Vote For The 2018 BWW Louisville Awards; TITANIC THE MUSICAL Leads Best Musical!

Voting continues for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Louisville Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. 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, 2018.

If you haven't voted yet, click here to vote! If you have voted already, tell your friends. Here are the current standings for Louisville:

Best Actor in a Musical (local)
Jason Roseberry - A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE - TheatreWorks of Southern Indiana 11%
Jack Wallen - CABARET - Pandora Productions 10%
Jareth Gaddis - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Jeffersonville Riverstage 9%

Best Actor in a Musical (professional/national/touring)
Jim Hesselman - A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE MUSICAL - Derby Dinner Playhouse 19%
Matthew Brennan - OKLAHOMA! - Derby Dinner Playhouse 16%
Nate Willey - THE LITTLE MERMAID - Derby Dinner Playhouse 15%

Best Actor in a Play (local)
Matt Street - BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS - TheatreWorks of Southern Indiana 9%
Brian Hinds - THE FASTEST CLOCK IN THE UNIVERSE - The Liminal Playhouse 9%
J. Barret Cooper - RED - Bunbury Theatre Company 8%

Best Actor in a Play (professional/national/touring)
Neill Robertson - DRACULA - Actors Theatre of Louisville 23%
Alexander Stuart - THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME - Actors Theatre of Louisville 14%
J.R. Stuart - OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS - Derby Dinner Playhouse 14%

Best Actress in a Musical (local)
Julie Riehm McGuffey - CARRIE THE MUSICAL - Acting Against Cancer 15%
Tamika McDonald - THE LITTLE MERMAID - CenterStage at JCC 12%
Colleen McGuirk - TWO BY TWO - TheatreWorks of Southern Indiana 10%

Best Actress in a Musical (professional/national/touring)
Jillian Prefach - MAMMA MIA - Derby Dinner Playbouse 47%
Brittany Carricato Cox - A CHRISTMAS CAROL - Derby Dinner Playhouse 19%
Lael Van Keuren - FINDING NEVERLAND - Broadway in Louisville 19%

Best Actress in a Play (local)
Heidi Platt - BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS - TheatreWorks of Southern Indiana 12%
Jennifer Poliskie - ERMA BOMBECK: AT Wit's End - Stage On Spring 11%
Leila Toba - BAREFOOT IN THE PARK - The Tilted Crown 7%

Best Actress in a Play (professional/national/touring)
Hallie Dizdarevic - The Crucible - Commonwealth Theatre Center (Louisville) 29%
Abigail Bailey Maupin - A Comedy of Errors - Kentucky Shakespeare 29%
Jennifer Pennington - Othello - Kentucky Shakespeare 22%

Best Choreographer
Megan Bliss - NEWSIES - Floyd Central Theatre Arts 31%
Amy Harpenau - GODSPELL - New Albany Theatre Arts 13%
Heather Paige Folsom - MAMMA MIA - Derby Dinner Playhouse 12%

Best Costume Design
Vicki Hays - NEWSIES - Floyd Central Theatre Arts 29%
Vicki Hays - TITANIC THE MUSICAL - TheatreWorks of Southern Indiana 10%
Sharon Harrah - A CHRISTMAS CAROL THE MUSICAL - Derby Dinner Playhouse 9%

Best Director/Musical (local)
Robbie Steiner - NEWSIES - Floyd Central Theatre Arts 28%
Michael J. Drury - CABARET - Pandora Productions 15%
Amy Harpenau - GODSPELL - New Albany Theatre Arts 13%

Best Director/Musical (professional/national/touring)
Lee Buckholz - MAMMA MIA - Derby Dinner Playhouse 51%
Laurence Connor - SCHOOL OF ROCK - Broadway in Louisville 21%
David Hyslop - CHICAGO - Broadway in Louisville 14%

Best Director/Play (local)
Jason Roseberry - BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS - TheatreWorks of Southern Indiana 12%
Vivian Bulleit - RABBIT HOLE - Floyd Central Theatre Arts 9%
J.R. Stuart - ERMA BOMBECK: AT Wit's End - Stage on Spring 8%

Best Director/Play (professional/national/touring)
Matt Wallace - OTHELLO - Kentucky Shakespeare 17%
Meredith McDonough - THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME - Actors Theatre of Louisville 16%
Amy Attaway - HENRY IV, PART ONE - Kentucky Shakespeare 16%

Best Ensemble Cast (Local)
A CHRISTMAS CAROL - Derby Dinner Playhouse 14%
TITANIC THE MUSICAL - TheatreWorks of Southern Indiana 11%
CABARET - Pandora Productions 9%

Best Lighting Design
Michael Nevitt - NEWSIES - Floyd Central Theatre Arts 19%
Crit Fisher - GODSPELL - New Albany Theatre Arts 14%
Andrew Duff - THE LITTLE MERMAID - Derby Dinner Playhouse 11%

Best Music Director
Angela Hampton - HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Floyd Central Theatre Arts 20%
Alex Roby - CABARET - Pandora Productions 19%
Scott Bradley - MAMMA MIA - Derby Dinner Playhouse 17%

Best Musical (local)
TITANIC THE MUSICAL - TheatreWorks of Southern Indiana 17%
CABARET - Pandora Productions 15%
CARRIE - Acting Against Cancer 14%

Best Musical (professional/national/touring)
THE LITTLE MERMAID - Derby Dinner Playhouse 51%
SCHOOL OF ROCK - Broadway in Louisville 27%
CHICAGO - Broadway in Louisville 22%

Best Musical by A Regional Company (outisde 15 mile radius)
MAMMA MIA! - Hayswood Theatre 33%
Rita Thomas - Over the River & Through the Woods - Derby Dinner Playhouse 21%
THE SOUND OF MUSIC - Shelbyville County Community theatre 18%

Best Play (local)
BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS - TheatreWorks of Southern Indiana 15%
THE FASTEST CLOCK IN THE UNIVERSE - The Liminal Playhouse 7%
ALMOST MAINE - Indiana University Southeast 6%

Best Play (professional/national/touring)
DRACULA - Actors Theatre of Louisville 25%
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME - Actors Theatre of Louisville 21%
OTHELLO - Kentucky Shakespeare 19%

Best Play by a Regional Company (outside 15 mile radius)
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK - Hayswood Theatre 58%
THE ODD COUPLE - Commonwealth Theatre Company (Northern Kentucky) 23%
LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE - Shelby County Community Theatre 19%

Best Scenic Design
Robbie Steiner - NEWSIES - Floyd Central Theatre Arts 28%
Chris Bundy and Kota Earnhardt - TITANIC: THE MUSICAL - TheatreWorks of Southern Indiana 12%
Corie Caudill - CARRIE THE MUSICAL - Acting Against Cancer 9%

Best Sound Design
Jordan Burger - THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Floyd Central Theatre Arts 20%
David Nelson - THE LITTLE MERMAID - Derby Dinner Playhouse 13%
Kota Earhardt - TITANIC THE MUSICAL - TheatreWorks of Southern Indiana 10%

Best Student Actor in A Musical
Will DeVary - NEWSIES - Floyd Central Theatre Arts 13%
Henry Fisher - THE LITTLE MERMAID - New Albany High School 11%
Roman Tate - FALSETTOS - Pandora Productions 10%

Best Student Actor in A Play
Will DeVary - RICHARD III - Commonwealth Theatre Center (Louisville) 17%
Noah Hankins - RABBIT HOLE - Floyd Central Theatre Arts 13%
Will DeVary - ROMEO & JULIET - Kentucky Shakespeare 12%

Best Student Actress in A Musical
Dylan Fox - GREASE THE MUSICAL - Classic Melodies Performance Institute 23%
Caroline Siegrist - LITTLE MERMAID - Derby Dinner Playhouse 15%
Elizabeth Hallal - HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Floyd Central Theatre Arts 9%

Best Student Actress in A Play
Allie Lincoln - RABBIT HOLE - Floyd Central Theatre Arts 17%
Bella Detwiler - THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER - StageOne Family Theatre 15%
Lila Schaffner - DIARY OF ANNE FRANK - Hayswood Theatre 14%

Best Student Musical
NEWSIES - Floyd Central Theatre Arts 32%
THE LITTLE MERMAID - New Albany High School 10%
GREASE THE MUSICAL - Classic Melodies Performance Institute 10%

Best Student Play
OUR TOWN - YPAS/DuPont Manual HS 34%
OUR TOWN - Assumption High School 30%
RICHARD III - Commonwealth Theatre Center (Louisville) 20%

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