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By: May. 30, 2017
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Now in our 15th year, the Theater Fans' Choice Awards are, by FAR, the largest fan based awards of their kind. Open to anyone to vote, we're excited to present a full slate of eligible nominees in categories that both mirror the popular critical awards, as well as fan favorite categories for Best Tour, Ensemble and Off Broadway shows. Plus, cast your vote in our newest category, honoring stage to screen adaptations!

Turn a vote into a free month of BroadwayHD. Just give us your pick for the 2017 Theater Fans' Choice Awards to get your first month of BroadwayHD on the house.

BroadwayHD has partnered with BroadwayWorld to present this year's Theater Fans' Choice Awards, further extending the reach of Broadway by giving fans the chance to cast their votes for their favorite performances, performers, and productions of the season. The critic's picks don't matter here - we want to hear what the fans have to say.

There are 7 days to go!

What are you waiting for? Click here to vote!


Best Book of a Musical

Steven Levenson - Dear Evan Hansen - 30%
Dave Malloy - Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 - 19%
Danny Rubin - Groundhog Day - 14%
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Best Choreography

Sam Pinkleton - Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 - 21%
Andy Blankenbuehler - Bandstand - 18%
Peter Darling, Ellen Kane - Groundhog Day - 12%
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Best Costume Design

Paloma Young - Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 - 27%
Linda Cho - Anastasia - 17%
Santo Loquasto - Hello, Dolly! - 10%
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Best Direction of a Musical

Rachel Chavkin - Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 - 24%
Michael Greif - Dear Evan Hansen - 20%
Matthew Warchus - Groundhog Day - 13%
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Best Direction of a Play

Mark Bell - The Play That Goes Wrong - 21%
Sam Gold - The Glass Menagerie - 10%
Bartlett Sher - Oslo - 8%
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Best Featured Actor in a Musical

Lucas Steele - Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 - 19%
John Sanders - Groundhog Day - 9%
Andrew Rannells - Falsettos - 9%
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Best Featured Actor in a Play

Danny DeVito - The Price - 17%
Nathan Lane - The Front Page - 11%
Finn Wittrock - The Glass Menagerie - 6%
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Best Featured Actress in a Musical

Rachelle Ann Go - Miss Saigon - 27%
Stephanie J. Block - Falsettos - 8%
Rachel Bay Jones - Dear Evan Hansen - 7%
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Best Featured Actress in a Play

Cynthia Nixon - The Little Foxes - 15%
Lindsay Mendez - Significant Other - 10%
Nancy Zamit - The Play That Goes Wrong - 8%
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Best Leading Actor in a Musical

Ben Platt - Dear Evan Hansen - 35%
Josh Groban - Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 - 19%
Andy Karl - Groundhog Day - 17%
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Best Leading Actor in a Play

Kevin Kline - Present Laughter - 15%
Gideon Glick - Significant Other - 12%
Mark Ruffalo - The Price - 12%
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Best Leading Actress in a Musical

Bette Midler - Hello, Dolly! - 25%
Denée Benton - Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 - 21%
Christy Altomare - Anastasia - 10%
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Best Leading Actress in a Play

Sally Field - The Glass Menagerie - 23%
Laurie Metcalf - A Doll's House, Part 2 - 17%
Allison Janney - Six Degrees of Separation - 16%
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Best Lighting Design

Bradley King - Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 - 26%
Japhy Weideman - Dear Evan Hansen - 15%
Hugh Vanstone - Groundhog Day - 11%
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Best Long-Running Broadway Show

Hamilton - 30%
Wicked - 14%
The Phantom of the Opera - 12%
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Best Musical

Dear Evan Hansen - 28%
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 - 25%
Groundhog Day - 14%
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Best Off-Broadway Musical

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - 24%
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical - 12%
Spamilton: An American Pardoy - 10%
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Best Off-Broadway Play

Dead Poet's Society - 10%
Oslo - 7%
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center of New York City - 5%
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Best Orchestrations

Dave Malloy - Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 - 28%
Alex Lacamoire - Dear Evan Hansen - 23%
Christopher Nightingale - Groundhog Day - 12%
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Best Play

The Play That Goes Wrong - 30%
A Doll's House, Part 2 - 17%
Significant Other - 13%
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Best Revival of a Musical

Miss Saigon - 36%
Hello, Dolly! - 24%
Falsettos - 16%
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Best Revival of a Play

The Glass Menagerie - 22%
The Little Foxes - 17%
Six Degrees of Separation - 14%
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Best Scenic Design

Mimi Lien - Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 - 30%
Rob Howell - Groundhog Day - 11%
Alexander Dodge - Anastasia - 9%
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Best Score

Benj Pasek, Justin Paul - Dear Evan Hansen - 30%
Dave Malloy - Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 - 24%
Tim Minchin - Groundhog Day - 15%
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Best Sound Design of a Musical

Nicholas Pope - Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 - 27%
Nevin Steinberg - Dear Evan Hansen - 15%
Simon Baker - Groundhog Day - 13%
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Best Sound Design of a Play

AnDrew Johnson - The Play That Goes Wrong - 22%
Bray Poor - The Glass Menagerie - 9%
John Still - Oslo - 7%
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Best Stage to Screen Production

Newsies - 34%
Miss Saigon - 28%
She Loves Me - 14%
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Best Touring Production

Hamilton - 15%
Wicked - 9%
Something Rotten! - 8%
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Broadway's Backbone Best Musical Ensemble

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 - 22%
Miss Saigon - 17%
Groundhog Day - 11%
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