BroadwayWorld Albuquerque Awards; NEXT TO NORMAL, THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, The Vortex Theatre & More Lead!

It's the final 3 weeks and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 11th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Albuquerque Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

The 2023 Regional Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2023.

Winners will be announced in January!

Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

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2023 BroadwayWorld Albuquerque Standings

Best Choreography Of A Play Or Musical
Lou Becker - CABARET - Musical Theatre Southwest 45%
Zoe Burke (intimacy director) - THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 27%
Antonio Miniño (Intimacy Direction) - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 14%
Laura Orozco Garrett - SANTA FE FIESTA MELODRAMA - Santa Fe Playhouse 14%

Best Costume Design Of A Play Or Musical
Khristah Garcia - DRACULA - The Vortex Theatre 46%
David Stallings - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 22%
Kaylee Silcocks - The Comedy Of Errors - New Mexico Shakespeare Festival 18%
Erica Frank - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 13%

Best Direction Of A Musical
Theresa Carson - CABARET - Musical Theatre Southwest 34%
Robb Sisneros - NEXT TO NORMAL - Musical Theatre Southwest 25%
Rebecca Aparicio - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 24%
Patrick MacDonald and Emily Rankin - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 17%

Best Direction Of A Play
Robyn Rikoon - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 24%
Zoe Burke - COCK - Ad Astra Theatre Company 14%
Levi Gore - Constellations - The Vortex Theatre 14%
Robert Benedetti - MORNING SUN - New Mexico Actors Lab 10%
James Cady - INHERIT THE WIND - The Adobe Theater 7%
James Cady - PARFUMERIE - The Vortex Theatre 6%
Matt Heath - COPPENHAGEN - Actors Studio 66 6%
James Cady - BLOOD KNOT - The Vortex Theatre 5%
Itai Rosen - KING LEAR - Upstart Crows/Shakespeare Gym 5%
Dodie Montgomery - GLORIA - Actors Studio 66 5%
Marc Comstock - The Drawer Boy - Actors Studio 66 4%

Best Ensemble
SWEENEY TODD - Musical Theatre Southwest 15%
A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 12%
INHERIT THE WIND - The Adobe Theater 9%
A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 7%
TURANDOT - Opera Southwest 7%
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN - Santa Fe Opera 7%
REZ SISTERS - Vortex Theatre 6%
RICHARD III - Incite Shakespeare Company 6%
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE - The Adobe Theater 5%
SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 5%
MORNING SUN - New Mexico Actors Lab 5%
THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 4%
GLORIA - Actors Studio 66 4%
ORPHANS - Natives of the Apocalypse 4%
TOSCA - Santa Fe Opera 1%
SIMPATICO - New Mexico Actors Lab 1%
LE COMPT ORY - Opera Southwest 1%

Best Lighting Design Of A Play Or Musical
Ray Rey Griego - DRACULA - The Vortex Theatre 23%
Lucas Zuniga - NEXT TO NORMAL - Musical Theatre Southwest 22%
Rob Siler - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 10%
Sarah LeBlanc - KINKY BOOTS - Tri-M Productions 10%
Annie Liu - THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 9%
Max Doolittle - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 6%
Nicholas Flemming - CONSTELLATIONS - The Vortex Theatre 5%
Skip Rapoport - MORNING SUN - New Mexico Actors Lab 5%
Skip Rapoport - SEASCAPE - New Mexico Actors Lab 5%
Jared Roberts - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 4%

Best Music Direction & Orchestra Performance
Stephen Anthony Elkins - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 32%
Anthony Barase - TURANDOT - Opera Southwest 27%
Thomas Guggeis - THE FLYING DUTCHMAN - Santa Fe Opera 14%
Kathleen Ritch - I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE - Tri-M Productions 10%
Eliana Joy O’Brien - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 8%
Harry Bicket - PELLEAS ET MELISANDE - Santa Fe Opera 7%
Anthony Barase - LE COMPT ORY - Opera Southwest 2%

Best Musical
NEXT TO NORMAL - Musical Theatre Southwest 23%
A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 22%
CABARET - Musical Theatre Southwest 18%
KINKY BOOTS - Tri-M Productions 12%
SWEENEY TODD - Musical Theatre Southwest 12%
A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 11%
I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE - Tri-M Productions 2%

Best New Play Or Musical
REZ SISTERS - Vortex Theatre 36%
THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 30%
CAT'S PAJAMAS - Teatro Paraguas 11%
TURN & CHANGE - Incite Shakespeare Company 9%
THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE - Santa Fe Opera 8%
HUBBA HUBBA - Santa Fe Playhouse 6%

Best Performer In A Musical
Wendy Barker - NEXT TO NORMAL - Musical Theatre Southwest 18%
Lorri Layle Oliver - CABARET - Musical Theatre Southwest 16%
Jonathan Cordova - NEXT TO NORMAL - Musical Theatre Southwest 12%
David Stallings - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 11%
Koppany Pusztai - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 6%
Bill Brooks - THE DROWSY CHAPERONE - The Adobe Theater 6%
Jason Roman - CABARET - Musical Theatre Southwest 6%
Rikki Carroll - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 5%
Paul Ashby - KINKY BOOTS - Tri-M Productions 5%
Bear Schacht - A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM - Tri-M Productions 5%
Evan Galpert - KINKY BOOTS - Tri-M Productions 4%
Cara Juan - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 3%
Christian Libonati - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 3%
John Alejandro Jeffords - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 1%

Best Performer In A Play
Alexandra Renzo - THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 10%
Parker Owen - THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG - Albuqueque Little Theatre 9%
Antonio Miniño - THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 8%
Michelle Belmont - CONSTELLATIONS - The Vortex Theatre 8%
Geoff Pomeroy - THE SEAFARER - New Mexico Actors Lab 7%
Debrianna Mansini - MORNING SUN - New Mexico Actors Lab 5%
Vic Browder - A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM - New Mexico Shakespeare Festival 5%
Charlie Dearing - THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG - Albuquerque Little Theatre 5%
Samantha Scarborough - CAT'S PAJAMAS - Teatro Paraguas 4%
Paul Ford - INHERIT THE WIND - The Adobe Theater 4%
Kate Udall - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 3%
Matthew Van Wettering - THE PARFUMERIE - The Vortext Theatre 3%
Mathew Zimmerer - COPENHAGEN - Actors Studio 66 2%
Myriah Duda - MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING - Santa Fe Classic Theater 2%
Montana Miller - ORPHANS - Natives of the Apocalypse 2%
Yannig Morris - THE DRESSER - West End Productions 2%
Quinn Mander - DRACULA - The Vortex Theatre 2%
Rachel Foster - DRACULA - The Vortex Theatre 2%
Jeff Dolecek - DRACULA - The Vortex Theatre 2%
Evan Spreen - DRACULA - The Vortex Theatre 2%
Noah Segard - COCK - Ad Astra Theatre Company 2%
Mairi Chanel - KING LEAR - Upstart Crows/Shakespeare Gym 2%
Danielle Reddick - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 2%
Evan Spreen - CONSTELLATIONS - The Vortex Theatre 1%
Versai Knight - THE DRAWER BOY - Actors Studio 66 1%

Best Play
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG - Albuquerque Little Theatre 19%
DRACULA - The Vortex Theatre 15%
THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 11%
SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 8%
BLOOD KNOT - The Vortex Theatre 7%
RICHARD III - Incite Shakespeare Company 6%
COCK - Ad Astra Theatre Company 5%
CONSTELLATIONS - The Vortex Theatre 5%
MORNING SUN - New Mexico Actors Lab 4%
INHERIT THE WIND - The Adobe Theater 4%
ORPHANS - Natives of the Apocalypse 4%
THE SEAFARER - New Mexico Actors Lab 3%
HUBBA HUBBA - Santa Fe Playhouse 3%
COPENHAGEN - Actors studio 66 3%
PARFUMERIE - The Vortex Theatre 2%
SEASCAPE - New Mexico Actors Lab 1%

Best Production of an Opera
TURANDOT - Opera Southwest 45%
TOSCA - Santa Fe Opera 23%
ORFEO - Santa Fe Opera 13%
THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE - Santa Fe Opera 9%
PELLEAS ET MELISANDE - Santa Fe Opera 6%
LE COMPT ORY - Opera Southwest 3%

Best Scenic Design Of A Play Or Musical
Tom Burgquist - CABARET - Musical Theatre Southwest 25%
Mary Rossman - DRACULA - The Vortex Theatre 22%
James W. Johnson - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 9%
James W. Johnson - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 8%
Ariana Karp - RICHARD III - Incite Shakespeare Company 8%
James W Johnson - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 7%
James W. Johnson - THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 5%
Robert Benedetti - MORNING SUN - New Mexico Actors Lab 5%
Sarah LeBlanc - A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM - Tri-M Productions 4%
Maddie Ross - THE DRESSER - West End Productions 4%
Nicholas Ballas - SEASCAPE - New Mexico Actors Lab 3%

Best Sound Design Of A Play Or Musical
Bladen Breitreiter - SWEENEY TODD - Musical Theatre Southwest 37%
Saibi Khalsa - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 33%
Saibi Khalsa - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 13%
Gregory J. Fields - THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 9%
Patrick Janssen - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 9%

Best Supporting Performer In A Musical
Victor Reyes - KINKY BOOTS - Tri-M Productions 21%
Ryan Pennington - SWEENEY TODD - Musical Theatre Southwest 19%
Bear Schacht - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 11%
Ron Gallegos - NEXT TO NORMAL - Musical Theatre Southwest 10%
Bill Brooks - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 9%
Patrick MacDonald - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 8%
Karen Gruber Ryan - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 7%
Terri Scullin - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 6%
Noah Segard - A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM - Tri-M Productions 4%
Karen Gruber Ryan - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 3%

Best Supporting Performer In A Play
Jim Williams - THE PARFUMERIE - The Vortex Theatre 19%
Brian Clifton - THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG - Albueuerque Little Theatre 14%
Laura Gomez - THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 11%
Kim Delfina Gleason - REZ SISTERS - Vortex Theatre 9%
Suzanne Lederer - MORNING SUN - New Mexico Actors Lab 7%
Evan Spreen - THE DRAWER BOY - Actors Studio 66 7%
Joshua Horton - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 6%
Emily Rankin - SEASCAPE - New Mexico Actors Lab 5%
Scott Harrison - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 5%
Shannon Hayes - PARFUMERIE - The Vortex Theatre 4%
Alexander Lane - THE SEAFARER - New Mexico Actors Lab 4%
Julie Shapiro - MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING - Santa Fe Classic Theater 4%
William Potter - COCK - Ad Astra Theatre Company 4%
Patrick Janssen - THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 1%

Best Theatre For Young Audiences Production
A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 60%
KING LEAR - Upstart Crows/Shakespeare Gym 20%
APPRENTICE SCENES - Santa Fe Opera 14%
1 HENRY IV - Upstart Crows/Shakespeare Gym 6%

Favorite Local Theatre
The Vortex Theatre 19%
Santa Fe Playhouse 19%
Musical Theatre Southwest 15%
New Mexico Actors Lab 10%
Albuquerque Little Theatre 7%
Santa Fe Opera 6%
Tri-M Productions 4%
Natives of the Apocalypse 3%
Actos Studio 66 3%
Theater Grottesco 3%
The Adobe Theater 3%
Opera Southwest 2%
Incite Shakespeare Company 2%
Santa Fe Classic Theater 2%
Upstart Crows of Santa Fe 1%

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