy Benton

Cagney

Dave Thomas Brown

The Legend of Georgia McBride

Matt McGrath

Cory Lingner

Once Upon a Mattress

2017

Brandon Espinoza

Baghdaddy

Ato Blankson-Wood

The Total Bent

Curtis Wiley

Cody Williams

Sweet Charity

Blake Zolfo

Kid Victory

2018

Robert Fairchild

Frankenstein

Colin Campbell

Disco Pigs

Troy Iwata

The Boy Who Danced on Air

Nikhil Saboo

Evan Ruggiero

Bastard Jones

2019

Wesley Taylor

Alice by Heart

Brennan Caldwell

Neurosis, A Musical That Gets in Your Head

Zachary Downer

Alice by Heart

Brendan Henderson

Cleopatra

Jelani Remy

Smokey Joe's Cafe

2020s

Year

Recipient

Production

Ref.

2020

No awards ceremony held due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2021

2022

No award given.

2023

Ryan Steele

Only Gold