Latest Standings Announced For The 2023 BroadwayWorld Albuquerque Awards; THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Leads Best Play!

Happy Holidays! The latest standings have been announced as of Monday, November 27th 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!

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2023 BroadwayWorld Albuquerque Standings - 11/27/23

Best Choreography Of A Play Or Musical
Lou Becker - CABARET - Musical Theatre Southwest 46%
Zoe Burke (intimacy director) - THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 25%
Laura Orozco Garrett - SANTA FE FIESTA MELODRAMA - Santa Fe Playhouse 15%
Antonio Miniño (Intimacy Direction) - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 15%

Best Costume Design Of A Play Or Musical
Khristah Garcia - DRACULA - The Vortex Theatre 47%
David Stallings - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 23%
Kaylee Silcocks - The Comedy Of Errors - New Mexico Shakespeare Festival 15%
Erica Frank - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 14%

Best Direction Of A Musical
Theresa Carson - CABARET - Musical Theatre Southwest 31%
Robb Sisneros - NEXT TO NORMAL - Musical Theatre Southwest 27%
Rebecca Aparicio - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 25%
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 11%
Robert Benedetti - MORNING SUN - New Mexico Actors Lab 11%
James Cady - INHERIT THE WIND - The Adobe Theater 7%
James Cady - PARFUMERIE - The Vortex Theatre 6%
Matt Heath - COPPENHAGEN - Actors Studio 66 6%
Itai Rosen - KING LEAR - Upstart Crows/Shakespeare Gym 5%
James Cady - BLOOD KNOT - The Vortex Theatre 5%
Dodie Montgomery - GLORIA - Actors Studio 66 5%
Marc Comstock - The Drawer Boy - Actors Studio 66 4%

Best Ensemble
SWEENEY TODD - Musical Theatre Southwest 16%
A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 13%
INHERIT THE WIND - The Adobe Theater 8%
A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 7%
TURANDOT - Opera Southwest 7%
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN - Santa Fe Opera 7%
RICHARD III - Incite Shakespeare Company 7%
REZ SISTERS - Vortex Theatre 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 5%
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
Lucas Zuniga - NEXT TO NORMAL - Musical Theatre Southwest 23%
Ray Rey Griego - DRACULA - The Vortex Theatre 20%
Rob Siler - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 11%
Sarah LeBlanc - KINKY BOOTS - Tri-M Productions 10%
Annie Liu - THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 10%
Max Doolittle - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 7%
Skip Rapoport - SEASCAPE - New Mexico Actors Lab 5%
Nicholas Flemming - CONSTELLATIONS - The Vortex Theatre 5%
Skip Rapoport - MORNING SUN - 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 33%
Anthony Barase - TURANDOT - Opera Southwest 26%
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 8%
Anthony Barase - LE COMPT ORY - Opera Southwest 2%

Best Musical
A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 23%
NEXT TO NORMAL - Musical Theatre Southwest 22%
CABARET - Musical Theatre Southwest 17%
SWEENEY TODD - Musical Theatre Southwest 12%
KINKY BOOTS - Tri-M Productions 12%
A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 11%
I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE - Tri-M Productions 3%

Best New Play Or Musical
REZ SISTERS - Vortex Theatre 34%
THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 32%
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 19%
Lorri Layle Oliver - CABARET - Musical Theatre Southwest 13%
Jonathan Cordova - NEXT TO NORMAL - Musical Theatre Southwest 12%
David Stallings - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 11%
Bill Brooks - THE DROWSY CHAPERONE - The Adobe Theater 6%
Koppany Pusztai - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 6%
Rikki Carroll - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 6%
Jason Roman - CABARET - Musical Theatre Southwest 5%
Paul Ashby - KINKY BOOTS - Tri-M Productions 5%
Bear Schacht - A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM - Tri-M Productions 4%
Evan Galpert - KINKY BOOTS - Tri-M Productions 4%
Cara Juan - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 4%
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 11%
Parker Owen - THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG - Albuqueque Little Theatre 10%
Antonio Miniño - THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 9%
Geoff Pomeroy - THE SEAFARER - New Mexico Actors Lab 7%
Michelle Belmont - CONSTELLATIONS - The Vortex Theatre 6%
Vic Browder - A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM - New Mexico Shakespeare Festival 5%
Debrianna Mansini - MORNING SUN - New Mexico Actors Lab 5%
Samantha Scarborough - CAT'S PAJAMAS - Teatro Paraguas 5%
Charlie Dearing - THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG - Albuquerque Little Theatre 5%
Paul Ford - INHERIT THE WIND - The Adobe Theater 4%
Matthew Van Wettering - THE PARFUMERIE - The Vortext Theatre 3%
Kate Udall - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 3%
Myriah Duda - MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING - Santa Fe Classic Theater 3%
Mathew Zimmerer - COPENHAGEN - Actors Studio 66 3%
Montana Miller - ORPHANS - Natives of the Apocalypse 3%
Rachel Foster - DRACULA - The Vortex Theatre 2%
Yannig Morris - THE DRESSER - West End Productions 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%
Jeff Dolecek - DRACULA - The Vortex Theatre 1%
Quinn Mander - DRACULA - The Vortex Theatre 1%

Best Play
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG - Albuquerque Little Theatre 19%
DRACULA - The Vortex Theatre 14%
THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 12%
SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 8%
RICHARD III - Incite Shakespeare Company 7%
COCK - Ad Astra Theatre Company 6%
CONSTELLATIONS - The Vortex Theatre 5%
INHERIT THE WIND - The Adobe Theater 4%
MORNING SUN - New Mexico Actors Lab 4%
ORPHANS - Natives of the Apocalypse 4%
THE SEAFARER - New Mexico Actors Lab 4%
HUBBA HUBBA - Santa Fe Playhouse 3%
COPENHAGEN - Actors studio 66 3%
PARFUMERIE - The Vortex Theatre 3%
BLOOD KNOT - The Vortex Theatre 2%
SEASCAPE - New Mexico Actors Lab 1%

Best Production of an Opera
TURANDOT - Opera Southwest 44%
TOSCA - Santa Fe Opera 24%
ORFEO - Santa Fe Opera 13%
THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE - Santa Fe Opera 9%
PELLEAS ET MELISANDE - Santa Fe Opera 7%
LE COMPT ORY - Opera Southwest 4%

Best Scenic Design Of A Play Or Musical
Mary Rossman - DRACULA - The Vortex Theatre 20%
Joey Sauthoff - CABARET - Musical Theatre Southwest 18%
James W. Johnson - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 10%
Ariana Karp - RICHARD III - Incite Shakespeare Company 8%
James W. Johnson - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 8%
James W Johnson - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 7%
Tom Burgquist - CABARET - Musical Theatre Southwest 7%
James W. Johnson - THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 6%
Robert Benedetti - MORNING SUN - New Mexico Actors Lab 5%
Maddie Ross - THE DRESSER - West End Productions 4%
Sarah LeBlanc - A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM - Tri-M Productions 4%
Nicholas Ballas - SEASCAPE - New Mexico Actors Lab 4%

Best Sound Design Of A Play Or Musical
Saibi Khalsa - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 35%
Bladen Breitreiter - SWEENEY TODD - Musical Theatre Southwest 34%
Saibi Khalsa - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 13%
Gregory J. Fields - THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 10%
Patrick Janssen - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 8%

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%
Bill Brooks - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 10%
Ron Gallegos - NEXT TO NORMAL - Musical Theatre Southwest 9%
Patrick MacDonald - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 9%
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 5%
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 17%
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 8%
Evan Spreen - THE DRAWER BOY - Actors Studio 66 7%
Joshua Horton - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 6%
Scott Harrison - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 5%
Emily Rankin - SEASCAPE - New Mexico Actors Lab 5%
Alexander Lane - THE SEAFARER - New Mexico Actors Lab 4%
Shannon Hayes - PARFUMERIE - The Vortex Theatre 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 62%
KING LEAR - Upstart Crows/Shakespeare Gym 17%
APPRENTICE SCENES - Santa Fe Opera 15%
1 HENRY IV - Upstart Crows/Shakespeare Gym 6%

Favorite Local Theatre
Santa Fe Playhouse 20%
The Vortex Theatre 17%
Musical Theatre Southwest 15%
New Mexico Actors Lab 10%
Albuquerque Little Theatre 7%
Santa Fe Opera 5%
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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