BWW Tennessee Awards Winners Announced!

After an intense internal auditing process, the results are in for the 2011 Tennessee Awards! This year's awards broke traffic records and we couldn't be more excited to announce the 2011 BroadwayWorld Tennessee Award winners!

Nominations were open for the month of October 2011, and voting ran through midnight on December 31, 2011. Watch out for news about the 2012 awards this fall...

Best Actor in a Musical
Matt Smith - Hairspray - Arts Center of Cannon County

Best Actor in a Play
George W. Manus, Jr. - Jeffrey - Out Front on Main

Best Actress in a Musical
Joann Coleman - Chicago - Cumberland County Playhouse

Best Actress in a Play
Christy Edison - Laugh or Die - Out Front on Main, Inc.

Best Choreographer
Kaleena Devar - Hairspray - The Arts Center of Cannon County

Best Community Theater Company
The Arts Center of Cannon County

Best Costume Design
Matt Hunter - Hairspray - The Arts Center of Cannon County

Best Director of a musical
Darrel Deason - Hairspray - Arts Center of Cannon County

Best Director of a play
George W. Manus, Jr. - Bug - Out Front on Main, Inc.

Best Ensemble Performance in a musical
Hairspray - Arts Center of Cannon County

Best Ensemble Performance in a play
Bug - Out Front on Main, Inc.

Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Michael Adcock - Anything Goes - Murfreesboro Center for the Arts

Best Featured Actor in a Play
D. Richard Browder - Jeffrey - Out Front on Main, Inc.

Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Kaylie Hackett - Hairspray - Murfreesboro Center for the Arts

Best Featured Actress in a Play
Tara McBay - Bug - Out Front on Main, Inc.

Best Lighting Design
Ryan Daniel - Bug - Out Front on Main, Inc.

Best Musical
Hairspray - Cannon Co Center for the Arts

Best Musical Direction
Robert Hiers - Hairspray - Arts center of cannon county

Best Original/New Work
Christy Edison - Laugh or Die - Out Front on Main, Inc.

Best Play
Bug - Out Front on Main

Best Professional Theater Company
Cumberland County Playhouse

Best Set Design
George W, Manus, Jr. - Bug - Out Front on Main

Best Sound Design
George W, Manus, Jr. - Bug - Out Front on Main, Inc.

Best Younger Actor (under age 25)
Matt Hunter

Best Younger Actress (under age 25)
Kaylie Hackett

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