2011 BroadwayWorld Chicago Award Winners Announced! FOLLIES, PUSSY ON THE HOUSE, CATS and More To Be Honored at 12/28 Celebration at The Call

Everyone, winners, nominees, professionals and theater fans alike, should make plans to attend the BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards Celebration at The Call nightclub in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood on Wednesday evening, December 28th, beginning at 9:00 pm! It will be a fun night of seeing old and new theater friends and colleagues, and all nominees for the awards (and everyone affiliated with nominated productions) will be given a yellow nominees’ ribbon at check-in. Winners will receive certificates (new this year), and many theater folk will be given the opportunity to address the crowd. Awards coordinator Paul W. Thompson will be hosting the event, assisted by The Call’s Ashley Morgan, along with BroadwayWorld Chicago contributors M. William Panek and Misha Davenport. The Call is at 1547 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue, and owner and VJ Michael Hogan will be spinning his regular Wednesday Showtune videos! It’s free, and open to those 21+. So come on to The Call! It really will be a great night. I look forward to seeing you there.

Here is a complete list of the winners of the 2011 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards:

Best Touring Production: WICKED, Cadillac Palace Theatre

Best Actress in a Touring Production: Alice Ripley, NEXT TO NORMAL, Bank Of America Theatre

Best Actor in a Touring Production: Logan Denninghoff, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Oriental Theatre

Best Special Theatrical Event: ALIEN QUEEN, The Scooty And JoJo Show

Best New Work/New Adaptation (Resident): Matt Lang, Nick Lang, Brian Holden, Joseph Walker and Darren Criss, STARSHIP, StarKid Productions

Best Revival of a Musical (Resident Equity): FOLLIES, Chicago Shakespeare Theater at Navy Pier

Best Revival of a Musical (Resident Non-Equity): CATS, Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre

Best Revival of a Play (Resident Equity): THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III, Chicago Shakespeare Theater at Navy Pier

Best Revival of a Play (Resident Non-Equity): OLD TIMES, Strawdog Theatre Company

Best Revue (Resident): PUTTING IT TOGETHER, Porchlight Music Theatre

Best Actress in a Musical or Revue (Resident Equity): Caroline O’Connor, FOLLIES, Chicago Shakespeare Theater at Navy Pier

Best Actor in a Musical or Revue (Resident Equity): Brent Barrett, FOLLIES, Chicago Shakespeare Theater at Navy Pier

Best Actress in a Musical or Revue (Resident Non-Equity): Harmony France, VIOLET, Bailiwick Chicago

Best Actor in a Musical or Revue (Resident Non-Equity): Michael Hampton, RUDOLPH, THE RED-HOSED REINDEER, Hell In A Handbag Productions

Best Actress in a Play (Resident Equity): Amy Morton, WHO’S AFRAID OF Virginia Woolf, Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Best Actor in a Play (Resident Equity): Tracy Letts, WHO’S AFRAID OF Virginia Woolf, Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Best Actress in a Play (Resident Non-Equity): Honey West, PUSSY ON THE HOUSE, Hell In A Handbag Productions

Best Actor in a Play (Resident Non-Equity): Jeremy Myers, PUSSY ON THE HOUSE, Hell In A Handbag Productions

Best Ensemble (Resident): SWEENEY TODD, Drury Lane Theatre

Best Choreography (Resident Equity): Alex Sanchez, FOLLIES, Chicago Shakespeare Theater at Navy Pier

Best Choreography (Resident Non-Equity): Brenda Didier, CATS, Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre

Best Scenic Design (Resident Equity): Scott Davis, MURDER FOR TWO, Chicago Shakespeare Theater at Navy Pier

Best Scenic Design (Resident Non-Equity): John Zuiker, VIOLET, Bailiwick Chicago

Best Costume Design (Resident Equity): Bill Morey, THE KING AND I, Porchlight Music Theatre

Best Costume Design (Resident Non-Equity): John Nasca, PUSSY ON THE HOUSE, Hell In A Handbag Productions

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Paul W. Thompson, a contributor to BroadwayWorld.com since 2007, is a Chicago-based singer, actor, musical director, pianist, vocal coach, composer and commentator. His career as a performer, teacher and writer is centered at Paul W. Thompson Music, located in Chicagoâ€™s historic Fine Arts Building, where he teaches the great songs of Broadway to the next generation of musical theater performers. A native of Nashville, Tennessee, Paul was raised in a family of professional musicians and teachers, steeped in classical, gospel, country, pop, sacred and show music. Dubbed a â€œthin, winsome ladâ€ at the age of 13 by a critic for the Nashville Banner, he earned two degrees in musical theater (a B.F.A. with Honors from Baylor University and an M.M. from the University of Miami, Florida), plus an M.B.A. with Distinction from DePaul University. Paulâ€™s memberships include Actorsâ€™ Equity Association, the American Guild of Musical Artists, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (proud voter for the Grammy Awards!), the National Association of Teachers of Singing and New Yorkâ€™s Drama League.

Moving easily between the worlds of classical music, religious music, classic pop and musical theater, Paul has appeared onstage or in the orchestra pit in concerts, musicals, operettas and operas in 30 states and in Europe, in a career spanning more than 35 years. His Chicagoland stage credits include â€œForever Plaidâ€ at the Royal George Theater and twenty mainstage productions at Light Opera Works. Paul joined the Chicago Symphony Chorus in 1995 (he was Tenor I Section Leader for four years and sings on two Grammy-winning recordings), and is one of Chicagoâ€™s foremost liturgical singers, marking 20 years as a member of the choir at St. James Cathedral (Episcopal) in 2011.He has composed and arranged a number of anthems, hymns and songs for worship and concert use, and collaborates on the creation of new works of musical theater. Paul can be found on Monday nights watching showtune videos at the world-famous Sidetrack nightclub, the inspiration for his weekly column, â€œThe Showtune Mosh Pit.â€ His proudest achievement is that he has seen the original Broadway production of every Tony Award-winning Best Musical since â€œCats.â€ No, really. Since â€œCats!â€

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