2016 BroadwayWorld Houston Awards Winners Announced - Anthony Lee Medina, Shanae'a Moore and More!

Votes are cast; polls are closed; and results have been tabulated! This was our biggest year yet! After a record number of voters in more than 75 regions worldwide, BroadwayWorld is very excited to announce the 2016 Houston winners! Thanks to all who voted, and huge congratulations to all the winners!

Check back in October 2017 when the public nomination period will once again open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards.

And the winners are....

Best Actor (Musical)
Anthony Lee Medina - In The Heights - Theatre Under The Stars

Best Actor (Play)
Nick Mauldin - Amadeus - Stageworks Theatre

Best Actress (Musical)
Shanae'a Moore - Little Women: The Musical - A.D. Players

Best Actress (Play)
LaKeisha Randall - Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill - Bayou Theatre Company

Best Choreographer
Andy Blankenbuehler and Jose-Luis Lopez - In the Heights - Theatre Under the Stars

Best Costume Design (Play or Musical)
Amber Stepanik and Ellen Girdwood - Into the Woods - Stageworks Theatre

Best Director (Musical)
Joey Watkins - Little Women: The Musical - A.D. Players

Best Director (Play)
Roshunda Jones - Lady Day At Emerson's Bar & Grill - Bayou Theatre Company

Best Lighting Design (Play or Musical)
Ron Putterman - Into the Woods - Stageworks Theatre

Best Musical
Green Day's American Idiot - Standing Room Only Productions

Best Musical Director
Mark Williams - Lady Day At Emerson's Bar & Grill - Bayou Theatre Company

Best New Play__or Musical
Speakeasy, A New Musical - Standing Room Only Productions

Best Play
Hand to God - The Alley Theatre

Best Set Design (Play or Musical)
Ryan McGettigan - Bonnie and Clyde - TUTS Underground

Best Sound Design (Play or Musical)
Andrew Harper - In The Heights - Theatre Under the Stars

Best Supporting Actor (Musical)
Vincent Evangelista - Urinetown - Bayou City Theatrics

Best Supporting Actor (Play)
Malcolm Thomas - Pecong - Bayou Theatre Company

Best Supporting Actress (Musical)
Morgan Montgomery - Footloose - Stageworks Theatre

Best Supporting Actress (Play)
Sierra Glover - Pecong - Bayou Theatre Company

Best Touring Production
Wicked - Broadway Across America

Most Improved Theatre Company
Stageworks Theatre

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