Particle.news
Download on the App Store

Schmigadoon! and Cats: The Jellicle Ball Lead 2026 Chita Rivera Award Nominations

The May 18 NYU Skirball ceremony will also honor Ann-Margret, with a critics’ prize for Gotta Dance!.

Overview

  • The awards released their full slate Thursday, with Schmigadoon! and Cats: The Jellicle Ball drawing multiple nods across choreography, dancer, and ensemble.
  • The presentation takes place May 18 at 7:30 p.m. at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts and is produced by Joe Lanteri with Patricia Watt.
  • Ann-Margret will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her career on stage and on screen.
  • Off-Broadway’s Gotta Dance! earns the Douglas and Ethel Watt Critics’ Choice Award, a journalists’ honor for work outside standard categories.
  • The Outstanding Dancer category remains gender-free with twice the former nominee count and two winners, with separate committees naming Broadway and film nominees.