BWW Fans' Choice Voting Update - Who's in the Lead?

Voting is fully underway for BroadwayWorld's 2010 Theatre Fans' Choice Awards, with thousands of votes already in and recording voting numbers already being set. So far there have been early leads established for some surprising and not so suprising early leaders.

Voting will continue through June 4, 2010 and anything can happen between now and then. In the meantime early leaders range from those overlooked by the TONY nominations to fan favorites. Check out the current stats below by category after the first weekend audit on the votes.

Last year hundreds of thousands of theatregoers and fans weighed in, breaking site traffic records, and further solidifying the Theater Fans' Choice Awards place as the largest and most popular online Broadway polling event of its kind.

So, without any further delay, click here to vote and view the full stats!

Best Book of a Musical
Joe DiPietro - Memphis 42%
Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer - American Idiot 34%
Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott - Everday Rapture 13%

Best Choreography
Steven Hoggett - American Idiot 35%
Twyla Tharp - Come Fly Away 32%
Jason Gilkison - Burn the Floor 6%

Best Costume Design
Julian Crouch & Phelim McDermott - The Addams Family 43%
Andrea Lauer - American Idiot 27%
Santo Loquasto - Ragtime 5%

Best Direction of a Musical
Michael Mayer - American Idiot 54%
Marcia Milgrom Dodge - Ragtime 11%
Terry Johnson - La Cage aux Folles 5%

Best Direction of a Play
Stanley Tucci - Lend Me a Tenor 14%
Sheryl Kaller - Next Fall 10%
Michael Grandage - Hamlet 9%

Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Tony Vincent - American Idiot 28%
Michael Esper - American Idiot 14%
Stark Sands - American Idiot 11%

Best Featured Actor in a Play
Brian D'Arcy James - Time Stands Still 15%
Eddie Redmayne - Red 8%
Anthony LaPaglia - Lend Me a Tenor 8%

Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Rebecca Naomi Jones - American Idiot 25%
Katie Finneran - Promises, Promises 20%
Angela Lansbury - A Little Night Music 15%

Best Featured Actress in a Play
Scarlett Johansson - A View from the Bridge 15%
Jan Maxwell - Lend Me a Tenor 12%
Alicia Silverstone - Time Stands Still 10%

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
John Gallagher, Jr. - American Idiot 52%
Douglas Hodge - La Cage aux Folles 9%
Sean Hayes - Promises, Promises 7%

Best Leading Actor in a Play
Jude Law - Hamlet 15%
Hugh Jackman - A Steady Rain 10%
Denzel Washington - Fences 10%

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
Kristin Chenoweth - Promises, Promises 19%
Catherine Zeta Jones - A Little Night Music 17%
Sherie Rene Scott - Everday Rapture 17%

Best Leading Actress in a Play
Abigail Breslin - The Miracle Worker 14%
Laura Linney - Time Stands Still 13%
Carrie Fisher - Wishful Drinking 13%

Best Lighting Design
Kevin Adams - American Idiot 57%
Donald Holder - Ragtime 6%
Rick Belzer - Burn the Floor 5%

Best Long Running Broadway Show
Next to Normal 19%
Wicked 17%
Billy Elliot 9%

Best Musical
American Idiot 61%
Memphis 8%
The Addams Family 7%

Best Off-Broadway Musical
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson 30%
Yank! 26%
The Scottsboro Boys 22%

Best Off-Broadway Play
The Tempermantals 13%
Love, Loss and What I Wore 12%
Orphans' Home Cycle 11%

Best Orchestrations
Tom Kitt - American Idiot 63%
William David Brohn - Ragtime 10%
Jonathan Tunick - Promises, Promises 5%

Best Original Score
Music - David Bryan, Lyrics - Joe DiPetro, David Bryan - Memphis 30%
Music & Lyrics - Andrew Llippa - The Addams Family 29%
Music - Adam Cork - Hamlet 6%

Best Play
Next Fall 20%
Red 13%
Enron 12%

Best Revival of a Musical
Ragtime 27%
La Cage aux Folles 21%
Promises, Promises 16%

Best Revival of a Play
Hamlet 19%
Lend Me a Tenor 18%
A View From the Bridge 17%

Best Scenic Design
Julian Crouch & Phelim McDermott - The Addams Family 39%
Christine Jones - American Idiot 35%
Derek McLane - Ragtime 5%

Best Sound Design
Brian Ronan - American Idiot 58%
Peter J. Fitzgerland - Burn the Floor 6%
ACME Sound Partners - Ragtime 5%