Nominations Open for 2010 BroadwayWorld Boston Awards!

BroadwayWorld, the biggest theater site on the web, is announcing that it is launching a new set of theater awards for the Boston theater community, to be presented in January 2011.

The awards will recognize excellence, as voted by the fans of Boston theater, and will encompass all of the various forms and sizes of theater in the area, from tours to resident productions, large to small, Equity to Non-Equity, play, musical and revue. And BroadwayWorld's Boston-based team will be directly involved in the administration of the awards process.

Awards will be given in 25 categories, and nominations are being solicited now for productions which opened in the Boston area from December 1, 2009 to November 1, 2010.

Nominations will close on November 30, 2010, and the slate of nominations will be announced in. Online voting by fans will occur December 1 - January 3, 2011, and the winners will be announced in mid-January.

Here are the award categories:

• Best Actor in a Musical (large theatre and small theatre)
• Best Actor in a Play (large theatre and small theatre)
• Best Actress in a Musical (large theatre and small theatre)
• Best Actress in a Play (large theatre and small theatre)
• Best Direction of a Musical (large theatre and small theatre)
• Best Choreography (large theatre and small theatre)
• Best Direction of a Play (large theatre and small theatre)
• Best Costume Design (large theatre and small theatre)
• Best Scenic Design (large theatre and small theatre)
• Best Lighting Design (large theatre and small theatre)
• Best Ensemble
• Best Solo Performance
• Best Actor in a Touring Production
• Best Actress in a Touring Production
• Best Touring Production

Diamond continued, "I can't wait to continue our expansion of these awards to the Boston theater community. Best of luck to all involved in this recognition of excellence by the fans of Boston!"

Theatre aficionados, producers, performers and venues can all have their say in the nominations via a link on broadwayworld.com, which will close at the end of November. 

To nominate your favorite productions and theater artists, click this link:

Boston Awards Nominations

And may your fan favorites win!