ACCA Awards

2023 – New York, New York

Actors' Equity Association has presented New York, New York with the 2023 ACCA Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus. Presented by Equity’s Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs (ACCA), the ACCA Award is the first industry accolade of its kind to honor the distinctive talents and contributions made by the original chorus members of a Broadway musical.

2022 – A Special Award Honoring the Resilience of the Chorus during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Actors’ Equity Association presented a special ACCA Award honoring the resilience of the chorus during the pandemic at a ceremony marking the reopening of Equity’s New York City Audition Center.

2019 – Hadestown

Actors' Equity Association has presented Hadestown with the thirteenth annual ACCA Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus. Presented by Equity’s Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs (ACCA), the ACCA Award is the only industry accolade of its kind to honor the distinctive talents and contributions made by the original chorus members of a Broadway musical.

2018 – Once on This Island

Actors' Equity Association has presented Once on This Island with the twelfth annual ACCA Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus. Presented by Equity’s Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs (ACCA), the ACCA Award is the only industry accolade of its kind to honor the distinctive talents and contributions made by the original chorus members of a Broadway musical.

ACCA Honors Rebecca Kim Jordan

At the ceremony to bestow the ACCA Award on the chorus of Once on this Island, Actors’ Equity Second Vice President and ACCA Chair Jen Cody presented an additional honor: the award for Outstanding Contribution to Chorus went to Rebecca Kim Jordan, who previously held the role.

2017 – Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812

Actors' Equity Association just presented Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 with the eleventh annual "ACCA" Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus. Presented by Equity's Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs (ACCA), the ACCA Award is the only industry accolade of its kind to honor the distinctive talents and contributions made by the original chorus members of a Broadway musical.

2016 – Shuffle Along, Or The Making Of The Musical Sensation Of 1921 And All That Followed

Actors’ Equity Association has announced that Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed will receive the tenth annual ACCA Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus. Presented by Equity’s Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs (ACCA) the ACCA Award is the only industry accolade of its kind to honor the distinctive talents and contributions made by the original chorus members of a Broadway musical.

2015 – An American in Paris

Actors' Equity Association today announced that An American in Paris will receive the ninth annual ACCA Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus. Presented by Equity’s Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs (ACCA), the ACCA Award is the only industry accolade of its kind to honor the distinctive talents and contributions made by the original chorus members of a Broadway musical.

2014 – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Actors' Equity Association honored Beautiful – The Carole King Musical with the eighth Annual ACCA Award. Presented by Equity’s Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs (ACCA), the ACCA Award is the only industry accolade of its kind to honor the distinctive talents and contributions made by the original chorus members of a Broadway musical.

2013 – Pippin

ACCA Honors Walter McBride

Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs presents the Spirit Award to Walter McBride in recognition of his generous spirit, extraordinary talent and dedication to preserving the Gypsy Robe Ceremony through the lens of his camera.

2012 – Newsies

Newsies, Disney’s popular new musical about a charismatic newsboy and leader of a ragged band of teenage “newsies,” has received Actors' Equity Association’s Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs (ACCA) Sixth Annual ACCA Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus. The honor is the only industry accolade of its kind and honors the distinctive talents and contributions made by the original chorus members of a Broadway musical. The award was presented in the Actors' Equity Association Council Room, overlooking Times Square, on Tuesday, November 27, 2012.

2011 – The Scotsboro Boys

The Scottsboro Boys will receive Actors' Equity Association's Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs (ACCA) Fifth Annual ACCA Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus. The honor is the only industry accolade of its kind and honors the distinctive talents and contributions made by the original chorus members of a Broadway musical. The award will be presented in the Actors' Equity Association Council Room, overlooking Times Square, on Friday, November 18, 2011.

2010 – Fela!

Fela! received AEA's Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs (ACCA) fourth annual ACCA Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at Actors' Equity's headquarters in New York.

2009 – West Side Story

Members of the original Chorus of the Broadway revival of West Side Story have received Equity's Third Annual Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs (ACCA) Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus. The award, which honors the distinctive talents and contributions made by the Chorus of a Broadway musical, was presented on September 22, 2009. Second Vice-President and ACCA Chair Rebecca Kim Jordan made the presentation.

ACCA Honors Jean-Paul Richard

Jean-Paul Richard, a member of Council since 1991, Second Vice President from 2000-2009 and longtime Chair of the Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs, has received the ACCA Award for Outstanding Contributions to Chorus and his 18 years of work on behalf of those who need the union's protection most. The surprise ceremony took place during the Eastern Regional Board meeting on May 12.

ACCA Honors Adrian Bailey

2nd Vice President Jean-Paul Richard presented Mr. Bailey with the first ACCA Spirit Award in recognition of his exemplary work on Broadway. In accepting the engraved crystal award, Mr. Bailey said that he was "surprised," "honored" and "blessed to be a part of this industry and this union." He was "proud of Equity, its work and what it has done for actors."

2008 – In The Heights

It was "96,000" rounds of applause, peals of laughter and heartfelt kudos for the chorus of In The Heights when an overflow crowd gathered in the Equity Council Room on September 23rd for the Second Annual Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs (ACCA) Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus.

ACCA Honors Louise Foisy

After 16 years of outstanding and dedicated service to AEA's Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs (ACCA), Louise Foisy received the first ACCA Award for Outstanding Contribution to Chorus. This newly instated award had not previously been announced and was a surprise and was given after Legally Blonde won the first ACCA Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus on October 23rd at Equity's headquarters in New York City.

2007 – Legally Blonde

Actors' Equity Association's Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs (ACCA) has chosen the winner of the new ACCA Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus in the 2006-2007 season: LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL. This is the first industry award of its type to honor the distinctive talents and contributions made by the chorus. The award ceremony will be held at the October 23rd ACCA meeting at Equity's headquarters in New York City.